0001| HOUSE BILL 225 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| PAULINE K. GUBBELS | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCES; EXTENDING THE TIME LIMIT FOR | 0012| ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT, | 0013| COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY TO FOUR YEARS; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE | 0014| NMSA 1978. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. Section 6-15-9 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1933, | 0018| Chapter 114, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read: | 0019| "6-15-9. BONDS AUTHORIZED AT ELECTION--TIME LIMIT ON | 0020| ISSUANCE--EXCEPTIONS.--No bonds shall be issued [or sold] by | 0021| any school district, county or municipality after the | 0022| expiration of [three] four years from the date of | 0023| [initiation of proceedings for] the election authorizing the | 0024| issue, except for the purpose of refunding previous bond issues | 0025| or in payment of judgments or if the issuance of the bonds has | 0001| been authorized at a regular election for officers of [any | 0002| such] a school district, county or municipality or, where | 0003| authorized by statute, at a special election held for that pur- | 0004| | 0005| pose [such]. The bonds may be [sold to the United States | 0006| or to the state in any case in which the state has made] | 0007| issued after the expiration of the four-year period if the | 0008| school district, county or municipality has received an offer | 0009| to purchase the bonds and the offer was accepted prior to the | 0010| expiration of the [three-year] four-year period. Any pe- | 0011| | 0012| riod of time when the validity of bonds or the election | 0013| [therefor] authorizing the issue is in litigation shall be | 0014| excluded from the [three-year] four-year period." | 0015| Section 2. Section 6-15-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1933, | 0016| Chapter 114, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read: | 0017| "6-15-10. UNISSUED BONDS AUTHORIZED AT ELECTION--WHEN | 0018| VOID--EXCEPTIONS.--In all cases where bond issues by the school | 0019| districts, counties or municipalities have been authorized by | 0020| special election and the bonds have not been issued [and | 0021| sold] within [three] four years from the date of the | 0022| [initiation of proceedings for the] special election autho- | 0023| | 0024| rizing the proposed issue, the proposed bond issue is void, ex- | 0025| | 0001| cept where issued for refunding bonded debt or for payment of | 0002| judgments against the school district, county or municipality | 0003| and, except where the issuance of the bonds has been authorized | 0004| at a regular election for officers of any school district, | 0005| county or municipality or, where authorized by statute, at a | 0006| special election held for those purposes. [Such] The bonds | 0007| may be [sold to the United States or to the state in any case | 0008| in which the state has made] issued after the expiration of | 0009| the four-year period if the school district, county or | 0010| municipality has received an offer to purchase the bonds and | 0011| the offer was accepted prior to the expiration of the [three- | 0012| year] four-year period." | 0013|  State of New Mexico | 0014| House of Representatives | 0015| | 0016| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| February 14, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Mr. Speaker: | 0024| | 0025| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0001| | 0002| HOUSE BILL 225 | 0003| | 0004| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0005| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0006| TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE. | 0007| | 0008| Respectfully submitted, | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| Adopted Not Adopted | 0018| | 0019| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0020| | 0021| Date | 0022| | 0023| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0024| Yes: 8 | 0025| Excused: McSherry, Miera, Nicely, Weeks, S.M. Williams | 0001| Absent: None | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0225 State of New Mexico | 0005| House of Representatives | 0006| | 0007| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0008| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| February 24, 1997 | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| Mr. Speaker: | 0015| | 0016| Your TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0017| been referred | 0018| | 0019| HOUSE BILL 225 | 0020| | 0021| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0022| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0023| | 0024| Respectfully submitted, | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Jerry W. Sandel, Chairman | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Adopted Not Adopted | 0009| | 0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0011| | 0012| Date | 0013| | 0014| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0015| Yes: 10 | 0016| Excused: Russell, Sandel, Sandoval | 0017| Absent: None | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0225 | 0021| | 0022| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0023| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| March 15, 1997 | 0002| | 0003| Mr. President: | 0004| | 0005| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0006| | 0007| HOUSE BILL 225 | 0008| | 0009| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0010| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0011| WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. | 0012| | 0013| Respectfully submitted, | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| __________________________________ | 0019| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0024| Adopted_______________________ | 0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| Date ________________________ | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0007| Yes: 7 | 0008| No: 0 | 0009| Excused: Boitano, Duran, Gorham | 0010| Absent: None | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| H0225ED1 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0018| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| March 19, 1997 | 0022| | 0023| Mr. President: | 0024| | 0025| Your WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0001| referred | 0002| | 0003| HOUSE BILL 225 | 0004| | 0005| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0006| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0007| FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0008| | 0009| Respectfully submitted, | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| __________________________________ | 0015| Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0020| Adopted_______________________ | 0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| Date ________________________ | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0003| Yes: 8 | 0004| No: 0 | 0005| Excused: McSorley | 0006| Absent: None | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| H0225WM1 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0014| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| March 20, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| Mr. President: | 0020| | 0021| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0022| | 0023| HOUSE BILL 225 | 0024| | 0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0001| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0002| | 0003| Respectfully submitted, | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| __________________________________ | 0009| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0014| Adopted_______________________ | 0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Date ________________________ | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| The roll call vote was 6 For 1 Against | 0023| Yes: 6 | 0024| No: Lyons | 0025| Excused: Aragon, Ingle, McKibben, Smith | 0001| Absent: None | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| H0225FC1 |