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
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