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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Silva		DATE TYPED:	03/11/99		HB	513
SHORT TITLE:		Central Purchasing Exclusions				SB
					ANALYST:		Carrillo

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY99	FY2000	FY99	FY2000	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
		*

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

REVENUE

Estimated Revenue		Subsequent Years Impact	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY99	FY2000	Subsequent Years Impact	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
		*

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)

Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

General Services Department

New Mexico State Highway and Transportation

Environment Department

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 513 increases the dollar ceiling for small purchases excluded from central purchasing from $250 to $500 and reinstates to State Purchasing Division jurisdiction for information processing resources.

Significant Issues

According to General Services Department staff: The $500 ceiling for "direct purchase orders" was changed in 1987, but this section of the Procurement Code was overlooked. House Bill 523 conforms to Section 13-1-99 NMSA 1978 with the 1987 changes to Section 13-1-125 NMSA 1978.

Additionally, the information processing resources were exempted from this section of the Procurement Code when the Commission on Information and Communications Management (CICM) was established. That commission was sunset on July 1, 1996, but reference to the commission was not deleted from this section of the Code. HB 513 conforms the Code.

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