0001|                            SENATE BILL 69
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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|                          LEONARD LEE RAWSON
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0006|                           DISCUSSION DRAFT
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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 PLANNING AND DESIGN OF IMPROVEMENTS TO
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0013|     LOHMAN AVENUE IN 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 one
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0021|     million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) when the
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0022|     state highway and transportation department certifies the need
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0023|     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
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0001|     the 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|     state highway and transportation department for the purpose of
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0008|     planning and designing improvements to a proposed extension of
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0009|     Lohman avenue in Las Cruces in Dona Ana county.  Any unexpended
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0010|     or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year
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0011|     2000 shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund.  If the
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0012|     state highway and transportation department has not certified
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0013|     the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal
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0014|     year 1999, the authorization provided in this section shall be
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0015|     void.
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0016|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0017|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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0018|                                    
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0019|   
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0020|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0021|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0024|                                                January 30, 1997
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0001|   Mr. President:
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0002|   
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0003|       Your CORPORATIONS & TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, to
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0004|   whom has been referred
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0005|   
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0006|                           SENATE BILL 69
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0008|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0009|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0010|   FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0011|   
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0012|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0017|   __________________________________
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0018|                                Roman M. Maes, III, Chairman 
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0022|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0023|   Adopted_______________________
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0024|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)

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0002|                     Date ________________________
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0005|   The roll call vote was <u> 8 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0006|           Yes:    8
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0007|           No:     None
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0008|                Excused:     Robinson, Maloof
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0009|           Absent: None
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0012|   S0069CT1
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