2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 19 - Children's Trust Fund
Section 24-19-11 - Next generation council; created; membership; purpose.
A. The "next generation council" is created. The board shall appoint ten members, at least two from each federal congressional district, who are not employees of the state and who are knowledgeable in the area of positive child and youth development programs. Members serve at the pleasure of the board. Members shall select a member to serve as chair of the council. Members are entitled to per diem and mileage as provided in the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978] and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.
B. The council shall evaluate proposed next generation fund projects and programs and make funding recommendations to the board. The board shall approve or disapprove next generation fund projects and programs for funding and transmit those proposals to the department.
History: Laws 2005, ch. 65, § 7; 2013, ch. 25, § 9.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, required the next generation council to evaluate next generation fund programs; in Subsection A, in the second sentence, after "at least two from each", added "federal"; and in Subsection B, in the first sentence, after "next generation fund projects", added "and programs", and in the second sentence, after "next generation fund projects", added "and programs".
