0001| SENATE BILL 1117 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| BEN D. ALTAMIRANO | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY | 0012| OF NEW MEXICO FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS. | 0013| | 0014| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0015| Section 1. APPROPRIATION.-- | 0016| A. Five hundred ninety-five thousand dollars | 0017| ($595,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board | 0018| of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in | 0019| fiscal year 1998 for the following projects in the following | 0020| amounts: | 0021| (1) three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) | 0022| for recruitment of academically exceptional graduate students | 0023| to improve the quality and quantity of research work done at | 0024| the university of New Mexico; and | 0025| (2) two hundred ninety-five thousand dollars | 0001| ($295,000) for the art of the Americas institute to conduct | 0002| teaching, research and public service projects and promote | 0003| cultural diversity in the arts. | 0004| B. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining | 0005| at the end of fiscal year 1998 shall revert to the general | 0006| fund. | 0007|  |