0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 97
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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 S. SANCHEZ
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEW MEXICO STATE
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0013|     UNIVERSITY AND THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION COOPERATE IN A
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0014|     STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A VETERINARY SCHOOL AND
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0015|     A LAW SCHOOL AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY.
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0016|     
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0017|       WHEREAS, there is no school of veterinary medicine in New
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0018|     Mexico, and New Mexico residents who wish to enter that
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0019|     profession must leave the state to get their education; and
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0020|       WHEREAS, only one law school, at the university of New
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0021|     Mexico, provides legal education to New Mexico residents;
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0022|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0023|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that New Mexico state university and the
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0024|     commission on higher education study the feasibility of
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0025|     establishing a school of veterinary medicine and a school of law
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0001|     at New Mexico state university and that results of the study be
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0002|     presented to the appropriate interim legislative committee by
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0003|     December 1, 1996; and
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0004|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0005|     transmitted to the board of regents of New Mexico state
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0006|     university and to the commission on higher education.
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