New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 3 - TAXATION
Chapter 13 - BUSINESS TAX CREDITS
Part 20 - LAND CONSERVATION INCENTIVES TAX CREDIT
Section 3.13.20.12 - NOTICE TO APPLICANT OF PROPOSED REJECTION OF CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY APPLICATION; APPLICANT RESPONSE; FINAL ACTION

A. If after review of a certification of eligibility application, the secretary determines there is cause to reject the certification of eligibility application, the secretary shall issue a letter advising the applicant the secretary is proposing to reject the certification of eligibility application and stating the specific reasons for the proposed rejection. If the proposed rejection involves an unfavorable preliminary review of the appraisal from the appraisal bureau, the energy, minerals and natural resources department shall include a copy of the unfavorable preliminary review of the appraisal with the secretary's letter.

B. The applicant shall have 45 days after the issuance of the letter to respond in writing to the reasons for the proposed rejection and submit a revised appraisal, information or other documentation demonstrating the application meets the requirements.

C. If the secretary's proposed rejection involves an unfavorable preliminary review of the appraisal from the appraisal bureau and the applicant responds to the preliminary review of the appraisal within 45 days of the issuance of the letter, the energy, minerals and natural resources department shall forward the applicant's response to the appraisal bureau for review of the response and issuance of the appraisal bureau's final review of the appraisal. If the applicant does not respond to the preliminary review of the appraisal within 45 days of the issuance of the letter, the energy, minerals and natural resources department shall notify the appraisal bureau the energy, minerals and natural resources department did not receive a response to the preliminary review of the appraisal from the applicant. After reviewing the applicant's response, if any, the appraisal bureau shall issue a final review of the appraisal and advise the secretary whether the appraisal meets the requirements of 3.13.20 NMAC including whether the appraisal complies with the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice and whether the appraiser used proper methodology and reached a reasonable conclusion concerning value.

D. After reviewing the applicant's response, if any, and the appraisal bureau's final review of the appraisal the secretary shall determine whether the information or documents the applicant has supplied satisfactorily address and resolve the specific reasons for the proposed rejection and issue a letter either rejecting the certification of eligibility application or approving the certification of eligibility application. If the secretary determines the applicant's response does not satisfactorily resolve the reasons for the rejection or if the appraisal bureau has issued a final unfavorable recommendation of the appraisal, the secretary shall issue a letter denying the certification of eligibility application. The secretary's letter shall state the specific reasons why the secretary rejected the certification of eligibility application.