2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 24 - New Mexico Lottery
Section 6-24-30 - Conflicts of interest; penalties.

A. It is unlawful for the chief executive officer, a board member or any employee of the authority or any person residing in the household of the officer, board member or employee to:
(1) have, directly or indirectly, an interest in a business, knowing that such business contracts with the lottery for a major procurement, whether such interest is as a natural person, partner, member of an association, stockholder or director or officer of a corporation; or
(2) accept or agree to accept any economic opportunity, gift, loan, gratuity, special discount, favor, service or hospitality having an aggregate value of more than twenty dollars ($20.00) in any calendar year, except for food and beverages consumed by the recipient at the time of receipt, from a person, knowing that the person:
(a) contracts or seeks to contract with the state to supply gaming equipment, materials, lottery tickets or consulting services for use in the lottery; or
(b) is a lottery retailer.
B. It is unlawful for a lottery retailer or a lottery vendor to offer, pay, give or make any economic opportunity, gift, loan, gratuity, special discount, favor, service or hospitality having an aggregate value of more than twenty dollars ($20.00) in any calendar year, except food and beverages consumed by the recipient at the time of receipt, to a person, knowing the person is the chief executive officer, a board member or an employee of the authority, or a person residing in the household of the officer, board member or employee.
C. Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.
D. If a board member, the chief executive officer or an employee of the authority, or any person residing in the household thereof, is convicted of a violation of this section, that board member, chief executive officer or employee shall be removed from office or employment with the authority.
History: Laws 1995, ch. 155, § 30; 1999, ch. 287, § 4.
The 1999 amendment, effective April 8, 1999, deleted "other than food and beverages" following "service or hospitality" and inserted "except food and beverages consumed by the recipient at the time of receipt" in Subsections A(2) and B and substituted "more than twenty dollars ($20.00)" for "twenty dollars ($20.00) or less" in Subsection A(2).

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