0001| SENATE BILL 338 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| JOHN ARTHUR SMITH | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF | 0012| SEVERANCE TAX BONDS FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF | 0013| TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES IN SIERRA COUNTY; MAKING AN | 0014| APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED- | 0018| -APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--The state board of finance may | 0019| issue and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the | 0020| Severance Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding one | 0021| million two hundred thirty-nine thousand nine hundred fifty | 0022| dollars ($1,239,950) when the state highway and transportation | 0023| department certifies the need for the issuance of the bonds. | 0024| The state board of finance shall schedule the issuance and sale | 0025| of the bonds in the most expeditious and economical manner | 0001| possible upon a finding by the board that the project has been | 0002| developed sufficiently to justify the issuance and that the | 0003| project can proceed to contract within a reasonable time. The | 0004| state board of finance shall further take the appropriate steps | 0005| necessary to comply with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as | 0006| amended. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds are | 0007| appropriated to the state highway and transportation department | 0008| for the purpose of surfacing and improving streets in the city | 0009| of Truth or Consequences located in Sierra county. Any | 0010| unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of | 0011| fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the severance tax bonding | 0012| fund. If the state highway and transportation department has | 0013| not certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end | 0014| of fiscal year 1999, the authorization provided in this section | 0015| shall be void. | 0016| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0017| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0018|  |