A. Annually, the department of education [public education department] shall submit a budget for the ensuing fiscal year to the department of finance and administration showing the expenditures for instructional material to be paid out of the instructional material fund, including reasonable transportation charges and emergency expenses.
B. Upon request, the department of education [public education department] shall make reports to the state board concerning the administration and execution of the Instructional Material Law [22-15-1 NMSA 1978].
HISTORY:
1953 77-13-14, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 218; 1975, ch. 270, § 14; 1993, ch. 226, § 45.
Editor’s notes.
Laws 2003, ch. 143, § 2, effective July 1, 2004, and contingent upon adoption of an amendment to Article 12, Section 6 of the constitution of New Mexico, repeals Articles 1, 2, 13, 13A and 15 of Chapter 22 NMSA 1978. The constitutional amendment was approved at the special election on September 23, 2003, giving the repeal full force and effect as of July 1, 2004. However, Laws 2003, Chapter 143 was repealed by Laws 2004, Chapter 27, § 29, nullifying the repeal by Laws 2003, Chapter 143 and leaving the statutory provisions as they were prior to the attempted repeal in 2003. Article 13A of Chapter 22 was additionally repealed, without contingency, by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 73, effective April 4, 2003.
Laws 2004, ch. 27, § 27, effective May 19, 2004, provides that all references in law to the department of education shall be deemed to be references to the public education department.