HOUSE BILL 753

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Ernest H. Chavez

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO EXPAND THE CHICANO-HISPANO-MEXICANO STUDIES PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO TO PROVIDE FOR TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIPS, LECTURERS, GRADUATE ASSISTANTS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT STAFF.

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 board of regents of the university of New Mexico for expenditure in fiscal year 2007 to expand the university's Chicano-Hispano-Mexicano studies program to provide for tenure track assistant professorships, lecturers, graduate assistants, community outreach and curriculum development staff. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2007 shall revert to the general fund.

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