22-15-5. Instructional material fund.
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A. The state treasurer shall establish a nonreverting fund to be known as the "instructional material fund". The fund consists of appropriations, gifts, grants, donations and any other money credited to the fund. The fund shall be administered by the department, and money in the fund is appropriated to the department to carry out the provisions of the Instructional Material Law [22-15-1 to 22-15-14 NMSA 1978].
B. The instructional material fund shall be used for the purpose of paying for the cost of purchasing instructional material pursuant to the Instructional Material Law. Transportation charges for the delivery of instructional material to a school district, a state institution or a private school as agent and emergency expenses incurred in providing instructional material to students may be included as a cost of purchasing instructional material. Charges for rebinding of used instructional material that appears on the multiple list pursuant to Section 22-15-8 NMSA 1978 may also be included as a cost of purchasing instructional material.
History: 1953 Comp., § 77-13-5, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 209; 1975, ch. 270, § 5; 1992, ch. 76, § 1; 1997, ch. 100, § 2; 2009, ch. 221, § 4.