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Opinion No. 46-4892

Collection Attorney General Opinions and Advisory Letters
Date 04/23/1946
File Number 1946 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 46-4892

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Opinion No. 46-4892

April 23, 1946

BY: C. C. McCULLOH, Attorney General

TO: G. T. Watts District Attorney Fifth Judicial District Roswell, New Mexico

{*220} We are in receipt of your letter of April 20, 1946, in which you ask whether a school district can issue bonds for the purpose of installing heating systems and otherwise improving the facilities in existing structures.

{*221} Article 9, Section 11 of the Constitution provides that no school district shall borrow money except for the purpose of erecting and furnishing school buildings or purchasing school grounds.

Section 55-720 of the 1941 Compilation authorizes school districts to issue bonds for the purpose of erecting school buildings and purchase of school grounds.

In view of the fact that no provision is made for modernizing existing school buildings, it is my opinion that school districts may not issue bonds for such purpose.

By ROBERT W. WARD,

Asst. Atty. General

 You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.