0001|                         HOUSE BILL 650
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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|                        LYNDA M. LOVEJOY
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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 ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL
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0014|     SERVICES EQUIPMENT PURCHASES IN HOUSE DISTRICT 69; MAKING
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0015|     APPROPRIATIONS; 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 Bonding
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0022|     Act in an amount not to exceed the total of the amounts
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0023|     authorized for purposes specified in Sections 2 and 3 of this
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0024|     act.  The state board of finance shall schedule the issuance and
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0025|     sale of 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 steps
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0005|     necessary to comply with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
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0006|     amended.  Proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated
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0007|     for the purposes specified in Sections 2 and 3 of this act.
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0008|            B.  The agencies named in Sections 2 and 3 of this

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0009|     act shall certify to the state board of finance when the money
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0010|     from the proceeds of the severance tax bonds authorized in this
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0011|     section is needed for the purposes specified in the applicable
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0012|     section of this 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|     1998, 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 Sections 2 and 3 of
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0019|     this act at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the
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0020|     severance tax bonding fund.
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0021|       Section 2.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--STATE HIGHWAY AND
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0022|     TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT--PURPOSES.--Pursuant to the provisions
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0023|     of Section 1 of this act, upon certification by the state
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0024|     highway and transportation department that the need exists for
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0025|     the issuance of the bonds, one hundred thirty-one thousand
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0001|     dollars ($131,000) is appropriated to the state highway and
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0002|     transportation department for road improvements, including
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0003|     grading, drainage and base course, in the Whispering Cedars
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0004|     subdivision in McKinley county.
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0005|       Section 3.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
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0006|     ADMINISTRATION--PURPOSE.--Pursuant to the provisions of Section
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0007|     1 of this act, upon certification by the local government
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0008|     division of the department of finance and administration that
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0009|     the need exists for the issuance of the bonds, twenty-four
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0010|     thousand dollars ($24,000) is appropriated to the local
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0011|     government division of the department of finance and
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0012|     administration for the purpose of purchasing emergency medical
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0013|     services equipment for the Crownpoint volunteer fire department
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0014|     in McKinley county.
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0015|       Section 4.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0016|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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