§ 21-14A-8 — State support; appropriation

A. The commission on higher education [higher education department] shall recommend an appropriation for each off-campus instruction program based upon its financial requirements in relation to its authorized program and its available funds from non-general fund sources. B. The commission on higher education [higher education department] shall not recommend an appropriation greater than three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325) for each full-time-equivalent student for any off-campus instruction program that levies a tax at a rate less than two dollars ($2.00), unless a lower amount is required by operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978 upon a rate approved by the electors of at least two dollars ($2.00) on each one thousand dollars ($1,000) of net taxable value, as that term is defined in the Property Tax Code [Chapter 7, Articles 35 to 38 NMSA 1978], or any off-campus board that reduces a previously authorized tax levy, except as required by the operation of the rate limitation provisions of Section 7-37-7.1 NMSA 1978.

Legislative History

Laws 1982, ch. 42, § 8; 1995, ch. 224, § 23.