Section 6-21-6.9 - Local transportation project revenue bonds; issuance. - New Mexico Statutes

6-21-6.9. Local transportation project revenue bonds; issuance.

A.     The authority may issue and sell local transportation project revenue bonds in compliance with the New Mexico Finance Authority Act [6-21-1 NMSA 1978] in an amount outstanding at any one time of not more than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) payable from the local transportation infrastructure fund.  The bonds may be issued at times and on terms established by the authority.

B.     The net proceeds from the sale of local transportation project revenue bonds are appropriated to the local transportation infrastructure fund for local transportation projects described in Section 6-21-6.8 NMSA 1978.

C.     As security for the payment of the principal, interest or premium, if any, on local transportation project revenue bonds issued by the authority, the authority is authorized to pledge, transfer and assign:

(1)     any obligation that is payable to the authority for deposit into the local transportation infrastructure fund;

(2)     money in the local transportation infrastructure fund or a subaccount of that fund; and

(3)     one-half of the annual administrative fee received by the authority for issuing state transportation bonds pursuant to Sections 67-3-59.3 and 67-3-59.4 NMSA 1978.

D.     All local transportation project revenue bonds issued by the authority shall be obligations of the authority payable solely from the revenues, income and money of the authority deposited into the local transportation infrastructure fund.  The bonds shall not create an obligation, debt or liability of the state and no breach of any pledge, obligation or agreement of the authority shall impose a pecuniary liability or charge upon the general credit or taxing power of the state or any political subdivision of the state.

E.     Any law authorizing or affecting the imposition or distribution of the annual administrative fee received by the authority for issuing state transportation revenue bonds pursuant to Sections 67-3-59.3 and 67-3-59.4 NMSA 1978 or that affects the annual administrative fee shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise directly or indirectly modified so as to impair or reduce debt service coverage for any outstanding local transportation project revenue bonds that may be secured by a pledge of those annual administrative fee revenues, unless the local transportation project revenue bonds have been discharged in full or provisions have been made for a full discharge.

F.     The authority may purchase local transportation project revenue bonds with money in the public project revolving fund pursuant to the provisions of Section 6-21-6 NMSA 1978.