Chapter 21 — Chapter 21

A. A board may adopt a resolution authorizing, for learning center operational purposes, the imposition of a property tax upon the taxable value of property in the district. The total tax imposition that may be authorized under the Learning Center Act shall not exceed a rate of f…

Public school facilities in a district shall be available to a learning center, if needed, but in a manner that will not interfere with the regular program of instruction and provided no public school funds shall be expended for the learning center. The learning center may arrang…

Learning Center Act. No person, institution or other entity shall undertake to operate a learning center except with the written approval of the commission [department] and in accordance with the provisions of the Learning Center Act; provided that nothing in the Learning Center …

The economic development department shall provide assistance to political subdivisions of the state so that they can construct or implement projects necessary to provide services that will encourage the location of industry in the political subdivisions. The department shall, for…

A. There is created in the state treasury the "development training fund". Money appropriated to the fund or accruing to it through gifts, grants, repayments or bequests shall not be transferred to any other fund or be encumbered or disbursed in any manner except as provided in S…

The economic development department may expend money in the development training fund in the 1997 and subsequent fiscal years that was appropriated in prior fiscal years to carry out the purposes of Section 21-9-7 [21-19-7] NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1997, ch. 71, § 3.

A. Of appropriations made in any fiscal year for development training, up to two- thirds shall be expended in urban communities in the state. At least one-third of the appropriations made in any fiscal year for development training shall be expended in nonurban communities. B. Of…

A. The economic development department shall establish a development training program that provides quick-response classroom training, in-plant training and skill- enhancement training to furnish qualified workforce resources for new or expanding industries, nonretail service sec…

companies. A. After consulting with the New Mexico film division of the economic development department, the industrial training board shall promulgate rules for development funding for film and multimedia production companies. The rules shall provide: (1) for preapproval by the …

History: Laws 1983, ch. 299, § 2; 1987, ch. 161, § 6; repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 21, § 46.

History: Laws 1983, ch. 299, § 3; 1987, ch. 161, § 7; repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 21, § 46.

Chapter 21, Article 19A NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Apprenticeship Assistance Act". History: Laws 1992, ch. 93, § 1; 2014, ch. 51, § 1.

A. Upon recommendation of the advisory committee, the department shall adopt formulas and administrative procedures to be used in requesting appropriations of state funds as a budgetary line item for the apprenticeship system of adult vocational education. B. The advisory committ…

A. All projects funded shall maintain a clear audit trail of all money appropriated for the apprenticeship system of adult vocational education. For each course that is funded, the audit trail in the department shall include the following records: (1) the name of the sponsoring a…

A. For the first two years after the effective date of the Apprenticeship Assistance Act, the department shall disburse funds for each apprenticeship committee, taking into account the number of total monthly contact hours and based on one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) per participa…

A. Recommendations of the advisory committee submitted to the department shall be acted on and either accepted or rejected. B. A recommendation that is rejected shall be returned immediately to the advisory committee accompanied by written notice of the reasons for rejecting the …

The purpose of the Apprenticeship Assistance Act is to assist apprenticeship programs that will develop skilled craftsmen in occupations recognized by the office of apprenticeship and the state apprenticeship agency to accommodate the social and economic needs of the adult citize…

As used in the Apprenticeship Assistance Act: A. "advisory committee" means the apprenticeship and training advisory committee to the division; B. "apprentice" means a person at least sixteen years of age who is approved by the council and is covered by a written agreement with a…

The apprenticeship committee for each apprenticeship training program shall: A. establish standards and goals for related instruction for apprentices in the program and supplementary instruction for journeymen; B. establish rules governing on-the-job training and other instructio…

A. An apprenticeship program shall be registered by the state apprenticeship agency or the office of apprenticeship. B. An apprenticeship program shall be under the direction of an apprenticeship committee and structured according to Title 29, Part 29 of the Code of Federal Regul…

The department shall make such rules as are necessary to carry out the provisions of the Apprenticeship Assistance Act. History: Laws 1992, ch. 93, § 6; 2024, ch. 5, § 6.

A. The department shall appoint an apprenticeship and training advisory committee composed of nine voting members who shall be New Mexico residents. The members shall be as follows: (1) two persons representing employers of members of apprenticeable trades; (2) two persons repres…

The advisory committee shall provide input into the development of a statewide plan for a comprehensive program of apprenticeship training, which shall include but not be limited to the following: A. formulas and administrative procedures to be used in requesting appropriations o…

In order to ensure that all citizens of New Mexico have an equal opportunity to benefit from apprenticeship training programs, the department shall provide for statewide publication, in a manner recommended by the advisory committee and intended to give actual notice to all poten…

This act [21-20-1 to 21-20-4 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Travel Service Training Act". History: 1953 Comp., § 73-45-1, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 339, § 1.

It is the purpose of the Travel Service Training Act to assist in providing education, both academic and vocational, for persons employed or seeking employment in the tourist service industries in New Mexico, in order to ensure that the visiting public will receive the most effic…

Under the coordination of the commerce and industry department the educational institutions of the state, at all levels, shall cooperate in order to provide courses and programs designed to fulfill the purposes of the Travel Service Training Act. History: 1953 Comp., § 73-45-3, e…

The commerce and industry department shall: A. provide additional training at the local level for persons currently employed in restaurants, hotels, motels, motor vehicle service facilities and other retail establishments oriented toward tourism; B. upgrade, through university-le…

This act [21-21-1 to 21-21-13 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the "Student Loan Act". History: 1953 Comp., § 73-38-1, enacted by Laws 1970, ch. 82, § 1.

All bonds issued under the Student Loan Act are legal and authorized investments for banks, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, fiduciaries, trustees and guardians, and for the sinking funds of political subdivisions, departments, i…

All proceeds from the sale of bonds under the Student Loan Act, except amounts set aside as reserves and the expenses of selling the bonds, which may also be paid from the proceeds, shall be deposited with the state treasurer for credit to the student loan fund. History: 1953 Com…

All money received by the state treasurer as repayment of student loans granted under the Student Loan Act and interest on the loans shall be credited to the "student loan sinking fund" in the state treasury, except that an amount determined as described in Section 6 [21-21-6 NMS…

A. Money in the student loan sinking fund and money in the student loan fund in excess of the amount necessary for student loans may be invested by the state treasurer in: (1) direct obligations of, or obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed by, the United States;…

Sections 1 through 11 [21-21-14 to 21-21-24 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Student Loan Guarantee Act". History: 1978 Comp., § 21-21-14, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 110, § 1.

The purpose of the Student Loan Guarantee Act [21-21-14 to 21-21-24 NMSA 1978] is to establish a student loan guarantee program for post-high school students in accordance with such conditions as the board of educational finance may from time to time prescribe and consistent with…

As used in the Student Loan Guarantee Act [21-21-14 to 21-21-24 NMSA 1978]: A. "board" ["commission" ["department"] means the board of educational finance [commission on higher education [higher education department]]; B. "eligible student" means a resident of New Mexico who has …

The board [commission [department]] shall be the guarantor under the Student Loan Guarantee Act [21-21-14 to 21-21-24 NMSA 1978] and shall have the following powers in furtherance of the guarantee loan [guaranteed-loan] program: A. to guarantee the loan of money, upon such terms …

A. The state treasurer shall create a suspense account in the state treasury to be known as the "student loan guarantee fund" for the purpose of insuring student loans held by the fiscal agent. The student loan guarantee fund shall be held in trust and invested by the state treas…

ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1981, ch. 319, § 24, repealed 21-21-19 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1980, ch. 77, § 1, relating to investment of severance tax permanent fund in student loans, effective July 1, 1981. For present provisions, see 21-21A-18 NMSA 1978.

As used in the Student Loan Act: A. "participating institution" means any post-high school educational institution within the state, public or private, including junior colleges and vocational schools, which qualifies as an eligible institution for the federal guaranteed-loan pro…

The amount and conditions of any loan to an eligible student shall be determined according to regulations promulgated by the board [commission [department]]. No payment shall be made to any qualified student until he has executed a note, guaranteed under the Student Loan Guarante…

A. The fiscal agent shall accumulate individual loan applications from participating institutions and shall submit these applications to the board [commission [department]] for approval and guarantee. The fiscal agent may fix deadlines for the receipts of applications relative to…

The fiscal agent shall be reimbursed by the board [commission [department]] for the expenses connected with his duties under the terms of an agreement negotiated annually by the board [commission [department]] with the approval of the state board of finance. Reimbursement shall i…

Upon report by the fiscal agent of the accumulated total of guaranteed loans requiring funding under the Student Loan Guarantee Act [21-21-14 to 21-21-24 NMSA 1978], the board shall certify to the state treasurer the demonstrated need for disbursement from the severance tax perma…

The board [commission [department]] shall make annual reports to the governor and to the legislature, prior to each regular session, of its activities, together with the amount of claims that the fiscal agent has submitted to the board in connection with loan guarantees, and a li…

The board of educational finance [commission on higher education [higher education department]] may contract with one or more attorneys or law firms or with any other private business concern to assist the board [commission [department]] in collecting any defaulted loan made purs…

No student loans shall be made under the provisions of the Student Loan Act [21-21- 1 to 21-21-13 NMSA 1978] subsequent to the effective date of the Student Loan Guarantee Act. It is the intent of the legislature that the Student Loan Act be continued solely for the purpose of ad…

There is created in the state treasury the "student loan fund". The state treasurer may use the student loan fund to: A. purchase, from the fiscal agent, loans guaranteed by the United States made to qualified students at participating institutions; and B. purchase from lending a…

The amount of any loan to a qualified student shall be determined according to regulations promulgated by the state board of educational finance [commission on higher education [higher education department]]. No payment shall be made to any qualified student until he has executed…

A. The fiscal agent shall accumulate individual loan applications from the several participating institutions and shall submit these applications to the appropriate federal office for approval and guarantee. The fiscal agent may fix deadlines for the receipts of applications rela…