0001|                           HOUSE BILL 1093
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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|                             GARY K. KING
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
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0012|     CREDIT FOR AN AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN TORRANCE
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0013|     COUNTY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0014|     
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT.--The department of
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0017|     finance and administration may issue a standby letter of credit
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0018|     in an amount not exceeding five hundred million dollars
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0019|     ($500,000,000) for the purpose of providing collateral for the
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0020|     costs of constructing facilities and establishing corporate
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0021|     headquarters for the IOSTAR-INTRASPACE corporation and
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0022|     providing the capability for design, development and initial
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0023|     operations of the IOSTAR SPACE TV6 to be located in Torrance
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0024|     county when the department certifies that the following
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0025|     conditions have been met:
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0001|               A.  the department of finance and administration
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0002|     finds that the project has been developed sufficiently to
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0003|     justify the issuance of the standby letter of credit and that
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0004|     the project can proceed to contract within a reasonable time;
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0005|               B.  the parent corporation, IOSTAR, and the
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0006|     INTRASPACE corporation agree to locate its headquarters in New
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0007|     Mexico;
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0008|               C.  the standby letter of credit will be issued in
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0009|     full conformance with banking laws;
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0010|               D.  the contract that the standby letter of credit
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0011|     guarantees will be structured to eliminate any possibility of
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0012|     default by IOSTAR or INTRASPACE corporation and will preclude
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0013|     any default placing the state of New Mexico at financial risk;
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0014|               E.  the department of finance and administration may
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0015|     issue the standby letter of credit for no more than a four-year
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0016|     duration through a major bank selected by the state of New
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0017|     Mexico;
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0018|               F.  the standby letter of credit is issued to secure
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0019|     funding from third parties for development of IOSTAR and
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0020|     INTRASPACE corporation, a space TV6 manufacturing and advanced
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0021|     space transportation and satellite telecommunications company;
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0022|     and
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0023|               G.  the standby letter of credit shall not be cash-
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0024|     redeemable by the corporation or any other entity.
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0025|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0001|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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0002|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0003|                      House of Representatives
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0004|   
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0005|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0006|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0009|                                                   March 4, 1997
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0010|   
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0011|   
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0012|   Mr. Speaker:
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0013|   
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0014|        Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom
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0015|   has been referred
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0016|   
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0017|                       HOUSE BILL 1093
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0018|   
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0019|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0020|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0021|   
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0022|        1.   On page 1, line 23, delete "TV6" and insert "TUG".
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0023|   
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0024|        2.   On page 2, line 20, delete "TV6" and insert "TUG".,
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0025|   
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0001|   and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE
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0002|   COMMITTEE.
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0003|   
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0004|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0008|                                                                  
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0009|                                                              Fred Luna, Chairman
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0010|   
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0011|   
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0012|   Adopted                          Not Adopted                     
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0013|    
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0014|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0016|                        Date             
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0018|   The roll call vote was 9  For 0  Against
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0019|   Yes:      9
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0020|             Excused:  Gubbels, Hobbs, Rodella
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0021|             Absent:   Getty
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0025|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1093                       State of New Mexico
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0001|                      House of Representatives
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0002|   
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0003|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0004|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0007|                                                  March 20, 1997
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0008|   
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0010|   Mr. Speaker:
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0011|   
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0012|        Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0013|   whom has been referred
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0014|   
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0015|                 HOUSE BILL 1093, as amended
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0016|   
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0017|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018|   recommendation that it DO NOT PASS, but that
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0019|   
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0020|          HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
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0021|                SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 1093
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0022|   
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0023|   DO PASS.
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0024|   
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0025|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0004|                                                                 
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0005|   
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0006|                                                              Max Coll, Chairman
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0007|   
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0008|   
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0009|   Adopted                          Not Adopted                     
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0010|    
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0011|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0013|                        Date             
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0015|   The roll call vote was 9  For 7  Against
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0016|   Yes:      9
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0017|             No:       Abeyta, Buffett, Coll, Garcia,M.H., Heaton, Pearce,
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0018|             Picraux, 
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0019|             Excused:  Marquardt
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0020|             Absent:   None
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0022|   G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1093
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