Impact fees shall not be imposed or used to pay for:

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 5-8-5

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.

A. construction, acquisition or expansion of public facilities or assets that are not capital improvements or facility expansions identified in the capital improvements plan;

B. repair, operation or maintenance of existing or new capital improvements or facility expansions;

C. upgrading, updating, expanding or replacing existing capital improvements to serve existing development in order to meet stricter safety, efficiency, environmental or regulatory standards;

D. upgrading, updating, expanding or replacing existing capital improvements to provide better service to existing development;

E. administrative and operating costs of a municipality or county except as provided in Paragraph (4) of Subsection A of Section 4 [5-8-4 N.M. Stat. Ann.] of the Development Fees Act;

F. principal payments or debt service charges on bonds or other indebtedness, except as allowed by Section 4 of the Development Fees Act; or

G. libraries, community centers, schools, projects for economic development and employment growth, affordable housing or apparatus and equipment of any kind, except capital improvements defined in Paragraph (3) of Subsection C [D] of Section 2 [5-8-2 N.M. Stat. Ann.] of the Development Fees Act.