April 5, 2001

SENATE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE NO. 64

The Honorable Richard Romero and

Members of the Senate

Executive-Legislative Building

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503

Honorable President and Members of the Senate:

I have this day VETOED and am returning SENATE BILL 662, enacted by the Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Session, 2001.

This bill adds a definition for "middle school" to differentiate public school level classification in the Public School Code.

This legislation offers no compelling reason or rationale to justify the insertion of language currently existing under elementary and junior high school definitions in the Public School Code.

Sincerely,

Gary E. Johnson

Governor

RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR:

Time: _____________________ By:_____________________________

Secretary of State

Date ______________________

Time:______________________

Date_______________________ By:_____________________________

Chief Clerk of the Senate

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