0001|                        SENATE BILL 367
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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|                     ELIZABETH T. STEFANICS
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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 FUND PHASE II OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT
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0014|     PLANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF MORIARTY LOCATED IN TORRANCE
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0015|     COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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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.--The state board of finance may issue
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0019|     and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance
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0020|     Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding three hundred 
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0021|     ninety-four thousand nine hundred dollars ($394,900) when the
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0022|     department of environment certifies the need for the issuance of
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0023|     the bonds.  The state board of finance shall schedule the
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0024|     issuance and sale of the bonds in the most expeditious and
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0025|     economical manner possible upon a finding by the board that the
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0001|     project has been developed sufficiently to justify the issuance
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0002|     and that the project can proceed to contract within a reasonable
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0003|     time.  The state board of finance shall further take the
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0004|     appropriate steps necessary to comply with the Internal Revenue
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0005|     Code of 1986, as amended.  The proceeds from the sale of the
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0006|     bonds are appropriated to the department of environment for the
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0007|     purpose of funding phase II of the wastewater treatment plant
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0008|     improvements in the city of Moriarty located in Torrance county. 
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0009|     Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0010|     fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund. 
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0011|     If the department of environment has not certified the need for
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0012|     the issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year 1998, the
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0013|     authorization provided in this section shall be void.
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0014|       Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0015|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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0019|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0020|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0023|                                              JANUARY 29, 1996
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0025|   Mr. President:
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0002|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0003|   
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0004|                           SENATE BILL 367
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0006|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0007|   TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the FINANCE
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0008|   COMMITTEE.
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0010|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0015|                              __________________________________
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0016|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0020|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0021|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0024|                     Date ________________________
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0003|   S0367CC1
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