0001| HOUSE BILL 1285 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| RICK MIERA | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ASSIST NEW MEXICO TEACHERS IN THE | 0012| TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Seventy-five thousand dollars | 0016| ($75,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the | 0017| commission on higher education for expenditure in fiscal year | 0018| 1998 for the purpose of providing summer institutes and ongoing | 0019| assistance to New Mexico teachers in teaching and promoting the | 0020| teaching of geography. This appropriation is contingent upon | 0021| matching funds and a donation of instructional geography | 0022| materials from the national geographic society. Any unexpended | 0023| or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year | 0024| 1998 shall revert to the general fund. | 0025| .116404.1 |