A. The provisions of this section apply on the date that changes to the provisions in the Investment Credit Act become effective limiting the amount of qualified equipment that may be claimed and increasing the employment requirements with respect to qualified equipment.
B. The amount of any available credit unclaimed on the effective date of the changes described in Subsection A of this section may be claimed, until exhausted, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-9A-8 NMSA 1978 immediately prior to the effective date of the changes described in Subsection A of this section.
C. After the effective date described in Subsection A of this section, the department shall approve claims submitted prior to that effective date but not approved by that effective date if the claim meets the requirements of the Investment Credit Act in effect immediately prior to that effective date. The claimant may claim the amount of any available credit so approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-9A-8 NMSA 1978 immediately prior to the effective date of the event described in Subsection A of this section.
D. After the effective date of the changes described in Subsection A of this section, a claimant may submit and the department shall approve claims submitted on or after that effective date if the claim is with respect to qualified equipment located in the state prior to that effective date that otherwise meets the requirements of the Investment Credit Act in effect immediately prior to that effective date. The claimant may claim the amount of any available credit so approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-9A-8 NMSA 1978 immediately prior to the effective date of the changes described in Subsection A of this section.
E. After the effective date of the changes described in Subsection A of this section, the department may approve claims submitted on or after that effective date with respect to equipment not located in the state until after that effective date only in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Credit Act in effect after that effective date.
History: Laws 1997, ch. 62, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1997, ch. 62 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 20, 1997, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.