0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING SECTION 21-1-3 NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS
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0003| 1970, CHAPTER 47, SECTION 1, AS AMENDED) TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN BOARDS
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0004| OF REGENTS TO CONSIDER CERTAIN TEXAS RESIDENTS AS RESIDENT STUDENTS
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0005| FOR TUITION, BUDGET AND REVENUE PURPOSES.
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0007| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0008|      Section 1.  Section 21-1-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1970, Chapter 47, Section 1, as
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0009| amended) is amended to read:
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0010|      "21-1-3.  STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS--RESIDENT STUDENTS.--
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0011|           A.  For the purpose of tuition payment at the resident student rates at state
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0012| educational institutions, as defined in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico,
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0013| "resident student" includes:
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0014|                (1)  any person not otherwise entitled to claim residence who is a member
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0015| of the armed forces of the United States assigned to active duty within the exterior boundaries of
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0016| this state; and
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0017|                (2)  the spouse or dependent child of any person who qualifies under
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0018| Paragraph (1) of this subsection.
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0019|           B.  Assignment to active duty within the exterior boundaries of this state may be
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0020| established by a certificate of assignment from the commanding officer of the person so
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0021| assigned.
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0022|           C.  For the purpose of tuition payment at resident student rates at New Mexico
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0023| highlands university, "resident student" may include any person who is a Native American and a
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0024| citizen of the United States.
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0025|           D.  For the purposes of tuition payment and budget and revenue
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0001|                                                               calculations, the board of regents of any post-secondary, state educational institution, as
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0002|                                                               defined in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico, may determine that
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0003|                                                               "resident student" includes any Texas resident who resides within a one hundred thirty-five mile radius of that institution."                                              
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