0001| HOUSE BILL 45 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| TED HOBBS | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO PUBLIC PURCHASES; AMENDING THE PROCUREMENT CODE TO | 0012| INCREASE THE DOLLAR LIMIT FOR SMALL PURCHASE PROCUREMENTS BY | 0013| STATE AGENCIES. | 0014| | 0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0016| Section 1. Section 13-1-125 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1984, | 0017| Chapter 65, Section 98, as amended) is amended to read: | 0018| "13-1-125. SMALL PURCHASES.-- | 0019| A. The [state purchasing agent or] central | 0020| purchasing office within a local public body shall procure | 0021| services, construction or items of tangible personal property | 0022| having a value not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) in | 0023| accordance with the applicable small purchase regulations | 0024| adopted by [the secretary] a local public body or a central | 0025| purchasing office that has the authority to issue regulations. | 0001| B. Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection A | 0002| of this section, a central purchasing office may procure | 0003| professional services having a value not exceeding twenty | 0004| thousand dollars ($20,000), excluding applicable state and | 0005| local gross receipts taxes, except for the services of | 0006| architects, landscape architects, engineers or surveyors for | 0007| state public works projects or local public works projects, in | 0008| accordance with professional services procurement regulations | 0009| promulgated by the department of finance and administration, | 0010| the general services department or a central purchasing office | 0011| with the authority to issue regulations. | 0012| C. Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection A | 0013| of this section, a state agency or a central purchasing | 0014| office for [a state educational institution named in Article | 0015| 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico, for a state | 0016| two-year post-secondary institution or for] a school district | 0017| as defined in the Public School Code may procure services, | 0018| construction or items of tangible personal property having a | 0019| value not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in | 0020| accordance with the applicable small purchase regulations | 0021| promulgated by the secretary or a central purchasing office | 0022| with the authority to issue regulations. | 0023| D. Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection A | 0024| of this section, a state agency or a local public body may | 0025| procure services, construction or items of tangible personal | 0001| property having a value not exceeding five hundred dollars | 0002| ($500) by issuing a direct purchase order to a contractor based | 0003| upon the best obtainable price. | 0004| E. Procurement requirements shall not be | 0005| artificially divided so as to constitute a small purchase under | 0006| this section." | 0007|  | 0008| State of New Mexico | 0009| House of Representatives | 0010| | 0011| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0012| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| January 30, 1997 | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Mr. Speaker: | 0019| | 0020| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom | 0021| has been referred | 0022| | 0023| HOUSE BILL 45 | 0024| | 0025| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0001| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows: | 0002| | 0003| 1. On page 1, line 12, after "FOR" insert "CERTAIN". | 0004| | 0005| 2. On page 1, lines 12 and 13, strike "BY STATE | 0006| AGENCIES". | 0007| | 0008| 3. On page 1, line 19, remove the brackets and line | 0009| through and before "central" insert "a". | 0010| | 0011| 4. On page 1, line 20, strike the underscored material. | 0012| | 0013| 5. On page 1, line 22, strike "five thousand dollars | 0014| ($5,000)" and insert in lieu thereof "ten thousand dollars | 0015| ($10,000)". | 0016| | 0017| 6. On page 1, line 24, remove the brackets and line | 0018| through. | 0019| | 0020| 7. On page 2, strike all of lines 12 through 22. | 0021| | 0022| 8. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly. | 0023| | 0024| Respectfully submitted, | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Fred Luna, Chairman | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| Adopted Not Adopted | 0009| | 0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0011| | 0012| Date | 0013| | 0014| The roll call vote was 11 For 0 Against | 0015| Yes: 11 | 0016| Excused: Getty | 0017| Absent: Olguin | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| .115399.1 | 0021| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0045 | 0022| | 0023| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0024| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| March 5, 1997 | 0003| | 0004| Mr. President: | 0005| | 0006| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been | 0007| referred | 0008| | 0009| HOUSE BILL 45, as amended | 0010| | 0011| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0012| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0013| FINANCE COMMITTEE. | 0014| | 0015| Respectfully submitted, | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| __________________________________ | 0021| Shannon Robinson, Chairman | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0001| Adopted_______________________ | 0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Date ________________________ | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0009| Yes: 6 | 0010| No: 0 | 0011| Excused: Garcia, Vernon, Smith | 0012| Absent: None | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| H0045PA1 | 0018| | 0019| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0020| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| March 17, 1997 | 0024| | 0025| Mr. President: | 0001| | 0002| Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0003| | 0004| HOUSE BILL 45, as amended | 0005| | 0006| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0007| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0008| | 0009| Respectfully submitted, | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| __________________________________ | 0015| Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Adopted_______________________ Not | 0020| Adopted_______________________ | 0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Date ________________________ | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0004| Yes: 6 | 0005| No: None | 0006| Excused: Carraro, Eisenstadt, Lyons, McKibben, Smith | 0007| Absent: None | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| H0045FC1 |