0001|                            SENATE BILL 51
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          BILLY J. McKIBBEN
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0008|           FOR THE EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO EDUCATION; LIMITING THE NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES,
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0012|     BRANCH CAMPUSES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, BRANCH COMMUNITY
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0013|     COLLEGES, TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTES, AREA VOCATIONAL
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0014|     SCHOOLS AND OFF-CAMPUS INSTRUCTION CENTERS; AMENDING,
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0015|     REPEALING AND ENACTING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978; DECLARING AN
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0016|     EMERGENCY.
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0017|     
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0018|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0019|          Section 1.  Section 21-1-39 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1997,
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0020|     Chapter 167, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0021|          "21-1-39.  <u></u>LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS <s>[PROHIBITION]</s>.--
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0022|     <s>[A.]</s>  The legislature finds that the state currently has six
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0023|     <s>[four-year]</s> universities established by the constitution of
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0024|     New Mexico.  The legislature has authorized these institutions
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0025|     to create branches of their institutions in conjunction with
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0001|     local school districts.  The legislature also finds that
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0002|     proliferation of <s>[four-year]</s> post-secondary educational
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0003|     institutions is not in the best interest of the state <s>[and
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<s></s>0004| <s>    shall not be funded by the legislature unless specifically
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<s></s>0005| <s>    authorized by law, but that state universities should be
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<s></s>0006| <s>    allowed to initiate the creation of branch community colleges.
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<s></s>0007| <s>              B.  Effective July 1, 1997, no new public four-year
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<s></s>0008| <s>    post-secondary educational institution shall be created or
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<s></s>0009| <s>    established except as specifically authorized by law]</s>."
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0010|          Section 2.  A new section of Chapter 21, Article 1 NMSA
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0011|     1978 is enacted to read:
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0012|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] LIMITATION--COMMISSION ON HIGHER
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0013|     EDUCATION--REVIEW OF PROPOSED CAMPUSES.--Effective January 1,
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0014|     1998, no new public post-secondary educational institution,
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0015|     branch campus or off-campus instructional center shall be
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0016|     created except as specifically created by the legislature. 
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0017|     The commission on higher education shall review any proposal
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0018|     for the establishment of a new public post-secondary
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0019|     educational institution or campus and submit its
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0020|     recommendations to the legislature.  In reviewing proposals,
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0021|     the commission may consider:
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0022|               A.  provisions for a local mill levy of at least
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0023|     two mills;
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0024|               B.  population base to provide at least five
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0025|     hundred full-time students;
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0001|               C.  at least fifty percent of the costs of initial
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0002|     construction comes from private or local sources;
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0003|               D.  governance structure;
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0004|               E.  means for acquisition of property, including
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0005|     purchase, lease, donations or any other means;
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0006|               F.  eligibility and level of funding request of the
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0007|     state; and
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0008|               G.  brokering of extended learning provisions."   
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0009|          Section 3.  Section 21-13-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
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0010|     Chapter 17, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
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0011|          "21-13-2.  DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Community College
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0012|     Act:
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0013|               A.  "community college" means a public educational
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0014|     institution <s>[which]</s> <u>that</u> provides not to exceed two years
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0015|     of training in the arts, sciences and humanities beyond the
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0016|     twelfth grade of the public high school curriculum or, in lieu
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0017|     of that training or in addition to it, not to exceed two years
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0018|     of a vocational and technical curriculum and appropriate
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0019|     courses of study for persons who may or may not have completed
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0020|     the twelfth grade of public high school;
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0021|               B.  "community college district" means a district
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0022|     in which a community college is located <s>[or proposed to be
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<s></s>0023| <s>    created]</s>, which district <s>[shall be]</s> <u>is</u> composed of the
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0024|     territory of one or more school districts of the state.  For
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0025|     the purposes of relating community college districts to
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0001|     existing law, community college districts and the community
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0002|     colleges thereof shall not:
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0003|                    (1)  be considered a part of the uniform
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0004|     system of free public schools pursuant to Article 12, Section
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0005|     1 and Article 21, Section 4 of the constitution of New Mexico;
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0006|                    (2)  benefit from the permanent school fund
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0007|     and from the current school fund under Article 12, Sections 2
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0008|     and 4 of the constitution of New Mexico; 
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0009|                    (3)  be subject, except as it relates to
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0010|     technical and vocational education, to the control, management
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0011|     and direction of the state board of education under Article
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0012|     12, Section 6 of the constitution of New Mexico; and
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0013|                    (4)  be considered school districts insofar as
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0014|     the restrictions of Article 9, Section 11 of the constitution
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0015|     of New Mexico are concerned; and
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0016|               C.  "qualified elector" means a person otherwise
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0017|     eligible to vote within the community college district."
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0018|          Section 4.  Section 21-13-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
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0019|     Chapter 17, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:
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0020|          "21-13-8.  COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD.--
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0021|               <s>[A.  If it appears from the records in the office
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<s></s>0022| <s>    of the executive director of the commission on higher
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<s></s>0023| <s>    education that the required majority of votes were cast in
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<s></s>0024| <s>    favor of the organization of the community college district,
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<s></s>0025| <s>    the executive director shall declare the organization of the
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<s></s>0001| <s>    "_______________ community college district".  The executive
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<s></s>0002| <s>    director of the commission shall notify, by registered mail,
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<s></s>0003| <s>    all boards of education within the community college district
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<s></s>0004| <s>    of the results of the election and shall call a meeting of the
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<s></s>0005| <s>    members of the boards of education, which shall be held at a
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<s></s>0006| <s>    time and site, within the community college district, selected
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<s></s>0007| <s>    by the executive director not later than sixty days after the
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<s></s>0008| <s>    election.  The executive director or his appointed delegate
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<s></s>0009| <s>    shall act as chairman pro tempore of the meeting, and a
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<s></s>0010| <s>    majority of the members of the boards of education so notified
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<s></s>0011| <s>    shall constitute a quorum.
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<s></s>0012| <s>              B.  A majority of all board of education members
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<s></s>0013| <s>    present shall elect five persons as members of the
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<s></s>0014| <s>    "_______________ community college board".  The persons
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<s></s>0015| <s>    elected shall be assigned position numbers one through five.]</s>
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0016|               <u>A.</u>  Board members shall be over twenty-one years
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0017|     of age, qualified electors and residents of the community
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0018|     college district.  <s>[The members of the board shall continue
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<s></s>0019| <s>    to serve until the next regular community college election, to
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<s></s>0020| <s>    be held on the first Tuesday of March of each odd-numbered
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<s></s>0021| <s>    year, at which time five board members shall be elected by the
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<s></s>0022| <s>    registered voters of the community college district.  The
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<s></s>0023| <s>    candidates shall file for and be elected to a particular
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<s></s>0024| <s>    position number.  The candidate receiving the highest number
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<s></s>0025| <s>    of votes for a particular position shall be elected.  At the
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<s></s>0001| <s>    first community college board meeting after the election, the
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<s></s>0002| <s>    five members shall draw lots for the following terms:  one for
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<s></s>0003| <s>    a term of two years, two for terms of four years and two for
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<s></s>0004| <s>    terms of six years.  Thereafter]</s>
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0005|               <u>B.</u>  Board members shall be elected for
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0006|     <u>staggered</u> terms of six years from April 1 succeeding their
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0007|     elections; <u>provided that terms and staggering shall continue
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<u></u>0008| <u>    to be as they are on January 1, 1998</u>.  All vacancies caused
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0009|     in any other manner than by the expiration of the term of
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0010|     office shall be filled by appointment by the remaining
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0011|     members.  An individual appointed by the remaining members of
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0012|     the board to fill <s>[any]</s> <u>a</u> vacancy in office shall serve
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0013|     until the next community college board election, at which time
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0014|     candidates shall file for and be elected to fill <s>[any]</s> <u>the</u>
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0015|     vacant position to serve the remainder of the unexpired term.
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0016|               C.  <s>[Immediately after the election of the five
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<s></s>0017| <s>    members by the assembled board of education members]</s> The
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0018|     "________________ community college board" shall select from
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0019|     its members a chairman and secretary who shall serve in these
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0020|     offices until the next regular community college board
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0021|     election.  After each "_______________ community college
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0022|     board" election, the members shall proceed to reorganize."
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0023|          Section 5.  A new section of the Community College Act is
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0024|     enacted to read:
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0025|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] LIMITATIONS ON COMMUNITY COLLEGES.--
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0001|     There shall be no new community college, branch campus or off-
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0002|     campus instructional center created after January 1, 1998
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0003|     unless specifically created by the legislature."
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0004|          Section 6.  Section 21-14-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1963,
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0005|     Chapter 162, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:
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0006|          "21-14-2.  <s>[ESTABLISHMENT AUTHORIZED--BOARD METHOD--
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<s></s>0007| <s>    PARENT INSTITUTION METHOD--DETERMINATION OF NEED--AGREEMENTS]</s> 
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0008|     <u>BOARD DUTIES--RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENT INSTITUTION--
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<u></u>0009| <u>    ELECTIONS</u>.--
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0010|               A.  <s>[A branch community college may be established
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<s></s>0011| <s>    in a school district upon the showing of need by the local
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<s></s>0012| <s>    board of education.  A branch community college may be
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<s></s>0013| <s>    established to include more than one school district, in which
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<s></s>0014| <s>    instance the boards of education shall act as a single board
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<s></s>0015| <s>    and, if the branch community college is established, shall
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<s></s>0016| <s>    continue to act as a single board unless a successor board is
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<s></s>0017| <s>    established as provided in Section 21-14-2.1 NMSA 1978.]</s>  As
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0018|     used in Chapter 21, Article 14 NMSA 1978, "board" means either
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0019|     the local school board or the combined local school boards
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0020|     acting as a single board of the school district or the board
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0021|     of the branch community college elected pursuant to Section
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0022|     21-14-2.1 NMSA 1978.
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0023|               <s>[B.  A public post-secondary educational
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<s></s>0024| <s>    baccalaureate degree-granting institution established in
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<s></s>0025| <s>    Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico may
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<s></s>0001| <s>    initiate the establishment of a branch community college by
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<s></s>0002| <s>    contacting a local school board or a number of local school
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<s></s>0003| <s>    boards and offer to serve as a parent institution for a branch
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<s></s>0004| <s>    community college district created pursuant to Chapter 21,
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<s></s>0005| <s>    Article 14 NMSA 1978.
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<s></s>0006| <s>              C.]</s> <u>B.</u> The duties of the board are to:
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0007|                    <s>[(1)  initiate and conduct the survey
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<s></s>0008| <s>    provided for in Subsection D of this section;
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<s></s>0009| <s>                   (2)  if the board has initiated the
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<s></s>0010| <s>    establishment of the branch community college, select the
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<s></s>0011| <s>    parent institution;
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<s></s>0012| <s>                   (3)  request approval of the branch community
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<s></s>0013| <s>    college from the commission on higher education;
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<s></s>0014| <s>                   (4)]</s> <u>(1)</u>  enter into written agreements
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0015|     with the board of regents of the parent institution, subject
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0016|     thereafter to biennial review by all parties concerned and to
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0017|     the review and commentary of the commission on higher
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0018|     education;
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0019|                    <s>[(5)]</s> <u>(2)</u>  act in an advisory capacity to
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0020|     the board of regents of the parent institution in all matters
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0021|     relating to the conduct of the branch community college;
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0022|                    <s>[(6)]</s> <u>(3)</u>  approve an annual budget for
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0023|     the branch community college for recommendation to the board
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0024|     of regents of the parent institution;
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0025|                    <s>[(7)]</s> <u>(4)</u>  certify to the board of county
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0001|     commissioners the tax levy; and
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0002|                    <s>[(8)]</s> <u>(5)</u>  conduct the election for tax
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0003|     levies for the branch community college.
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0004|               <s>[D.  Upon evidence of a demand for a branch
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<s></s>0005| <s>    community college, the board shall cause a survey to be made.
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<s></s>0006| <s>    The commission on higher education shall develop criteria for
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<s></s>0007| <s>    the establishment of a branch community college, and no branch
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<s></s>0008| <s>    community college shall be established without the written
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<s></s>0009| <s>    authorization of the commission.
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<s></s>0010| <s>              E.  If need is established, the board, in
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<s></s>0011| <s>    accordance with the commission on higher education criteria
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<s></s>0012| <s>    for initiating a branch community college program, shall
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<s></s>0013| <s>    consult with the board of regents of the higher education
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<s></s>0014| <s>    institution selected or proposing to be the parent
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<s></s>0015| <s>    institution, and, if the board and the board of regents agree
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<s></s>0016| <s>    to conduct a branch community college in the area, they shall
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<s></s>0017| <s>    transmit a proposal to establish a branch community college to
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<s></s>0018| <s>    the commission.  The commission shall evaluate the need and
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<s></s>0019| <s>    shall notify the board and the board of regents of approval or
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<s></s>0020| <s>    disapproval of the proposal.
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<s></s>0021| <s>              F.  If the proposal is approved]</s> <u>C.</u>  The board
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0022|     and the board of regents of the parent institution shall enter
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0023|     into a written agreement, which shall include provisions for:
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0024|                    (1)  the higher education institution to have
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0025|     full authority and responsibility in relation to all academic
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0001|     matters;
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0002|                    (2)  the higher education institution to honor
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0003|     all credits earned by students as though they were earned on
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0004|     the parent campus;
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0005|                    (3)  the course of study and program offered;
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0006|                    (4)  the cooperative use of physical
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0007|     facilities and teaching staff;
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0008|                    (5)  consideration of applications of local
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0009|     qualified people before employing teachers of the local school
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0010|     system; and
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0011|                    (6)  the detailed agreement of financing and
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0012|     financial control of the branch community college.
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0013|               <s>[G.]</s> <u>D.</u>  The agreement shall be binding upon
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0014|     both the board and the board of regents of the parent
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0015|     institution; however, it may be terminated by mutual consent
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0016|     or it may be terminated by either board upon six months'
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0017|     notice.  However, if the branch community college has
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0018|     outstanding <u>general obligation or revenue</u> bonds <s>[either tax
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<s></s>0019| <s>    or revenue]</s>, neither the board nor the board of regents may
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0020|     terminate the agreement until the outstanding bonds are
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0021|     retired, except as provided by Section 21-13-24.1 NMSA 1978. 
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0022|     This provision shall apply to all agreements in existence
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0023|     between the branch community college and the board of regents
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0024|     of the parent institution.
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0025|               <s>[H.]</s> <u>E.</u>  All taxes levied to pay for principal
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0001|     and interest on bonds of the branch community college shall be
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0002|     in addition to the taxes levied for operating, maintaining and
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0003|     providing facilities for the branch community college pursuant
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0004|     to <s>[Section 21-14-6 NMSA 1978 and shall not be limited by the
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<s></s>0005| <s>    tax limitation found in that section]</s> <u>the College District
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<u></u>0006| <u>    Tax Act</u>.
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0007|               <s>[I.]</s> <u>F.</u>  For the purpose of relating branch
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0008|     community colleges to existing laws, branch community college
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0009|     districts or branch community colleges shall not:
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0010|                    (1)  be considered a part of the uniform
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0011|     system of free public schools pursuant to Article 12, Section
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0012|     1 and Article 21, Section 4 of the constitution of New Mexico;
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0013|                    (2)  benefit from the permanent school fund
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0014|     and from the current school fund under Article 12, Sections 2
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0015|     and 4 of the constitution of New Mexico;
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0016|                    (3)  be subject, except as it relates to
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0017|     technical and vocational education, to the control, management
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0018|     and direction of the state board of education under Article
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0019|     12, Section 6 of the constitution of New Mexico; and
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0020|                    (4)  be considered school districts insofar as
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0021|     the restrictions of Article 9, Section 11 of the constitution
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0022|     of New Mexico are concerned.
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0023|               <s>[J.]</s> <u>G.</u>  All elections held pursuant to the
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0024|     branch community college laws shall be as follows:
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0025|                    (1)  the board calling the election shall give
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0001|     notice of the election in a newspaper of general circulation
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0002|     in the branch community college district at least once a week
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0003|     for three consecutive weeks, the last insertion to be not less
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0004|     than thirty days prior to the proposed election;
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0005|                    (2)  the election shall be conducted and
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0006|     canvassed in the same manner as municipal school district
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0007|     elections unless otherwise provided in the branch community
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0008|     college laws; and
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0009|                    (3)  any person or corporation may institute
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0010|     in the district court of any county in which the branch
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0011|     community college district affected lies an action or suit to
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0012|     contest the validity of any proceedings held under the branch
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0013|     community college laws, but no such suit or action shall be
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0014|     maintained unless it is instituted within ten days after the
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0015|     issuance by the proper officials of a certificate or
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0016|     notification of the results of the election and the canvassing
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0017|     of the election returns by the board.
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0018|               <s>[K.]</s> <u>H.</u>  The tax rolls of the school districts
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0019|     comprising the branch community college district shall be
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0020|     adopted as the tax rolls of the branch community college
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0021|     district.
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0022|               <s>[L.  A public post-secondary educational
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<s></s>0023| <s>    institution established in Article 12, Section 11 of the
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<s></s>0024| <s>    constitution of New Mexico desiring to initiate the
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<s></s>0025| <s>    establishment of a branch community college shall comply with
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<s></s>0001| <s>    all procedures set forth in the Branch Community College Act
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<s></s>0002| <s>    for establishing two-year community colleges.]</s>"
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0003|          Section 7.  A new section of Chapter 21, Article 14 NMSA
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0004|     1978 is enacted to read:
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0005|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] LIMITATIONS ON BRANCH COMMUNITY
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0006|     COLLEGES.--There shall be no new branch community college or
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0007|     off-campus instructional center created after January 1, 1998
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0008|     unless specifically created by the legislature."
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0009|          Section 8.  Section 21-14A-5.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
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0010|     1993, Chapter 344, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0011|          "21-14A-5.1.  TITLE TO PROPERTY ACQUIRED.--All property
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0012|     acquired using the proceeds of a bond issue and all property
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0013|     acquired by gift, devolution or bequest shall be taken in the
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0014|     name of the local school board in the district in which the
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0015|     property is situate.  All property held by the local school
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0016|     board pursuant to this section shall be used solely for the
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0017|     purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Off-Campus
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0018|     Instruction Act until such time as the off-campus instruction
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0019|     program ceases to exist.  At such time, the property so held
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0020|     by the local school board may be <s>[utilized]</s> <u>used</u> for other
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0021|     purposes within the scope of authority of the local school
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0022|     board.  <u>No real property may be acquired pursuant to this
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<u></u>0023| <u>    section after July 1, 1998</u>."
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0024|          Section 9.  A new section of the Off-Campus Instruction
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0025|     Act is enacted to read:
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0001|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROHIBITED.--An off-
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0002|     campus board may not own, accept as a gift or purchase land,
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0003|     buildings or other form of real property." 
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0004|          Section 10.  Section 21-16-16 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1964
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0005|     (1st S.S.), Chapter 12, Section 1) is amended to read:
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0006|          "21-16-16.  ALTERNATE PROCEDURES PERMITTED.--In addition
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0007|     to the election procedures provided in <s>[Laws 1963, Chapter
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<s></s>0008| <s>    108]</s> <u>Chapter 21, Article 16 NMSA 1978</u> for an election <s>[for
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<s></s>0009| <s>    the creation of a technical and vocational institute district
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<s></s>0010| <s>    and for an election]</s> for the approval or disapproval of a tax
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0011|     levy of not to exceed five mills for current operations and
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0012|     retirement of bonds of a technical and vocational institute,
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0013|     the election procedures set out in <s>[this]</s> <u>the Technical and
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<u></u>0014| <u>    Vocational Institute</u> Act may be used for <s>[such]</s> <u>those</u>
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0015|     purposes."
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0016|          Section 11.  Section 21-16-17 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1964
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0017|     (1st S.S.), Chapter 12, Section 2) is amended to read:
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0018|          "21-16-17.  IDENTIFICATION OF ELECTORATE.--
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0019|               <s>[A.  In any election held under this act relating
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<s></s>0020| <s>    to the creation of a technical and vocational institute
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<s></s>0021| <s>    district, the persons qualified to vote shall be those
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<s></s>0022| <s>    qualified electors residing within an affected school district
</s>    |
<s></s>0023| <s>    who shall have paid a property tax therein during the
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<s></s>0024| <s>    preceding year.
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<s></s>0025| <s>              B.]</s>  In any election <s>[held under this act]</s>
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0001|     relating to the approval or disapproval of a tax levy for the
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0002|     current operations and retirement of bonds of a technical and
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0003|     vocational institute, the persons qualified to vote <s>[shall
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<s></s>0004| <s>    be]</s> <u>are those</u> qualified electors residing within an
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0005|     affected school district."
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0006|          Section 12.  A new section of the Technical and
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0007|     Vocational Institute Act is enacted to read:
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0008|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] LIMITATIONS ON TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL
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0009|     INSTITUTES.--There shall be no new technical and vocational
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0010|     institute branch campus or off-campus instructional center
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0011|     created after January 1, 1998 unless specifically created by
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0012|     the legislature."
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0013|          Section 13.  Section 21-17-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967,
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0014|     Chapter 177, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
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0015|          "21-17-4.  DESIGNATION AS AN AREA VOCATIONAL SCHOOL <s>[BY
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<s></s>0016| <s>    THE STATE BOARD]</s>.--
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0017|               <s>[A.  Upon receipt and examination of the plan and
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<s></s>0018| <s>    supporting evidence, the state board shall conduct hearings,
</s>    |
<s></s>0019| <s>    investigate records and procure such other information
</s>    |
<s></s>0020| <s>    relating to vocational training as it deems necessary and
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<s></s>0021| <s>    appropriate.
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<s></s>0022| <s>              B.  If the state board finds that the plan provides
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<s></s>0023| <s>    an adequate, broad vocational and technical educational
</s>    |
<s></s>0024| <s>    program, serves sufficient students for an economical
</s>    |
<s></s>0025| <s>    operation, provides for adequate financing and sensibly
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<s></s>0001| <s>    relates to a statewide pattern for development of vocational
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<s></s>0002| <s>    and technical education, the state board may approve the plan.
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<s></s>0003| <s>              C.  Upon approval by the state board the board of
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<s></s>0004| <s>    each school district concerned shall present the proposal for
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<s></s>0005| <s>    the creation of an area vocational school district on a
</s>    |
<s></s>0006| <s>    separate ballot at the time of the next school board election
</s>    |
<s></s>0007| <s>    or at any separate election called for that purpose.  If a
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<s></s>0008| <s>    majority of those qualified ad valorem tax paying electors who
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<s></s>0009| <s>    are not delinquent in the payment of their ad valorem tax,
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<s></s>0010| <s>    voting in the election in each school district concerned, vote
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<s></s>0011| <s>    in favor of establishing an area vocational school district,
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<s></s>0012| <s>    the board of each school district concerned shall declare the
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<s></s>0013| <s>    organization of the area vocational school district.
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<s></s>0014| <s>              D.  After approval by the state board of the plan,
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<s></s>0015| <s>    the]</s>
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0016|               <u>A.  An area vocational</u> school shall be officially
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0017|     designated by the state board as an area vocational school,
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0018|     shall be operated in accordance with provisions in the state
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0019|     plan for vocational education and shall meet all other
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0020|     requirements of an accredited school.
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0021|               <s>[E.  At the next school board election held
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<s></s>0022| <s>    pursuant to Section 22-6-1 NMSA 1978, an election may be held
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<s></s>0023| <s>    to elect five members to the area vocational school board to
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<s></s>0024| <s>    replace the local school board as the governing board of the
</s>    |
<s></s>0025| <s>    area vocational school.
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<s></s>0001| <s>                   (1)  Except where specific provision is
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<s></s>0002| <s>    otherwise provided by law, all election proceedings for area
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<s></s>0003| <s>    vocational school elections shall be conducted pursuant to the
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<s></s>0004| <s>    provisions of Sections 22-6-1 through 22-6-34 NMSA 1978, with
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<s></s>0005| <s>    the president of the area vocational school serving in the
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<s></s>0006| <s>    place of the superintendent of schools in every case.
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<s></s>0007| <s>                   (2)  The board shall consist of five separate
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<s></s>0008| <s>    positions, and each position shall be designated by number. 
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<s></s>0009| <s>    Qualified electors seeking election to the board shall file
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<s></s>0010| <s>    and run for only one of the numbered positions.
</s>    |
<s></s>0011| <s>              (3)]</s> <u>B.</u>  At the <s>[next regular]</s> <u>first area
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<u></u>0012| <u>    vocational</u> school board election, members of the board
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0013|     elected to positions 1, 3 and 5 shall be elected for terms
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0014|     ending February 28, 1989 and members elected to positions 2
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0015|     and 4 shall be elected for terms ending February 28, 1991. 
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0016|     Thereafter, each board member shall be elected for a term of
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0017|     four years.  The elections <u>shall be conducted pursuant to the
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<u></u>0018| <u>    provisions of the Election Code and</u> shall be held in the same
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0019|     manner and at the same time as regular school district
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0020|     elections on the first Tuesday in February of each odd-
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0021|     numbered year, beginning with the election to be held in
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0022|     February of 1987.
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0023|               <s>[F.]</s> <u>C.</u>  A vacancy occurring on the board shall
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0024|     be filled in the same manner as provided for school board
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0025|     vacancies in Section 22-5-9 NMSA 1978.
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0001|               <s>[G.]</s> <u>D.</u>  A member of the board may be recalled
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0002|     pursuant to the provisions of <s>[Sections 22-7-1 through 22-7-
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<s></s>0003| <s>    16 NMSA 1978]</s> <u>the Local School Board Member Recall Act</u>,
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0004|     except that a recall election may be held only at the same
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0005|     time as a regular school district election."
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0006|          Section 14.  A new section of Chapter 21, Article 17 NMSA
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0007|     1978 is enacted to read:
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0008|          "[<u>NEW MATERIAL</u>] LIMITATIONS ON AREA VOCATIONAL
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0009|     SCHOOLS.--There shall be no new area vocational school, branch
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0010|     campus or off-campus instructional center created after
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0011|     January 1, 1998 unless specifically created by the
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0012|     legislature."
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0013|          Section 15.  REPEAL.--Sections 21-13-3 through 21-13-7,
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0014|     21-14-3, 21-16-3, 21-16-4, 21-16-19 and 21-17-3 NMSA 1978
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0015|     (being Laws 1963, Chapter 17, Section 3, Laws 1964 (1st S.S.),
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0016|     Chapter 16, Sections 2 through 5, Laws 1972, Chapter 36,
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0017|     Section 3, Laws 1963, Chapter 108, Sections 3 and 4, Laws 1964
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0018|     (1st S.S.), Chapter 12, Section 4 and Laws 1967, Chapter 177,
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0019|     Section 3, as amended) are repealed.
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0020|          Section 18.  EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0021|     peace, health and safety that this act take effect
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0022|     immediately.
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0023|                              
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