0001|                            HOUSE BILL 16
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          William E. Porter
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION DIVISION
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0012|     OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A PROPOSAL
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0013|     AND PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SPACEPORT
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0014|     SITE FOR REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0015|     
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred eighty thousand
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0018|     dollars ($380,000) is appropriated from the general fund to

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0019|     the space commercialization division of the economic
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0020|     development department for expenditure in fiscal years 1998
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0021|     and 1999 to secure New Mexico as designee for development of a
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0022|     spaceport site for reusable aerospace launch vehicles. Any
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0023|     unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
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0024|     fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the general fund.
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0025|          Section 2.  APPROPRIATION--CONTINGENCY.--Eight million
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0001|     six hundred thousand dollars ($8,600,000) is appropriated from
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0002|     the general fund operating reserve to the space
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0003|     commercialization division of the economic development
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0004|     department for expenditure in fiscal year 1999 or in any
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0005|     succeeding fiscal year to provide matching funds not to exceed
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0006|     ten percent of the costs of designing and constructing roads,
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0007|     runways and other infrastructure for a spaceport site
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0008|     contingent upon receipt of the remaining funds for such design
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0009|     and construction from private or federal sources, and upon
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0010|     selection of New Mexico for development of a spaceport site
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0011|     for reusable aerospace launch vehicles.  The disbursement of
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0012|     any amount of the appropriation is contingent upon
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0013|     certification by the secretary of finance and administration
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0014|     and notification of the legislative finance committee that the
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0015|     disbursement represents not more than ten percent of the
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0016|     proposed expenditure; that a matching amount of private or
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0017|     federal funds equal to at least ninety percent of the proposed
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0018|     expenditure is available within twelve months of the
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0019|     disbursement; and that the contracts for the proposed design
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0020|     or construction are pending and can be executed upon receipt
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0021|     of the money.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0022|     remaining from this appropriation on July 1, 2005 shall remain
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0023|     in the general fund operating reserve.
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0024|          Section 3.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0025|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0001|     immediately.
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