0001| HOUSE BILL 102 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| WILLIAM E. PORTER | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF | 0013| SEVERANCE TAX BONDS TO RENOVATE AND IMPROVE GODDARD HALL ON THE | 0014| MAIN CAMPUS OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY IN DONA ANA COUNTY; | 0015| MAKING 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 million five | 0021| hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) when the board of regents | 0022| of New Mexico state university certifies the need for the | 0023| issuance of the bonds. The state board of finance shall | 0024| 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| board of regents of New Mexico state university for the purpose | 0008| of renovating and improving Goddard hall on the main campus of | 0009| New Mexico state university located in Dona Ana county. Any | 0010| unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of | 0011| fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund. | 0012| If the board of regents of New Mexico state university has not | 0013| certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of | 0014| fiscal year 1998, the authorization provided in this section | 0015| shall be void. | 0016| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0017| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0018|  |