0001|                           SENATE BILL 609
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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|                             CYNTHIA NAVA
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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 TO REROOF BUILDINGS AT THE NEW MEXICO
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0013|     SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF LOCATED IN SANTA FE COUNTY; MAKING AN
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0014|     APPROPRIATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  SEVERANCE TAX BONDS--PURPOSE FOR WHICH ISSUED-
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0018|     -APPROPRIATION OF PROCEEDS.--The state board of finance may
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0019|     issue and sell severance tax bonds in compliance with the
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0020|     Severance Tax Bonding Act in an amount not exceeding three
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0021|     hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) when the board of regents
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0022|     of the New Mexico school for the deaf certifies the need for
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0023|     the issuance of the bonds.  The state board of finance shall
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0024|     schedule the issuance and sale of the bonds in the most
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0025|     expeditious and economical manner possible upon a finding by
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0001|     the board that the project has been developed sufficiently to
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0002|     justify the issuance and that the project can proceed to
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0003|     contract within a reasonable time.  The state board of finance
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0004|     shall further take the appropriate steps necessary to comply
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0005|     with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.  The
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0006|     proceeds from the sale of the bonds are appropriated to the
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0007|     board of regents of the New Mexico school for the deaf for the
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0008|     purpose of reroofing buildings at the New Mexico school for the
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0009|     deaf located in Santa Fe 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 board
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0012|     of regents of the New Mexico school for the deaf has not
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0013|     certified the need for the issuance of the bonds by the end of
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0014|     fiscal year 1999, the authorization provided in this section
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0015|     shall be void.
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0016|          Section 2.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0017|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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