N.M. Stat. § 22-25-7
Imposition of tax; limitation on expenditures.
A. If as a result of an election held in accordance with the Public School Capital
Improvements Act a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question votes in
favor of the imposition of the tax, the tax rate shall be certified, unless the local school
board requests by resolution that a rate be discontinued, by the department of finance
and administration at the rate specified in the resolution authorized under Section 22-
25-3 NMSA 1978 or at any lower rate required by operation of the rate limitation
provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 upon the rate specified in the resolution and
be imposed at the rate certified in accordance with the provisions of the Property Tax
Code [Chapter 7, Articles 35 to 38 NMSA 1978].
B. The revenue produced by the tax and, except as provided in Subsections D and
F of Section 22-25-9 NMSA 1978, any state distribution resulting to the district under the
Public School Capital Improvements Act shall be expended only for the capital
improvements specified in the authorizing resolution.
C. The amount of tax revenue to be distributed to each charter school that was
included in the resolution shall be determined each year and shall be in the same
proportion as the average full-time-equivalent enrollment of the charter school on the
first reporting date of the prior school year is to the total such enrollment in the school
district; provided that, in determining the school district's total enrollment, charter school
students located within the school district shall be included; and provided further that no
distribution shall be made to an approved charter school that had not commenced
classroom instruction in the prior school year. Each year, the department shall certify to
the county treasurer of the county in which the eligible charter schools in the school
district are located the percentage of the revenue to be distributed to each charter
school. The county treasurer shall distribute the charter school's share of the property
tax revenue directly to the charter school.