0001|                           SENATE BILL 657
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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|                         TIMOTHY Z. JENNINGS
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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 FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN
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0013|     THE CITY OF ROSWELL IN CHAVES COUNTY; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS;
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0014|     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--AUTHORIZATIONS--
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0018|     APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--
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0019|               A.  The state board of finance may issue and sell
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0020|     severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance Tax
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0021|     Bonding Act in an amount not to exceed the total of the amounts
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0022|     authorized for purposes specified in Sections 2 and 3 of this
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0023|     act.  The state board of finance shall schedule the issuance
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0024|     and sale of the bonds in the most expeditious and economical
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0025|     manner possible upon a finding by the board that the project
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0001|     has been developed sufficiently to justify the issuance and
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0002|     that the project can proceed to contract within a reasonable
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0003|     time.  The state board of finance shall further take the
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0004|     appropriate steps necessary to comply with the Internal Revenue
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0005|     Code of 1986, as amended.  Proceeds from the sale of the bonds
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0006|     are appropriated for the purposes specified in Sections 2 and 3
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0007|     of this act.
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0008|               B.  The agencies named in Sections 2 and 3 of this
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0009|     act shall certify to the state board of finance when the money
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0010|     from the proceeds of the severance tax bonds authorized in this
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0011|     section is needed for the purposes specified in the applicable
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0012|     section of this act.
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0013|               C.  If the specified agency has not certified the
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0014|     need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year
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0015|     1999, the authorization provided in this act shall be void.
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0016|               D.  Unless otherwise specified in this act, any
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0017|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining from the proceeds
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0018|     of severance tax bonds issued pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 of
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0019|     this act at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the
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0020|     severance tax bonding fund.
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0021|          Section 2.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
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0022|     ADMINISTRATION--PURPOSES.--Pursuant to the provisions of
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0023|     Section 1 of this act, upon certification by the local
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0024|     government division of the department of finance and
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0025|     administration that the need exists for the issuance of the
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0001|     bonds, the following amounts are appropriated to the local
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0002|     government division of the department of finance and
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0003|     administration for the following purposes in Roswell in Chaves
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0004|     county:
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0005|               A.  two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000)
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0006|     for improvements to the Rio Hondo bicycle trail;
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0007|               B.  seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) for
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0008|     planning, designing, constructing, remodeling and equipping the
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0009|     Patricia L. Bassett children's wing of the Roswell museum and
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0010|     art center;
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0011|               C.  three million five hundred thousand dollars
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0012|     ($3,500,000) for planning, designing, constructing and
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0013|     equipping a family aquatic center;
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0014|               D.  one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for
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0015|     improvements to the Spring River zoo;
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0016|               E.  three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000)
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0017|     for improvements to the municipal park at the old municipal
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0018|     airport; and 
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0019|               F.  three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars
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0020|     ($375,000) for park and parking lot improvements on north Main
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0021|     street.
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0022|          Section 3.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--DEPARTMENT OF
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0023|     ENVIRONMENT--PURPOSE.--Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1
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0024|     of this act, upon certification by the department of
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0025|     environment that the need exists for the issuance of the bonds,
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0001|     two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is appropriated
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0002|     to the department of environment for the purpose of making
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0003|     improvements to the wastewater system in east McGaffey street
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0004|     area.
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0005|          Section 4.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0006|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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