AN ACT

RELATING TO PROCUREMENT; PROVIDING CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROCUREMENT CODE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. A new section of the Procurement Code is enacted to read:

"ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROCUREMENT CODE.--The provisions of the Procurement Code do not apply to contracts entered into by a local public body with a person, firm, organization, corporation, association or state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico for:

A. the operation and maintenance of a hospital pursuant to Chapter 3, Article 44 NMSA 1978;

B. the lease or operation of a county hospital pursuant to the Hospital Funding Act; or

C. the operation and maintenance of a hospital pursuant to the Special Hospital District Act."

HB 768

Page 1