0001|                            HOUSE BILL 147
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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|                           MIGUEL P. GARCIA
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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 PURCHASING AND INSTALLING COMPUTER
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0013|     HARDWARE AND FOR INSTALLING AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR COMPUTERS
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0014|     AT SCHOOL-ON-WHEELS ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL IN BERNALILLO
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0015|     COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; 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 twenty-
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0022|     seven thousand seven hundred dollars ($27,700) when the state
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0023|     department of public education certifies the need for the
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0024|     issuance of the bonds.  The state board of finance shall
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0025|     schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the most
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0001|     expeditious and economical manner possible upon a finding by
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0002|     the board that the project has been developed sufficiently to
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0003|     justify the issuance and that the project can proceed to
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0004|     contract within a reasonable time.  The state board of finance
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0005|     shall further take the appropriate steps necessary to comply
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0006|     with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  The
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0007|     proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the
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0008|     state department of public education for the purpose of
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0009|     purchasing and installing computer hardware and for installing
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0010|     an electrical system for computers at School-on-Wheels
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0011|     alternative high school located in Bernalillo 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 state department of public education has not
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0015|     certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of
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0016|     fiscal year 1999, the authorization provided in this section
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0017|     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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