0001| HOUSE BILL 639
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003| 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| MICHAEL OLGUIN
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0011| AN ACT
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0012| RELATING TO EDUCATION; AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
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0013| SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NEW MEXICO RESIDENTS ENROLLED IN CERTAIN STATE
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0014| EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
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0015| GRANTING OF SCHOLARSHIPS AT CERTAIN TWO-YEAR PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
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0017| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0018| Section 1. Section 21-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1970,
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0019| Chapter 9, Section 1, as amended by Laws 1989, Chapter 44,
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0020| Section 3 and by Laws 1989, Chapter 45, Section 3 and also by
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0021| Laws 1989, Chapter 68, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0022| "21-1-2. MATRICULATION, [AND] TUITION AND REQUIRED
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0023| FEES.--
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0024| A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
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0025| boards of regents of the university of New Mexico, New Mexico
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0001| state university, New Mexico highlands university, western New
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0002| Mexico university, eastern New Mexico university, New Mexico
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0003| military institute and New Mexico institute of mining and
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0004| technology and the governing board of New Mexico junior
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0005| college shall establish and charge matriculation fees, [and]
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0006| tuition and other required fees as follows:
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0007| (1) each student shall be charged a
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0008| matriculation fee of not less than five dollars ($5.00) upon
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0009| enrolling in each institution;
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0010| (2) each student who is a resident of New
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0011| Mexico shall be charged [a] tuition [fee] and required
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0012| fees of not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) a year;
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0013| (3) each student who is not a resident of New
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0014| Mexico shall be charged [a] tuition [fee] and required
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0015| fees of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) a year;
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0016| (4) each student shall be charged [a] tuition
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0017| [fee] and required fees of not less than ten dollars
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0018| ($10.00) for each summer session; and
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0019| (5) each student may be charged [a] tuition
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0020| [fee] and required fees for extension courses.
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0021| B. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
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0022| board of regents of northern New Mexico state school shall
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0023| establish and charge each student a matriculation fee, [and a]
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0024| tuition [fee] and required fees.
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0025| C. The board of regents or governing board of each
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0001| institution may establish and grant [gratis] scholarships to
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0002| students who are residents of New Mexico [by waiving] in an
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0003| amount not to exceed the matriculation fee or tuition and
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0004| required fees or both. Scholarships awarded by the board of
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0005| regents or governing board shall be called legislative
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0006| scholarships. The number of legislative scholarships
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0007| established and granted shall not exceed [three] five
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0008| percent of the preceding fall semester enrollment in each insti-
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0009| tution and shall not be established and granted for summer
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0010| sessions. [The president of each institution shall select and
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recommend to the board of regents of his institution, as
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recipients of scholarships, students who possess good moral
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character and satisfactory initiative, scholastic standing and
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personality.] Legislative scholarship recipients shall have
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0015| demonstrated successful academic performance and maintain
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0016| satisfactory scholastic standing. At least thirty-three and
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0017| one-third percent of the [gratis] scholarships established and
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0018| granted by each board of regents or governing board each year
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0019| shall be granted on the basis of financial need.
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0020| D. The commission on higher education may adopt
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0021| guidelines to assist institutions in the administration of the
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0022| legislative scholarships program.
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0023| [D.] E. The board of regents or governing
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0024| board of each institution set out in this subsection may
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0025| establish and grant, in addition to [those] legislative
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0001| scholarships provided for in Subsection C of this section,
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0002| athletic scholarships, [by waiving] tuition and required
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0003| fees. In no event shall the board of regents or governing
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0004| board of any institution be allowed to [waive the] award
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0005| scholarships for tuition and required fees for more than the
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0006| number of athletic scholarships set out in this subsection and
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0007| in no event shall more than seventy-five percent of the
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0008| [waivers granted] scholarships awarded be for out-of-state
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0009| residents:
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0010| (1) the board of regents of the university of
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0011| New Mexico may grant up to the equivalent of two hundred
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0012| ninety-three athletic scholarships for tuition and required
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0013| fees;
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0014| (2) the board of regents of New Mexico state
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0015| university may grant up to the equivalent of two hundred
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0016| seventy athletic scholarships for tuition and required fees;
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0017| (3) the boards of regents of New Mexico
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0018| highlands university, eastern New Mexico university and western
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0019| New Mexico university may each grant up to the equivalent of
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0020| one hundred forty athletic scholarships for tuition and
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0021| required fees; and
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0022| (4) the governing board of New Mexico junior
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0023| college [board] may grant up to the equivalent of fifty-two
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0024| athletic scholarships for tuition and required fees.
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0025| [E.] F. Notwithstanding the provisions of
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0001| Subsection [D] E of this section, in computing tuition
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0002| credits the commission on higher education shall accept the
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0003| value of [waivers of] scholarships for tuition and
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0004| required fees established by the boards of regents of the
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0005| university of New Mexico, New Mexico state university, eastern
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0006| New Mexico university, western New Mexico university and New
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0007| Mexico highlands university for athletes for the seventy-eighth
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0008| fiscal year and all fiscal years thereafter. In no event shall
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0009| the board of regents of any such institution be allowed to
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0010| [waive the] establish scholarships for tuition and
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0011| required fees for more than the number of athletic schol-
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0012| arships permitted that institution by regulations and bylaws of
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0013| the national collegiate athletic association or the national
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0014| association of intercollegiate athletics of which that insti-
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0015| tution is a member.
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0016| [F.] G. Matriculation fees, [and] tuition and
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0017| required fees shall be fixed and made payable as directed by
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0018| the board of regents or governing board of each institution,
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0019| collected by the officers of each institution and accounted for
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0020| as are other funds of the institutions. Matriculation fees
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0021| shall be charged only once for each institution in which a
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0022| student enrolls."
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0023| Section 2. Section 21-13-10 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
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0024| Chapter 17, Section 9, as amended) is amended to read:
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0025| "21-13-10. BOARD DUTIES.--
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0001| A. It shall be the duty of the community college
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0002| board to determine financial and educational policies of the
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0003| community college. The community college board shall provide for
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0004| the management of the community college and execution of these
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0005| policies by selecting a competent president for the community
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0006| college, and, upon the president's recommendation, the board
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0007| shall employ other administrative personnel, instructional staff
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0008| or other personnel as may be needed for the operation,
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0009| maintenance and administration of the community college.
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0010| B. The community college board shall have the power
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0011| to fix tuition and fee rates for resident and nonresident
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0012| students of the district, to accept gifts, to accept federal
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0013| aid, to purchase, hold, sell and rent property and equipment and
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0014| to promote the general welfare of the institution for the best
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0015| interest of educational service to the people of the community
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0016| college district.
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0017| C. The community college board may establish and
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0018| grant legislative scholarships to students who are residents of
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0019| New Mexico by granting the matriculation fee or tuition and
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0020| required fees, or both. The number of legislative scholarships
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0021| established and granted shall not exceed five percent of the
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0022| preceding fall semester enrollment in each institution and shall
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0023| not be established and granted for summer sessions. Legislative
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0024| scholarship recipients shall have demonstrated successful
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0025| academic performance and maintain satisfactory scholastic
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0001| standing. At least thirty-three and one-third percent of the
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0002| scholarships established and granted by each community college
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0003| board each year shall be granted on the basis of financial
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0004| need."
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0005| Section 3. A new Section 21-16-6.1 NMSA 1978 is enacted to
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0006| read:
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0007| "21-16-6.1. [NEW MATERIAL] MATRICULATION AND TUITION
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0008| FEES.--The board may establish and grant legislative
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0009| scholarships to students who are residents of New Mexico by
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0010| granting the matriculation fee or tuition and required fees, or
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0011| both. The number of legislative scholarships established and
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0012| granted shall not exceed five percent of the preceding fall
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0013| semester enrollment in each institution and shall not be
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0014| established and granted for summer sessions. Legislative
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0015| scholarship recipients shall have demonstrated successful
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0016| academic performance and maintain satisfactory scholastic
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0017| standing. At least thirty-three and one-third percent of the
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0018| scholarships established and granted by each board each year
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0019| shall be granted on the basis of financial need."
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0020| Section 4. A new Section 21-17-4.2 NMSA 1978 is enacted to
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0021| read:
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0022| "21-17-4.2. [NEW MATERIAL] MATRICULATION AND TUITION
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0023| FEES.--The board may establish and grant legislative
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0024| scholarships to students who are residents of New Mexico by
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0025| granting the matriculation fee or tuition and required fees, or
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0001| both. The number of legislative scholarships established and
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0002| granted shall not exceed five percent of the preceding fall
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0003| semester enrollment in each institution and shall not be
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0004| established and granted for summer sessions. Legislative
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0005| scholarships recipients shall have demonstrated successful
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0006| academic performance and maintain satisfactory scholastic
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0007| standing. At least thirty-three and one-third percent of the
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0008| scholarships established and granted by each board each year
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0009| shall be granted on the basis of financial need."
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0010| Section 5. APPROPRIATION.--Two million one hundred sixteen
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0011| thousand dollars ($2,116,000) is appropriated from the general
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0012| fund to the commission on higher education for expenditure in
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0013| fiscal year 1997 for the purpose of funding legislative
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0014| scholarships for New Mexico residents enrolled in certain public
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0015| post-secondary educational institutions. The commission on
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0016| higher education shall distribute this appropriation to
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0017| appropriate educational institutions on the same basis as
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0018| existing funds provided for that purpose. Any unexpended or
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0019| unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 1997
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0020| shall revert to the general fund.
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0021| Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
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0022| provisions of this act is July 1, 1996.
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0023| State of New Mexico
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0024| House of Representatives
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0001| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0002| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0005| February 9, 1996
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0008| Mr. Speaker:
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0010| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0011|
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0012| HOUSE BILL 639
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0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0016| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
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0018| Respectfully submitted,
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0023| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman
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0001| Adopted Not Adopted
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0003| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0005| Date
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0007| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0008| Yes: 8
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0009| Excused: Weeks, SM Williams, Wright
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0010| Absent: Nicely
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0014| H0639EC1
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