0001| SENATE BILL 400 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| DON KIDD | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS; AMENDING THE PRIVATE | 0012| ACTIVITY BOND ACT TO ADD NEW ISSUING AUTHORITIES AND TO CHANGE | 0013| CERTAIN ALLOCATION PROVISIONS. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 6-20-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, | 0017| Chapter 46, Section 2) is amended to read: | 0018| "6-20-2. DEFINITIONS.-- | 0019| A. As used in the Private Activity Bond Act: | 0020| (1) "allocation" means an allocation of the | 0021| state ceiling issued by the board to an issuing authority to | 0022| issue private activity bonds; | 0023| (2) "allocation expiration date" means the | 0024| expiration date for issuance of private activity bonds or | 0025| making a mortgage credit certificate election set forth in the | 0001| board allocation, which shall be the earlier of [one hundred | 0002| twenty] ninety days from the date of issuance of the | 0003| allocation or the bond issuance expiration date for the | 0004| calendar year of the allocation, [provided, however, that in | 0005| the case of allocations issued pursuant to Subsection A or B of | 0006| Section 3 of the Private Activity Bond Act, "allocation | 0007| expiration date" means July 1 of the calendar year of the | 0008| allocation] subject to extension pursuant to Section 6-20-10 | 0009| NMSA 1978; | 0010| (3) "board" means the state board of finance; | 0011| (4) "bond counsel" means an attorney or a firm | 0012| of attorneys listed in the most recently available "directory | 0013| of municipal bond dealers of the United States", published by | 0014| the bond buyer and commonly known as the "red book", in the | 0015| section listing municipal bond attorneys of the United States, | 0016| or the successor publication thereto; | 0017| (5) "bond issuance expiration date" means the | 0018| date, not later than [December 26] the last business day of | 0019| a calendar year, selected annually by the board upon which all | 0020| unexpired allocations issued for the calendar year shall expire | 0021| except to the extent that any unexpired allocation has been | 0022| used by an issuing authority prior to such date to issue | 0023| private activity bonds or make a mortgage credit certificate | 0024| election; | 0025| (6) "carryforward election allocation" means | 0001| an allocation of the state ceiling issued by the board pursuant | 0002| to the Private Activity Bond Act which an issuing authority may | 0003| elect to treat as a carryforward under Section 146 of the code; | 0004| (7) "carryforward purpose" means: | 0005| (a) the purpose of issuing exempt | 0006| facility bonds; | 0007| (b) the purpose of issuing qualified | 0008| mortgage bonds or mortgage credit certificates; | 0009| (c) the purpose of issuing qualified | 0010| student loan bonds; and | 0011| (d) the purpose of issuing qualified | 0012| redevelopment bonds; | 0013| (8) "code" means the Internal Revenue Code of | 0014| 1986, as amended; | 0015| (9) "confirmation" means the confirmation of | 0016| bond issuance furnished to the board; | 0017| (10) "inducement resolution" means a | 0018| resolution expressing an intent to issue private activity bonds | 0019| for a project; | 0020| (11) "issuing authority" means the state, | 0021| state agencies, counties, [and] incorporated municipalities | 0022| and regional housing authorities and any agency, authority, | 0023| instrumentality, corporation or body that is authorized under | 0024| state law to issue private activity bonds on behalf of a | 0025| county, incorporated municipality or regional housing | 0001| authority; | 0002| (12) "mortgage credit certificate election" | 0003| means an election pursuant to Section 25(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the | 0004| code, by an issuing authority not to issue qualified mortgage | 0005| bonds which the issuing authority is otherwise authorized to | 0006| issue, in exchange for the authority under Section 25 of the | 0007| code to issue mortgage credit certificates in connection with a | 0008| qualified mortgage credit certificate within the meaning of | 0009| Section 25(c)(2) of the code; | 0010| (13) "private activity bond" means: | 0011| (a) any bond or other obligation which | 0012| is a qualified private activity bond under Section 141 of the | 0013| code which is not excluded by Section 146(g), (h) and (i) of | 0014| the code or a bond or other obligation issued under Section | 0015| 1312 or 1313 of the Tax Reform Act of 1986; and | 0016| (b) the private activity portion of | 0017| government use bonds allocated by an issuing authority to an | 0018| issue under Section 141(b)(5) of the code; | 0019| (14) "project" means any facilities which can | 0020| be financed with private activity bonds which are not qualified | 0021| student loan bonds or qualified mortgage bonds; | 0022| (15) "qualified mortgage bond" means a bond or | 0023| obligation which is issued as part of a qualified mortgage | 0024| issue under Section 143 of the code; | 0025| (16) "qualified student loan bond" means any | 0001| bond issued as part of an issue of which the applicable | 0002| percentage or more of the net proceeds thereof are to be used | 0003| directly or indirectly to make or finance student loans under | 0004| programs identified by Section 144(b) of the code; | 0005| (17) "regulations" means the regulations | 0006| promulgated by the internal revenue service under the code [or | 0007| under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended]; | 0008| (18) "request for allocation" means the | 0009| request of an issuing authority pursuant to the Private | 0010| Activity Bond Act; | 0011| (19) "request for carryforward election | 0012| allocation" means the request of an issuing authority pursuant | 0013| to the Private Activity Bond Act; | 0014| (20) "state" means the state of New Mexico; | 0015| (21) "state agency" means the New Mexico | 0016| industrial and agricultural finance authority, the New Mexico | 0017| educational assistance foundation, the New Mexico mortgage | 0018| finance authority, the New Mexico finance authority, the | 0019| border authority and any other agency, authority, | 0020| instrumentality, corporation or body, now existing or hereafter | 0021| created, which under state law [can] is authorized to issue | 0022| private activity bonds on behalf of the state or any state | 0023| agency; provided, a regional housing authority shall not be | 0024| deemed to be a "state agency" for purposes of the Private | 0025| Activity Bond Act; | 0001| (22) "state ceiling" means, for any calendar | 0002| year, the greater of an amount equal to fifty dollars ($50.00) | 0003| multiplied by the state population as shown by the most recent | 0004| census estimate of the resident population of the state | 0005| released by the United States bureau of census before the | 0006| beginning of such calendar year or one hundred fifty million | 0007| dollars ($150,000,000) or such different amount as may be | 0008| provided by Section 146(d) of the code; | 0009| (23) "state private activity bond fund" means | 0010| the fund into which the unallocated and unused state ceiling is | 0011| set aside [on July 1] in each calendar year and from which | 0012| issuing authorities may receive carryforward election | 0013| allocations and allocations to fund the issuance of private | 0014| activity bonds and the making of mortgage credit certificate | 0015| elections; and | 0016| (24) "user" means the user of proceeds of | 0017| private activity bonds for a project. | 0018| B. The word "issue" or "issued", when used in the | 0019| context of an issuing authority issuing a private activity | 0020| bond, means the physical delivery of the evidences of | 0021| indebtedness in exchange for the amount of the purchase price. | 0022| C. References in the Private Activity Bond Act to | 0023| particular sections of the code or the regulations shall be | 0024| deemed also to refer to any successor or recodification | 0025| sections." | 0001| Section 2. Section 6-20-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, | 0002| Chapter 46, Section 3) is amended to read: | 0003| "6-20-3. ALLOCATION OF STATE CEILING. [A. Until July 1 | 0004| in any calendar year, forty percent of the state ceiling for | 0005| the calendar year shall be allocated to state agencies as a | 0006| group; provided, however, that such allocation shall be made in | 0007| accordance with directives, rules or regulations governing the | 0008| distribution of allocations to be established by the board. | 0009| B. Until July 1 in any calendar year, sixty percent | 0010| of the state ceiling for the calendar year shall be allocated | 0011| to issuing authorities that are not state agencies, as a group; | 0012| provided, however, that such allocations shall be made in | 0013| accordance with directives, rules or regulations governing the | 0014| distribution of allocations to be established by the board. | 0015| C. On July 1 of each calendar year, the amount of | 0016| any allocation issued by the board pursuant to Subsection A or | 0017| B of Section 3 of the Private Activity Bond Act shall expire | 0018| and shall be automatically set aside into the state private | 0019| activity bond fund, except to the extent that an allocation has | 0020| been used by an issuing authority prior to July 1 to issue | 0021| private activity bonds or to make a mortgage credit certificate | 0022| election. | 0023| D. From July 1 through December 31 in any calendar | 0024| year, the board shall prescribe the allocation of the state | 0025| ceiling.] In any calendar year, the board shall prescribe the | 0001| allocation of the state ceiling in accordance with directives, | 0002| rules or regulations governing the distribution of allocations | 0003| to be established by the board." | 0004| Section 3. Section 6-20-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, | 0005| Chapter 46, Section 5) is amended to read: | 0006| "6-20-5. REQUEST FOR ALLOCATION.--A request for | 0007| allocation may be submitted to the board at any time and shall | 0008| consist of the following: | 0009| A. a letter from the issuing authority or, in the | 0010| case of a project, a letter from bond counsel for the issuing | 0011| authority or the user stating the amount of the state ceiling | 0012| requested in dollars; | 0013| B. in the case of a project, a copy of the | 0014| inducement resolution, certified by an official of the issuing | 0015| authority, and a statement of bond counsel for the issuing | 0016| authority or the user that the bonds to be issued are private | 0017| activity bonds; | 0018| C. with respect to a request submitted [on or | 0019| after July 1] in any calendar year, in the case of a project, | 0020| a project plan containing the following, if applicable: | 0021| (1) a description of the project and its | 0022| specific location; | 0023| (2) the estimated number of jobs, both | 0024| construction and permanent, [which] that can be filled by | 0025| persons who are residents of the state at the time of | 0001| submission of the request for allocation; | 0002| (3) the [present] current use or | 0003| conditions of the project site; | 0004| (4) the maximum amount of the bonds to be | 0005| issued; | 0006| (5) a proposed starting date and estimated | 0007| completion date of the construction project; | 0008| (6) information relating to the feasibility of | 0009| the proposed project, showing that the project will generate | 0010| revenues and cash flow sufficient to make payments under the | 0011| lease or installment sale agreement; | 0012| (7) the amount and source of private capital | 0013| [which] that will be used for the project in addition to | 0014| bond financing; | 0015| (8) conceptual site plans for the project and | 0016| a map locating the project area; | 0017| (9) in the case of qualified residential | 0018| rental projects, so-called multifamily housing, an explanation | 0019| of why the housing needs of individuals whose income will make | 0020| them eligible under Section 142(d) of the code are not being | 0021| met by existing multifamily housing; | 0022| (10) any other information [which] that | 0023| the user believes will aid the board in considering the request | 0024| for allocation; and | 0025| (11) any other information specifically | 0001| requested by the board; | 0002| D. in the case of a project, a commitment letter | 0003| from the proposed purchaser or underwriter of the bonds; and | 0004| E. in the case of a mortgage credit certificate | 0005| election, a letter from the issuing authority stating that a | 0006| qualified mortgage credit certificate program has been adopted | 0007| by the issuing authority." | 0008| Section 4. Section 6-20-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, | 0009| Chapter 46, Section 6) is amended to read: | 0010| "6-20-6. ALLOCATION.--After considering a request for | 0011| allocation, the board may within a reasonable time, as | 0012| determined by the board, issue an allocation [provided, | 0013| however, that an allocation requested by an issuing authority | 0014| pursuant to Subsection A or B of Section 3 of the Private | 0015| Activity Bond Act shall be issued by the board within a reason- | 0016| | 0017| able time after a request for allocation is submitted to the | 0018| board]. An allocation shall state the amount, in dollars, of | 0019| the state ceiling allocated and shall state the allocation | 0020| expiration date." | 0021| Section 5. Section 6-20-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1988, | 0022| Chapter 46, Section 7) is amended to read: | 0023| "6-20-7. CARRYFORWARD ELECTION ALLOCATIONS.--An issuing | 0024| authority may submit to the board a request for carryforward | 0025| election allocation with respect to private activity bonds | 0001| proposed to be issued to finance bonds for a specified | 0002| carryforward purpose. The date for submission of such requests | 0003| shall be established by the board annually. A separate request | 0004| [must] shall be submitted for each carryforward purpose, | 0005| except that a request for carryforward election allocation with | 0006| respect to qualified student loan bonds or qualified mortgage | 0007| bonds may cover all proposed issuances of student loan bonds | 0008| and qualified mortgage bonds. Not later than [December 26] | 0009| the last business day of a calendar year [or the next busi- | 0010| | 0011| ness day if December 26 is a holiday], the board shall issue | 0012| carryforward election allocations in amounts determined by the | 0013| board, to the extent that sufficient amounts are available in | 0014| the state private activity bond fund and the requirements of | 0015| the Private Activity Bond Act are satisfied. A request for | 0016| carryforward election allocation shall contain the same | 0017| information and materials required to be included in a request | 0018| for allocation." | 0019|  | 0020| | 0021| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0022| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| February 11, 1997 | 0001| | 0002| Mr. President: | 0003| | 0004| Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to | 0005| whom has been referred | 0006| | 0007| SENATE BILL 400 | 0008| | 0009| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0010| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0011| WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE. | 0012| | 0013| Respectfully submitted, | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| __________________________________ | 0019| Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0024| Adopted_______________________ | 0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| Date ________________________ | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0007| Yes: 7 | 0008| No: None | 0009| Excused: Griego, Robinson, Wilson | 0010| Absent: None | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| S0400CT1 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0018| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| February 19, 1997 | 0022| | 0023| Mr. President: | 0024| | 0025| Your WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0001| referred | 0002| | 0003| SENATE BILL 400 | 0004| | 0005| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0006| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0007| FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0008| | 0009| Respectfully submitted, | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| __________________________________ | 0015| Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0020| Adopted_______________________ | 0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| Date ________________________ | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0003| Yes: 7 | 0004| No: 0 | 0005| Excused: McSorley, Nava | 0006| Absent: None | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| S0400WM1 | 0010| |