0001| SENATE BILL 967 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| GLORIA HOWES | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ROAD FUND; MAKING A | 0012| DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIAL FUEL EXCISE TAX REVENUES TO THE SCHOOL | 0013| BUS ROUTE PROGRAM IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ROAD FUND; AMENDING | 0014| SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. Section 7-1-6.39 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, | 0018| Chapter 6, Section 9) is amended to read: | 0019| "7-1-6.39. [DISTRIBUTION] DISTRIBUTIONS OF SPECIAL | 0020| FUEL EXCISE TAX TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ROAD FUND.-- | 0021| A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 | 0022| NMSA 1978 shall be made to the local governments road fund in | 0023| an amount equal to eleven and eleven hundredths percent of the | 0024| net receipts attributable to the taxes, exclusive of penalties | 0025| and interest, from the special fuel excise tax imposed by the | 0001| Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act. | 0002| B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA | 0003| 1978 shall be made to the school bus route program in the local | 0004| governments road fund in an amount equal to three percent of | 0005| the net receipts attributable to the taxes, exclusive of | 0006| penalties and interest, from the special fuel excise tax | 0007| imposed by the Special Fuels Supplier Tax Act." | 0008| Section 2. Section 67-3-28.2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1986, | 0009| Chapter 20, Section 125, as amended) is amended to read: | 0010| "67-3-28.2. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ROAD FUND CREATED--USES.-- | 0011| A. There is created in the state treasury the | 0012| "local governments road fund" to be administered by the | 0013| department. All income received from investment of the fund | 0014| shall be credited to the fund. No money in the fund shall be | 0015| used by the department to administer any program, and no entity | 0016| receiving a distribution pursuant to a program requiring | 0017| matching funds shall use another distribution made pursuant to | 0018| this section to meet the match required. | 0019| B. No more than five hundred thousand dollars | 0020| ($500,000) annually from the local governments road fund shall | 0021| be used by the department to purchase at fair market value, for | 0022| municipalities and counties that can demonstrate financial | 0023| hardship as determined by the department, automotive, major | 0024| road and miscellaneous equipment that would otherwise be sold | 0025| at auction by the department as unusable for department | 0001| purposes. The department shall adopt rules setting the | 0002| procedure to carry out the purposes of this subsection. | 0003| C. Except for the amount in Subsection B of this | 0004| section, money in the local governments road fund shall be | 0005| distributed in the following amounts for the specified | 0006| purposes: | 0007| (1) forty-two percent for the cooperative | 0008| agreements program, to be used solely for the cooperative | 0009| agreements entered into pursuant to Section 67-3-28 NMSA 1978 | 0010| and in accordance with the match authorized pursuant to Section | 0011| 67-3-32 NMSA 1978; provided, however, that distribution amounts | 0012| made pursuant to this paragraph in each year shall be based on | 0013| the following allocations: | 0014| (a) thirty-three percent for agreements | 0015| entered into with counties; | 0016| (b) forty-nine percent for agreements | 0017| entered into with municipalities; | 0018| (c) fourteen percent for agreements | 0019| entered into with school districts; and | 0020| (d) four percent for agreements entered | 0021| into with other entities; | 0022| (2) sixteen percent for the municipal arterial | 0023| program, to be used solely for the necessary project | 0024| development, construction, reconstruction, improvement, | 0025| maintenance, repair and right-of-way and material acquisition | 0001| of and for those streets that are principal extensions of rural | 0002| state highways and of other streets not on the state highway | 0003| system but that qualify under the designated criteria | 0004| established by the department. In entering into agreements | 0005| with municipalities to provide funds for any project qualifying | 0006| for the municipal arterial program, the department shall give | 0007| preference to municipalities that contribute an amount equal to | 0008| at least twenty-five percent of the project cost; | 0009| (3) sixteen percent for school bus routes, to | 0010| be used solely for cooperative agreements entered into pursuant | 0011| to Section 67-3-28 NMSA 1978 [and in accordance with the match | 0012| authorized pursuant to Section 67-3-32 NMSA 1978] for | 0013| acquiring rights of way and constructing, maintaining, | 0014| repairing, improving and paving school bus routes and public | 0015| school parking lots; and | 0016| (4) twenty-six percent for the county arterial | 0017| program, to be used for project development, construction, | 0018| reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, repair and right-of- | 0019| way and material acquisition of and for county roads for which | 0020| individual counties have prioritized road projects. Prior to | 0021| entering into any agreements for projects with the counties for | 0022| the following fiscal year, in June of each year the department | 0023| shall determine and certify the amount to which each county is | 0024| entitled pursuant to the following schedule: | 0025| Road Mileage Category Based on | 0001| Number of Miles Maintained | 0002| By a County: Entitlement to County: | 0003| 400 miles or under $250 for each mile | 0004| 401 to 800 miles $100,000 plus $200 for each | 0005| mile over 400 miles | 0006| 801 to 1,200 miles $180,000 plus $150 for each | 0007| mile over 800 miles | 0008| 1,201 to 1,600 miles $240,000 plus $100 for each | 0009| mile over 1,200 miles | 0010| Over 1,600 miles $300,000 plus $50 for each | 0011| mile over 1,600 miles. | 0012| If in any year there is an insufficient amount in the fund | 0013| of the county arterial program to certify the total amount to | 0014| which all counties are entitled, the department shall decrease | 0015| the entitlement amount due to each county in the same | 0016| proportion as the insufficiency is to the total entitlements to | 0017| all counties. Distribution of an entitlement amount and an | 0018| agreement entered into with a county for any of the purposes | 0019| for which the money may be spent requires an amount from the | 0020| county equal to at least twenty-five percent of the | 0021| entitlement. Any uncommitted or unencumbered balance remaining | 0022| in the county arterial program fund at the end of a fiscal year | 0023| shall be transferred to the cooperative [agreement] | 0024| agreements program specified in Paragraph (1) of this | 0025| subsection for additional funding of that program in the next | 0001| fiscal year. | 0002| D. The department may transfer funds from the state | 0003| road fund to the local governments road fund to facilitate cash | 0004| flow for the funding of these local governments road projects. | 0005| The administrator of the local governments road fund shall | 0006| reimburse the state road fund in a timely manner for any such | 0007| transfers." | 0008| Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0009| provisions of this act is July 1, 1997. | 0010|  | 0011| | 0012| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0013| FIRST SESSION, 1997 SB 967/a | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| March 5, 1997 | 0017| | 0018| Mr. President: | 0019| | 0020| Your WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0021| referred | 0022| | 0023| SENATE BILL 967 | 0024| | 0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0001| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0002| | 0003| 1. On page 1, line 21, strike the underscored "A" and the | 0004| period. | 0005| | 0006| 2. On page 2, lines 2 through 7, strike Subsection B in its | 0007| entirety., | 0008| | 0009| and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0010| | 0011| Respectfully submitted, | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| __________________________________ | 0017| Carlos R. Cisneros, Chairman | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0022| Adopted_______________________ | 0023| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Date ________________________ | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0005| Yes: 6 | 0006| No: 0 | 0007| Excused: Duran, McSorley, Nava | 0008| Absent: None | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| S0967WM1 .118084.1 | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0017| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| March 17, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| Mr. President: | 0023| | 0024| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0025| | 0001| SENATE BILL 967, as amended | 0002| | 0003| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0004| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0005| | 0006| Respectfully submitted, | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| __________________________________ | 0012| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0017| Adopted_______________________ | 0018| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| Date ________________________ | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0001| Yes: 6 | 0002| No: None | 0003| Excused: Carraro, Eisenstadt, Lyons, McKibben, Smith | 0004| Absent: None | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| S0967FC1 |