0001|                           SENATE BILL 310
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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|                            PHIL A. GRIEGO
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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 EQUIP THE BERNAL-TECOLOTE VOLUNTEER FIRE
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0013|     DEPARTMENT IN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION;
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0014|     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 eighty-
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0021|     eight thousand two hundred seventy-one dollars ($88,271) when
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0022|     the local government division of the department of finance and
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0023|     administration 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 local government division for the
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0008|     purpose of equipping the Bernal-Tecolote volunteer fire
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0009|     department located in San Miguel county, including truck and
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0010|     firefighting equipment, personal protective gear, rescue gear,
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0011|     fire station equipment, wildland fire equipment and emergency
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0012|     medical services equipment.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0013|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert
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0014|     to the severance tax bonding fund.  If the local government
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0015|     division has not certified the need for the issuance of the
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0016|     bonds by the end of fiscal year 1999, the authorization
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0017|     provided in this section shall be void.
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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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