N.M. Stat. § 5-15-2
Findings and purpose.
A. The purpose of the Tax Increment for Development Act is to create a mechanism
for providing gross receipts tax financing and property tax financing for public
infrastructure for the purpose of supporting economic development and job creation.
B. The legislature finds and declares that the powers conferred by the Tax
Increment for Development Act are for public uses and purposes for which public
money may be expended and the public power exercised, and that it is necessary and
in the public interest for the provisions enacted in the Tax Increment for Development
Act to be declared as a matter of legislative determination.