0001|                        SENATE BILL 371
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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 MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO AND ACQUIRE LAND FOR
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0014|     THE UTILITY AIRPORT 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 one hundred 
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0021|     forty-seven thousand dollars ($147,000) when the state highway
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0022|     and transportation department certifies the need for the
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0023|     issuance of the bonds.  The state board of finance shall
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0024|     schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the most
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0025|     expeditious and economical manner possible upon a finding by the
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0001|     board that the project has been developed sufficiently to
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0002|     justify the issuance and that the project can proceed to
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0003|     contract within a reasonable time.  The state board of finance
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0004|     shall further take the appropriate steps necessary to comply
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0005|     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
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0007|     state highway and transportation department for the purpose of
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0008|     making improvements to and acquiring land for the utility
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0009|     airport in the city of Moriarty located in Torrance county.  Any
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0010|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0011|     fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund. 
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0012|     If the state highway and transportation department has not
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0013|     certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of
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0014|     fiscal year 1998, the authorization provided in this section
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0015|     shall be void.
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0016|       Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0017|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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0018|                                - 2 -    
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0019|   
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0020|                    FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0021|                      SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0024|                                              JANUARY 27, 1996
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0001|   Mr. President:
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0003|     Your COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0004|   
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0005|                           SENATE BILL 371
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0007|   has had it under consideration and finds same to be GERMANE, PURSUANT
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0008|   TO CONSTITUIONAL PROVISIONS, and thence referred to the  FINANCE
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0009|   COMMITTEE.
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0011|                              Respectfully submitted,
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0016|                              __________________________________
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0017|                              SENATOR MANNY M. ARAGON, Chairman 
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0021|   Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0022|             (Chief Clerk)                        (Chief Clerk)
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0025|                     Date ________________________
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0004|   S0371CC1
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