A New Mexico coalition is pushing to prevent tax-exempt operators from taking over the Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories and depriving the state of the labs' hefty tax contributions.
The Los Alamos Monitor reports that the Regional Coalition of Los Alamos National Laboratory Communities has asked state lawmakers to consider eliminating the exemption status for any potential future nonprofit contractors at the laboratories.
The coalition wants the state to continue to receive the roughly $200 million in annual gross receipts tax, even if nonprofit management takes over. Los Alamos County receives about $30-$40 million of the $200 million.
The two labs are in the process of finding new contractors. They are currently run by for-profit entities: Sandia Corporation and Los Alamos National Security, LLC.
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Information from: Los Alamos Monitor.
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