0001| HOUSE BILL 444 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| ROBERT A. PERLS | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF | 0013| SEVERANCE TAX BONDS FOR THE RENOVATION OF A MUNICIPAL BUILDING | 0014| TO PROVIDE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE TOWN OF BERNALILLO IN | 0015| SANDOVAL COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN | 0016| EMERGENCY. | 0017| | 0018| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0019| Section 1. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED--APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--The state board of finance may issue | 0020| and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance | 0021| Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding two hundred fifty | 0022| thousand dollars ($250,000) when the local government division | 0023| of the department of finance and administration certifies the | 0024| need for the issuance of the bonds. The state board of finance | 0025| shall schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the most | 0001| expeditious and economical manner possible upon a finding by the | 0002| board that the project has been developed sufficiently to | 0003| justify the issuance and that the project can proceed to | 0004| contract within a reasonable time. The state board of finance | 0005| shall further take the appropriate steps necessary to comply | 0006| with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The | 0007| proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the | 0008| local government division of the department of finance and | 0009| administration for the purpose of renovating and making | 0010| necessary improvements to a municipal building in the town of | 0011| Bernalillo to house ambulance and fire emergency services | 0012| located in Sandoval county. Any unexpended or unencumbered | 0013| balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to | 0014| the severance tax bonding fund. If the local government | 0015| division of the department of finance and administration has not | 0016| certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of | 0017| fiscal year 1998, the authorization provided in this section | 0018| shall be void. | 0019| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0020| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0021|  |