0001|                            HOUSE BILL 677
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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|                        LUCIANO "LUCKY" VARELA
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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 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SANTA FE INDIAN
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0013|     SCHOOL DINING HALL IN SANTA FE COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION;
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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--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 four
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0021|     hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000) when the New Mexico
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0022|     office of Indian affairs certifies the need for the issuance of
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0023|     the bonds.  The state board of finance shall schedule the
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0024|     issuance and sale of the bonds in the most expeditious and
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0025|     economical manner possible upon a finding by the board that the
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0001|     project has been developed sufficiently to justify the issuance
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0002|     and that the project can proceed to contract within a
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0003|     reasonable time.  The state board of finance shall further take
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0004|     the appropriate steps necessary to comply with the Internal
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0005|     Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  The proceeds from the sale
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0006|     of the bonds are appropriated to the New Mexico office of
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0007|     Indian affairs for the purpose of enlarging, renovating,
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0008|     furnishing or equipping the Santa Fe Indian school dining hall
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0009|     located in Santa Fe county.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0010|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert
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0011|     to the severance tax bonding fund.  If the New Mexico office of
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0012|     Indian affairs has not certified the need for the issuance of
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0013|     the bonds by the end of fiscal year 1999, the authorization
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0014|     provided in this section 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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