0001| HOUSE BILL 24
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003| 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| JOSE R. ABEYTA
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0011| AN ACT
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0012| RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
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0013| SEVERANCE TAX BONDS TO REPAIR, RENOVATE AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO
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0014| THE COLFAX COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN RATON IN COLFAX COUNTY; MAKING
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0015| AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018| Section 1. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED--APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--The state board of finance may issue
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0019| and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance
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0020| Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding one hundred fifty-two
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0021| thousand dollars ($152,000) when the local government division
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0022| of the department of finance and administration certifies the
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0023| need 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 the
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0001| 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| local government division of the department of finance and
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0008| administration for the purpose of repairing, renovating and
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0009| making improvements to the Colfax county courthouse in Raton
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0010| located in Colfax county. Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0011| balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to
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0012| the severance tax bonding fund. If the local government
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0013| division of the department of finance and administration has not
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0014| certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of
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0015| fiscal year 1998, the authorization provided in this section
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0016| shall be void.
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0017| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0018| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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