0001| HOUSE BILL 580 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| JOSE R. ABEYTA | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF | 0012| SEVERANCE TAX BONDS FOR VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS IN COLFAX | 0013| COUNTY; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--AUTHORIZATIONS-- | 0017| APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.-- | 0018| A. The state board of finance may issue and sell | 0019| severance tax bonds in compliance with the Severance Tax | 0020| Bonding Act in an amount not to exceed the total of the amounts | 0021| authorized for purposes specified in Sections 2 through 6 of | 0022| this act. The state board of finance shall schedule the | 0023| issuance and sale of the bonds in the most expeditious and | 0024| economical manner possible upon a finding by the board that the | 0025| project has been developed sufficiently to justify the issuance | 0001| and that the project can proceed to contract within a | 0002| reasonable time. The state board of finance shall further take | 0003| the appropriate steps necessary to comply with the Internal | 0004| Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Proceeds from the sale of | 0005| the bonds are appropriated for expenditure in Colfax county for | 0006| the purposes specified in Sections 2 through 6 of this act. | 0007| B. The agencies named in Sections 2 through 6 of | 0008| this act shall certify to the state board of finance when the | 0009| money from the proceeds of the severance tax bonds authorized | 0010| in this section is needed for the purposes specified in the | 0011| applicable section of this act. | 0012| C. If the specified agency has not certified the | 0013| need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year | 0014| 1999, the authorization provided in this act shall be void. | 0015| D. Unless otherwise specified in this act, any | 0016| unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining from the proceeds | 0017| of severance tax bonds issued pursuant to Sections 2 through 6 | 0018| of this act at the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the | 0019| severance tax bonding fund. | 0020| Section 2. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND | 0021| ADMINISTRATION--PURPOSES.--Pursuant to the provisions of | 0022| Section 1 of this act, upon certification by the local | 0023| government division of the department of finance and | 0024| administration that the need exists for the issuance of the | 0025| bonds, the following amounts are appropriated to the local | 0001| government division of the department of finance and | 0002| administration for the following purposes: | 0003| A. two hundred sixty-eight thousand dollars | 0004| ($268,000) for planning, designing, constructing and equipping | 0005| an addition, including a kitchen, to the daycare facility at | 0006| the Colfax county workshop for the developmentally disabled; | 0007| B. ninety-eight thousand six hundred forty dollars | 0008| ($98,640) for planning, designing, constructing and equipping a | 0009| daycare addition, including paving the parking area, to the | 0010| community multipurpose service center near Raton high school; | 0011| C. one hundred one thousand seven hundred twenty | 0012| dollars ($101,720) for planning, designing, constructing and | 0013| equipping a wellness center addition to the community | 0014| multipurpose center near Raton high school; | 0015| D. sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) for | 0016| various renovations and remodeling of the county courthouse in | 0017| Raton, including drainage and landscaping work and improvements | 0018| necessary for compliance with the federal Americans with | 0019| Disabilities Act of 1990; | 0020| E. twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for | 0021| various repairs and renovations of the county state agency | 0022| building in Raton; | 0023| F. ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for remodeling | 0024| the sheriff's office in Raton for compliance with the federal | 0025| Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; | 0001| G. two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) | 0002| for electrical repairs and associated remodeling of the | 0003| Springer town hall; and | 0004| H. three hundred fifteen thousand dollars | 0005| ($315,000) for planning, designing, constructing and equipping | 0006| a community and senior citizen center in the village of | 0007| Cimarron. | 0008| Section 3. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--DEPARTMENT OF | 0009| ENVIRONMENT--PURPOSES.--Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 | 0010| of this act, upon certification by the department of | 0011| environment that the need exists for the issuance of the bonds, | 0012| the following amounts are appropriated to the department of | 0013| environment for the following purposes: | 0014| A. one million five hundred thousand dollars | 0015| ($1,500,000) for planning, designing, constructing and | 0016| equipping a water and wastewater system in the town of | 0017| Springer; | 0018| B. one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) | 0019| for improvements to the water and wastewater distribution lines | 0020| in the village of Cimarron; | 0021| C. thirty thousand eight hundred dollars ($30,800) | 0022| for improvements to the water and wastewater system, including | 0023| a water filtration system, for the community of Miami; and | 0024| D. six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) for | 0025| planning, designing, constructing and equipping improvements to | 0001| the water and wastewater system in the village of Eagle Nest. | 0002| Section 4. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--STATE HIGHWAY AND | 0003| TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT--PURPOSE.--Pursuant to the provisions | 0004| of Section 1 of this act, upon certification by the state | 0005| highway and transportation department that the need exists for | 0006| the issuance of the bonds, three hundred eighty-six thousand | 0007| seven hundred dollars ($386,700) is appropriated to the state | 0008| highway and transportation department for the purpose of | 0009| planning, designing, constructing and repairing various streets | 0010| and roads in the village of Maxwell. | 0011| Section 5. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--STATE DEPARTMENT OF | 0012| PUBLIC EDUCATION--PURPOSES.--Pursuant to the provisions of | 0013| Section 1 of this act, upon certification by the state | 0014| department of public education that the need exists for the | 0015| issuance of the bonds, the following amounts are appropriated | 0016| to the state department of public education for the following | 0017| purposes: | 0018| A. one hundred forty-five thousand dollars | 0019| ($145,000) for the purchase and installation of educational | 0020| technology in various Cimarron municipal schools; | 0021| B. one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000) | 0022| for various improvements to the vocational education | 0023| laboratories at Cimarron high school and Eagle Nest and | 0024| Cimarron middle schools; | 0025| C. two hundred seventy thousand dollars ($270,000) | 0001| for planning, designing, constructing and equipping restrooms | 0002| in the new student commons at Cimarron high school; and | 0003| D. sixty-two thousand dollars ($62,000) for | 0004| purchase and installation of equipment, landscaping and other | 0005| necessary improvements to playgrounds at Eagle Nest and | 0006| Cimarron elementary schools. | 0007| Section 6. SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--OFFICE OF CULTURAL | 0008| AFFAIRS--PURPOSE.--Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of | 0009| this act, upon certification by the office of cultural affairs | 0010| that the need exists for the issuance of the bonds, one hundred | 0011| thousand dollars ($100,000) is appropriated to the office of | 0012| cultural affairs for purchasing and equipping a rural library | 0013| services bookmobile, based in Cimarron, to serve north central | 0014| and northeast New Mexico. | 0015| Section 7. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0016| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0017|  |