0001|                            HOUSE BILL 203
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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|                          WILLIAM E. PORTER
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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 CAPITAL OUTLAY IN NORTHERN DONA ANA
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0013|     COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016|          Section 1.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED-
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0017|     -APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--
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0018|               A.  The state board of finance may issue and sell
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0019|     severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance Tax
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0020|     Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding seventy-three thousand
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0021|     dollars ($73,000) when the local government division of the
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0022|     department of finance and administration certifies the need for
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0023|     the issuance of the bonds.  The state board of finance shall
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0024|     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|     local government division of the department of finance and
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0008|     administration in the following amounts for the following
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0009|     purposes:
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0010|                    (1)  eight thousand seven hundred dollars
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0011|     ($8,700) to design, construct, purchase and install shelves,
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0012|     ramps, tables, railings, water fountains and restroom
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0013|     facilities that meet the requirements of the Americans with
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0014|     Disabilities Act of 1990 for the Hatch public library located
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0015|     in Hatch in Dona Ana county;
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0016|                    (2)  fifty-two thousand dollars ($52,000) to
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0017|     purchase and install lights and related fixtures for the north
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0018|     Dona Ana county ballpark in Dona Ana county;
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0019|                    (3)  twelve thousand three hundred dollars
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0020|     ($12,300) to design, construct, purchase and install doorways,
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0021|     doors, ramps, railings, sidewalks, windows, commodes and
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0022|     urinals that meet the requirements of the Americans with
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0023|     Disabilities Act of 1990 for the concession stand, restrooms
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0024|     and parking lot at the north Dona Ana county ballpark in Dona
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0025|     Ana county.
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0001|               B.  If the local government division of the
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0002|     department of finance and administration has not certified the
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0003|     need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year
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0004|     1999, the authorization provided in this section shall be void. 
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0005|     Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining from the
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0006|     proceeds of severance tax bonds issued pursuant to Subsection A
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0007|     of this section at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to
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0008|     the severance tax bonding fund. 
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0009|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0010|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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