0001|                            HOUSE BILL 977
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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|                            GLORIA VAUGHN
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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 EQUIPPING A NEW
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0013|     EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TRANSPORT VEHICLE FOR THE DUNGAN
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0014|     VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ALAMOGORDO IN OTERO COUNTY; MAKING
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0015|     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 eighty
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0022|     thousand dollars ($80,000) when the local government division
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0023|     of the department of finance and administration certifies the
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0024|     need for the issuance of the bonds.  The state board of finance
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0025|     shall 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|     local government division of the department of finance and
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0009|     administration for the purpose of purchasing and equipping a
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0010|     new emergency medical services transport vehicle for the Dungan
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0011|     volunteer fire department in Alamogordo located in Otero
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0012|     county.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at
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0013|     the end of fiscal year 2000 shall revert to the severance tax
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0014|     bonding fund.  If the local government division of the
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0015|     department of finance and administration has not certified the
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0016|     need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of fiscal year
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0017|     1999, the authorization provided in this section 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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