New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 2 - PUBLIC FINANCE
Chapter 91 - GRANTS
Part 2 - REVIEW AND SELECTION OF COLONIAS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
Section 2.91.2.6 - OBJECTIVE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Section 6-30-5, NMSA 1978 provides that the New Mexico colonias infrastructure board is required to adopt rules governing the acceptance, evaluation and prioritization of applications by qualified entities for financial assistance from the colonias infrastructure project fund; authorizes the board to prioritize the qualified projects for financial assistance; and authorizes the board to recommend the prioritized qualified projects to the New Mexico finance authority for financial assistance.
B. Section 6-30-3, NMSA 1978, provides that a qualified project eligible for consideration for financial assistance by the board shall be a capital outlay project which may include a water system, a wastewater system, solid waste disposal facilities, flood and drainage control, roads or housing infrastructure, but does not include general operation and maintenance, equipment, housing allowance payments or mortgage subsidies. The purpose of these rules is to set forth the intent of the board and to outline, in general terms, the criteria and procedures to be used in evaluating, prioritizing and funding qualified projects from the colonias infrastructure project fund.
C. Section 6-30-6, NMSA 1978, provides that the authority shall provide staff support for the colonias infrastructure board; administer the colonias infrastructure project fund; at the direction of the board, process, review and evaluate applications for financial assistance received from qualified entities; and at the direction of the board, administer qualified projects that receive financial assistance.
D. Section 6-30-8, NMSA 1978, provides that the authority may adopt separate procedures and rules to administer the colonias infrastructure project fund, originate grants or loans for qualified projects recommended by the board; recover from the colonias infrastructure project fund the costs of administering the fund and originating the grants and loans; and govern the process through which qualified entities may apply for financial assistance from the colonias infrastructure project fund.
