Section 21-21D-3 - Definitions.

NM Stat § 21-21D-3 (2019) (N/A)
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As used in the Senior Citizens Reduced Tuition Act:

A. "department" means the higher education department;

B. "eligible institution" means any New Mexico post-secondary degree-granting educational institution;

C. "reduced tuition" means that tuition charged senior citizens at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per credit hour, up to ten hours per semester; and

D. "senior citizen" means a person age sixty-five or older.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 96, § 3; 2019, ch. 124, § 1.

Cross references. — For establishment of state educational institutions, see N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11.

The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, replaced "board" with "department" as a defined term, and revised the definition of "reduced tuition", as used in the Senior Citizens Reduced Tuition Act; in Subsection A, deleted "'board'" and added "'department'", and after "means the", deleted "board of educational finance" and added "higher education department"; and in Subsection C, after "up to", deleted "six" and added "ten".