0001|                           HOUSE BILL 1173
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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|                              BEN LUJAN
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY; AMENDING A SECTION OF
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0012|     THE NMSA 1978 PERTAINING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY GRANT
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0013|     ASSISTANCE CRITERIA.
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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.  Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
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0017|     Chapter 235, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
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0018|          "22-24-5.  FUND--DISTRIBUTION.--
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0019|               A.  The council shall approve an application for
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0020|     grant assistance from the fund when the council determines
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0021|     that:
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0022|                    (1)  a critical need exists requiring action;
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0023|                    (2)  the residents of the school district have
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0024|     provided available resources to the school district to meet
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0025|     its capital outlay requirements;
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0001|                    (3)  the school district has used its resources
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0002|     in a prudent manner;
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0003|                    (4)  the school district is in a county or
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0004|     counties which have participated in a reappraisal program and
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0005|     the reappraised values are on the tax rolls or will be used for
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0006|     the tax year 1979 as certified by the property tax division of
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0007|     the taxation and revenue department;
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0008|                    (5)  the school district has provided insurance
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0009|     for buildings of the school district in accordance with the
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0010|     provisions of Section 13-5-3 NMSA 1978;
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0011|                    (6) at some point during the immediately
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0012|     preceding three-year period, the school district [is indebted
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    at] has been indebted at not less than seventy-five percent
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0014|     of the total debt authorized by law; and
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0015|                    (7)  the school district has submitted a five-
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0016|     year facilities plan that includes enrollment projections.
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0017|               B.  The council shall consider all applications for
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0018|     assistance from the fund and, after a public hearing, shall
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0019|     either approve or deny the application.  Applications for grant
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0020|     assistance shall only be accepted by the council after a
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0021|     district has complied with the provisions of this section.  The
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0022|     council shall list all applications in order of priority, and
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0023|     all allocations shall be made on a priority basis; provided,
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0024|     however, except in the case of an emergency, that the order of
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0025|     priority shall first reflect those projects which have been
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0001|     previously funded but are not as yet completed, excluding
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0002|     expansion of those projects and contingent upon maintenance of
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0003|     the required local support.
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0004|               C.  Money in the fund shall be disbursed by warrant
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0005|     of the department of finance and administration on vouchers
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0006|     signed by the secretary of finance and administration following
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0007|     certification by the council that the application has been
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0008|     approved."
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0010|                            State of New Mexico
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0011|                      House of Representatives
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0012|   
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0013|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0014|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0017|                                                   March 7, 1997
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0020|   Mr. Speaker:
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0021|   
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0022|        Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0023|   
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0024|                       HOUSE BILL 1173
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0025|                               
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0001|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0002|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0004|                                 Respectfully submitted,
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0010|                                                              Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0013|   Adopted                          Not Adopted                     
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0015|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0017|                        Date             
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0019|   The roll call vote was 10  For 0  Against
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0020|   Yes:      10
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0021|   Excused:  Nicely, Weeks, Gonzales
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0022|             Absent:   None
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0002|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0003|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0006|                                                  March 15, 1997
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0008|   Mr. President:
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0009|   
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0010|       Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0011|   
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0012|                          HOUSE BILL 1173
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0013|   
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0014|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0017|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0022|   __________________________________
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0023|                                Cynthia Nava, Chairman 
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0002|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0003|   Adopted_______________________
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0004|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0008|                     Date ________________________
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0011|   The roll call vote was  4  For  3  Against
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0012|           Yes:    4
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0013|           No:     Rawson, Lopez, Nava
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0014|                Excused:     Boitano, Duran, Gorham
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0015|           Absent: None
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