A. There is created the "public school capital outlay council", consisting of the:

(1) secretary of finance and administration or his designee;

(2) state superintendent [secretary] or his designee;

(3) the governor or his designee;

(4) president of the New Mexico school boards association or his designee;

(5) the director of the construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department or his designee;

(6) the president of the state board or his designee;

(7) the director of the legislative education study committee or his designee;

(8) the director of the legislative finance committee or his designee; and

(9) the director of the legislative council service or his designee.

B. The council shall investigate all applications for assistance from the fund and shall certify the approved applications to the secretary of finance and administration for distribution of funds.

C. The council shall elect a chairman from among the members. The council shall meet at the call of the chairman.

D. The department of education [public education department] shall account for all distributions and shall make annual reports to the legislative education study committee and to the legislative finance committee.

History: 1953 Comp., § 77-24-14, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 235, § 6; 1977, ch. 247, § 206; 1978, ch. 152, § 6; 1980, ch. 151, § 51; 1988, ch. 64, § 43; 1993, ch. 226, § 51; 1994, ch. 88, § 4.

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

Laws 2004, ch. 25, § 27, provided that all references to the superintendent of public instruction shall be deemed references to the secretary of public education and all references to the former state board of education or state department of education shall be deemed references to the public education department. See 9-24-15 NMSA 1978.

The 1994 amendment, effective May 18, 1994, substituted "state superintendent" for "superintendent of public instruction" in Paragraph A(2), deleted "of education" following "state board" in Paragraph A(6), and added Paragraphs A(8) and (9), making related stylistic changes.

The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, in Subsection A, added "or his designee" at the end of Paragraphs (1), (2) and (5) and deleted "state" preceding "superintendent" at the beginning of Paragraph (2).

The 1988 amendment, effective May 18, 1988, substituted "the governor or his designee" for "director of the public school finance division" in Subsection A(3); made a minor stylistic change in Subsection A(4); substituted "regulation and licensing department" for "commerce and industry department" in Subsection A(5); added Subsections A(6) and (7); inserted "shall" in Subsection B; and substituted "department of education" for "council shall employ a staff director who" in Subsection D.