A. The higher education department, in consultation with the state auditor, shall compile a manual prescribing a uniform classification of accounts and a uniform system for budgeting and reporting that includes the reporting of all funds available. The manual shall apply to all institutions enumerated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico and all their branches, except the New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired and the New Mexico school for the deaf. The manual shall also apply to the two-year public post-secondary educational institutions.

B. The uniform system for budgeting and reporting shall require the submission of at least quarterly financial reports.

C. Following review by the legislative finance committee, the manual shall be reproduced by the department and filed as required by the State Rules Act [Chapter 14, Article 4 NMSA 1978]. Upon the filing, the requirements set forth in the manual shall constitute rules of the department and have the force of law. The department shall review the manual annually. Sections of the manual may be revised or amended from time to time by the department, and revisions or amendments shall become effective upon review by the legislative finance committee and reproduction and filing as provided in this section.

D. All institutions to which this section and Section 21-1-32 NMSA 1978 apply shall comply with all of the requirements in the manual, submit reports to the department as requested and furnish such additional information as the department deems necessary.

History: 1953 Comp., § 73-29-20, enacted by Laws 1974, ch. 30, § 2; 2003, ch. 273, § 21; 2005, ch. 289, § 24.

The 2005 amendment, effective April 7, 2005, changed "commission on higher education" to "higher education department" and provided in Subsection A that the manual shall apply to two-year public post-secondary educational institutions.

The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, rewrote the section.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 2 Am. Jur. 2d Administrative Law §§ 92 to 137.

73 C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 87 to 102.