0001|                           SENATE BILL 210
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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|                           JOSEPH A. FIDEL
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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 CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITION TO AND
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0013|     RENOVATION OF JONES HALL AT NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND
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0014|     TECHNOLOGY IN SOCORRO COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION;
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0015|     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-
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0019|     -APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--The state board of finance may
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0020|     issue and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the
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0021|     Severance Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding two
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0022|     million five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($2,550,000) when
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0023|     the board of regents of New Mexico institute of mining and
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0024|     technology certifies the need for the issuance of the bonds. 
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0025|     The state board of finance shall schedule the issuance and sale
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0001|     of the bonds in the most expeditious and economical manner
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0002|     possible upon a finding by the board that the project has been
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0003|     developed sufficiently to justify the issuance and that the
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0004|     project can proceed to contract within a reasonable time.  The
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0005|     state board of finance shall further take the appropriate steps
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0006|     necessary to comply with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
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0007|     amended.  The proceeds from the sale of the bonds are
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0008|     appropriated to the board of regents of New Mexico institute of
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0009|     mining and technology for the purpose of constructing an
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0010|     addition and renovation of Jones Hall at New Mexico institute
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0011|     of mining and technology located in Socorro county.  Any
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0012|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0013|     fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the severance tax bonding
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0014|     fund.  If the board of regents of New Mexico institute of
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0015|     mining and technology has not certified the need for the
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0016|     issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year 1999, the
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0017|     authorization provided in this section shall be void.
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0018|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0019|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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