FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
                        FIRST SESSION, 1997              SB 772/a
  
  
                                                February 24, 1997
  
  Mr. President:
  
      Your WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
  
                          SENATE BILL 772
  
  has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
  that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
  
      1.  On page 2, lines 19 and 20, remove the brackets and the
  line through "one hundred twenty-five million dollars
  ($125,000,000)".
  
      2.  On page 2, lines 20 and 21, strike the underscored
  material.
  
      3.  On page 3, line 3, after the semicolon insert "and".
  
      4.  On page 3, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following new
  paragraph:
  
               "(6)  a class B county having a population of more
  than fifteen thousand according to the 1990 federal decennial census
  and having a net taxable value for rate-setting purposes for the
  1996 taxable year of more than one hundred fifty million dollars
  ($150,000,000) but less than one hundred seventy-five million
  dollars ($175,000,000);".
  
      5.  On page 3, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following new
  subsection:
  
          D.  "health care facilities contract" means an agreement
  between a hospital or health clinic not owned by the county and a
  county imposing the tax authorized by the Local Hospital Gross
  Receipts Tax Act that obligates the county to pay to the hospital
  revenue generated by the tax authorized in that act as consideration
  for the agreement by the hospital or health clinic to use the funds
  only for nonsectarian purposes and to make health care services
  available for the benefit of the county;".
  
      
  
  
  
  
      6.  Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.
  
      7.  On page 4, line 17, after "(4)" insert "or (6)".
  
      8.  On page 7, line 4, strike "and".
  
      9.  On page 7, line 13, strike the period and insert in lieu
  thereof "; and".
  
      10.  On page 7, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following
  new paragraph:
  
               "(4)  if the governing body of a county described in
  Paragraph (6) of Subsection A of Section 7-20C-2 NMSA 1978 is
  enacting the ordinance imposing the tax after July 1, 1997, the
  governing body shall dedicate the revenue for either or a
  combination of the following:
  
                   (a)  acquisition of land or buildings for and the
  design, construction, renovation, equipping or furnishing of a
  hospital facility or health clinic owned by the county or a hospital
  or health clinic with whom the county has entered into a health care
  facilities contract; or
  
                   (b)  operations and maintenance of a hospital or
  health clinic owned by the county or a hospital or health clinic
  with whom the county has entered into a health care facilities
  contract.". 
  
      11.  On page 9, line 23, after "county" insert the following:
  ", or a hospital facility or health clinic with whom the county has
  entered into a health care facilities contract".,
  
  and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
               
                               Respectfully submitted,
  
  
  
                               __________________________________
                               Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Adopted_______________________   Not Adopted_______________________
            (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
  
  
                    Date ________________________
  
  
  The roll call vote was  9  For  0  Against
          Yes:    9
          No:     0
               Excused:     None
          Absent: None
  
  
  
  
  
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