0001| HOUSE BILL 24 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| JOSE R. ABEYTA | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF | 0013| SEVERANCE TAX BONDS TO REPAIR, RENOVATE AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO | 0014| THE COLFAX COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN RATON IN COLFAX COUNTY; MAKING | 0015| AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0016| | 0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0018| Section 1. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED--APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--The state board of finance may issue | 0019| and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance | 0020| Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding one hundred fifty-two | 0021| thousand dollars ($152,000) when the local government division | 0022| of the department of finance and administration certifies the | 0023| need for the issuance of the bonds. The state board of finance | 0024| shall schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the most | 0025| expeditious and economical manner possible upon a finding by the | 0001| board that the project has been developed sufficiently to | 0002| justify the issuance and that the project can proceed to | 0003| contract within a reasonable time. The state board of finance | 0004| shall further take the appropriate steps necessary to comply | 0005| with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The | 0006| proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the | 0007| local government division of the department of finance and | 0008| administration for the purpose of repairing, renovating and | 0009| making improvements to the Colfax county courthouse in Raton | 0010| located in Colfax county. Any unexpended or unencumbered | 0011| balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to | 0012| the severance tax bonding fund. If the local government | 0013| division of the department of finance and administration has not | 0014| certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of | 0015| fiscal year 1998, the authorization provided in this section | 0016| shall be void. | 0017| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0018| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0019|  |