Chapter 21, Article 22F NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Public Service Law Loan Repayment Act”. History: Laws 2005, ch. 83, § 1; 2008, ch. 61, § 1. ANNOTATIONS The 2008 amendment, effective May 14, 2008, added the statutory reference to the act.
The commission [department] may cancel any contract made between it and any participating attorney for any reasonable cause deemed sufficient by the commission [department]. History: Laws 2005, ch. 83, § 10. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. For designation of the commission […]
The commission [department] shall make an annual report to the governor and the legislature, prior to each regular session, of its activities, including the loan repayment awards granted, the names and addresses of participating attorneys and their employers who are in public service employment pursuant to the Public Service Law Loan Repayment Act and the […]
The purpose of the Public Service Law Loan Repayment Act is to improve access to the justice system in New Mexico by increasing the number of attorneys in public service employment through a legal education loan repayment program. History: Laws 2005, ch. 83, § 2. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2005, ch. 83 contained no […]
As used in the Public Service Law Loan Repayment Act: A. “committee” means the public service law advisory committee; B. “department” means the higher education department; C. “legal education” means education at an accredited law school and any bar review preparation courses for the state bar examination; D. “loan” means money allocated to defray the […]
A. The commission [department] may: (1) grant an award to repay loans obtained for legal education expenses of a participating attorney as consideration and inducement to the attorney to engage in public service employment; and (2) delegate to other agencies or contract for the performance of services required by the provisions of the Public Service […]
A. An applicant shall be licensed to practice in New Mexico as an attorney and shall declare an intent to practice as an attorney in public service employment. B. Prior to submitting an application to the public service law loan repayment program, an applicant shall apply to all available legal education loan repayment programs offered […]
A. The loan repayment award shall be evidenced by a contract between the participating attorney and the commission [department] acting on behalf of the state. The contract shall state the amount of the award and the obligations of the participating attorney under the public service law loan repayment program, including a minimum three-year period of […]
The general form of the contract required shall be prepared and approved by the attorney general and the department of finance and administration and signed by the participating attorney and by the executive director of the commission [department] or the executive director’s designated representative on behalf of the state. The commission [department] is vested with […]
A. The “public service law advisory committee” is created to advise the commission [department] on matters relating to the administration of the Public Service Law Loan Repayment Act. B. The committee is composed of: (1) the dean of the university of New Mexico law school or the dean’s designee; (2) the executive director of New […]
The “public service law loan repayment fund” is created in the state treasury. All money appropriated for the public service law loan repayment program shall be credited to the fund and all payments for repayment of awards or penalties received by the commission [department] shall be credited to the fund. All payments for loan repayment […]
