HOUSE BILL 58

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2020

INTRODUCED BY

Christine Trujillo

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY TO MANAGE AND CONDUCT STATEWIDE ROBOT PLAYSHOPS AND A SUBSEQUENT INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE ROBOTICS PROGRAM.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of eastern New Mexico university for expenditure in fiscal year 2021 to manage and conduct statewide playshops for students in grades three through twelve, together with their teachers, to learn to design, build, program and test payload delivering, firefighting or other autonomous robot challenges, culminating in an international collaborative robotics program held annually in New Mexico. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2021 shall revert to the general fund.

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