Senate of the Associated Students

1 SENATE OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS 2 OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY 3 4 BILL #10

5 FIFTY- EIGHTH SENATE 2014-2015

6 Introduced by: Barajas, Deaven, Lamb, Perales, Daniel Date: 8/26/2014__

7 Referred to: Rules, Community Affairs, Finance Date: 8/27/2014__

8 Senate Action: PASSED Date: 10/09/2014_

9 Date Signed:

10 LVIII-14-15 AN ACT

11 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ACCOUNT OF IRANIAN STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF NEW MEXICO 12 STATE UNIVERSITY. BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF NEW MEXICO 13 STATE UNIVERSITY. 14 Section 1: Purpose of Act. 15 To provide funding for one student (1 male) to present at the 17th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and 16 Applied Mechanics in East Lansing, MI from June 15 - 20, 2014. 17 18 Section 2: Main Provisions. 19 20 LINE ITEMS 21 Airfare (1 ticket @ $494.00/ticket) $ 494.00 22 (El Paso, TX to Cincinnati, OH) (Round-Trip) 23 Gas (1 mile @ $0.56/mile x 100 miles) $ 56.00 24 (Las Cruces, NM to El Paso, TX) (Round-Trip) 25 Airport Parking (1 fee @ $55.00/fee) $ 55.00 26 Registration (1 fee @ $200.00/fee) $ 200.00 27 Rental Vehicle (1 rental vehicle @ $66.00/day x 5 days) $ 330.00 28 Gas (1 mile @ $0.56/mile x 564 miles) $ 315.00 29 (Cincinnati, OH to East Lansing, MI) (Round-Trip) 30 Hotel (1 room @ $64.00/room x 5 nights) $ 320.00 31 32 SUBTOTAL $ 1770.00 33 Less Council Funds (No Funds Allocated) $ 34 0.00 35 SUBTOTAL $ 1770.00 36 Less Matching Funds (51%) $ 902.00 37 38 TOTAL APPROPRIATION $ 868.00 39 40 Section 3: Appropriation. 41 Eight hundred sixty-eight dollars and no cents ($868.00) shall be appropriated to the account of Iranian Student 42 Organization of New Mexico State University from the ASNMSU Surplus Account. 43 44 Section 4: Rationale. 45 Alireza Pakravan is a graduate student who presented his abstract at the 17th U.S. National Congress on 46 Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. This conference was beneficial to Alireza’s continued studies at 47 NMSU and helped him gain networking experience as well as experience in his field of study.