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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR
Stapleton
DATE TYPED
03/09/05
HB
604/aHEC/aSEC
SHORT TITLE
Technical & Vocational Institute Name Changes
SB
ANALYST
Woods
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY05
FY06
FY05
FY06
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to Section 21-16-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963, Chapter 108, Section 6, as amended).
Duplicates SB626
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
New Mexico Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of SEC Amendment
Senate Education Committee amendment to HB604 amends the legislation as follows:
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On page 2, line 19: after he word “campuses” insert the language “, provided no name
is adopted in honor of a living person”.
Senate Education Committee amendment to HB604 attaches no appropriation to the legislation.
Synopsis of HEC Amendment
House Education Committee amendment to HB604 amends the legislation as follows:
pg_0002
House Bill
604/aHEC/aSEC
-- Page 2
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On page 1, line 18: Before “The” inserts the subsection designation “A.”.
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On page 1, line 19: deletes “A.” and inserts “(1)” in lieu thereof.
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On page 2, line 1: deletes “B.” and inserts “(2)” in lieu thereof.
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On page 2, line 2: deletes “C.” and inserts “(3)” in lieu thereof.
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On page 2, line 4: deletes “D.” and inserts “(4)” in lieu thereof.
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On page 2, line 9: deletes “E.” and inserts “(5)” in lieu thereof.
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On page 2, line 13: deletes “F.” inserts “(6)” in lieu thereof.
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On page 2, line 17: deletes “G.” and inserts “(7)” in lieu thereof.
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On page 2, line 19: deletes the closing quotation marks.
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On page 2, between lines 19 and 20: inserts a new Subsection B to read:
“B. Whenever the board changes the name of a technical vocational institute
or the institute's campuses:
(1) functions, personnel, appropriations, money, records, equipment
and other property of the formerly named institute or campuses shall
be transferred to the newly named institute or campuses;
(2) existing contracts and agreements in effect as to the formerly
named institute or campuses shall be binding on the newly named in-
stitute or campuses; and
(3) references in state or local law to the formerly named institute or
campuses shall be deemed to refer to the newly named institute or
campuses.”
House Education Committee amendment to HB604 attaches no appropriation to the legislation.
Original Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 604 – Relating to Higher Education; Authorizing a Technical and Vocational Institute
District Board to Adopt or Change the Name of the Institute – amends Section 21-16-6 NMSA
1978 (being Laws 1963, Chapter 108, Section 6, as amended) as follows:
Under 21-16-6: Board – Powers and Duties:
D: Amends the language so that the Commission on Higher Education – as op-
posed to the Board of Educational Finance – has authority to approve associate
degree programs.
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House Bill
604/aHEC/aSEC
-- Page 3
G: Adds language to authorize the Board to adopt a name for, or change the name
of the technical and vocational institute or the institute's campuses.
There is no appropriation attached to this legislation.
Significant Issues
CHE indicates this legislation does not does not impact the commission.
CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP OR RELATIONSHIP
Relates to Section 21-16-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963, Chapter 108, Section 6, as amended).
Relates to SB626 in that SB626 also seeks to amend 21-16-6 to grant the Commission on Higher
Education the authority to approve associate degree programs and authorize the Board to adopt a
name for, or change the name of the technical and vocational institute or the institute's campuses.
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