The general form of the contract provided for in Section 21-22-6 NMSA 1978 shall be prepared and approved by the attorney general and signed by the student and a designee of the commission [department] on behalf of the state. The commission [department] is vested with full and complete authority and power to sue in its own name for any balance due the state from any student on any such contract. History: 1953 Comp., § 73-38A-7, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 244, § 7; 1991, ch. 262, § 33. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. For designation of the commission on higher education as the higher education department, see 9-25-4.1 NMSA 1978. The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, inserted 'provided for in Section 21-22-6 NMSA 1978' and substituted 'a designee of the commission' for 'the chairman and executive secretary of the board' in the first sentence and 'commission' for 'board' in the second sentence. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 15A Am. Jur. 2d Colleges and Universities § 5. 14A C.J.S. Colleges and Universities § 17.
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