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

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0010|     accruing to it through gifts, grants or bequests shall be
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0011|     transferred to another fund.  The fund shall not revert at the
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0012|     end of any fiscal year.  Any interest earned from investment
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0013|     of the fund shall be credited to the legislative scholarship
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0014|     fund for the purpose of implementing the <u>General Richard T.
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<u></u>0015| <u>    Knowles</u> legislative scholarship program.  Money in the fund
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0016|     is appropriated to the New Mexico military institute."
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