0001|                           SENATE BILL 128
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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|                             PETE CAMPOS
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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 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LORA MANGUM SHIELD
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0013|     SCIENCE BUILDING AT NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN
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0014|     SAN MIGUEL COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN
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0015|     EMERGENCY.
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|          Section 1.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED-
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0019|     -APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--The state board of finance may
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0020|     issue and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the
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0021|     Severance Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding ten
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0022|     million dollars ($10,000,000) when the board of regents of New
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0023|     Mexico highlands university certifies the need for the issuance
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0024|     of the bonds.  The state board of finance shall schedule the
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0025|     issuance and sale of the bonds in the most expeditious and
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0001|     economical manner possible upon a finding by the board that the
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0002|     project has been developed sufficiently to justify the issuance
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0003|     and that the project can proceed to contract within a
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0004|     reasonable time.  The state board of finance shall further take
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0005|     the appropriate steps necessary to comply with the Internal
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0006|     Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  The proceeds from the sale
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0007|     of the bonds are appropriated to the board of regents of New
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0008|     Mexico highlands university for the purpose of renovating and
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0009|     expanding the Lora Mangum Shield science building at New Mexico
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0010|     highlands university located in San Miguel county.  Any
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0011|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0012|     fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the severance tax bonding
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0013|     fund.  If the board of regents of New Mexico highlands
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0014|     university has not certified the need for the issuance of the
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0015|     bonds by the end of fiscal year 1999, the authorization
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0016|     provided in this section shall be void.
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0017|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0018|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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