0001| HOUSE BILL 1293
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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| J. PAUL TAYLOR
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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 EXTEND A WATER LINE ON WATSON LANE IN
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0013| DONA ANA COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN
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0014| 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 eighty
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0021| thousand dollars ($80,000) when the department of environment
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0022| certifies the need for the issuance of the bonds. The state
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0023| board of finance shall schedule the issuance and sale of the
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0024| bonds in the most expeditious and economical manner possible
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0025| upon a finding by the board that the project has been developed
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0001| sufficiently to justify the issuance and that the project can
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0002| proceed to contract within a reasonable time. The state board
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0003| of finance shall further take the appropriate steps necessary
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0004| to comply with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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0005| The proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the
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0006| department of environment for the purpose of extending a water
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0007| line on Watson land located in Dona Ana county. Any unexpended
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0008| or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year
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0009| 2000 shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund. If the
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0010| department has not certified the need for the issuance of the
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0011| bonds by the end of fiscal year 1999, the authorization
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0012| provided in this section shall be void.
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0013| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0014| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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