0001|                           SENATE BILL 324
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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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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
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0012|     SEVERANCE TAX BONDS TO AUTOMATE THE LIBRARY AT HIGHLAND
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0013|     ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 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 thirty-
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0021|     five thousand dollars ($35,000) when the state department of
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0022|     public education certifies the need for the issuance of the
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0023|     bonds.  The state board of finance shall schedule the issuance
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0024|     and sale of the bonds in the most expeditious and economical
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0025|     manner possible upon a finding by the board that the project
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0001|     has been developed sufficiently to justify the issuance and
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0002|     that the project can proceed to contract within a reasonable
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0003|     time.  The state board of finance shall further take the
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0004|     appropriate steps necessary to comply with the Internal Revenue
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0005|     Code of 1986, as amended.  The proceeds from the sale of the
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0006|     bonds are appropriated to the state department of public
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0007|     education for the purpose of purchasing and installing a
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0008|     network system and the necessary software to fully automate the
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0009|     library at Highland elementary school in Las Cruces located in
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0010|     Dona Ana county.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0011|     remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the
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0012|     severance tax bonding fund.  If the state department of public
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0013|     education has not certified the need for the issuance of the
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0014|     bonds by the end of fiscal year 1999, the authorization
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0015|     provided in this section shall be 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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0020|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0021|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0024|                                               February 11, 1997
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0001|   Mr. President:
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0003|       Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0004|   
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0005|                          SENATE BILL 324
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0007|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0008|   recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0009|   FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0011|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0016|   __________________________________
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0017|                                Cynthia Nava, Chairman 
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0021|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0022|   Adopted_______________________
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0023|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0001|                     Date ________________________
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0004|   The roll call vote was <u> 7 </u> For <u> 0 </u> Against
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0005|           Yes:    7
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0006|           No:     0
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0007|                Excused:     Duran, Gorham, Pinto
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0008|           Absent: None
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