SENATE BILL 420

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

INTRODUCED BY

Michael S. Sanchez

AN ACT

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF "SENIOR CITIZEN" IN THE SENIOR CITIZENS REDUCED TUITION ACT.

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

     SECTION 1. Section 21-21D-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984, Chapter 96, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "21-21D-1. SHORT TITLE.--[This act] Chapter 21, Article 21D NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Senior Citizens Reduced Tuition Act"."

     SECTION 2. Section 21-21D-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984, Chapter 96, Section 3) is amended to read:

     "21-21D-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Senior Citizens Reduced Tuition Act:

          A. ["board"] "department" means the [board of educational finance] higher education department;

          B. "eligible institution" means any New Mexico post-secondary degree-granting educational institution;

          C. "reduced tuition" means that tuition charged senior citizens at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per credit hour, up to six hours per semester; and

          D. "senior citizen" means a person age [sixty-five] sixty or older."

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