The department or any state or local prosecuting officer may, by request or on the officer's own motion, bring an appropriate action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of the Post-Secondary Educational Institution Act.
History: Laws 1994, ch. 108, § 14; 2013, ch. 59, § 13.
The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, changed terms to assign administration of the Post-Secondary Educational Institution Act to the higher education department; and at the beginning of the sentence, deleted "commission" and added "department".
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Article 23 - Post-Secondary Educational Institution Act
Section 21-23-1 - Short title.
Section 21-23-2 - Purpose of act.
Section 21-23-3 - Definitions.
Section 21-23-5 - Duties of the department.
Section 21-23-6 - Registration of colleges and universities; submission of materials.
Section 21-23-6.1 - Licensure of career schools; licensure of certain colleges and universities.
Section 21-23-6.2 - Licensure standards; requirements; fee authorization.
Section 21-23-6.3 - Fee authorization.
Section 21-23-7 - Claims; limitations; appeals.
Section 21-23-7.1 - Surety bond required; alternative surety.
Section 21-23-8 - Fund created.
Section 21-23-10 - Disciplinary actions; civil penalties.
Section 21-23-10.1 - Enforcement.
Section 21-23-11 - Existing post-secondary educational institutions.
Section 21-23-12 - Cooperation.
Section 21-23-14 - Prohibition.
Section 21-23-15 - Post-secondary educational institutions; termination.