The "legislative scholarship fund" is created. No money appropriated to the legislative scholarship fund or accruing to it through gifts, grants or bequests shall be transferred to another fund; provided that up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) may be transferred annually to the Luciano "Lucky" Varela opportunity scholarship fund. The legislative scholarship fund shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year. Any interest earned from investment of the legislative scholarship fund shall be credited to the legislative scholarship fund for the purpose of implementing the General Richard T. Knowles legislative scholarship program. Money in the legislative scholarship fund is appropriated to the New Mexico military institute.
History: 1978 Comp., § 21-12-13, enacted by Laws 1990, ch. 109, § 1; 1998 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 3; 2018, ch. 20, § 5.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, authorized the transfer of funds from the legislative scholarship fund to the Luciano "Lucky" Varela opportunity scholarship fund; after "No money appropriated to the", added "legislative scholarship", after "transferred to another fund", added "provided that up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) may be transferred annually to the Luciano "Lucky" Varela opportunity scholarship fund", after "The", added "legislative scholarship", after "investment of", added "legislative scholarship", and after "Money in the", added "legislative scholarship".
The 1998 amendment, effective on August 2, 1998, substituted "General Richard T. Knowles legislative scholarship program" for "legislative scholarship program" in the third sentence.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Article 12 - New Mexico Military Institute
Section 21-12-1 - [Board of regents; appointment; term; political affiliations; compensation.]
Section 21-12-2 - [Election of officers; duties; bond of secretary-treasurer.]
Section 21-12-3 - [Board of regents; duty; educational standard.]
Section 21-12-4 - [Rules and regulations; teachers' contracts; buildings; improvements.]
Section 21-12-5 - Sale of lands.
Section 21-12-6 - [Deeds and contracts signed by president.]
Section 21-12-7 - [Increase in tuition fee authorized.]
Section 21-12-8 - Officers to be governor's aides; rank; uniforms.
Section 21-12-9 - Organization of cadets; cadet commissions; authority of superintendent.
Section 21-12-10 - [Ordnance and quartermaster's stores; care and custody; annual report.]
Section 21-12-11 - General Richard T. Knowles legislative scholarship program created; purpose.
Section 21-12-12 - Program administration; criteria.
Section 21-12-13 - Fund created.
Section 21-12-14 - Investment of fund.
Section 21-12-15 - New Mexico military institute; transfer of budget balances.
Section 21-12-16 - Public safety education; scholarships.
Section 21-12-17 - Corrections education; scholarships.
Section 21-12-18 - Luciano "Lucky" Varela opportunity scholarship created; purpose.
Section 21-12-19 - Program administration; criteria.
Section 21-12-20 - Luciano "Lucky" Varela opportunity scholarship fund.
Section 21-12-21 - New Mexico military institute; transfer of budget balances.