A tax imposed in a school district as a result of an election under the Public School Capital Improvements Act shall be imposed for a specified number of property tax years not exceeding six years. The local school board may discontinue, by resolution, the Public School Capital Improvements Act tax levy at the end of any property tax year. The local school board shall direct that the Public School Capital Improvements Act tax levy be decreased by the amount required for any year in which the decrease is required by operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 77-25-8, enacted by Laws 1975 (S.S.), ch. 5, § 8; 1976 (S.S.), ch. 31, § 1; 1986, ch. 32, § 24; 1997, ch. 138, § 3; 2003, ch. 147, § 8; 2019, ch. 212, § 227.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective April 3, 2019, removed a provision related to the commencement of a tax imposed as a result of an election under the Public School Capital Improvements Act; after "not exceeding six years", deleted "commencing with the property tax year in which the election was held".
The 2003 amendment, effective April 4, substituted "six years" for "four years" in the section heading; substituted "a specified number of property tax years not exceeding six years" for "one, two, three or four years" in the first sentence, and substituted "any property tax year" for "the first or second year of the levy" in the second sentence.
The 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, substituted "four years" for "three years" in the section heading and "two, three or four years" for "two or three years" in the first sentence.