0001| HOUSE BILL 1173 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| BEN LUJAN | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY; AMENDING A SECTION OF | 0012| THE NMSA 1978 PERTAINING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL OUTLAY GRANT | 0013| ASSISTANCE CRITERIA. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 22-24-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975, | 0017| Chapter 235, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "22-24-5. FUND--DISTRIBUTION.-- | 0019| A. The council shall approve an application for | 0020| grant assistance from the fund when the council determines | 0021| that: | 0022| (1) a critical need exists requiring action; | 0023| (2) the residents of the school district have | 0024| provided available resources to the school district to meet | 0025| its capital outlay requirements; | 0001| (3) the school district has used its resources | 0002| in a prudent manner; | 0003| (4) the school district is in a county or | 0004| counties which have participated in a reappraisal program and | 0005| the reappraised values are on the tax rolls or will be used for | 0006| the tax year 1979 as certified by the property tax division of | 0007| the taxation and revenue department; | 0008| (5) the school district has provided insurance | 0009| for buildings of the school district in accordance with the | 0010| provisions of Section 13-5-3 NMSA 1978; | 0011| (6) at some point during the immediately | 0012| preceding three-year period, the school district [is indebted | 0013| at] has been indebted at not less than seventy-five percent | 0014| of the total debt authorized by law; and | 0015| (7) the school district has submitted a five- | 0016| year facilities plan that includes enrollment projections. | 0017| B. The council shall consider all applications for | 0018| assistance from the fund and, after a public hearing, shall | 0019| either approve or deny the application. Applications for grant | 0020| assistance shall only be accepted by the council after a | 0021| district has complied with the provisions of this section. The | 0022| council shall list all applications in order of priority, and | 0023| all allocations shall be made on a priority basis; provided, | 0024| however, except in the case of an emergency, that the order of | 0025| priority shall first reflect those projects which have been | 0001| previously funded but are not as yet completed, excluding | 0002| expansion of those projects and contingent upon maintenance of | 0003| the required local support. | 0004| C. Money in the fund shall be disbursed by warrant | 0005| of the department of finance and administration on vouchers | 0006| signed by the secretary of finance and administration following | 0007| certification by the council that the application has been | 0008| approved." | 0009|  | 0010| State of New Mexico | 0011| House of Representatives | 0012| | 0013| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0014| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| March 7, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Mr. Speaker: | 0021| | 0022| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0023| | 0024| HOUSE BILL 1173 | 0025| | 0001| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0002| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0003| | 0004| Respectfully submitted, | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| Adopted Not Adopted | 0014| | 0015| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0016| | 0017| Date | 0018| | 0019| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against | 0020| Yes: 10 | 0021| Excused: Nicely, Weeks, Gonzales | 0022| Absent: None | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1173 | 0001| | 0002| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0003| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| March 15, 1997 | 0007| | 0008| Mr. President: | 0009| | 0010| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0011| | 0012| HOUSE BILL 1173 | 0013| | 0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0015| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0016| | 0017| Respectfully submitted, | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| __________________________________ | 0023| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0003| Adopted_______________________ | 0004| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Date ________________________ | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| The roll call vote was 4 For 3 Against | 0012| Yes: 4 | 0013| No: Rawson, Lopez, Nava | 0014| Excused: Boitano, Duran, Gorham | 0015| Absent: None | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| H1173ED1 |