The authority shall enter into a contract for a procurement after evaluating competitive proposals and shall not design requests for proposals to provide only for sole source contracts. The authority shall conduct its own procurement, but the authority shall conduct all procurement in accordance with the Procurement Code [13-1-28 to 13-1-199 NMSA 1978]. In all procurement decisions, the authority shall take into account the particularly sensitive nature of the lottery and shall act to promote and ensure security, honesty, fairness and integrity in the operation and administration of the lottery and the objectives of raising revenue for the public purposes of the New Mexico Lottery Act. Procurements shall not be artificially divided to reduce the cost of the procurement below the procurement thresholds provided in the Procurement Code.
History: Laws 1995, ch. 155, § 19; 2007, ch. 72, § 4.
The 2007 amendment, effective July 1, 2007, required the authority to comply with the Procurement Code.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 24 - New Mexico Lottery
Section 6-24-2 - Legislative findings.
Section 6-24-5 - New Mexico lottery authority created.
Section 6-24-6 - Powers of the authority.
Section 6-24-7 - Board of directors; duties.
Section 6-24-8 - Lottery games; adoption of rules, policies and procedures by board.
Section 6-24-9 - Legislative oversight; legislative finance committee; duties.
Section 6-24-10 - Chief executive officer; compensation; appointment; duties.
Section 6-24-11 - Employees; conflict of interest; investigations; bonds.
Section 6-24-12 - Executive vice president for security; qualifications; duties.
Section 6-24-14 - Lottery retailers; contracts; sales commission; bonds.
Section 6-24-15 - Lottery tickets; sales.
Section 6-24-16 - Termination of lottery retailer contracts.
Section 6-24-17 - Disclosure of odds.
Section 6-24-18 - Felony and gambling-related convictions; ineligibility for lottery positions.
Section 6-24-19 - Procurement; competitive proposals.
Section 6-24-20 - Disclosures by lottery vendor.
Section 6-24-21 - Drawings for and payment of prizes; unclaimed prizes; applicability of taxation.
Section 6-24-24 - Disposition of revenue.
Section 6-24-25 - Prohibition on use of state funds.
Section 6-24-26 - Authorization to issue revenue bonds.
Section 6-24-27 - Revenue and budget reports; records; independent audits.
Section 6-24-28 - Internal auditor; appointment; duties.
Section 6-24-29 - Unlawfully influencing and fraud; penalties.
Section 6-24-30 - Conflicts of interest; penalties.
Section 6-24-31 - Forgery of lottery ticket; penalty.
Section 6-24-32 - Unlawful sale of lottery ticket; penalty.
Section 6-24-33 - Unlawful purchase of lottery ticket; penalty.
Section 6-24-34 - Criminal provisions of act in addition to any existing Criminal Code provisions.