SENATE BILL 237

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Dede Feldman

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM OF PRE-DENTAL CLUBS AT A NEW MEXICO INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PROMOTE INCREASED NUMBERS OF NEW MEXICANS IN THE DENTAL PROFESSION.

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

     Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the commission on higher education for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 to fund a half-time faculty member at an institution of higher learning in New Mexico to administer pre-dental clubs to foster better preparedness of New Mexico students competing for entry to dental schools. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall revert to the general fund.