0001|                            HOUSE BILL 130
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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|                           BENJAMIN B. RIOS
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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 RAILROAD DEPOT IN
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0013|     LAS CRUCES IN DONA ANA 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 thousand  dollars ($400,000) when the local government
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0022|     division of the department of finance and administration
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0023|     certifies the need for the issuance of the bonds.  The state
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0024|     board of finance shall schedule the issuance and sale of the
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0025|     bonds in the most expeditious and economical manner possible
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0001|     upon a finding by the board that the project has been developed
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0002|     sufficiently to justify the issuance and that the project can
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0003|     proceed to contract within a reasonable time.  The state board
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0004|     of finance shall further take the appropriate steps necessary
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0005|     to comply with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
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0006|     The proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the
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0007|     local government division of the department of finance and
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0008|     administration for the purpose of planning, designing and
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0009|     making improvements, including interior remodeling,
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0010|     accessibility and grounds, to the former Atchison, Topeka and
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0011|     Santa Fe railroad depot in Las Cruces located in Dona Ana
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0012|     county.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
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0013|     the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the severance tax
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0014|     bonding fund.  If the local government division of the
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0015|     department of finance and administration has not certified the
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0016|     need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year
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0017|     1999, the 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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