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Committee hears House Bill 8 to create a higher-education major projects fund; sponsors roll bill for cleaner substitute
Summary
House Bill 8 would create a higher-education major projects fund, shifting large capital projects out of the GO bond and directing $150 million to the UNM School of Medicine and money for statewide student life/housing; supporters urged passage but sponsors rolled the item to prepare a cleaner substitute.
The committee took up House Bill 8, which would create a higher‑education major projects fund and reallocate capital funding to support large campus projects and student life and housing statewide. Sponsors described a $300 million transfer in the budget that would seed the fund, including $150 million targeted for the UNM School of Medicine and $100…
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