0001| HOUSE BILL 428 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| MICHAEL OLGUIN | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF | 0013| SEVERANCE TAX BONDS TO REPAVE MUNICIPAL ROADS IN THE CITY OF | 0014| SOCORRO LOCATED IN SOCORRO COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; | 0015| 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 three hundred eight | 0021| thousand four hundred fifty-nine dollars ($308,459) when the | 0022| state highway and transportation department certifies the need | 0023| for the 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| state highway and transportation department for the purpose of | 0008| repaving municipal roads in the city of Socorro located in | 0009| Socorro county. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance | 0010| remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the | 0011| severance tax bonding fund. If the state highway and | 0012| transportation department has not certified the need for the | 0013| issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year 1998, the | 0014| authorization provided in this section shall be void. | 0015| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0016| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0017|  | 0018| |