CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SIXTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. O-24-22 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Joaqu?n Baca and Ren?e Grout, by request
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Amending ROA 1994, Chapter 14, Article 8, Part 4, The "Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency Ordinance" (Baca and Grout, by request)
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WHEREAS, local governments are permitted to capture tax increments in established Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas ("MRA") pursuant to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code, NMSA 1978, [JR1]Sections 3-60A-1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, during the 2023 and 2024 legislative sessions, the State of New Mexico amended the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code to establish processes for capturing growth in gross receipt tax revenues ("GRT") and property tax revenues within approved MRA boundaries; and
WHEREAS, local governments are permitted to use the increase in GRT revenues and property tax revenues generated within an MRA consistent with the adopted Metropolitan Development Plan for the MRA; and
WHEREAS, the State further amended the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code to expand the powers of local Metropolitan Redevelopment Agencies; and
WHEREAS, the State legislative amendments to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code necessitate corresponding amendments to the City's Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency Ordinance codified at ROA 1994, Chapter 14, Article 8, Part 4.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. ROA 1994, Section 14-8-4-3, Redevelopment Project Powers, is hereby amended as follows:
As used in ?? 14-8-4-1 et seq., the term REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT POWERS includes any rights, powers, functions and duties of a municipality authorized by Sections 3-60A-5 through 3-60A-18 NMSA 1978, except the following powers which are reserved to the City Council:
(A) Declaration of an area to be a slum or a blighted area or combination thereof and designation of the area as appropriate for a r...
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