0001|                           SENATE BILL 840
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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|                           MANNY M. ARAGON
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS; AUTHORIZING CERTAIN
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0012|     GOVERNMENTAL UNITS TO ENTER INTO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SAVINGS
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0013|     CONTRACTS; CREATING A FUND; PROVIDING POWERS AND DUTIES;
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0014|     AMENDING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978; MAKING AN
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0015|     APPROPRIATION.
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0017|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018|          Section.  1.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  SHORT TITLE.--Sections 1
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0019|     through 9 of this act may be cited as the "Public
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0020|     Telecommunications Consolidation Act".
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0021|          Section 2.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  DEFINITIONS.--As used in the
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0022|     Public Telecommunications Consolidation Act:
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0023|               A.  "governmental unit" means an agency, institution
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0024|     or instrumentality of the state; a municipality; a county; or a
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0025|     school district;
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0001|               B.  "guaranteed telecommunications savings contract"
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0002|     means a contract for the evaluation and recommendation of
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0003|     telecommunications consolidation measures and for the
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0004|     implementation of one or more of those measures, and which
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0005|     contract provides that all payments, except obligations on
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0006|     termination of the contract before its expiration, are to be
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0007|     made over time and the savings are guaranteed to the extent
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0008|     necessary to make the payments for the telecommunications
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0009|     consolidation measures; 
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0010|               C.  "qualified provider" means a person or business
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0011|     experienced in the design, implementation and installation of
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0012|     telecommunications consolidation measures and who meets the
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0013|     experience qualifications developed by the general services
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0014|     department; and
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0015|               D.  "telecommunications consolidation measure" means
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0016|     a training program or facility alteration designed to reduce
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0017|     operating costs and may include voice, data, video, networking,
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0018|     long distance rates and other functions, including security
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0019|     alarm, environmental controls and landscape controls.
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0020|          Section 3.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  TELECOMMUNICATIONS SAVINGS
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0021|     CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED--GUARANTEE REQUIRED.--
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0022|               A.  A governmental unit may enter into a guaranteed
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0023|     telecommunications savings contract with a qualified provider
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0024|     to reduce operating costs if, after review of the proposal from
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0025|     the qualified provider, the governmental unit finds that:
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0001|                    (1)  the amount the governmental unit would
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0002|     spend on the telecommunications consolidation measures
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0003|     recommended in the proposal is not likely to exceed the amount
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0004|     to be saved in operational costs over ten years from the date
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0005|     of installation if the recommendations in the proposal were
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0006|     followed; and
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0007|                    (2)  the qualified provider can provide a
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0008|     written guarantee that the operating cost savings will meet or
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0009|     exceed the costs of the system.
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0010|               B.  A guaranteed telecommunications savings contract
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0011|     shall include a written guarantee from the qualified provider
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0012|     that annual savings shall meet or exceed the cost of the
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0013|     telecommunications consolidation measures.
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0014|               C.  A governmental unit may enter into an
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0015|     installment payment contract or lease-purchase agreement for
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0016|     the purchase and installation of telecommunications
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0017|     consolidation measures pursuant to a guaranteed
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0018|     telecommunications savings contract, but only in accordance
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0019|     with the provisions of the Public Telecommunications
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0020|     Consolidation Act.
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0021|          Section 4.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  GUARANTEED
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0022|     TELECOMMUNICATIONS SAVINGS CONTRACT--PERFORMANCE BOND
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0023|     REQUIRED.--No governmental unit shall enter into a guaranteed
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0024|     telecommunications savings contract unless a performance bond
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0025|     that meets the requirements of this section is delivered by the
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0001|     qualified provider to the governmental unit and the bond
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0002|     becomes binding on the parties upon the execution of the
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0003|     contract.  The qualified provider shall provide a performance
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0004|     bond satisfactory to the governmental unit and its approving
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0005|     agency executed by a surety company authorized to do business
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0006|     in this state and approved by the state board of finance.  The
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0007|     bond shall be in an amount equal to the amount of the guarantee
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0008|     given by the qualified provider in the guaranteed
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0009|     telecommunications savings contract.
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0010|          Section 5.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  CONTRACT APPROVAL REQUIRED.-
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0011|     -
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0012|               A.  No governmental unit shall enter into a
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0013|     guaranteed telecommunications savings contract with a qualified
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0014|     provider or any installment payment contract or lease-purchase
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0015|     agreement pursuant to that contract, unless the contracts and
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0016|     agreements are reviewed and approved as follows:
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0017|                    (1)  for school districts, by the
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0018|     superintendent of public instruction;
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0019|                    (2)  for agencies, institutions and
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0020|     instrumentalities of the state, by the secretary of general
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0021|     services; and
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0022|                    (3)  for municipalities and counties, by the
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0023|     secretary of finance and administration.
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0024|               B.  The approval required under this section shall
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0025|     be given upon a determination that the contracts and agreements
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0001|     comply with the provisions of the Public Telecommunications
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0002|     Consolidation Act and other applicable law and after review of
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0003|     the governmental unit's budget and revenue sources.
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0004|          Section 6.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS NOT
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0005|     A GENERAL OBLIGATION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT.--Payment
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0006|     obligations of a governmental unit pursuant to a guaranteed
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0007|     telecommunications savings contract with a qualified provider
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0008|     and any installment payment contract or lease-purchase
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0009|     agreement pursuant to a guaranteed telecommunications savings
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0010|     contract are not general obligations of the governmental unit
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0011|     and are collectible only from revenues pledged for that
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0012|     purpose.
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0013|          Section 7.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  PUBLIC SCHOOL
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0014|     TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSOLIDATION FUND CREATED--USE.--
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0015|               A.  The "public school telecommunications
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0016|     consolidation fund" is created as a special fund in the state
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0017|     treasury.  The fund shall consist of money transferred to the
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0018|     fund, from year to year, from the income of the permanent fund
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0019|     and land income of which the common schools are the
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0020|     beneficiary.  No other money from any school district or state
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0021|     source shall be deposited or paid into the public school
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0022|     telecommunications consolidation fund.
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0023|               B.  Annually, after the calculation of the state
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0024|     equalization guarantee distributions has been made, the
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0025|     superintendent of public instruction shall determine the sum of
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0001|     the deductions made in the state equalization guarantee
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0002|     distributions of school districts pursuant to Paragraph (6) of
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0003|     Subsection D of Section 22-8-25 NMSA 1978 and shall certify
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0004|     that amount to the secretary of finance and administration. 
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0005|     Income from the permanent fund and land income of which the
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0006|     common schools are the beneficiary equal to that amount shall
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0007|     be transferred from the common school current fund to the
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0008|     public school telecommunications consolidation fund.
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0009|               C.  Money in the public school telecommunications
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0010|     consolidation fund is appropriated to the state department of
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0011|     public education solely for the purpose of disbursing money to
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0012|     school districts to make payments pursuant to any guaranteed
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0013|     telecommunications savings contract between the school district
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0014|     and a qualified provider or any installment contract or lease-
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0015|     purchase agreement for the purchase and installation of
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0016|     telecommunications consolidation measures pursuant to that
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0017|     guaranteed telecommunications savings contract.
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0018|               D.  Disbursements from the public school
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0019|     telecommunications consolidation fund shall be made only to
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0020|     school districts and only upon certification by the
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0021|     superintendent of public instruction that the disbursement is
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0022|     for a payment authorized by the Public Telecommunications
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0023|     Consolidation Act.
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0024|               E.  The superintendent of public instruction shall
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0025|     submit to the legislative finance committee prior to each
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0001|     regular legislative session a list of school districts
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0002|     proposing to enter into approved guaranteed telecommunications
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0003|     savings contracts in the succeeding fiscal year.  The list
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0004|     shall include information on the amount of the school
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0005|     district's proposed annual payments and specific amounts that
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0006|     utility and operational budget items are guaranteed to be
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0007|     reduced to achieve the savings to make the payments.
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0008|               F.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining
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0009|     in the public school telecommunications consolidation fund at
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0010|     the end of any fiscal year shall be transferred to the public
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0011|     school fund.
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0012|          Section 8.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  MUNICIPALITIES--USE OF
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0013|     CERTAIN REVENUES AUTHORIZED.--Upon adoption of an ordinance by
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0014|     an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the
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0015|     governing body at any regular or special meeting of the
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0016|     governing body called for that purpose, a municipality may
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0017|     pledge any or all revenues not otherwise pledged or obligated
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0018|     from gross receipts taxes received by the municipality pursuant
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0019|     to Sections 7-1-6.4 and 7-1-6.12 NMSA 1978 for payments
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0020|     pursuant to a guaranteed telecommunications savings contract
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0021|     with a qualified provider and any installment payment contract
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0022|     or lease-purchase agreement pursuant to that guaranteed
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0023|     telecommunications savings contract.  The ordinance shall
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0024|     declare the necessity for the guaranteed telecommunications
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0025|     savings contract and related contracts or agreements and shall
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0001|     designate the source of the pledged revenues.  Revenues pledged
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0002|     for such contract payments shall be deposited in a special
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0003|     fund, and the municipality shall not use any other revenues to
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0004|     make such payments.  At the end of each fiscal year, any money
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0005|     remaining in the special fund after payment obligations are met
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0006|     may be transferred to any other fund of the municipality.
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0007|          Section 9.  [<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>]  COUNTIES--USE OF CERTAIN
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0008|     REVENUES AUTHORIZED.--Upon adoption of an ordinance by an
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0009|     affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board of
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0010|     county commissioners at any regular or special meeting of the
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0011|     board called for that purpose, a county may pledge any or all
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0012|     of the revenue not otherwise pledged or obligated from the
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0013|     first one-eighth of one percent increment and of one-half of
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0014|     the revenue from the third one-eighth of one percent increment
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0015|     of the county gross receipts tax transferred to the county
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0016|     pursuant to Section 7-1-6.13 NMSA 1978 and any or all of the
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0017|     revenue from the distribution related to the first one-eighth
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0018|     of one percent increment made pursuant to Section 7-1-6.16 NMSA
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0019|     1978 for the purpose of making payments pursuant to a
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0020|     guaranteed telecommunications savings contract with a qualified
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0021|     provider or any installment payment contract or lease-purchase
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0022|     agreement pursuant to that guaranteed telecommunications
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0023|     savings contract.  The ordinance shall declare the necessity
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0024|     for the guaranteed telecommunications savings contract and
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0025|     related contracts or agreements and shall designate the source
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0001|     of the pledged revenues.  Any revenues pledged for such
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0002|     contract payments shall be deposited in a special fund, and the
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0003|     county shall not use any other county or state revenue to make
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0004|     such payments.  At the end of each fiscal year, any money
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0005|     remaining in the special fund after the payment obligations are
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0006|     met may be transferred to any other fund of the county.
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0007|          Section 10.  Section 6-6-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
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0008|     Chapter 72, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
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0009|          "6-6-12.  EXEMPTIONS FROM BATEMAN ACT.--Insurance
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0010|     contracts not exceeding five years, lease-purchase agreements,
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0011|     lease agreements, contracts providing for the operation or
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0012|     provision and operation of a jail by an independent contractor
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0013|     entered into by a local public body set out in Section 6-6-11
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0014|     NMSA 1978, <s>[and]</s> guaranteed energy savings contracts and
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0015|     installment payment contracts or lease-purchase agreements
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0016|     pursuant to guaranteed energy savings contracts <u>and guaranteed
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<u></u>0017| <u>    telecommunications savings contracts and installments payment
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<u></u>0018| <u>    contracts or lease-purchase agreements pursuant to guaranteed
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<u></u>0019| <u>    telecommunications savings contracts</u> are exempt from the
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0020|     provisions of Section 6-6-11 NMSA 1978, and such contracts,
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0021|     lease-purchase agreements, lease agreements and jail contracts
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0022|     are declared not to constitute the creation of debt."
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0023|          Section 11.  Section 13-1-139 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
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0024|     Chapter 65, Section 112, as amended) is amended to read:
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0025|          "13-1-139.  COST OR PRICING DATA NOT REQUIRED.--The cost
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0001|     or pricing data relating to the award of a contract shall not
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0002|     be required when:
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0003|               A.  the procurement is based on competitive sealed
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0004|     bid;
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0005|               B.  the contract price is based on established
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0006|     catalogue prices or market prices;
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0007|               C.  the contract price is set by law or regulation;
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0008|               D.  the contract is for professional services;
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0009|     <s>[or]</s>
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0010|               E.  the contract is awarded pursuant to the Public
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0011|     Building Energy Efficiency Act; <u>or
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<u></u>0012| <u>              F.  the contract is awarded pursuant to the Public
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<u></u>0013| <u>    Telecommunications Consolidation Act.</u>"
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0014|          Section 12.  Section 13-1-150 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984,
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0015|     Chapter 65, Section 123, as amended by Laws 1993, Chapter 225,
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0016|     Section 1 and also by Laws 1993, Chapter 231, Section 13) is
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0017|     amended to read:
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0018|          "13-1-150.  MULTI-TERM CONTRACTS--SPECIFIED PERIOD.--A 
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0019|     multi-term contract for items of tangible personal property,
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0020|     construction or services except for professional services, in
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0021|     an amount under twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), may be
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0022|     entered into for any period of time deemed to be in the best
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0023|     interests of the state agency or a local public body not to
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0024|     exceed four years; provided that the term of the contract and
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0025|     conditions of renewal or extension, if any, are included in the
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0001|     specifications and funds are available for the first fiscal
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0002|     period at the time of contracting.  If the amount of the
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0003|     contract is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more, the
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0004|     term shall not exceed eight years, including all extensions and
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0005|     renewals, except that for any such contract entered into
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0006|     pursuant to the Public Building Energy Efficiency Act <u>or the
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<u></u>0007| <u>    Public Telecommunications Consolidation Act</u>, the term shall
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0008|     not exceed ten years, including all extensions and renewals. 
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0009|     Payment and performance obligations for succeeding fiscal
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0010|     periods shall be subject to the availability and appropriation
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0011|     of funds <s>[therefore]</s> <u>therefor</u>.  A contract for professional
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0012|     services, except for services required to support or operate
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0013|     federally certified medicaid, financial assistance and child
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0014|     support enforcement management information or payment systems,
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0015|     may not exceed a term of four years, including all extensions
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0016|     and renewals, except that a multi-term contract for the
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0017|     services of trustees, escrow agents, registrars, paying agents,
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0018|     letter of credit issuers and other forms of credit enhancement
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0019|     and other similar services, excluding bond attorneys,
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0020|     underwriters and financial advisors with regard to the
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0021|     issuance, sale and delivery of public securities, may be for
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0022|     the life of the securities or as long as the securities remain
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0023|     outstanding."
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0024|          Section 13.  Section 22-8-25 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981,
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0025|     Chapter 176, Section 5, as amended by Laws 1993, Chapter 226,
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0001|     Section 23 and also by Laws 1993, Chapter 231, Section 14) is
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0002|     amended to read:
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0003|          "22-8-25.  STATE EQUALIZATION GUARANTEE DISTRIBUTION--
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0004|     DEFINITIONS--DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.--
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0005|               A.  The state equalization guarantee distribution is
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0006|     that amount of money distributed to each school district to
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0007|     ensure that the school district's operating revenue, including
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0008|     its local and federal revenues as defined in this section, is
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0009|     at least equal to the school district's program cost.
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0010|               B.  "Local revenue", as used in this section, means
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0011|     ninety-five percent of receipts to the school district derived
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0012|     from that amount produced by a school district property tax
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0013|     applied at the rate of fifty cents ($.50) to each one thousand
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0014|     dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value of property allocated to
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0015|     the school district and to the assessed value of products
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0016|     severed and sold in the school district as determined under the
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0017|     Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act and upon the assessed
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0018|     value of equipment in the school district as determined under
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0019|     the Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad Valorem Tax Act.
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0020|               C.  "Federal revenue", as used in this section,
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0021|     means ninety-five percent of receipts to the school district,
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0022|     excluding amounts <s>[which]</s> <u>that</u>, if taken into account in
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0023|     the computation of the state equalization guarantee
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0024|     distribution, result, under federal law or regulations, in a
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0025|     reduction in or elimination of federal school funding otherwise
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0001|     receivable by the school district, derived from the following:
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0002|                    (1)  the school district's share of forest
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0003|     reserve funds distributed in accordance with Section 22-8-33
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0004|     NMSA 1978; and
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0005|                    (2)  grants from the federal government as
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0006|     assistance to those areas affected by federal activity
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0007|     authorized in accordance with Sections 236 through 240 of Title
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0008|     20 of the United States Code (commonly known as "PL 874 funds")
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0009|     or an amount equal to the revenue the district was entitled to
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0010|     receive if no application was made for such funds but deducting
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0011|     from those grants the additional amounts to which school
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0012|     districts would be entitled because of the provisions of
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0013|     Subparagraph (D) of Paragraph (2) of Subsection (d) of Section
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0014|     238 of Title 20 of the United States Code.
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0015|               D.  To determine the amount of the state
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0016|     equalization guarantee distribution, the state superintendent
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0017|     shall:
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0018|                    (1)  calculate the number of program units to
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0019|     which each school district is entitled using the membership of
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0020|     the fortieth day of the school year, except for school
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0021|     districts with a MEM of <s>[200]</s> <u>two hundred</u> or less where the
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0022|     number of program units shall be calculated on the fortieth day
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0023|     membership of either the prior year or the current year,
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0024|     whichever is greater, for all programs except special
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0025|     education, which shall be calculated by using the membership on
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0001|     December 1 of the school year; or
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0002|                    (2)  calculate the number of program units to
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0003|     which a school district operating under an approved <s>[year-
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<s></s>0004| <s>    round]</s> <u>variable</u> school calendar is entitled using the
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0005|     membership on an appropriate date established by the state
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0006|     board;
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0007|                    (3)  using the results of the calculations in
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0008|     Paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection and the instructional
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0009|     staff training and experience index from the October report of
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0010|     the prior school year, establish a total program cost of the
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0011|     school district;
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0012|                    (4)  calculate the local and federal revenues
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0013|     as defined in this section;
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0014|                    (5)  deduct the sum of the calculations made in
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0015|     Paragraph (4) of this subsection from the program cost
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0016|     established in Paragraph (3) of this subsection; and
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0017|                    (6)  deduct the total amount of guaranteed
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0018|     energy savings contract payments <u>and guaranteed
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<u></u>0019| <u>    telecommunications savings contract payments</u> that the state
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0020|     superintendent determines will be made to the school district
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0021|     from the public school energy efficiency fund <u>and the public
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<u></u>0022| <u>    school telecommunications consolidation fund</u> during the fiscal
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0023|     year for which the state equalization guarantee distribution is
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0024|     being computed.
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0025|               E.  The amount of the state equalization guarantee
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0001|     distribution to which a school district is entitled is the
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0002|     balance remaining after the deductions made in Paragraphs (5)
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0003|     and (6) of Subsection D of this section.
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0004|               F.  The state equalization guarantee distribution
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0005|     shall be distributed prior to June 30 of each fiscal year.  The
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0006|     calculation shall be based on the local and federal revenues
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0007|     specified in this section received from June 1 of the previous
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0008|     fiscal year through May 31 of the fiscal year for which the
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0009|     state equalization guarantee distribution is being computed. 
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0010|     In the event that a district has received more state
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0011|     equalization guarantee funds than its entitlement, a refund
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0012|     shall be made by the district to the state general fund.
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0013|               G.  Notwithstanding the methods of calculating the
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0014|     state equalization guarantee distribution in this section and
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0015|     Laws 1974, Chapter 8, Section 22, if a school district received
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0016|     funds under Section 2391 of Title 42 USCA and if the federal
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0017|     government takes into consideration grants authorized by
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0018|     Sections 236 through 240 of Title 20 of the United States Code
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0019|     and all other revenues available to the school district in
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0020|     determining the level of federal support for the school
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0021|     district for the sixty-fourth and succeeding fiscal years, the
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0022|     state equalization guarantee distribution for school districts
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0023|     receiving funds under this subsection shall be computed as
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0024|     follows:
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0025|          fiscal year program cost           prior fiscal year
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0001|          excluding special education        state equalization  
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0002|          for the year for which the         x    guarantee
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0003|     distribution
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0004|          state equalization guarantee       excluding special
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0005|          <u>distribution is being computed</u>        education
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0006|          prior fiscal year program cost          
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0007|          excluding special education
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0008|     
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0009|     
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0010|     plus special education funding in accordance with Paragraphs
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0011|     (1) or (2) and (3) of Subsection D of this section and Section
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0012|     22-8-21 NMSA 1978 plus an amount that would be produced by
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0013|     applying a rate of eight dollars forty-two and one-half cents
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0014|     ($8.425) to each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable
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0015|     value of property as defined in the Property Tax Code for
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0016|     property taxation purposes in the school district and to each
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0017|     one thousand dollars ($1,000) of the assessed value of products
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0018|     severed and sold in the school district as determined under the
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0019|     Oil and Gas Ad Valorem Production Tax Act and upon the assessed
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0020|     value of equipment in the school district as determined under
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0021|     the Oil and Gas Production Equipment Ad Valorem Tax Act and
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0022|     then reduced by the total amount of guaranteed energy savings
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0023|     contract payments <u>and guaranteed telecommunications savings
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<u></u>0024| <u>    contract payments</u>, if any, that the state superintendent
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0025|     determines will be made to the school district from the public
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0001|     school energy efficiency fund <u>and the public school
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<u></u>0002| <u>    telecommunications consolidation fund</u> during the fiscal year
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0003|     for which the state equalization guarantee distribution is
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0004|     being computed, equals the fiscal year state equalization
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0005|     guarantee distribution for the year for which the state
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0006|     equalization guarantee distribution is being computed.
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0007|          If at any time grants from the federal government as
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0008|     assistance to those areas affected by federal activity
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0009|     authorized in accordance with Sections 236 through 240 of Title
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0010|     20 of the United States Code (commonly known as "PL 874 funds")
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0011|     are reduced or are no longer available, the state equalization
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0012|     guarantee distribution shall be computed by the formula
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0013|     contained in this subsection plus an increase by fifty percent
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0014|     of the amount the prior year's PL 874 funds exceed PL 874 funds
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0015|     for the year for which the state equalization guarantee
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0016|     distribution is being computed."
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0018|   

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0019|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE           HB 840/a
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0020|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0021|   
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0023|                                                  March 19, 1997
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0024|   
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0025|   Mr. President:
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0002|       Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0004|                     HOUSE BILL 840, as amended
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0005|   
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0006|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0007|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0008|   
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0009|       1.   Strike House Appropriations and Finance Committee
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0010|   Amendment 1.
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0011|   
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0012|       2.  On page 1, lines 16 and 17, strike "Eight hundred ten
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0013|   thousand dollars ($810,000) is appropriated from the general
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0014|   fund" and insert in lieu thereof:
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0015|   
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0016|   "Five hundred seventy thousand dollars ($570,000) is appropriated
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0017|   from the unexpended and unencumbered balances of the legislative
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0018|   council service remaining from the appropriation for session
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0019|   expenses authorized in Subsections B, D, F and H of Section 2 of
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0020|   Chapter 1 of Laws 1995 and Subsections B, D, G and H of Section 2
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0021|   of Chapter 1 of Laws 1996".
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0023|       3.  On page 1, line 19, after "system" strike the remainder
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0024|   of the line, strike all of lines 20 and 21 and strike line 22
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0025|   through the semicolon.
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0002|       4.  On page 1, line 23, strike "; and" and insert in lieu
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0003|   thereof a comma.
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0005|       5.  On page 2, strike all of line 1, strike line 2 through
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0006|   the period and insert in lieu thereof:
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0007|   
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0008|   ", other communications applications and limited upgrades and
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0009|   replacements to internal systems for the legislative council
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0010|   service, the legislative education study committee, the
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0011|   legislative finance committee, the house of representatives and
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0012|   the senate.".   
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0021|                                Respectfully submitted,
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0001|   __________________________________
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0002|                                Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
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0006|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0007|   Adopted_______________________
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0008|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0011|                     Date ________________________
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0014|   The roll call vote was<u> 6 </u> For<u> 0 </u> Against
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0015|           Yes:    6
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0016|           No:     None
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0017|                Excused:     Carraro, Eisenstadt, Ingle, Lyons, McKibben
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0018|           Absent: None
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0021|   S0840FC1                                            .119233.1
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