As used in the Senior Citizens Reduced Tuition Act:A. 'department' means the higher education department;B. 'eligible institution' means any New Mexico post-secondary degree-granting educational institution;C. 'reduced tuition' means that tuition charged senior citizens at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per credit hour, up to ten hours per semester; andD. 'senior citizen' means a person age sixty-five or older. History: Laws 1984, ch. 96, § 3; 2019, ch. 124, § 1. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For establishment of state educational institutions, see N.M. Const., art. XII, § 11. The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, replaced 'board' with 'department' as a defined term, and revised the definition of 'reduced tuition', as used in the Senior Citizens Reduced Tuition Act; in Subsection A, deleted ''board'' and added ''department'', and after 'means the', deleted 'board of educational finance' and added 'higher education department'; and in Subsection C, after 'up to', deleted 'six' and added 'ten'.
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