0001|                             HOUSE BILL 9
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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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 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
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0012|     SEVERANCE TAX BONDS; REAUTHORIZING UNEXPENDED OR UNENCUMBERED
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0013|     BALANCES; CHANGING THE PURPOSE OF CERTAIN BOND AUTHORIZATIONS;
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0014|     EXTENDING THE EXPENDITURE PERIODS; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS;
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0015|     DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0016|     
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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--AUTHORIZATIONS--
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0019|     APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--
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0020|               A.  The state board of finance may issue and sell
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0021|     severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance Tax
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0022|     Bonding Act in an amount not to exceed the total of the
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0023|     amounts authorized for purposes specified in this act.  The
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0024|     state board of finance shall schedule the issuance and sale of
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0025|     the bonds in the most expeditious and economical manner
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0001|     possible upon a finding by the board that the project has been
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0002|     developed sufficiently to justify the issuance and that the
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0003|     project can proceed to contract within a reasonable time.  The
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0004|     state board of finance shall further take the appropriate
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0005|     steps necessary to comply with the Internal Revenue Code of
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0006|     1986, as amended.  Proceeds from the sale of the bonds are
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0007|     appropriated for the purposes specified in this act.
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0008|               B.  The agencies named in this act shall certify to
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0009|     the state board of finance when the money from the proceeds of
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0010|     the severance tax bonds authorized in this section is needed
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0011|     for the purposes specified in the applicable section of this
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0012|     act.
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0013|               C.  If the specified agency has not certified the
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0014|     need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year
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0015|     2000, the authorization provided in this act shall be void.
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0016|               D.  Unless otherwise specified in this act, any
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0017|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining from the proceeds
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0018|     of severance tax bonds issued pursuant to this act at the end
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0019|     of fiscal year 2002 shall revert to the severance tax bonding
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0020|     fund.
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0021|          Section 2.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--GENERAL SERVICES
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0022|     DEPARTMENT--PURPOSES.--Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1
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0023|     of this act, upon certification by the property control
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0024|     division of the general services department that the need
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0025|     exists for the issuance of the bonds, the following amounts
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0001|     are appropriated to the capital program fund for the following
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0002|     purposes:
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0003|               A.  five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for
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0004|     roof replacement and related repairs to state buildings
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0005|     located throughout the state; and
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0006|               B.  two million five hundred thousand dollars
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0007|     ($2,500,000) to plan, design and make improvements to
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0008|     buildings located throughout the state, including necessary
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0009|     improvements to comply with the Americans With Disabilities
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0010|     Act of 1990.
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0011|          Section 3.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--DEPARTMENT OF
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0012|     ENVIRONMENT--PURPOSE.--Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1
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0013|     of this act, upon certification by the department of
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0014|     environment that the need exists for the issuance of the
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0015|     bonds, one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000)
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0016|     is appropriated to the wastewater facility construction loan
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0017|     fund to carry out the provisions of the Wastewater Facility
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0018|     Construction Loan Act. 
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0019|          Section 4.  EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT FUND--CAPITAL
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0020|     PROGRAM FUND--PURPOSES.--
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0021|               A.  Six hundred six thousand six hundred dollars
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0022|     ($606,600) is appropriated from the employment security
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0023|     department fund to the capital program fund for expenditure in
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0024|     fiscal years 1998 through 2000 for the following purposes at
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0025|     the labor department:
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0001|                    (1)  three hundred ninety-one thousand four
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0002|     hundred dollars ($391,400) to renovate and make improvements
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0003|     to the Tiwa building in Bernalillo county;
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0004|                    (2)  one hundred fifty-five thousand eight
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0005|     hundred dollars ($155,800) to renovate the mechanical systems
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0006|     at the Tiwa building in Bernalillo county; and
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0007|                    (3)  fifty-nine thousand four hundred dollars
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0008|     ($59,400) for roof replacement and related repairs at the
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0009|     Hobbs office building in Lea county.
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0010|               B.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0011|     remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the
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0012|     employment security department fund.
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0013|          Section 5.  MINERS' TRUST FUND--PURPOSES.--
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0014|               A.  Four hundred seventy-four thousand six hundred
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0015|     dollars ($474,600) is appropriated from the miners' trust fund
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0016|     to the miners' Colfax medical center in the following amounts
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0017|     for the following purposes for expenditure in fiscal years
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0018|     1998 and 1999:
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0019|                    (1)  twenty-six thousand dollars ($26,000) to
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0020|     purchase an endoscope cleaning system;
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0021|                    (2)  thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) to
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0022|     construct a walkway between buildings;
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0023|                    (3)  seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000)
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0024|     to improve the information system;
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0025|                    (4)  eighty-one thousand dollars ($81,000) to
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0001|     refurnish and equip the laboratory; and
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0002|                    (5)  two hundred fifty-seven thousand six
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0003|     hundred dollars ($257,600) to renovate the quarters' building.
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0004|               B.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0005|     remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the
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0006|     miners' trust fund.
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0007|          Section 6.  GENERAL FUND--EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FUND--
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0008|     PURPOSE.--Six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) is
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0009|     appropriated from the general fund to the educational
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0010|     technology fund for expenditure in fiscal year 1998 and
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0011|     subsequent fiscal years for the purpose of implementing the
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0012|     provisions of the Technology for Education Act.  Any
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0013|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of any
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0014|     fiscal year shall not revert.
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0015|          Section 7.  REAUTHORIZATION--GENERAL SERVICES
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0016|     DEPARTMENT--EXTENDING EXPENDITURE PERIOD--CHANGE IN PURPOSE.--
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0017|     Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D of Section 1 of
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0018|     Chapter 148 of Laws 1994, the balance of the proceeds from the
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0019|     sale of severance tax bonds appropriated to the general
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0020|     services department pursuant to Subsection D of Section 13 of
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0021|     Chapter 148 of Laws 1994 to construct, furnish and equip a
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0022|     visitor, control and administrative center and improve
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0023|     security at the New Mexico boys' school at Springer located in
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0024|     Colfax county shall not be expended for its original purpose
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0025|     but is reauthorized and appropriated to the property control
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0001|     division of the general services department to repair,
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0002|     renovate and make improvements at the New Mexico boys' school
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0003|     at Springer located in Colfax county.  The period of time in
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0004|     which this appropriation may be expended is extended through
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0005|     fiscal year 2001.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0006|     remaining from the proceeds of the bonds at the end of fiscal
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0007|     year 2001 shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund. 
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0008|          Section 8.  PROJECT SCOPE--EXPENDITURES.--If an
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0009|     appropriation for a project authorized in this act is not
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0010|     sufficient to complete all the purposes specified, the
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0011|     appropriation may be expended for any portion of the purposes
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0012|     specified in the appropriation.  Expenditures shall not be
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0013|     made for purposes other than those specified in the
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0014|     appropriation.
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0015|          Section 9.  ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.--Pursuant to Section
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0016|     13-4A-4 NMSA 1978 and where applicable, the appropriations
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0017|     authorized in this act include one percent for the art in
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0018|     public places fund.
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0019|          Section 10.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0020|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0021|     immediately.
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