0001|                         HOUSE BILL 60
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                        NICK L. SALAZAR
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0011|                             AN ACT
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0012|     RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
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0013|     SEVERANCE TAX BONDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NEW MOON LODGE
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0014|     FACILITY AT SAN JUAN PUEBLO IN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY; MAKING AN
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0015|     APPROPRIATION; 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--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED--APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--
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0019|            A.  The state board of finance may issue and sell
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0020|     severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance Tax Bonding
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0021|     Act in an amount not exceeding four hundred fifty thousand
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0022|     dollars ($450,000) when the New Mexico office of Indian affairs
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0023|     certifies the need for the issuance of the bonds.  The state
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0024|     board of finance shall schedule the issuance and sale of the
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0025|     bonds in the most expeditious and economical manner possible
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0001|     upon a finding by the board that the project has been developed
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0002|     sufficiently to justify the issuance and that the project can
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0003|     proceed to contract within a reasonable time.  The state board
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0004|     of finance shall further take the appropriate steps necessary to
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0005|     comply with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  The
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0006|     proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the New
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0007|     Mexico office of Indian affairs in the following amounts for the
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0008|     following purposes:
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0009|                 (1)  one hundred fifty thousand dollars
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0010|     ($150,000) to remodel the kitchen and bathrooms at the existing
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0011|     New Moon lodge at San Juan pueblo in Rio Arriba county to bring
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0012|     them into compliance with building code requirements; and
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0013|                 (2)  three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000)
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0014|     to plan, design or construct a new women's unit at the New Moon
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0015|     lodge at San Juan pueblo in Rio Arriba county.
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0016|            B.  If the New Mexico office of Indian affairs has
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0017|     not certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end
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0018|     of fiscal year 1998, the authorization provided in this section
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0019|     shall be void.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining
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0020|     from the proceeds of severance tax bonds issued pursuant to
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0021|     Subsection A of this section at the end of fiscal year 1999
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0022|     shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund. 
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0023|       Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0024|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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