0001|                            HOUSE BILL 822
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                         JAMES ROGER MADALENA
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
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0012|     SEVERANCE TAX BONDS TO PROVIDE A NEW FORESTRY HEADQUARTERS
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0013|     OFFICE AT THE CORONADO STATE MONUMENT LOCATED IN SANDOVAL
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0014|     COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED-
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0018|     -APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--The state board of finance may
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0019|     issue and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the
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0020|     Severance Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding ninety-
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0021|     nine thousand eight hundred dollars ($99,800) when the energy,
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0022|     minerals and natural resources department certifies the need
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0023|     for the issuance of the bonds.  The state board of finance
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0024|     shall 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
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0001|     the 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|     energy, minerals and natural resources department for the
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0008|     purpose of providing a new forestry headquarters office at the
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0009|     Coronado state monument located in Sandoval county.  Any
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0010|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0011|     fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the severance tax bonding
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0012|     fund.  If the energy, minerals and natural resources department
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0013|     has not certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the
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0014|     end of fiscal year 1999, the authorization provided in this
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0015|     section 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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