0001|                            HOUSE BILL 429
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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|                           SAMUEL F. VIGIL
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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 RENOVATION OF THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN
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0013|     SAN MIGUEL COUNTY; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN
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0014|     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 seven
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0021|     hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) 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 for the purpose of renovating the
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0008|     county courthouse located in San Miguel county to meet the
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0009|     federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requirements,
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0010|     to update the electrical system and to create usable office
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0011|     space on the third floor.  Any unexpended or unencumbered
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0012|     balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert
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0013|     to the severance tax bonding fund.  If the local government
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0014|     division has not certified the need for the issuance of the
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0015|     bonds by the end of fiscal year 1999, the authorization
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0016|     provided in this section shall be void.
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0017|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0018|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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