Section 7-30-2 - Definitions.
7-30-2. Definitions.
As used in the Oil and Gas Conservation Tax Act [7-30-1 NMSA 1978]:
A. "department" means the taxation and revenue department, the secretary of taxation and revenue or any employee of the department exercising authority lawfully delegated to that employee by the secretary;
B. "production unit" means a unit of property designated by the department from which products of common ownership are severed;
C. "severance" means the taking from the soil of any product in any manner whatsoever;
D. "value" means the actual price received for products at the production unit, except as otherwise provided in the Oil and Gas Conservation Tax Act;
E. "product" or "products" means oil, natural gas or liquid hydrocarbon, individually or any combination thereof, uranium, coal, geothermal energy, carbon dioxide, helium or a non-hydrocarbon gas;
F. "operator" means any person:
(1) engaged in the severance of products from a production unit; or
(2) owning an interest in any product at the time of severance who receives a portion or all of such product for his interest;
G. "purchaser" means a person who is the first purchaser of a product after severance from a production unit, except as otherwise provided in the Oil and Gas Conservation Tax Act;
H. "person" means any individual, estate, trust, receiver, business trust, corporation, firm, copartnership, cooperative, joint venture, association or other group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular number;
I. "interest owner" means a person owning an entire or fractional interest of whatsoever kind or nature in the products at the time of severance from a production unit or who has a right to a monetary payment that is determined by the value of such products; and
J. "tax" means the oil and gas conservation tax.