0001| HOUSE BILL 1093 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| GARY K. KING | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF | 0012| CREDIT FOR AN AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN TORRANCE | 0013| COUNTY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT.--The department of | 0017| finance and administration may issue a standby letter of credit | 0018| in an amount not exceeding five hundred million dollars | 0019| ($500,000,000) for the purpose of providing collateral for the | 0020| costs of constructing facilities and establishing corporate | 0021| headquarters for the IOSTAR-INTRASPACE corporation and | 0022| providing the capability for design, development and initial | 0023| operations of the IOSTAR SPACE TV6 to be located in Torrance | 0024| county when the department certifies that the following | 0025| conditions have been met: | 0001| A. the department of finance and administration | 0002| finds that the project has been developed sufficiently to | 0003| justify the issuance of the standby letter of credit and that | 0004| the project can proceed to contract within a reasonable time; | 0005| B. the parent corporation, IOSTAR, and the | 0006| INTRASPACE corporation agree to locate its headquarters in New | 0007| Mexico; | 0008| C. the standby letter of credit will be issued in | 0009| full conformance with banking laws; | 0010| D. the contract that the standby letter of credit | 0011| guarantees will be structured to eliminate any possibility of | 0012| default by IOSTAR or INTRASPACE corporation and will preclude | 0013| any default placing the state of New Mexico at financial risk; | 0014| E. the department of finance and administration may | 0015| issue the standby letter of credit for no more than a four-year | 0016| duration through a major bank selected by the state of New | 0017| Mexico; | 0018| F. the standby letter of credit is issued to secure | 0019| funding from third parties for development of IOSTAR and | 0020| INTRASPACE corporation, a space TV6 manufacturing and advanced | 0021| space transportation and satellite telecommunications company; | 0022| and | 0023| G. the standby letter of credit shall not be cash- | 0024| redeemable by the corporation or any other entity. | 0025| Section 2. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public | 0001| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately. | 0002|  State of New Mexico | 0003| House of Representatives | 0004| | 0005| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0006| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| March 4, 1997 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Mr. Speaker: | 0013| | 0014| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom | 0015| has been referred | 0016| | 0017| HOUSE BILL 1093 | 0018| | 0019| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0020| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0021| | 0022| 1. On page 1, line 23, delete "TV6" and insert "TUG". | 0023| | 0024| 2. On page 2, line 20, delete "TV6" and insert "TUG"., | 0025| | 0001| and thence referred to the APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE | 0002| COMMITTEE. | 0003| | 0004| Respectfully submitted, | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Fred Luna, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Adopted Not Adopted | 0013| | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| Date | 0017| | 0018| The roll call vote was 9 For 0 Against | 0019| Yes: 9 | 0020| Excused: Gubbels, Hobbs, Rodella | 0021| Absent: Getty | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1093 State of New Mexico | 0001| House of Representatives | 0002| | 0003| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0004| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| March 20, 1997 | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| Mr. Speaker: | 0011| | 0012| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to | 0013| whom has been referred | 0014| | 0015| HOUSE BILL 1093, as amended | 0016| | 0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0018| recommendation that it DO NOT PASS, but that | 0019| | 0020| HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE | 0021| SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 1093 | 0022| | 0023| DO PASS. | 0024| | 0025| Respectfully submitted, | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| Max Coll, Chairman | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Adopted Not Adopted | 0010| | 0011| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0012| | 0013| Date | 0014| | 0015| The roll call vote was 9 For 7 Against | 0016| Yes: 9 | 0017| No: Abeyta, Buffett, Coll, Garcia,M.H., Heaton, Pearce, | 0018| Picraux, | 0019| Excused: Marquardt | 0020| Absent: None | 0021| | 0022| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1093 |