SENATE BILL 180

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2014

INTRODUCED BY

Peter Wirth

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO FUND A SMART GRID WORK FORCE TRAINING PROGRAM AND A MICROGRID INNOVATION LABORATORY, RESEARCH PARK AND TESTING CENTER AT SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the higher education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2015 for the Santa Fe community college training center corporation to design and develop a smart grid work force training program and a microgrid innovation laboratory, research park and testing center. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2015 shall revert to the general fund.