Required grant of authority.

A. The Community Energy Efficiency Development Block Grant Act is enacted to allow the state, a county or a municipality to provide or pay the costs of financing infrastructure necessary to support affordable housing projects as provided by Article 9, Section 14 of the constitution of New Mexico. B. Prior to the department's final approval of an application for a grant pursuant to the Community Energy Efficiency Development Block Grant Act, an applicant that is a county or a municipality shall provide the department with a copy of the ordinance enacted by the county or municipality that provides the county's or municipality's formal approval for a specific community energy efficiency development block grant and includes in the ordinance the terms and conditions of the grant approved by the department. The department shall not approve an application for a community energy efficiency project if the county or municipality fails to enact an ordinance that gives formal approval for the terms and conditions approved by the department for the community energy efficiency development block grant and includes in the ordinance those exact terms and conditions. C. Prior to the department's final approval of an application for a grant pursuant to the Community Energy Efficiency Development Block Grant Act, an applicant that is an Indian nation, tribe or pueblo shall provide the department with a copy of a resolution enacted by the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo that provides the Indian nation's, tribe's or pueblo's formal approval for a specific community energy efficiency development block grant and includes in the ordinance the terms and conditions of the grant approved by the department. The department shall not approve an application for a community energy efficiency project if the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo fails to enact a resolution that gives formal approval for the terms and conditions approved by the department for the community energy efficiency development block grant and includes in the resolution those exact terms and conditions. D. Prior to the department's final approval of an application from the New Mexico mortgage finance authority for a grant pursuant to the Community Energy Efficiency Development Block Grant Act, the New Mexico mortgage finance authority shall provide the department with formal approval of the New Mexico mortgage finance authority to accept a specific community energy efficiency development block grant.