0001| SENATE BILL 81 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| SHANNON ROBINSON | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; AMENDING A SECTION | 0012| OF THE NMSA 1978 TO AUTHORIZE RESIDENT STUDENT STATUS FOR | 0013| ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 21-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1970, | 0017| Chapter 9, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "21-1-2. MATRICULATION AND TUITION FEES.-- | 0019| A. Except as otherwise provided in this section and | 0020| in Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA 1978, the boards of regents of the | 0021| university of New Mexico, New Mexico state university, New | 0022| Mexico highlands university, western New Mexico university, | 0023| eastern New Mexico university, New Mexico military institute, | 0024| New Mexico institute of mining and technology and New Mexico | 0025| junior college shall establish and charge matriculation fees | 0001| and tuition fees as follows: | 0002| (1) each student shall be charged a | 0003| matriculation fee of not less than five dollars ($5.00) upon | 0004| enrolling in each institution; | 0005| (2) each student who is a resident of New | 0006| Mexico shall be charged a tuition fee of not less than twenty | 0007| dollars ($20.00) a year; | 0008| (3) each student who is not a resident of New | 0009| Mexico shall be charged a tuition fee of not less than fifty | 0010| dollars ($50.00) a year; | 0011| (4) each student shall be charged a tuition | 0012| fee of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) for each summer | 0013| session; and | 0014| (5) each student may be charged a tuition fee | 0015| for extension courses. | 0016| B. Except as otherwise provided in this section and | 0017| in Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA 1978, the board of regents of northern | 0018| New Mexico state school shall establish and charge each student | 0019| a matriculation fee and a tuition fee. | 0020| C. The board of regents of each institution may | 0021| establish and grant gratis scholarships to students who are | 0022| residents of New Mexico in an amount not to exceed the | 0023| matriculation fee or tuition and fees, or both. Except as | 0024| provided in Section 21-1-4.3 NMSA 1978, the number of | 0025| scholarships established and granted shall not exceed three | 0001| percent of the preceding fall semester enrollment in each | 0002| institution and shall not be established and granted for summer | 0003| sessions. The president of each institution shall select and | 0004| recommend to the board of regents of his institution, as | 0005| recipients of scholarships, students who possess good moral | 0006| character and satisfactory initiative, scholastic standing and | 0007| personality. At least thirty-three and one-third percent of | 0008| the gratis scholarships established and granted by each board | 0009| of regents each year shall be granted on the basis of financial | 0010| need. | 0011| D. The board of regents of each institution set out | 0012| in this subsection may establish and grant, in addition to | 0013| those scholarships provided for in Subsection C of this | 0014| section, athletic scholarships for tuition and fees. In no | 0015| event shall the board of regents of any institution be allowed | 0016| to award scholarships for tuition and fees for more than the | 0017| number of athletic scholarships set out in this subsection and | 0018| in no event shall more than seventy-five percent of the | 0019| scholarships granted be for out-of-state residents: | 0020| (1) the board of regents of the university of | 0021| New Mexico may grant up to two hundred ninety-three athletic | 0022| scholarships; | 0023| (2) the board of regents of New Mexico state | 0024| university may grant up to two hundred seventy athletic | 0025| scholarships; | 0001| (3) the boards of regents of New Mexico | 0002| highlands university, eastern New Mexico university and western | 0003| New Mexico university may each grant up to one hundred forty | 0004| athletic scholarships; and | 0005| (4) the board of regents of New Mexico junior | 0006| college may grant up to fifty-two athletic scholarships. | 0007| E. [Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection D | 0008| of this section, in computing tuition credits the commission on | 0009| higher education shall accept the value of scholarships for | 0010| tuition and fees established by the boards of regents of the | 0011| university of New Mexico, New Mexico state university, eastern | 0012| New Mexico university, western New Mexico university and New | 0013| Mexico highlands university for athletes for the seventy-eighth | 0014| fiscal year and all fiscal years thereafter. In no event shall | 0015| the board of regents of any such institution be allowed to | 0016| establish scholarships for tuition and fees for more than] In | 0017| the event that the number of athletic scholarships exceeds the | 0018| number of athletic scholarships permitted that institution by | 0019| regulations and bylaws of the national collegiate athletic | 0020| association or the national association of intercollegiate | 0021| athletics of which that institution is a member, the | 0022| appropriate board of regents shall reduce the number of | 0023| authorized tuition scholarships to comply with association | 0024| rules and regulations. | 0025| F. Matriculation fees and tuition fees shall be | 0001| fixed and made payable as directed by the board of regents of | 0002| each institution, collected by the officers of each institution | 0003| and accounted for as are other funds of the institutions. | 0004| Matriculation fees shall be charged only once for each | 0005| institution in which a student enrolls." | 0006| Section 2. Section 21-1-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1970, | 0007| Chapter 47, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read: | 0008| "21-1-3. STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS--RESIDENT | 0009| STUDENTS.-- | 0010| A. For the purpose of tuition payment at the | 0011| resident student rates at state educational institutions, as | 0012| defined in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New | 0013| Mexico, "resident student" includes: | 0014| (1) any person not otherwise entitled to claim | 0015| residence who is a member of the armed forces of the United | 0016| States assigned to active duty within the exterior boundaries | 0017| of this state; and | 0018| (2) the spouse or dependent child of any | 0019| person who qualifies under Paragraph (1) of this subsection. | 0020| B. Assignment to active duty within the exterior | 0021| boundaries of this state may be established by a certificate of | 0022| assignment from the commanding officer of the person so | 0023| assigned. | 0024| C. For the purpose of tuition payment at resident | 0025| student rates at New Mexico highlands university, "resident | 0001| student" may include any person who is a Native American and a | 0002| citizen of the United States. | 0003| D. For the purposes of tuition payment and budget | 0004| and revenue calculations, the board of regents of any post- | 0005| secondary, state educational institution, as defined in Article | 0006| 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico, may determine | 0007| that "resident student" includes any Texas resident who resides | 0008| within a one hundred thirty-five mile radius of that | 0009| institution. | 0010| E. For the purpose of tuition payment and budget | 0011| and revenue calculations, "resident student" includes any | 0012| student receiving an athletic scholarship from a post-secondary | 0013| educational institution set forth in Article 12, Section 11 of | 0014| the constitution of New Mexico." | 0015| - 6 - | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0004| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| February 13, 1997 | 0008| | 0009| Mr. President: | 0010| | 0011| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0012| | 0013| SENATE BILL 81 | 0014| | 0015| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0016| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0017| FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0018| | 0019| Respectfully submitted, | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| __________________________________ | 0025| Cynthia Nava, Chairman | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0005| Adopted_______________________ | 0006| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Date ________________________ | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0013| Yes: 7 | 0014| No: 0 | 0015| Excused: Gorham, Pinto, Rodriguez | 0016| Absent: None | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| S0081ED1 | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0024| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| March 3, 1997 | 0003| | 0004| Mr. President: | 0005| | 0006| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0007| | 0008| SENATE BILL 81 | 0009| | 0010| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0011| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0012| | 0013| Respectfully submitted, | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| __________________________________ | 0019| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0024| Adopted_______________________ | 0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| Date ________________________ | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0008| Yes: 6 | 0009| No: None | 0010| Excused: Aragon, Carraro, McKibben, Romero, Smith | 0011| Absent: None | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| S0081FC1 | 0015| State of New Mexico | 0016| House of Representatives | 0017| | 0018| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0019| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| March 14, 1997 | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Mr. Speaker: | 0001| | 0002| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0003| | 0004| SENATE BILL 81 | 0005| | 0006| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0007| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0008| APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0009| | 0010| Respectfully submitted, | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Adopted Not Adopted | 0019| | 0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0021| | 0022| Date | 0023| | 0024| The roll call vote was 12 For 0 Against | 0025| Yes: 12 | 0001| Excused: Nicely | 0002| Absent: None | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\S0081 State of New Mexico | 0006| House of Representatives | 0007| | 0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| March 16, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| Mr. Speaker: | 0016| | 0017| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to | 0018| whom has been referred | 0019| | 0020| SENATE BILL 81 | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0023| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0024| | 0025| Respectfully submitted, | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Max Coll, Chairman | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Adopted Not Adopted | 0009| | 0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0011| | 0012| Date | 0013| | 0014| The roll call vote was 14 For 1 Against | 0015| Yes: 14 | 0016| No: Abeyta | 0017| Excused: Marquardt, Watchman | 0018| Absent: None | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\S0081 |