46th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2003
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:
"[NEW MATERIAL] 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."