0001|                         HOUSE BILL 270
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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|                       JEANNETTE WALLACE
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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 TO DESIGN, CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP A STUDENT
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0014|     SERVICES BUILDING AT THE LOS ALAMOS BRANCH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
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0015|     NEW MEXICO IN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION;
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0016|     DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0017|     
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0018|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0019|       Section 1.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED--APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--The state board of finance may issue
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0020|     and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance
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0021|     Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding one million three
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0022|     hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,350,000) when the board of
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0023|     regents of the university of New Mexico certifies the need for
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0024|     the issuance of the bonds.  The state board of finance shall
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0025|     schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the most
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0001|     expeditious and economical manner possible upon a finding by the
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0002|     board that the project has been developed sufficiently to
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0003|     justify the issuance and that the project can proceed to
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0004|     contract within a reasonable time.  The state board of finance
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0005|     shall further take the appropriate steps necessary to comply
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0006|     with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  The
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0007|     proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the
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0008|     board of regents of the university of New Mexico for the purpose
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0009|     of designing, constructing and equipping a student services
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0010|     building at the Los Alamos campus of the university of New
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0011|     Mexico located in Los Alamos county.  Any unexpended or
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0012|     unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999
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0013|     shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund.  If the board of
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0014|     regents of the university of New Mexico has not certified the
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0015|     need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year
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0016|     1998, the authorization 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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