SENATE FLOOR SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 314

54th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2019

AN ACT

RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; ALLOWING NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO.

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

     SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 21, Article 8 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO.--

          A. The board of regents of New Mexico state university may establish a New Mexico state university campus in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

          B. The university shall not use state funds for capital investment or make financial contributions to private investors for the operation of the San Luis Potosi campus. Student and other data from the San Luis Potosi campus shall not be used to calculate instruction and general purposes for New Mexico state university or for capital funding.

          C. Any contract between New Mexico state university and any private vendor or contractor entered into pursuant to the authority granted by this section shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the district court of the third judicial district of New Mexico. The university's financial information related to the operation and financing of the San Luis Potosi campus is subject to the Audit Act. Nothing in this section serves as a waiver of the Inspection of Public Records Act, the Open Meetings Act or the Procurement Code."

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