0001| HOUSE BILL 41 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, | 0003| 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| NICK L. SALAZAR | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF | 0013| SEVERANCE TAX BONDS TO CONSTRUCT AN ADDITION TO, TO REMODEL AND | 0014| TO LANDSCAPE THE VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE FACILITY AT THE MAIN | 0015| CAMPUS OF LUNA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN SAN MIGUEL | 0016| COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0017| | 0018| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0019| Section 1. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED--APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--The state board of finance may issue | 0020| and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance | 0021| Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding one million fifty-nine thousand eight hundred four dollars ($1,059,804) when the | 0022| governing board of Luna vocational-technical institute certifies | 0023| the need for the issuance of the bonds. The state board of | 0024| finance shall schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the | 0025| most expeditious and economical manner possible upon a finding | 0001| by the board that the project has been developed sufficiently to | 0002| justify the issuance and that the project can proceed to | 0003| contract within a reasonable time. The state board of finance | 0004| shall further take the appropriate steps necessary to comply | 0005| with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The | 0006| proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the | 0007| governing board of Luna vocational-technical institute for the | 0008| purpose of constructing an addition to, remodeling and | 0009| landscaping the existing vocational agriculture facility for use | 0010| as an early childhood education and permaculture center at the | 0011| main campus located in San Miguel county. Any unexpended or | 0012| unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 | 0013| shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund. If the | 0014| governing board of Luna vocational-technical institute has not | 0015| certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of | 0016| fiscal year 1998, the authorization provided in this section | 0017| shall be void. | 0018| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0019| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0020|  State of New Mexico | 0021| House of Representatives | 0022| | 0023| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0024| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| February 14, 1996 | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Mr. Speaker: | 0006| | 0007| Your TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE, to whom has | 0008| been referred | 0009| | 0010| HOUSE BILLS 41, 53, 136, 181, 236, 271, 272, 354, | 0011| 360, 383, 418, 421, 554, 732, 739 & 786 | 0012| has had them under consideration and reports same with | 0013| recommendation that they DO NOT PASS, but that | 0014| | 0015| HOUSE TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0016| HOUSE BILLS 41, 53, 136, 181, 236, 271, 272, 354, | 0017| 360, 383, 418, 421, 554, 732, 739 & 786 | 0018| | 0019| DO PASS, and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND | 0020| FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0021| | 0022| Respectfully submitted, | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Jerry W. Sandel, Chairman | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Adopted Not Adopted | 0006| | 0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0008| | 0009| Date | 0010| | 0011| The roll call vote was 11 For 0 Against | 0012| Yes: 11 | 0013| Excused: None | 0014| Absent: Hawkins, Ryan | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| HOUSE TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILLS | 0018| 41, 53, 136, 181, 236, 271, 272, 354, 360, 383, 418,421,554, 732, 739 & 786 | 0019| 42ND legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 1996 | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| AN ACT | 0003| AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS GENERAL | 0004| OBLIGATION BONDS; PROVIDING FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR SENIOR | 0005| CITIZEN FACILITY CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS, | 0006| FOR PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS, | 0007| FOR STATE FAIR RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, FOR JUVENILE | 0008| CORRECTIONAL AND REHABILITATIVE FACILITIES AND FOR LAND | 0009| ACQUISITION FOR PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT; PROVIDING FOR A | 0010| TAX LEVY FOR PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF, INTEREST ON AND CERTAIN | 0011| COSTS RELATED TO THE BONDS; REQUIRING APPROVAL OF THE REGISTERED | 0012| VOTERS AT THE 1996 GENERAL ELECTION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. This act may be cited as the "1996 Capital | 0016| Projects General Obligation Bond Act". | 0017| Section 2. For the purpose of providing funds for capital | 0018| expenditures as authorized in this act, general obligation | 0019| indebtedness of the state is authorized for the purposes and in | 0020| the amounts set forth in Section 10 of the 1996 Capital Projects | 0021| General Obligation Bond Act. | 0022| Section 3. The state board of finance, except as limited | 0023| by the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act, shall | 0024| determine the terms, covenants and conditions of bonds issued | 0025| pursuant to that act, including but not limited to: date or | 0001| dates of issue; denominations; maturities; principal amounts; | 0002| rate or rates of interest; provisions for redemption, including | 0003| premiums, registration, refundability, whether the bonds are | 0004| issued in one or more series and other covenants relating to the | 0005| bonds and the issuance thereof. The bonds shall be in such form | 0006| as the state board of finance determines with an appropriate | 0007| series designation and shall bear interest payable as set forth | 0008| in the resolution of the state board of finance. Payment of the | 0009| principal of the bonds shall begin not more than two years after | 0010| the date of their issuance, and the bonds shall mature not later | 0011| than ten years after the date of their issuance. Both principal | 0012| and interest shall be payable in lawful money of the United | 0013| States at the office of the paying agent within or without the | 0014| state of New Mexico as the state board of finance may direct. | 0015| The bonds shall be executed with the manual or facsimile | 0016| signature of the governor or the state treasurer, and the seal | 0017| or a facsimile of the seal of the state shall be placed on each | 0018| bond, except for any series of bonds issued in book entry or | 0019| similar form without the delivery of physical securities. The | 0020| bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of the 1996 | 0021| Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act, the Supplemental | 0022| Public Securities Act and the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public | 0023| Officials Act and may be issued in accordance with the Public | 0024| Securities Short-Term Interest Rate Act. The full faith and credit | 0025| of the state of New Mexico are hereby pledged for the prompt | 0001| payment at maturity of the principal of and interest on all bonds | 0002| issued and sold pursuant to the 1996 Capital Projects General | 0003| Obligation Bond Act. | 0004| Section 4. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall be | 0005| expended solely for providing funds to be distributed for the | 0006| purposes and in amounts not to exceed the amounts set forth in | 0007| Section 10 of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act | 0008| and to pay expenses incurred under Section 6 of that act. Any | 0009| proceeds from the sale of the bonds that are not required for the | 0010| purposes set forth in Sections 6 and 10 of that act shall be used | 0011| for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on the | 0012| bonds. | 0013| Section 5. The bonds authorized under the 1996 Capital | 0014| Projects General Obligation Bond Act shall be sold by the state | 0015| board of finance, at such time and in such manner and amounts as | 0016| the board may elect. The bonds may be sold at private sale or at | 0017| public sale at not less than par and accrued interest to the date | 0018| of delivery. If sold at public sale, the state board of finance | 0019| shall publish a notice of the time and place of sale in a newspaper | 0020| of general circulation in the state and may also publish the notice | 0021| in a recognized financial journal outside the state. The required | 0022| publications shall be made once each week for two consecutive weeks | 0023| prior to the date fixed for the sale, the last publication thereof | 0024| to be at least five days prior to the date of the sale. The notice | 0025| shall specify the amount, denomination, maturity and description of | 0001| the bonds to be offered for sale and the place, date and hour at | 0002| which the sealed bids shall be received. At the time and place | 0003| specified in the notice, the state board of finance shall open the | 0004| bids in public and shall award the bonds to the bidder or bidders | 0005| offering the best price for the bonds. The state board of finance | 0006| may reject any or all bids and readvertise and may waive any | 0007| irregularity in a bid. All bids, except that of the state, shall | 0008| be accompanied by a deposit of two percent of the bid price. The | 0009| deposit of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned upon rejection | 0010| of the bid. The state board of finance may also sell the bonds or | 0011| any part of the bonds to the state treasurer or state investment | 0012| officer. The state treasurer or state investment officer is | 0013| authorized to purchase any of the bonds for investment. The bonds | 0014| are legal investments for any person or board charged with the | 0015| investment of any public funds and may be accepted as security for | 0016| any deposit of public money. | 0017| Section 6. The expenses incurred by the state board of | 0018| finance in or relating to the preparation and sale of the bonds | 0019| shall be paid out of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds, and | 0020| all rebate, penalty, interest and other obligations of the state | 0021| relating to the bonds and bond proceeds under the Internal Revenue | 0022| Code of 1986, as amended, shall be paid from earnings on bond | 0023| proceeds or other money of the state, legally available therefor. | 0024| Section 7. To provide for the payment of the principal of | 0025| and interest on the bonds issued and sold pursuant to the | 0001| provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0002| Act, there shall be and there is hereby imposed and levied during | 0003| each year in which any of the bonds are outstanding an ad valorem | 0004| tax on all property in the state subject to property taxation for | 0005| state purposes sufficient to pay the interest as it becomes due on | 0006| the bonds, together with an amount sufficient to provide a sinking | 0007| fund to pay the principal of the bonds as it becomes due and, if | 0008| permitted by law, ad valorem taxes may be collected to pay | 0009| administrative costs incident to the collection of such taxes. The | 0010| taxes shall be imposed, levied, assessed and collected at the times | 0011| and in the manner that other property taxes for state purposes are | 0012| imposed, levied, assessed and collected. It is the duty of all tax | 0013| officials and authorities to cause these taxes to be imposed, | 0014| levied, assessed and collected. | 0015| Section 8. The state treasurer shall keep separate accounts | 0016| of all money collected pursuant to the taxes imposed and levied | 0017| pursuant to the provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects General | 0018| Obligation Bond Act and shall use this money only for the purposes | 0019| of paying the principal of and interest on the bonds as they become | 0020| due and any expenses relating thereto. | 0021| Section 9. Any owner of bonds issued pursuant to the | 0022| provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act | 0023| may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action or mandamus, | 0024| enforce and compel the performance of the duties required by that | 0025| act of any officer or entity mentioned in that act. The provisions | 0001| of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act constitute | 0002| an irrepealable contract with the owners of any of the bonds issued | 0003| pursuant to that act for the faithful performance of which the full | 0004| faith and credit of the state of New Mexico is hereby pledged. | 0005| Without reference to any other act of the legislature of the state, | 0006| the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act is full | 0007| authority for the issuance and sale of the bonds authorized in that | 0008| act, and such bonds shall have all the qualities of investment | 0009| securities under the Uniform Commercial Code of the state, shall | 0010| not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings | 0011| for the issuance and sale of the bonds and shall be incontestable | 0012| in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders thereof for value. | 0013| All bonds issued under the provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects | 0014| General Obligation Bond Act, and the interest thereon, are exempt | 0015| from taxation by the state and any subdivision or public body | 0016| thereof. | 0017| Section 10. The proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under | 0018| the provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0019| Act shall be distributed as follows for the purposes and in the | 0020| amounts specified: | 0021| A. for senior citizen facility construction and | 0022| improvements, to the state agency on aging: | 0023| (1) three hundred seventy-six thousand dollars | 0024| ($376,000) for the purpose of renovating and making improvements to | 0025| meet current codes and regulations regarding health, safety and | 0001| accessibility at senior centers and meal sites located throughout | 0002| the state; | 0003| (2) one million twenty-nine thousand nine hundred | 0004| dollars ($1,029,900) to be allocated to senior citizen centers and | 0005| programs for the purpose of purchasing vehicles for senior citizen | 0006| centers and programs located throughout the state; | 0007| (3) two hundred twenty-one thousand one hundred | 0008| dollars ($221,100) to be allocated to nutrition programs for the | 0009| purpose of purchasing kitchen equipment for nutrition programs | 0010| located throughout the state; | 0011| (4) eight hundred two thousand dollars ($802,000) | 0012| for the purpose of renovating and making improvements to senior | 0013| centers and meal sites located throughout the state; and | 0014| (5) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for | 0015| the purpose of constructing and equipping a south side senior | 0016| citizen center located in Santa Fe county; | 0017| B. for public educational capital improvements and | 0018| acquisitions: | 0019| (1) to the community college board of Santa Fe | 0020| community college, two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the purpose | 0021| of planning, designing, constructing and equipping an instructional | 0022| technology center at Santa Fe community college located in Santa Fe | 0023| county; | 0024| (2) to the board of regents of northern New | 0025| Mexico state school: | 0001| (a) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) | 0002| for the purpose of renovating, expanding and improving existing | 0003| buildings at northern New Mexico state school at El Rito located in | 0004| Rio Arriba county, including handicap access and infrastructure, | 0005| sewer and water renovation, expansion and equipment; and | 0006| (b) three hundred eighteen thousand four | 0007| hundred ninety-five dollars ($318,495) to design, construct and | 0008| equip a center for the arts at the Espanola branch of northern New | 0009| Mexico state school in Rio Arriba county; | 0010| (3) to the board of regents of New Mexico | 0011| military institute, two million dollars ($2,000,000) to rebuild, | 0012| expand and equip Saunders barracks; | 0013| (4) to the governing board of Luna vocational-technical institute, six hundred fifty thousand dollars ($650,000) | 0014| for the purpose of constructing an addition to, remodeling and | 0015| landscaping the existing vocational agriculture facility for use as | 0016| an early childhood education and permaculture center at the main | 0017| campus located in San Miguel county; | 0018| (5) to the board of regents of New Mexico | 0019| highlands university, five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to | 0020| renovate and make improvements to the Lora Mangum Shield science | 0021| building at New Mexico highlands university located in San Miguel | 0022| county; | 0023| (6) to the board of regents of New Mexico state | 0024| university, nine million dollars ($9,000,000) to design, construct | 0025| and equip the center for sustainable development of arid lands at | 0001| New Mexico state university located in Dona Ana county; | 0002| (7) to the board of regents of the university of | 0003| New Mexico, three million five hundred thousand dollars | 0004| ($3,500,000) to plan, design, construct, renovate, equip and make | 0005| improvements to certain instructional facilities on the main campus | 0006| located in Bernalillo county; | 0007| (8) to the governing board of New Mexico junior | 0008| college, one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) to | 0009| plan, design, construct and equip a transportation training center | 0010| located in Lea county; | 0011| (9) to the governing board of San Juan college, | 0012| five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to design, construct and | 0013| equip an advanced technology center at San Juan college located in | 0014| San Juan county; | 0015| (10) to the board of regents of western New | 0016| Mexico university, nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) to | 0017| renovate the Watta classroom building on the campus of western New | 0018| Mexico university located in Grant county; | 0019| (11) to the public school capital improvements | 0020| fund, five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the purpose of carrying | 0021| out the provisions of the Public School Capital Improvements Act; | 0022| and | 0023| (12) to the public school capital outlay fund, | 0024| twenty-one million five hundred thousand dollars ($21,500,000) to | 0025| be allocated by the public school capital outlay council to carry | 0001| out the provisions of the Public School Capital Outlay Act; | 0002| C. for state fair renovation and improvements, nine | 0003| hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) for the purpose of renovating | 0004| and making improvements to the state fairgrounds located in | 0005| Bernalillo county; | 0006| D. for juvenile correctional and rehabilitative | 0007| facilities, five million dollars ($5,000,000) to the property | 0008| control division of the general services department to plan, | 0009| design, construct and equip juvenile correctional and | 0010| rehabilitative facilities; and | 0011| E. for land acquisition, one million dollars | 0012| ($1,000,000) to the energy, minerals and natural resources | 0013| department for the purpose of acquiring land for Petroglyph | 0014| national monument located in Bernalillo county. | 0015| Section 11. Except as otherwise provided in the 1996 Capital | 0016| Projects General Obligation Bond Act, bonds issued pursuant to that | 0017| act shall be submitted to the registered voters of the state at the | 0018| general election to be held in November 1996 and, if they receive a | 0019| majority of all the votes cast thereon at such election, shall take | 0020| effect upon certification of the state canvassing board announcing | 0021| the results of that election. No bonds shall be issued or sold | 0022| under the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act until | 0023| the registered voters of this state have voted upon and approved | 0024| the bonds and property tax imposition as provided in this section. | 0025| Any bonds issued under that act shall be issued within twenty-six | 0001| months from the date of the general election. | 0002| The ballots used at the 1996 general election shall contain | 0003| substantially the following language: | 0004| A. "The 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0005| Act authorizes the issuance and sale of senior citizen facility | 0006| construction, improvements and equipment bonds. Shall the state of | 0007| New Mexico be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an | 0008| amount not to exceed two million five hundred twenty-nine thousand | 0009| dollars ($2,529,000) to make capital expenditures for certain | 0010| senior citizen facility construction improvements and equipment | 0011| projects and provide for a general property tax imposition and levy | 0012| for the payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred | 0013| in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of | 0014| the tax as permitted by law? | 0015| For__________________ Against_________________ "; | 0016| B. "The 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0017| Act authorizes the issuance and sale of public educational capital | 0018| improvements and acquisitions bonds. Shall the state of New Mexico | 0019| be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to | 0020| exceed forty-seven million five hundred sixty-eight thousand four | 0021| hundred ninety-five dollars ($47,568,495) to make capital | 0022| expenditures for certain public educational capital improvements | 0023| and acquisitions and provide for a general property tax imposition | 0024| and levy for payment of principal of, interest on, and expenses | 0025| incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the | 0001| collection of the tax as permitted by law? | 0002| For_________________ Against_______________"; | 0003| C. "The 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0004| Act authorizes the issuance and sale of state fair capital | 0005| improvements bonds. Shall the state of New Mexico be authorized to | 0006| issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed nine | 0007| hundred thusand dollars ($900,000) to make capital expenditures for | 0008| improvements at the New Mexico state fairgrounds and provide for a | 0009| general property tax imposition and levy for payment of principal | 0010| of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection with the | 0011| issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as permitted by | 0012| law? | 0013| For______________ Against____________"; | 0014| D. "The 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0015| Act authorizes the issuance and sale of juvenile correctional and | 0016| rehabilitative facilities bonds. Shall the state of New Mexico be | 0017| authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to | 0018| exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) to make capital | 0019| expenditures for juvenile correctional and rehabilitative | 0020| facilities and provide for a general property tax imposition and | 0021| levy for payment of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred | 0022| in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of | 0023| the tax as permitted by law? | 0024| For___________ Against___________"; and | 0025| E. "The 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act | 0001| authorizes the issuance and sale of land acquisition bonds. Shall | 0002| the state of New Mexico be authorized to issue general obligation | 0003| bonds in an amount not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) | 0004| to make capital expenditures for land acquisition for Petroglyph | 0005| national monument and provide for a general property tax imposition | 0006| and levy for payment of principal of, interest on and expenses | 0007| incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the | 0008| collection of the tax as permitted by law? | 0009| For__________ Against____________". | 0010| Each question set forth in this section includes a specific | 0011| work or object to be financed by the bonds. If any such question | 0012| is not approved by a majority vote of the electorate at the state's | 0013| 1996 general election, the issuance of bonds for the work or object | 0014| specified by the question shall be excluded from and shall not be | 0015| part of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act. The | 0016| failure of any question to be approved by the electorate at the | 0017| 1996 general election shall not have any effect on the work or | 0018| object specified by any other question approved by the electorate | 0019| or the provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation | 0020| Bond Act relating to questions approved at the election. | 0021| The secretary of state shall include the submission of the | 0022| capital projects general obligation bonds to the people at the 1996 | 0023| general election, and it shall be included in the general election | 0024| proclamation of each of the county clerks. | 0025| The secretary of state shall not include the question of | 0001| whether to issue capital projects general obligation bonds for the | 0002| purpose of acquiring land for Petroglyph national monument, as set | 0003| forth in Section 11 of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation | 0004| Bond Act, on the general election proclamation or on the general | 0005| election ballot unless, prior to June 1, 1996, the secretary of the | 0006| interior certifies in writing to the secretary of state that the | 0007| United States department of the interior will assist in the | 0008| expedited construction of certain portions of the Paseo del Norte | 0009| extension project and that the United States department of the | 0010| interior will work in good faith to eliminate all federal | 0011| impediments to the construction of that extension. | 0012| The secretary of state shall cause the 1996 Capital Projects | 0013| General Obligation Bond Act to be published in full in at least one | 0014| newspaper in each county of the state, if one is published therein, | 0015| once each week for four successive weeks next proceeding the | 0016| general election as required by the constitution of New Mexico. | 0017| Section 12. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.--Pursuant to Section | 0018| 13-4A-4 NMSA 1978 and where applicable, the appropriations | 0019| authorized in the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act | 0020| include one percent for the art in public places fund. | 0021| Section 13. SEVERABILITY.--If any part or application of the | 0022| 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act is held invalid, | 0023| the remainder or its application to other situations or persons | 0024| shall not be affected. | 0025| Section 14. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0001| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0002|  | 0003| | 0004| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0005| SECOND SESSION | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| February 15, 1996 | 0009| | 0010| Mr. President: | 0011| | 0012| Your SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0013| referred | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| HOUSE TAXATION AND REVENUE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE | 0017| FOR HOUSE BILLS 41, 53, 136, 181, 236, 271, 272, | 0018| 354, 360, 383, 418, 421, 554, 732, 739 AND 786 | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0022| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0023| | 0024| 1. On page 7, line 4, after "construction" insert | 0025| ", equipment". | 0001| | 0002| 2. On page 9, strike lines 2 through 6 in their entirety and | 0003| insert in lieu thereof: | 0004| | 0005| "(5) to the board of regents of New Mexico highlands | 0006| university: | 0007| | 0008| (a) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to | 0009| renovate and make improvements to the Lora Mangum Shield science | 0010| building at New Mexico highlands university in San Miguel county; | 0011| and | 0012| | 0013| (b) one million dollars ($1,000,000) for the | 0014| purpose of renovating and expanding Douglas hall on the campus of | 0015| New Mexico highlands university in San Miguel county;". | 0016| | 0017| 3. On page 9, line 8, strike "nine million dollars | 0018| ($9,000,000)" and insert in lieu thereof "nine million four | 0019| hundred thousand dollars ($9,400,000)". | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| 4. On page 9, strike lines 11 through 15 in their entirety and | 0023| insert in lieu thereof: | 0024| | 0025| "(7) to the board of regents of the university of New | 0001| Mexico: | 0002| | 0003| (a) one million five hundred thousand dollars | 0004| ($1,500,000) to plan, design, construct, renovate, equip and make | 0005| improvements to certain instructional facilities on the main | 0006| campus located in Bernalillo county; and | 0007| | 0008| (b) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to | 0009| plan and design a new architecture and planning building at the | 0010| university of New Mexico in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county;". | 0011| | 0012| 5. On page 9, strike lines 24 and 25 in their entirety, on | 0013| page 10, strike lines 1 and 2 in their entirety and insert in lieu | 0014| thereof the following: | 0015| | 0016| "(10) to the board of regents of western New Mexico | 0017| university: | 0018| | 0019| (a) nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) to | 0020| renovate the Watts classroom building on the campus of western New | 0021| Mexico university located in Grant county; and | 0022| | 0023| (b) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to | 0024| design, renovate or remodel the fine arts auditorium on the campus | 0025| of western New Mexico university located in Grant county;". | 0001| | 0002| 6. On page 10, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following: | 0003| | 0004| "(11) to the governing board of Albuquerque technical-vocational institute, three million dollars ($3,000,000) for the | 0005| purpose of planning, designing and constructing a support services | 0006| building for Albuquerque technical-vocational institute located in | 0007| Bernalillo county; | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| (12) to the board of regents of New Mexico institute of | 0011| mining and technology, four million five hundred thousand dollars | 0012| ($4,500,000) to renovate and to design, construct and equip a new | 0013| addition to Jones Hall on the New Mexico institute of mining and | 0014| technology campus located in Socorro county; | 0015| | 0016| (13) to the board of regents of eastern New Mexico | 0017| university, two million dollars ($2,000,000) to remodel the | 0018| education building on the eastern New Mexico university campus | 0019| located in Roosevelt county; | 0020| | 0021| (14) to the governing board of Clovis community college, | 0022| one million one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000) to plan, | 0023| design and construct a new classroom addition and to renovate the | 0024| college library on the Clovis community college campus located in | 0025| Curry county;". | 0001| | 0002| 7. Renumber the succeeding paragraphs accordingly. | 0003| | 0004| 8. On page 11, lines 17 and 18, strike two million five | 0005| hundred twenty-nine thousand dollars ($2,529,000)" and insert in | 0006| lieu thereof "two million five hundred forty-four thousand one | 0007| hundred five dollars ($2,544,105)". | 0008| | 0009| 9. On page 12, lines 4 and 5, strike "forty-seven million | 0010| five hundred sixty-eight thousand four hundred ninety-five dollars | 0011| ($47,568,495)" and insert in lieu thereof "fifty-eight million | 0012| eight hundred sixty-one thousand three hundred thirty-seven | 0013| dollars ($58,861,337)". | 0014| | 0015| 10. On page 12, lines 15 and 16, strike "nine hundred | 0016| thousand dollars ($900,000)" and insert in lieu thereof "nine | 0017| hundred fifteen thousand one hundred five dollars ($915,105)". | 0018| | 0019| 11. On page 13, line 2, strike "five million dollars | 0020| ($5,000,000)" and insert in lieu thereof "five million twenty-five | 0021| thousand dollars ($5,025,000)". | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| 12. On page 13, line 12, strike "one million dollars | 0025| ($1,000,000)" and insert in lieu thereof "one million fifteen | 0001| thousand one hundred five dollars ($1,015,105)". | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Respectfully submitted, | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| _____________________________ | 0009| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Adopted____________________ Not Adopted_____________________ | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Date ______________ | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| The roll call vote was For Against | 0024| Yes: | 0025| No: | 0001| Excused: | 0002| Absent: AN ACT | 0003| AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS GENERAL | 0004| OBLIGATION BONDS; PROVIDING FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR SENIOR | 0005| CITIZEN FACILITY CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS, | 0006| FOR PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS, | 0007| FOR STATE FAIR RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, FOR JUVENILE | 0008| CORRECTIONAL AND REHABILITATIVE FACILITIES AND FOR LAND | 0009| ACQUISITION FOR PETROGLYPH NATIONAL MONUMENT; PROVIDING FOR A | 0010| TAX LEVY FOR PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF, INTEREST ON AND CERTAIN | 0011| COSTS RELATED TO THE BONDS; REQUIRING APPROVAL OF THE | 0012| REGISTERED VOTERS AT THE 1996 GENERAL ELECTION; DECLARING AN | 0013| EMERGENCY. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. This act may be cited as the "1996 Capital | 0017| Projects General Obligation Bond Act". | 0018| Section 2. For the purpose of providing funds for capital | 0019| expenditures as authorized in this act, general obligation | 0020| indebtedness of the state is authorized for the purposes and in | 0021| the amounts set forth in Section 10 of the 1996 Capital | 0022| Projects General Obligation Bond Act. | 0023| Section 3. The state board of finance, except as limited | 0024| by the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act, shall | 0025| determine the terms, covenants and conditions of bonds issued | 0001| pursuant to that act, including but not limited to: date or | 0002| dates of issue; denominations; maturities; principal amounts; | 0003| rate or rates of interest; provisions for redemption, including | 0004| premiums, registration, refundability, whether the bonds are | 0005| issued in one or more series and other covenants relating to | 0006| the bonds and the issuance thereof. The bonds shall be in such | 0007| form as the state board of finance determines with an | 0008| appropriate series designation and shall bear interest payable | 0009| as set forth in the resolution of the state board of finance. | 0010| Payment of the principal of the bonds shall begin not more than | 0011| two years after the date of their issuance, and the bonds shall | 0012| mature not later than ten years after the date of their | 0013| issuance. Both principal and interest shall be payable in | 0014| lawful money of the United States at the office of the paying | 0015| agent within or without the state of New Mexico as the state | 0016| board of finance may direct. The bonds shall be executed with | 0017| the manual or facsimile signature of the governor or the state | 0018| treasurer, and the seal or a facsimile of the seal of the state | 0019| shall be placed on each bond, except for any series of bonds | 0020| issued in book entry or similar form without the delivery of | 0021| physical securities. The bonds shall be issued in accordance | 0022| with the provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects General | 0023| Obligation Bond Act, the Supplemental Public Securities Act and | 0024| the Uniform Facsimile Signature of Public Officials Act and may | 0025| be issued in accordance with the Public Securities Short-Term | 0001| Interest Rate Act. The full faith and credit of the state of | 0002| New Mexico are hereby pledged for the prompt payment at | 0003| maturity of the principal of and interest on all bonds issued | 0004| and sold pursuant to the 1996 Capital Projects General | 0005| Obligation Bond Act. | 0006| Section 4. The proceeds from the sale of the bonds shall | 0007| be expended solely for providing funds to be distributed for | 0008| the purposes and in amounts not to exceed the amounts set forth | 0009| in Section 10 of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation | 0010| Bond Act and to pay expenses incurred under Section 6 of that | 0011| act. Any proceeds from the sale of the bonds that are not | 0012| required for the purposes set forth in Sections 6 and 10 of | 0013| that act shall be used for the purpose of paying the principal | 0014| of and interest on the bonds. | 0015| Section 5. The bonds authorized under the 1996 Capital | 0016| Projects General Obligation Bond Act shall be sold by the state | 0017| board of finance, at such time and in such manner and amounts | 0018| as the board may elect. The bonds may be sold at private sale | 0019| or at public sale at not less than par and accrued interest to | 0020| the date of delivery. If sold at public sale, the state board | 0021| of finance shall publish a notice of the time and place of sale | 0022| in a newspaper of general circulation in the state and may also | 0023| publish the notice in a recognized financial journal outside | 0024| the state. The required publications shall be made once each | 0025| week for two consecutive weeks prior to the date fixed for the | 0001| sale, the last publication thereof to be at least five days | 0002| prior to the date of the sale. The notice shall specify the | 0003| amount, denomination, maturity and description of the bonds to | 0004| be offered for sale and the place, date and hour at which the | 0005| sealed bids shall be received. At the time and place specified | 0006| in the notice, the state board of finance shall open the bids | 0007| in public and shall award the bonds to the bidder or bidders | 0008| offering the best price for the bonds. The state board of | 0009| finance may reject any or all bids and readvertise and may | 0010| waive any irregularity in a bid. All bids, except that of the | 0011| state, shall be accompanied by a deposit of two percent of the | 0012| bid price. The deposit of an unsuccessful bidder shall be | 0013| returned upon rejection of the bid. The state board of finance | 0014| may also sell the bonds or any part of the bonds to the state | 0015| treasurer or state investment officer. The state treasurer or | 0016| state investment officer is authorized to purchase any of the | 0017| bonds for investment. The bonds are legal investments for any | 0018| person or board charged with the investment of any public funds | 0019| and may be accepted as security for any deposit of public | 0020| money. | 0021| Section 6. The expenses incurred by the state board of | 0022| finance in or relating to the preparation and sale of the bonds | 0023| shall be paid out of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds, | 0024| and all rebate, penalty, interest and other obligations of the | 0025| state relating to the bonds and bond proceeds under the | 0001| Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, shall be paid from | 0002| earnings on bond proceeds or other money of the state, legally | 0003| available therefor. | 0004| Section 7. To provide for the payment of the principal of | 0005| and interest on the bonds issued and sold pursuant to the | 0006| provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0007| Act, there shall be and there is hereby imposed and levied | 0008| during each year in which any of the bonds are outstanding an | 0009| ad valorem tax on all property in the state subject to property | 0010| taxation for state purposes sufficient to pay the interest as | 0011| it becomes due on the bonds, together with an amount sufficient | 0012| to provide a sinking fund to pay the principal of the bonds as | 0013| it becomes due and, if permitted by law, ad valorem taxes may | 0014| be collected to pay administrative costs incident to the | 0015| collection of such taxes. The taxes shall be imposed, levied, | 0016| assessed and collected at the times and in the manner that | 0017| other property taxes for state purposes are imposed, levied, | 0018| assessed and collected. It is the duty of all tax officials | 0019| and authorities to cause these taxes to be imposed, levied, | 0020| assessed and collected. | 0021| Section 8. The state treasurer shall keep separate | 0022| accounts of all money collected pursuant to the taxes imposed | 0023| and levied pursuant to the provisions of the 1996 Capital | 0024| Projects General Obligation Bond Act and shall use this money | 0025| only for the purposes of paying the principal of and interest | 0001| on the bonds as they become due and any expenses relating | 0002| thereto. | 0003| Section 9. Any owner of bonds issued pursuant to the | 0004| provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0005| Act may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action or | 0006| mandamus, enforce and compel the performance of the duties | 0007| required by that act of any officer or entity mentioned in that | 0008| act. The provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects General | 0009| Obligation Bond Act constitute an irrepealable contract with | 0010| the owners of any of the bonds issued pursuant to that act for | 0011| the faithful performance of which the full faith and credit of | 0012| the state of New Mexico is hereby pledged. Without reference | 0013| to any other act of the legislature of the state, the 1996 | 0014| Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act is full authority | 0015| for the issuance and sale of the bonds authorized in that act, | 0016| and such bonds shall have all the qualities of investment | 0017| securities under the Uniform Commercial Code of the state, | 0018| shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the | 0019| proceedings for the issuance and sale of the bonds and shall be | 0020| incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders | 0021| thereof for value. All bonds issued under the provisions of | 0022| the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act, and the | 0023| interest thereon, are exempt from taxation by the state and any | 0024| subdivision or public body thereof. | 0025| Section 10. The proceeds from the sale of bonds issued | 0001| under the provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects General | 0002| Obligation Bond Act shall be distributed as follows for the | 0003| purposes and in the amounts specified: | 0004| A. for senior citizen facility construction, | 0005| equipment and improvements, to the state agency on aging: | 0006| (1) three hundred seventy-six thousand dollars | 0007| ($376,000) for the purpose of renovating and making | 0008| improvements to meet current codes and regulations regarding | 0009| health, safety and accessibility at senior centers and meal | 0010| sites located throughout the state; | 0011| (2) one million twenty-nine thousand nine | 0012| hundred dollars ($1,029,900) to be allocated to senior citizen | 0013| centers and programs for the purpose of purchasing vehicles for | 0014| senior citizen centers and programs located throughout the | 0015| state; | 0016| (3) two hundred twenty-one thousand one hundred | 0017| dollars ($221,100) to be allocated to nutrition programs for | 0018| the purpose of purchasing kitchen equipment for nutrition | 0019| programs located throughout the state; | 0020| (4) eight hundred two thousand dollars | 0021| ($802,000) for the purpose of renovating and making | 0022| improvements to senior centers and meal sites located | 0023| throughout the state; and | 0024| (5) one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for | 0025| the purpose of constructing and equipping a south side senior | 0001| citizen center located in Santa Fe county; | 0002| B. for public educational capital improvements and | 0003| acquisitions: | 0004| (1) to the community college board of Santa Fe | 0005| community college, two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the | 0006| purpose of planning, designing, constructing and equipping an | 0007| instructional technology center at Santa Fe community college | 0008| located in Santa Fe county; | 0009| (2) to the board of regents of northern New | 0010| Mexico state school: | 0011| (a) five hundred thousand dollars | 0012| ($500,000) for the purpose of renovating, expanding and | 0013| improving existing buildings at northern New Mexico state | 0014| school at El Rito located in Rio Arriba county, including | 0015| handicap access and infrastructure, sewer and water renovation, | 0016| expansion and equipment; and | 0017| (b) three hundred eighteen thousand four | 0018| hundred ninety-five dollars ($318,495) to design, construct and | 0019| equip a center for the arts at the Espanola branch of northern | 0020| New Mexico state school in Rio Arriba county; | 0021| (3) to the board of regents of New Mexico | 0022| military institute, two million dollars ($2,000,000) to | 0023| rebuild, expand and equip Saunders barracks; | 0024| (4) to the governing board of Luna vocational-technical institute, six hundred fifty thousand dollars | 0025| ($650,000) for the purpose of constructing an addition to, | 0001| remodeling and landscaping the existing vocational agriculture | 0002| facility for use as an early childhood education and | 0003| permaculture center at the main campus located in San Miguel | 0004| county; | 0005| (5) to the board of regents of New Mexico | 0006| highlands university: | 0007| (a) five hundred thousand dollars | 0008| ($500,000) to renovate and make improvements to the Lora Mangum | 0009| Shield science building at New Mexico highlands university in | 0010| San Miguel county; and | 0011| (b) one million dollars ($1,000,000) for | 0012| the purpose of renovating and expanding Douglas hall on the | 0013| campus of New Mexico highlands university in San Miguel county; | 0014| (6) to the board of regents of New Mexico state | 0015| university, nine million four hundred thousand dollars | 0016| ($9,400,000) to design, construct and equip the center for | 0017| sustainable development of arid lands at New Mexico state | 0018| university located in Dona Ana county; | 0019| (7) to the board of regents of the university of | 0020| New Mexico: | 0021| (a) one million five hundred thousand | 0022| dollars ($1,500,000) to plan, design, construct, renovate, | 0023| equip and make improvements to certain instructional facilities | 0024| on the main campus located in Bernalillo county; and | 0025| (b) five hundred thousand dollars | 0001| ($500,000) to plan and design a new architecture and planning | 0002| building at the university of New Mexico in Albuquerque in | 0003| Bernalillo county; | 0004| (8) to the governing board of New Mexico junior | 0005| college, one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) | 0006| to plan, design, construct and equip a transportation training | 0007| center located in Lea county; | 0008| (9) to the governing board of San Juan college, | 0009| five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to design, construct | 0010| and equip an advanced technology center at San Juan college | 0011| located in San Juan county; | 0012| (10) to the board of regents of western New | 0013| Mexico university: | 0014| (a) nine hundred thousand dollars | 0015| ($900,000) to renovate the Watts classroom building on the | 0016| campus of western New Mexico university located in Grant | 0017| county; and | 0018| (b) five hundred thousand dollars | 0019| ($500,000) to design, renovate or remodel the fine arts | 0020| auditorium on the campus of western New Mexico university | 0021| located in Grant county; | 0022| (11) to the governing board of Albuquerque | 0023| technical-vocational institute, three million dollars | 0024| ($3,000,000) for the purpose of planning, designing and | 0025| constructing a support services building for Albuquerque | 0001| technical-vocational institute located in Bernalillo county; | 0002| (12) to the board of regents of New Mexico | 0003| institute of mining and technology, four million five hundred | 0004| thousand dollars ($4,500,000) to renovate and to design, | 0005| construct and equip a new addition to Jones Hall on the New | 0006| Mexico institute of mining and technology campus located in | 0007| Socorro county; | 0008| (13) to the board of regents of eastern New | 0009| Mexico university, two million dollars ($2,000,000) to remodel | 0010| the education building on the eastern New Mexico university | 0011| campus located in Roosevelt county; | 0012| (14) to the governing board of Clovis community | 0013| college, one million one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000) | 0014| to plan, design and construct a new classroom addition and to | 0015| renovate the college library on the Clovis community college | 0016| campus located in Curry county; | 0017| (15) to the public school capital improvements | 0018| fund, five million dollars ($5,000,000) for the purpose of | 0019| carrying out the provisions of the Public School Capital | 0020| Improvements Act; and | 0021| (16) to the public school capital outlay fund, | 0022| twenty-one million five hundred thousand dollars ($21,500,000) | 0023| to be allocated by the public school capital outlay council to | 0024| carry out the provisions of the Public School Capital Outlay | 0025| Act; | 0001| C. for state fair renovation and improvements, nine | 0002| hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) for the purpose of | 0003| renovating and making improvements to the state fairgrounds | 0004| located in Bernalillo county; | 0005| D. for juvenile correctional and rehabilitative | 0006| facilities, five million dollars ($5,000,000) to the property | 0007| control division of the general services department to plan, | 0008| design, construct and equip juvenile correctional and | 0009| rehabilitative facilities; and | 0010| E. for land acquisition, one million dollars | 0011| ($1,000,000) to the energy, minerals and natural resources | 0012| department for the purpose of acquiring land for Petroglyph | 0013| national monument located in Bernalillo county. | 0014| Section 11. Except as otherwise provided in the 1996 | 0015| Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act, bonds issued | 0016| pursuant to that act shall be submitted to the registered | 0017| voters of the state at the general election to be held in | 0018| November 1996 and, if they receive a majority of all the votes | 0019| cast thereon at such election, shall take effect upon | 0020| certification of the state canvassing board announcing the | 0021| results of that election. No bonds shall be issued or sold | 0022| under the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act | 0023| until the registered voters of this state have voted upon and | 0024| approved the bonds and property tax imposition as provided in | 0025| this section. Any bonds issued under that act shall be issued | 0001| within twenty-six months from the date of the general election. | 0002| | 0003| The ballots used at the 1996 general election shall | 0004| contain substantially the following language: | 0005| A. "The 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0006| Act authorizes the issuance and sale of senior citizen facility | 0007| construction, improvements and equipment bonds. Shall the | 0008| state of New Mexico be authorized to issue general obligation | 0009| bonds in an amount not to exceed two million five hundred | 0010| forty-four thousand one hundred five dollars ($2,544,105) to | 0011| make capital expenditures for certain senior citizen facility | 0012| construction improvements and equipment projects and provide | 0013| for a general property tax imposition and levy for the payment | 0014| of principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in | 0015| connection with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of | 0016| the tax as permitted by law? | 0017| For__________________ Against_________________ "; | 0018| B. "The 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0019| Act authorizes the issuance and sale of public educational | 0020| capital improvements and acquisitions bonds. Shall the state | 0021| of New Mexico be authorized to issue general obligation bonds | 0022| in an amount not to exceed fifty-eight million eight hundred | 0023| sixty-one thousand three hundred thirty-seven dollars | 0024| ($58,861,337) to make capital expenditures for certain public | 0025| educational capital improvements and acquisitions and provide | 0001| for a general property tax imposition and levy for payment of | 0002| principal of, interest on, and expenses incurred in connection | 0003| with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as | 0004| permitted by law? | 0005| For_________________ Against_______________"; | 0006| C. "The 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0007| Act authorizes the issuance and sale of state fair capital | 0008| improvements bonds. Shall the state of New Mexico be | 0009| authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not | 0010| to exceed nine hundred fifteen thousand one hundred five | 0011| dollars ($915,105) to make capital expenditures for | 0012| improvements at the New Mexico state fairgrounds and provide | 0013| for a general property tax imposition and levy for payment of | 0014| principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection | 0015| with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as | 0016| permitted by law? | 0017| For_________________ Against_______________"; | 0018| D. "The 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0019| Act authorizes the issuance and sale of juvenile correctional | 0020| and rehabilitative facilities bonds. Shall the state of New | 0021| Mexico be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an | 0022| amount not to exceed five million twenty-five thousand dollars | 0023| ($5,025,000) to make capital expenditures for juvenile | 0024| correctional and rehabilitative facilities and provide for a | 0025| general property tax imposition and levy for payment of | 0001| principal of, interest on and expenses incurred in connection | 0002| with the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the tax as | 0003| permitted by law? | 0004| For___________ Against___________"; and | 0005| E. "The 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0006| Act authorizes the issuance and sale of land acquisition bonds. | 0007| Shall the state of New Mexico be authorized to issue general | 0008| obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed one million fifteen | 0009| thousand one hundred five dollars ($1,015,105) to make capital | 0010| expenditures for land acquisition for Petroglyph national | 0011| monument and provide for a general property tax imposition and | 0012| levy for payment of principal of, interest on and expenses | 0013| incurred in connection with the issuance of the bonds and the | 0014| collection of the tax as permitted by law? | 0015| For___________ Against___________". | 0016| Each question set forth in this section includes a | 0017| specific work or object to be financed by the bonds. If any | 0018| such question is not approved by a majority vote of the | 0019| electorate at the state's 1996 general election, the issuance | 0020| of bonds for the work or object specified by the question shall | 0021| be excluded from and shall not be part of the 1996 Capital | 0022| Projects General Obligation Bond Act. The failure of any | 0023| question to be approved by the electorate at the 1996 general | 0024| election shall not have any effect on the work or object | 0025| specified by any other question approved by the electorate or | 0001| the provisions of the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation | 0002| Bond Act relating to questions approved at the election. | 0003| The secretary of state shall include the submission of the | 0004| capital projects general obligation bonds to the people at the | 0005| 1996 general election, and it shall be included in the general | 0006| election proclamation of each of the county clerks. | 0007| The secretary of state shall not include the question of | 0008| whether to issue capital projects general obligation bonds for | 0009| the purpose of acquiring land for Petroglyph national monument, | 0010| as set forth in Section 11 of the 1996 Capital Projects General | 0011| Obligation Bond Act, on the general election proclamation or on | 0012| the general election ballot unless, prior to June 1, 1996, the | 0013| secretary of the interior certifies in writing to the secretary | 0014| of state that the United States department of the interior will | 0015| assist in the expedited construction of certain portions of the | 0016| Paseo del Norte extension project and that the United States | 0017| department of the interior will work in good faith to eliminate | 0018| all federal impediments to the construction of that extension. | 0019| The secretary of state shall cause the 1996 Capital | 0020| Projects General Obligation Bond Act to be published in full in | 0021| at least one newspaper in each county of the state, if one is | 0022| published therein, once each week for four successive weeks | 0023| next preceding the general election as required by the | 0024| constitution of New Mexico. | 0025| Section 12. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.--Pursuant to Section | 0001| 13-4A-4 NMSA 1978 and where applicable, the appropriations | 0002| authorized in the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond | 0003| Act include one percent for the art in public places fund. | 0004| Section 13. SEVERABILITY.--If any part or application of | 0005| the 1996 Capital Projects General Obligation Bond Act is held | 0006| invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations | 0007| or persons shall not be affected. | 0008| Section 14. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0009| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| HTRC/HB 41 | 0013| et al | 0014| Page  |