0001|                            HOUSE BILL 91
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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|                            J. PAUL TAYLOR
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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 PURCHASE OF A SELF-CONTAINED BOOKMOBILE
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0013|     FOR THE CITY OF LAS CRUCES IN DONA ANA COUNTY; MAKING AN
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0014|     APPROPRIATION; 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--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED-
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0018|     -APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--The state board of finance may
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0019|     issue and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the
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0020|     Severance Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding eighty-
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0021|     five thousand dollars ($85,000) when the office of cultural
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0022|     affairs certifies the need for the issuance of the bonds.  The
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0023|     state board of finance shall schedule the issuance and sale of
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0024|     the bonds in the most expeditious and economical manner
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0025|     possible upon a finding by the board that the project has been
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0001|     developed sufficiently to justify the issuance and that the
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0002|     project can proceed to contract within a reasonable time.  The
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0003|     state board of finance shall further take the appropriate steps
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0004|     necessary to comply with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
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0005|     amended.  The proceeds from the sale of the bonds are
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0006|     appropriated to the office of cultural affairs for the purpose
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0007|     of purchasing and equipping a five thousand book, self-
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0008|     contained bookmobile for the city of Las Cruces located in Dona
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0009|     Ana county.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining
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0010|     at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the severance
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0011|     tax bonding fund.  If the office of cultural affairs has not
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0012|     certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of
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0013|     fiscal year 1999, the authorization provided in this section
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0014|     shall be void.
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0015|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0016|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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