N.M. Stat. § 22-8-34
Federal mineral leasing funds.
A. Money received by the state pursuant to the provisions of the federal Mineral
Leasing Act shall be distributed to the public school fund, except as follows:
(1)
an annual appropriation to the instructional material fund;
(2)
an annual appropriation to the board of regents of the New Mexico
institute of mining and technology for the bureau of geology and mineral resources;
(3)
the distribution made pursuant to Subsection B of this section; and
(4)
the distribution made pursuant to Section 3 [9-29A-3 NMSA 1978] of this
2020 act.
B. Money received by the state as its share of a prepayment of royalties pursuant to
30 U.S.C. 1726(b), as that section may be amended or renumbered, shall be distributed
as follows:
(1)
a portion of the receipts, estimated by the taxation and revenue
department to be equal to the amount that the state would have received as its share of
royalties in the same fiscal year if the prepayment had not been made, shall be
distributed to the public school fund; and
(2)
the remainder shall be distributed to the common school permanent fund.