New Mexico SB 253: HIGHER ED DEPT. LIBRARIES

Status: Sent to Senate Education Committee & Senate Finance Committee (as of 2021-02-01)

State: New Mexico · Session: 2021 · Bill: SB 253

Subjects: CULTURAL AFFAIRS (arts, museums, libraries), EDUCATION, POST SECONDARY

Sponsors: Pinto, Shannon D.

Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 253
55TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2021
INTRODUCED BY
Shannon D. Pinto
AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR
LIBRARIES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PROVIDE FOR
INTERNET ACCESS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Four hundred ninety-four
thousand dollars ($494,000) is appropriated from the general
fund to the higher education department for expenditure in
fiscal year 2022 for libraries in institutions of higher
education to provide for internet access. The higher education
department shall prioritize the oldest libraries first,
libraries that have capacity to support an internet update
second and libraries that are used by the public third. Any
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of
fiscal year 2022 shall revert to the general fund.
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