N.M. Stat. § 73-1-22
Assessment and collection; levy to be property lien; time
of payment.
The levies herein provided for shall be made by resolution of the board of directors,
and the amount thereof, together with the tax roll showing the property which the
assessment and levy is to be made against, shall be certified by July 15 of each year to
the board of county commissioners of the county or counties in which the district is
situated and included in the next annual levy for state and county purposes. The
amount shall be extended on the tax schedules for property taxation purposes and be
collected for the use of such district in the same manner as are taxes for county
purposes, and the revenue laws of the state, for the levy and collection of taxes for
county purposes, except as herein modified, shall be applicable for the levy and
collection of the amount certified by the board of such district, including the penalties
and enforcement thereof, and forfeiture for delinquent taxes. Taxes levied against the
property in the district, as herein provided, shall be a lien upon the same from the time
of such levy, subject only to levies made for state and county purposes. All collections
made by the county treasurers pursuant to such levies shall be paid to the treasurer of
the district on or before the tenth day of the next succeeding calendar month, and a list
of the payers, the amount paid by each and the property covered thereby shall
accompany such remittance. Such statement of the list of the payers shall be made
upon forms furnished to the treasurer by the directors of the district.