0001| HOUSE BILL 12 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| Kip W. Nicely | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RENAMING THE LEGISLATOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AT THE NEW MEXICO | 0012| MILITARY INSTITUTE THE "GENERAL RICHARD T. KNOWLES LEGISLATIVE | 0013| SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM". | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 21-12-11 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, | 0017| Chapter 44, Section 1 and Laws 1989, Chapter 45, Section 1) is | 0018| amended to read: | 0019| "21-12-11. [LEGISLATOR] GENERAL RICHARD T. KNOWLES | 0020| LEGISLATIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CREATED--PURPOSE.--There is | 0021| created the "[legislator] General Richard T. Knowles | 0022| legislative scholarship program" at the New Mexico military | 0023| institute. The purpose of the program is to increase the | 0024| number of New Mexico residents attending the New Mexico | 0025| military institute and to increase the opportunity for |
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0001| promising young people [that] who might not otherwise have | 0002| the opportunity to participate in a military education and | 0003| environment." | 0004| Section 2. Section 21-12-12 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, | 0005| Chapter 44, Section 2 and Laws 1989, Chapter 45, Section 2) is | 0006| amended to read: | 0007| "21-12-12. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION--CRITERIA.-- | 0008| A. The [legislator] General Richard T. Knowles | 0009| legislative scholarship program shall be administered by the | 0010| board of regents of the New Mexico military institute. The | 0011| board of regents shall establish one hundred twelve | 0012| scholarships available to New Mexico residents, one | 0013| scholarship available [in] for each state legislative | 0014| district. | 0015| B. Annually, each state legislator may nominate | 0016| four prospective scholarship recipients to the board of | 0017| regents of the New Mexico military institute. If a | 0018| legislator has no applicant from his or her district, that | 0019| senator or representative may choose to nominate an applicant | 0020| from a senate or representative district contiguous to his or | 0021| her own, thus maintaining geographical diversity in the corps | 0022| of cadets while affording a greater opportunity for more New | 0023| Mexicans to receive a scholarship. | 0024| C. Scholarships shall be awarded to qualifying New | 0025| Mexico residents for a term not to exceed four years. |
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0001| D. The board of regents shall establish criteria | 0002| for the awarding of scholarships. Criteria shall include | 0003| scholastic ability, faculty recommendations, standardized test | 0004| scores, letters of recommendation, school honors and | 0005| extracurricular activities." | 0006| Section 3. Section 21-12-13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1990, | 0007| Chapter 109, Section 1) is amended to read: | 0008| "21-12-13. FUND CREATED.--The "legislative scholarship | 0009| fund" is created. No money appropriated to the fund or | 0010| accruing to it through gifts, grants or bequests shall be | 0011| transferred to another fund. The fund shall not revert at the | 0012| end of any fiscal year. Any interest earned from investment | 0013| of the fund shall be credited to the legislative scholarship | 0014| fund for the purpose of implementing the General Richard T. | 0015| Knowles legislative scholarship program. Money in the fund | 0016| is appropriated to the New Mexico military institute." | 0017|  |