SENATE BILL 240

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Cisco McSorley

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE STATE WORK STUDY PROGRAM FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the higher education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 to increase funding for eligible institutions to employ eligible students through the state work study program. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009 shall revert to the general fund.

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