N.M. Admin. Code § 19.30.8.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024
Section 19.30.8.9 - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME A NEW MEXICO OUTFITTER
A. To qualify as a New Mexico outfitter as a corporation, LLC or similar status: a New Mexico outfitter is a person who has a business:
(1) with a valid New Mexico state, county or municipal business registration and a valid outfitter license issued by the department of game and fish;
(2) that is authorized to do and is doing outfitting business under the laws of this state;
(3) that has paid property taxes or rent on real property in New Mexico, paid gross receipts taxes and paid at least one other tax administered by the taxation and revenue department in each of the three years immediately preceding the submission of an affidavit to the department of game and fish;
(4) the majority of which is owned by the person who has resided in New Mexico during the three-year period immediately preceding the submission of an affidavit to the department of game and fish;
(5) that employs at least eighty percent of the total personnel of the business who are New Mexico residents;
(6) that has either leased property for ten years or purchased property greater than $50,000 in value in New Mexico;
(7) that, if it has changed its name from that of a previously certified business, the business is identical in every way to the previously certified business that meets all criteria;
(8) that possesses all required federal or state land use permits for the hunt; and
(9) that operates as a hunting guide service during which at least two days are accompanied with the client in the area where the license is valid.
B. To qualify as a New Mexico outfitter as a sole proprietor business: a New Mexico outfitter is a person who has a business:
(1) with a valid New Mexico state, county or municipal business registration and a valid outfitter license issued by the department of game and fish;
(2) that is authorized to do and is doing outfitting business under the laws of this state;
(3) that, if it has changed its name from that of a previously certified business, the business is identical in every way to the previously certified business that meets all criteria;
(4) that possesses all required federal or state land use permits for the hunt; and
(5) that operates as a hunting guide service during which at least two days are accompanied with the client in the area where the license is valid.

N.M. Admin. Code § 19.30.8.9

19.30.8.9 NMAC - Rp, 19.30.8.9 NMAC, 11/30/2011, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVIII, Issue 23, December 12, 2017, eff. 1/1/2018