0001|                            HOUSE BILL 605
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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|                           ANNA MARIE CROOK
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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 VARIOUS COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS IN
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0013|     CURRY 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.--The state board of finance may
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0018|     issue and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the
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0019|     Severance Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding two
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0020|     hundred twenty thousand dollars ($220,000) when the state
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0021|     highway and transportation department certifies the need for
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0022|     the issuance of the bonds.  The state board of finance shall
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0023|     schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the most
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0024|     expeditious and economical manner possible upon a finding by
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0025|     the board that the project has been developed sufficiently to
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0001|     justify the issuance and that the project can proceed to
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0002|     contract within a reasonable time.  The state board of finance
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0003|     shall further take the appropriate steps necessary to comply
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0004|     with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  The
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0005|     proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the
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0006|     state highway and transportation department for the purpose of
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0007|     planning, designing, constructing and improving various county
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0008|     roads, including caliche and chip and seal work on county roads
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0009|     9, O, N and 6 located in Curry county.  Any unexpended or
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0010|     unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2000
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0011|     shall revert to the severance tax bonding fund.  If the state
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0012|     highway and transportation department has not certified the
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0013|     need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year
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0014|     1999, the authorization provided in this section shall be void.
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0015|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0016|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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