0001|                           SENATE BILL 272
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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|                          BEN D. ALTAMIRANO
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR GRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS
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0012|     STATEWIDE.
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0013|     
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  APPROPRIATION.--
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0016|               A.  Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) is
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0017|     appropriated from the general fund to the governing bodies of
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0018|     the following institutions for expenditure in fiscal year 1999
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0019|     in the following amounts for the purpose of funding graduate
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0020|     student research:
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0021|                    (1)  two hundred sixty thousand dollars
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0022|     ($260,000) to the board of regents of the university of New
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0023|     Mexico;
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0024|                    (2)  one hundred sixty-five thousand dollars
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0025|     ($165,000) to the board of regents of New Mexico state
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0001|     university;                   
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0002|                    (3)  thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to the
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0003|     board of regents of New Mexico highlands university;
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0004|                    (4)  twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to the
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0005|     board of regents of New Mexico institute of mining and
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0006|     technology;
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0007|                    (5)  fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) to the
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0008|     board of regents of eastern New Mexico university; and
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0009|                    (6)  ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to the
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0010|     board of regents of western New Mexico university.
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0011|               B.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
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0012|     remaining at the end of fiscal year 1999 shall revert to the
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0013|     general fund.
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