Section 21-21J-8 - Fund created.

NM Stat § 21-21J-8 (2019) (N/A)
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The "legislative endowment scholarship fund" is created in the state treasury. Money in the fund is appropriated to the commission [department] to carry out the purposes of the Legislative Endowment Scholarship Act. Money appropriated to the legislative endowment scholarship fund shall not be expended but shall be invested by the commission [department] in coordination with the state investment council and state treasurer's office. Income earned from investment of the fund shall be expended by the commission [department] for the purpose of providing legislative endowment scholarships to students at two-year public post-secondary educational institutions pursuant to the Legislative Endowment Scholarship Act.

History: Laws 1995, ch. 35, § 8.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

For designation of the commission on higher education as the higher education department, see 9-25-4.1 NMSA 1978.

Effective dates. — Laws 1995, ch. 35 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 1995, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.