0001|                            HOUSE BILL 599
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                         LEO C. WATCHMAN, JR.
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0008|                   FOR THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
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0012|     SEVERANCE TAX BONDS FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR HEADSTART
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0013|     CENTERS IN MCKINLEY AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES; MAKING AN
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0014|     APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0015|     
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED-
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0018|     -APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--
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0019|               A.  The state board of finance may issue and sell
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0020|     severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance Tax
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0021|     Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding one hundred sixty-five
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0022|     thousand dollars ($165,000) when the New Mexico office of
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0023|     Indian affairs certifies the need for the issuance of the
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0024|     bonds.  The state board of finance shall schedule the issuance
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0025|     and sale of the bonds in the most expeditious and economical
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0001|     manner possible upon a finding by the board that the project
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0002|     has been developed sufficiently to justify the issuance and
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0003|     that the project can proceed to contract within a reasonable
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0004|     time.  The state board of finance shall further take the
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0005|     appropriate steps necessary to comply with the Internal Revenue
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0006|     Code of 1986, as amended.  The proceeds from the sale of the
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0007|     bonds are appropriated to the New Mexico office of Indian
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0008|     affairs in the following amounts for the following purposes:
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0009|                    (1)  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to
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0010|     purchase playground equipment for Navajo Red Lake headstart in
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0011|     McKinley county;
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0012|                    (2)  twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to
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0013|     purchase playground equipment for Coal Mine headstart in
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0014|     McKinley county;
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0015|                    (3)  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to
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0016|     purchase playground equipment for Manuelito headstart in
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0017|     McKinley county;
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0018|                    (4)  twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to
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0019|     purchase playground equipment for Mexican Springs headstart in
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0020|     McKinley county;
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0021|                    (5)  twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to
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0022|     purchase playground equipment for Tsayatoh headstart in
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0023|     McKinley county;
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0024|                    (6)  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to
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0025|     purchase playground equipment for Twin Lakes headstart in
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0001|     McKinley county;
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0002|                    (7)  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to
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0003|     purchase playground equipment for Crystal headstart in San Juan
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0004|     county;
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0005|                    (8)  twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to
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0006|     purchase playground equipment for Rock Springs headstart in
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0007|     McKinley county; and
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0008|                    (9)  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to
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0009|     purchase playground equipment for Tohatchi headstart in
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0010|     McKinley county.         
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0011|               B.  If the New Mexico office of Indian affairs has
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0012|     not certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end
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0013|     of fiscal year 1999, the authorization provided in this section
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0014|     shall be void.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0015|     remaining from the proceeds of severance tax bonds issued
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0016|     pursuant to Subsection A of this section at the end of fiscal
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0017|     year 2000 shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund. 
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0018|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0019|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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