There is created the "severance tax bonding fund" into which shall be distributed, in accordance with the Tax Administration Act [Chapter 7, Article 1 NMSA 1978], the net receipts from taxes levied upon natural resource products severed and saved from the soil in accordance with the provisions of the Severance Tax Act [7-26-1 to 7-26-8 NMSA 1978] and the Oil and Gas Severance Tax Act [Chapter 7, Article 29 NMSA 1978] and into which shall be deposited such other money as the legislature may from time to time determine.
History: 1953 Comp., § 72-18-30, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 5, § 3; 1973, ch. 294, § 1; 1985, ch. 65, § 26.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For transfers from severance tax bonding fund to severance tax permanent fund, see 7-27-8 NMSA 1978.
Reappropriation of unexpended severance tax bond proceeds. — The legislature can reappropriate the balance of unexpended severance tax bond proceeds for purposes other than the purpose specified in the legislation originally authorizing the issuance and sale of the bonds, but only if the proceeds have not reverted to the severance tax bond fund and it is determined by bond counsel that the bondholders are not adversely affected by the reappropriation. 1991 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 91-01.