0001|                            HOUSE BILL 698
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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|                          TERRY T. MARQUARDT
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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 TO IMPROVE THE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM IN
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0013|     THE VILLAGE OF CLOUDCROFT IN OTERO COUNTY; MAKING AN
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0014|     APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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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.--The state board of finance may
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0019|     issue and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the
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0020|     Severance Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding two
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0021|     hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) when the department
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0022|     of environment certifies the need for the issuance of the
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0023|     bonds.  The state board of finance shall schedule the issuance
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0024|     and sale of the bonds in the most expeditious and economical
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0025|     manner possible upon a finding by the board that the project
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0001|     has been developed sufficiently to justify the issuance and
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0002|     that the project can proceed to contract within a reasonable
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0003|     time.  The state board of finance shall further take the
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0004|     appropriate steps necessary to comply with the Internal Revenue
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0005|     Code of 1986, as amended.  The proceeds from the sale of the
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0006|     bonds are appropriated to the department of environment for the
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0007|     purpose of improving the water and sewer system in the village
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0008|     of Cloudcroft located in Otero county.  Any unexpended or
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0009|     unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000
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0010|     shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund.  If the
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0011|     department of environment has not certified the need for the
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0012|     issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year 1999, the
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0013|     authorization provided in this section shall be void.
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0014|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0015|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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