0001| SENATE BILL 365 | 0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| CYNTHIA NAVA | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING FUNDING TO CREATE A STATEWIDE | 0012| TEEN PARENTING AND ABSTINENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM; CREATING A | 0013| FUND; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. [|NEW MATERIAL|] TEEN DEVELOPMENT FUND | 0017| CREATED--PURPOSE.-- | 0018| A. The "teen development fund" is created in the | 0019| state treasury and shall be administered by the state | 0020| department of public education. Money in the fund shall be | 0021| available for appropriation by the legislature to expand the | 0022| existing GRADS program to a statewide program for teenagers | 0023| that includes a wide range of education and services for teen | 0024| parents and their children and abstinence education for early | 0025| teens. Balances in the fund at the end of any fiscal year | - 1 - 0001| shall not revert. | 0002| B. The program shall include provision of child | 0003| care for high school students with children and programs; | 0004| classes in basic parenting, nutrition and hygiene skills for | 0005| high school boys and girls who are parents; and an opportunity | 0006| for obtaining certification as a child care provider and | 0007| participating in a concurrent enrollment program of post- | 0008| secondary child development courses. The program may also | 0009| develop and implement an abstinence education component for | 0010| mid-school and junior high students in coordination with any | 0011| program established for use of the state's block grant | 0012| allotment of federal funds for an abstinence education program | 0013| pursuant to 42 USCA Section 710. | 0014| C. The state department of public education may | 0015| contract with other state and local agencies and organizations | 0016| as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. | 0017| Section 2. Section 7-1-6.38 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1994, | 0018| Chapter 145, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read: | 0019| "7-1-6.38. DISTRIBUTION--GOVERNMENTAL GROSS RECEIPTS | 0020| TAX.-- | 0021| A. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA | 0022| 1978 shall be made to the public project revolving fund | 0023| administered by the New Mexico finance authority in an amount | 0024| equal to seventy-five percent of the net receipts attributable | 0025| to the governmental gross receipts tax. | - 2 - 0001| B. A distribution pursuant to Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA | 0002| 1978 shall be made ~[to the energy, minerals and natural | 0003| resources department]~ in an amount equal to twenty-five | 0004| percent of the net receipts attributable to the governmental | 0005| gross receipts tax |in the following amounts as follows|. | 0006| Forty percent of the distribution is appropriated to the | 0007| ~[energy, minerals and natural resources department to | 0008| implement the provisions of the New Mexico Youth Conservation | 0009| Corps Act]~ |teen development fund| and sixty percent of the | 0010| distribution is appropriated to the energy, minerals and | 0011| natural resources department for state park and recreation | 0012| area capital improvements, including the costs of planning, | 0013| engineering, design, construction, renovation, repair, | 0014| equipment and furnishings. | 0015| C. The state pledges to and agrees with the | 0016| holders of any bonds or notes issued by the New Mexico finance | 0017| authority or by the energy, minerals and natural resources | 0018| department and payable from the net receipts attributable to | 0019| the governmental gross receipts tax distributed to the New | 0020| Mexico finance authority or the energy, minerals and natural | 0021| resources department pursuant to this section that the state | 0022| will not limit, reduce or alter the distribution of the net | 0023| receipts attributable to the governmental gross receipts tax | 0024| to the New Mexico finance authority or the energy, minerals | 0025| and natural resources department or limit, reduce or alter the | - 3 - 0001| rate of imposition of the governmental gross receipts tax | 0002| until the bonds or notes together with the interest thereon | 0003| are fully met and discharged. The New Mexico finance | 0004| authority and the energy, minerals and natural resources | 0005| department are authorized to include this pledge and agreement | 0006| of the state in any agreement with the holders of the bonds or | 0007| notes." | 0008| Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the | 0009| provisions of this act is July 1, 1998. | 0010|  |