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Statutes > New-mexico > Chapter-7 > Article-1 > Section-7-1-6-447-1-6.44. Distribution; gasoline tax sharing agreement.
A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made by the department to each qualified tribe in an amount equal to forty percent of the net receipts attributable to the gasoline tax paid to the department on two million five hundred thousand gallons of gasoline each month. The distribution to each qualified tribe shall be made pursuant to a gasoline tax sharing agreement entered into by the department of transportation and the qualified tribe according to the provisions of Section 67-3-8.1 NMSA 1978.
B. From the balance remaining each month from the gasoline tax revenue on two million five hundred thousand gallons of gasoline per qualified tribe after distributions made pursuant to Subsection A of this section, a distribution of thirty-three thousand three hundred thirty-three dollars ($33,333) shall be made to the general fund.
C. The balance remaining after the distributions from gasoline tax revenue from two million five hundred thousand gallons of gasoline per qualified tribe pursuant to Subsections A and B of this section shall be distributed pursuant to Section 7-1-6.10 NMSA 1978.
D. As used in this section, "qualified tribe" means the Pueblo of Nambe or the Pueblo of Santo Domingo, as long as it owns one hundred percent of a registered Indian tribal distributor pursuant to the Gasoline Tax Act [7-13-1 NMSA 1978], that qualifies for a deduction pursuant to Subsection F of Section 7-13-4 NMSA 1978 and has entered into a gasoline tax sharing agreement pursuant to Section 67-3-8.1 NMSA 1978.
