0001| AN ACT | 0002| RELATING TO STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; AMENDING A SECTION OF | 0003| THE NMSA 1978 TO AUTHORIZE RESIDENT STUDENT STATUS FOR ATHLETIC | 0004| SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. | 0005| | 0006| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0007| Section 1. Section 21-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1970, Chapter 9, Section 1, as | 0008| amended) is amended to read: | 0009| "21-1-2. MATRICULATION AND TUITION FEES.-- | 0010| A. Except as otherwise provided in this section and in Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA | 0011| 1978, the boards of regents of the university of New Mexico, New Mexico state university, New | 0012| Mexico highlands university, western New Mexico university, eastern New Mexico university, | 0013| New Mexico military institute, New Mexico institute of mining and technology and New Mexico | 0014| junior college shall establish and charge matriculation fees and tuition fees as follows: | 0015| (1) each student shall be charged a matriculation fee of not less than five | 0016| dollars ($5.00) upon enrolling in each institution; | 0017| (2) each student who is a resident of New Mexico shall be charged a | 0018| tuition fee of not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) a year; | 0019| (3) each student who is not a resident of New Mexico shall be charged a | 0020| tuition fee of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) a year; | 0021| (4) each student shall be charged a tuition fee of not less than ten dollars | 0022| ($10.00) for each summer session; and | 0023| (5) each student may be charged a tuition fee for extension courses. | 0024| B. Except as otherwise provided in this section and in Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA | 0025| 1978, the board of regents of northern New Mexico state school shall establish and charge each | 0001| student a matriculation fee and a tuition fee. | 0002| C. The board of regents of each institution may establish and grant gratis | 0003| scholarships to students who are residents of New Mexico in an amount not to exceed the | 0004| matriculation fee or tuition and fees, or both. Except as provided in Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA | 0005| 1978, the number of scholarships established and granted shall not exceed three percent of the | 0006| preceding fall semester enrollment in each institution and shall not be established and granted for | 0007| summer sessions. The president of each institution shall select and recommend to the board of | 0008| regents of his institution, as recipients of scholarships, students who possess good moral | 0009| character and satisfactory initiative, scholastic standing and personality. At least thirty-three and | 0010| one-third percent of the gratis scholarships established and granted by each board of regents each | 0011| year shall be granted on the basis of financial need. | 0012| D. The board of regents of each institution set out in this subsection may establish | 0013| and grant, in addition to those scholarships provided for in Subsection C of this section, athletic | 0014| scholarships for tuition and fees. In no event shall the board of regents of any institution be | 0015| allowed to award scholarships for tuition and fees for more than the number of athletic | 0016| scholarships set out in this subsection and in no event shall more than seventy-five percent of the | 0017| scholarships granted be for out-of-state residents: | 0018| (1) the board of regents of the university of New Mexico may grant up to | 0019| two hundred ninety-three athletic scholarships; | 0020| (2) the board of regents of New Mexico state university may grant up to | 0021| two hundred seventy athletic scholarships; | 0022| (3) the boards of regents of New Mexico highlands university, eastern | 0023| New Mexico university and western New Mexico university may each grant up to one hundred | 0024| forty athletic scholarships; and | 0025| (4) the board of regents of New Mexico junior college may grant up to | 0001| fifty-two athletic scholarships. | 0002| E. In the event that the number of athletic scholarships exceeds the number of | 0003| athletic scholarships permitted that institution by regulations and bylaws of the national | 0004| collegiate athletic association or the national association of intercollegiate athletics of which that | 0005| institution is a member, the appropriate board of regents shall reduce the number of authorized | 0006| tuition scholarships to comply with association rules and regulations. | 0007| F. Matriculation fees and tuition fees shall be fixed and made payable as directed | 0008| by the board of regents of each institution, collected by the officers of each institution and | 0009| accounted for as are other funds of the institutions. Matriculation fees shall be charged only once | 0010| for each institution in which a student enrolls." | 0011| Section 2. Section 21-1-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1970, Chapter 47, Section 1, as | 0012| amended) is amended to read: | 0013| "21-1-3. STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS--RESIDENT STUDENTS.-- | 0014| A. For the purpose of tuition payment at the resident student rates at state | 0015| educational institutions, as defined in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico, | 0016| "resident student" includes: | 0017| (1) any person not otherwise entitled to claim residence who is a member | 0018| of the armed forces of the United States assigned to active duty within the exterior boundaries of | 0019| this state; and | 0020| (2) the spouse or dependent child of any person who qualifies under | 0021| Paragraph (1) of this subsection. | 0022| B. Assignment to active duty within the exterior boundaries of this state may be | 0023| established by a certificate of assignment from the commanding officer of the person so assigned. | 0024| C. For the purpose of tuition payment at resident student rates at New Mexico | 0025| highlands university, "resident student" may include any person who is a Native American and a | 0001| citizen of the United States. | 0002| D. For the purposes of tuition payment and budget and revenue calculations, the | 0003| board of regents of any post-secondary, state educational institution, as defined in Article 12, | 0004| Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico, may determine that "resident student" includes | 0005| any Texas resident who resides within a one hundred thirty-five mile radius of that institution. | 0006| E. For the purpose of tuition payment and budget and revenue calculations, | 0007| "resident student" includes any student receiving an athletic scholarship from a | 0008| post-secondary educational institution set forth in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution | 0009| of New Mexico." |