FORTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURESB 68/a

FIRST SESSION, 2005



February 2, 2005


Madam President:


    Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred


SENATE BILL 68


has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:


    1. On page 1, line 11, before "COMPOSITION" insert "NAME AND".


    2. On page 1, line 13, before "COMMISSION" insert "INDUSTRIES".


    3. On page 1, line 19, after "CORRECTIONS" insert "INDUSTRIES".


    4. On page 1, line 19, after "corrections" insert "industries".


    5. On page 2, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following new sections:


    "Section 2. Section 13-1-98 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984, Chapter 65, Section 71, as amended) is amended to read:


    "13-1-98. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROCUREMENT CODE.--The provisions of the Procurement Code shall not apply to:


         A. procurement of items of tangible personal property or services by a state agency or a local public body from a state agency, a local public body or external procurement unit except as otherwise provided in Sections 13-1-135 through 13-1-137 NMSA 1978;


         B. procurement of tangible personal property or services for the governor's mansion and grounds;



         C. printing and duplicating contracts involving materials that are required to be filed in connection with proceedings before administrative agencies or state or federal courts;


         D. purchases of publicly provided or publicly regulated gas, electricity, water, sewer and refuse collection services;


         E. purchases of books and periodicals from the publishers or copyright holders thereof;


         F. travel or shipping by common carrier or by private conveyance or to meals and lodging;


         G. purchase of livestock at auction rings or to the procurement of animals to be used for research and experimentation or exhibit;


         H. contracts with businesses for public school transportation services;


         I. procurement of tangible personal property or services, as defined by Sections 13-1-87 and 13-1-93 NMSA 1978, by the corrections industries division of the corrections department pursuant to regulations adopted by the corrections industries commission, which shall be reviewed by the purchasing division of the general services department prior to adoption;


         J. minor purchases not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) consisting of magazine subscriptions, conference registration fees and other similar purchases where prepayments are required;


         K. municipalities having adopted home rule charters and having enacted their own purchasing ordinances;



         L. the issuance, sale and delivery of public securities pursuant to the applicable authorizing statute, with the exception of bond attorneys and general financial consultants;


         M. contracts entered into by a local public body with a private independent contractor for the operation, or provision and operation, of a jail pursuant to Sections 33-3-26 and 33-3-27 NMSA 1978;


         N. contracts for maintenance of grounds and facilities at highway rest stops and other employment opportunities, excluding those intended for the direct care and support of persons with handicaps, entered into by state agencies with private, nonprofit, independent contractors who provide services to persons with handicaps;


         O. contracts and expenditures for services or items of tangible personal property to be paid or compensated by money or other property transferred to New Mexico law enforcement agencies by the United States department of justice drug enforcement administration;


         P. contracts for retirement and other benefits pursuant to Sections 22-11-47 through 22-11-52 NMSA 1978;


         Q. contracts with professional entertainers;


         R. contracts and expenditures for litigation expenses in connection with proceedings before administrative agencies or state or federal courts, including experts, mediators, court reporters, process servers and witness fees, but not including attorney contracts;





         S. contracts for service relating to the design, engineering, financing, construction and acquisition of public improvements undertaken in improvement districts pursuant to Subsection L of Section 3-33-14.1 NMSA 1978 and in county improvement districts pursuant to Subsection L of Section

4-55A-12.1 NMSA 1978;


         T. works of art for museums or for display in public buildings or places;


         U. contracts entered into by a local public body with a person, firm, organization, corporation or association or a state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico for the operation and maintenance of a hospital pursuant to Chapter 3, Article 44 NMSA 1978, lease or operation of a county hospital pursuant to the Hospital Funding Act or operation and maintenance of a hospital pursuant to the Special Hospital District Act;


         V. purchases of advertising in all media, including radio, television, print and electronic;


         W. purchases of promotional goods intended for resale by the tourism department; and


         X. procurement by or through the public education department from the federal department of education relating to parent training and information centers designed to increase parent participation, projects and initiatives designed to improve outcomes for students with disabilities and other projects and initiatives relating to the administration of improvement strategy programs pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; provided that the exemption applies only to procurement of services not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000)."



    Section 3. Section 33-1-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978, Chapter 4, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:


    "33-1-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Corrections Act:


         A. "division" or "department" means the corrections department;


         B. "director" or "secretary" means the secretary of corrections;


         C. "corrections facility" means any facility or program controlled or operated by the state or any of its agencies or departments and supported wholly or in part by state funds for the correctional care of persons, including but not limited to:


             (1) the "penitentiary of New Mexico", which consists of the penitentiary at Santa Fe and other places in the state designated by the secretary; and


             (2) [the state board of probation and parole, except to the extent delegated to] the parole board to the extent delegated by the Parole Board Act;


         D. "commission" means the corrections industries commission; and


         E. "warden" or "superintendent" means the administrative director of a correctional facility."








    Section 4. Section 33-8-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 127, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:


    "33-8-2. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Corrections Industries Act:


         A. "commission" means the corrections industries commission;


         B. "department" means the corrections department;


         C. "enterprise" means a manufacturing, agricultural or service operation or group of closely related operations within the bounds of a facility but does not include standard facility maintenance activities and services;


         D. "facility" means [any] a place under the jurisdiction of the department at which individuals are confined pursuant to court order;


         E. "fund" means the corrections industries revolving fund;


         F. "local public body" means all political subdivisions of the state and their agencies, instrumentalities and institutions supported wholly or in part by funds derived from public taxation; and


         G. "state agency" means the state or any of its branches, agencies, departments, boards, instrumentalities or institutions supported wholly or in part by funds derived from public taxation."".


    6. Renumber the succeeding sections accordingly.


    7. On page 6, line 10, strike "Commission" and insert in lieu thereof "Corrections commission".


    8. One page 6, line 11, strike "may" and insert in lieu thereof "shall" and after "serve" insert "as corrections industries commission members".


    9. One page 6, line 12, after "expire" insert "and their replacements are appointed and qualified".



 






                               __________________________________

                               Cisco McSorley, Chairman




Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________

          (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)



                  Date ________________________



The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against

Yes:      8

No:       0

Excused: Adair, McSorley

Absent:   None



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