N.M. Admin. Code § 3.2.102.9
Tangible personal property purchased by a New Mexico municipality and incorporated into a metropolitan redevelopment project created under the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code is subject to the compensating tax if purchased from an out-of-state supplier who does not pay either the New Mexico gross receipts tax or the New Mexico compensating tax on behalf of the buyer on the sale. Tangible personal property purchased by a New Mexico municipality for an otherwise nontaxable use and subsequently converted to use in a metropolitan redevelopment project created under the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code is subject to the compensating tax. The value of tangible personal property in either fact situation is subject to New Mexico compensating tax.
N.M. Admin. Code § 3.2.102.9