SB 86 — NMSU RURAL & TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

SENATE BILL 86 56TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO-- STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2023 INTRODUCED BY Siah Correa Hemphill 6This 8document 10may ANincorporate ACTamendments RELATINGproposed TOby HIGHERa EDUCATION;committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

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REQUIRINGh REPORTS;AN ACT g o RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION;

CREATING A RURAL AND TRIBAL t hr g e i k DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY;

REQUIRING h r i s REPORTS;

15h , t, e u g e b l e e h BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

n d d i = = o h SECTION 1.

A new section of Chapter 21, Article 8 NMSA el t] 17b ,d i a º e 1978 is enacted to read:

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(2) survey development methods implemented by rural and tribal communities in jurisdictions outside of New Mexico and analyze their effectiveness and suitability for application by communities within New Mexico;

(4) prepare students for future careers and h provide training for existing community leaders employed or u » r engaged in rural and tribal development;

and t h g e l i (5) act as a resource for community h r i s development information and analysis and inter-community h , e h facilitation for state agencies and rural and tribal t u g e b l e e , gh communities within New Mexico.

n d d i = = o h B.

On or before November 30, 2024 and on or before el t] 17b ,d i a º r November 30 in each subsequent year, the rural and tribal we lr n d 18 development institute shall provide a report to the governor = =t 19e aw ld andm the appropriate interim legislative committee that includes i a en ro 20development the activities of the institute andshall anprovide index of the vitality of a treport m m 21 rural and tribal communities in New Mexico as compared to the governor d rm e: 22 baseline conditions identified pursuant to Paragraph (1) of c e s k 23 Subsection A of this section.

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u [ (1) "rural community" means an incorporated .223185.1 - 2 - municipality with a population of thirtySIRCº thirty»SIRC SIRCºfifteen»SIRC thousand or less or an unincorporated area that has been identified as a designated census place or a census tract by the United States census bureau that is not within ten miles of an incorporated municipality with a population of more than thirty thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census;

and (2) "tribal community" means a federally SIRCº or statestate»SIRC recognized Indian nation, puebloSIRCºpueblo or h tribe or a political subdivision of a federally or state u » r recognized Indian nation, pueblo or tribetribe»SIRC SIRCºtribe or t h g e l i pueblo located wholly or partially»SIRC within New Mexico." h r i s SECTION 2.

APPROPRIATION.--Two million eight hundred h , e h thousand dollars ($2,800,000) is appropriated from the general t u g e b l e e , gh fund to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for n d d i = = o h expenditure in fiscal years 2024 through 2027 to staff and l ] b ,d i a º r operate the rural and tribal development institute.

Any unexpendede orr unencumbered= balancet remaininge atw thed endm ofa en to 17unexpended fiscalor yearunencumbered 2027balance shallremaining revertat to the generalend fund.of d m :

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EFFECTIVESECTION DATE.--The3. effective date of the = = 19 a l provisions of this act is July 1, 2023.

iEFFECTIVE aDATE.--The eeffective rdate 20of -the 3provisions -of athis tact mis mJuly 211, d2023. r e 22 c e s k 23 e a n b 24 u [ .223185.1

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