2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 6 - Public Finances
Article 13 - Institution Bonds
Section 6-13-2 - State institutions.

The state institutions, within the meaning of Chapter 6, Article 13 NMSA 1978, are the university of New Mexico, the New Mexico state university, the New Mexico institute of mining and technology, the New Mexico military institute, the New Mexico highlands university, the western New Mexico university, the northern New Mexico state school, the New Mexico school for the deaf, the New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired, the eastern New Mexico university, the Los Lunas medical center, the penitentiary of New Mexico, the New Mexico behavioral health institute at Las Vegas, the New Mexico boys' school and the miners' hospital.

History: 1941 Comp., § 6-254, enacted by Laws 1949, ch. 121, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 11-9-2, compiled by Laws 1963, ch. 298, § 2; 2005, ch. 313, § 1.

Compiler's notes. — The name of New Mexico college of agriculture and mechanic arts was changed to New Mexico state university pursuant to N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11. The name of New Mexico school of mines was changed to New Mexico institute of mining and technology pursuant to N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11. The name of New Mexico normal university was changed to New Mexico highlands university pursuant to N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11. The name of New Mexico normal school was changed to western New Mexico university pursuant to N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11. The name of the Spanish-American school was changed to northern New Mexico state school pursuant to N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11. The name of the New Mexico institute for the blind was changed to the New Mexico school for the visually handicapped pursuant to N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11. The name of eastern New Mexico normal school was changed to eastern New Mexico university pursuant to N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11. The name of the New Mexico home and training school for mental defectives was changed to Los Lunas medical center pursuant to 23-1-13 NMSA 1978. The name of the New Mexico insane asylum was changed to Las Vegas medical center pursuant to 23-1-13 and 23-5-1 NMSA 1978. The name of the New Mexico reform school was changed to the New Mexico boys' school pursuant to N.M. Const., art. XIV, § 1.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added the statutory reference to the act; deleted references to the locations of state institutions; changed the name of the New Mexico college of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts to New Mexico state university; changed the name of the New Mexico School of Mines to New Mexico institute of mining and technology; changed the name of the New Mexico Normal university at Las Vegas to the New Mexico highlands university; changed the name of the New Mexico Normal School at Silver City to the western New Mexico university; changed the name of Spanish-American School, New Mexico to the northern New Mexico state school; changed the name of the New Mexico institute for the Blind to the New Mexico school for the blind and visually impaired; changed the name of the eastern New Mexico Normal School to the eastern New Mexico university; changed the name of the New Mexico Home and Training School for Mental Defectives to the Los Lunas medical center; changed the name of the New Mexico Insane Asylum to the New Mexico behavioral health institute at Las Vegas and changed the name of the New Mexico Reform School to the New Mexico boy's school.