Except as hereinafter provided, all products thereafter procured by or for the state, or any governmental agency or political subdivision thereof having its own purchasing agency, shall be procured in accordance with applicable specifications of the state purchasing agent from the commission for the blind or duly established agencies or branches thereof whenever the products are available at the price determined, as provided in Section 22-14-21 NMSA 1978, to be a fair market price for the product so manufactured, and no advertisement or notice for bids from other suppliers shall be necessary.
History: 1941 Comp., § 6-411, enacted by Laws 1953, ch. 163, § 2; 1953 Comp., § 73-23-8; 1977, ch. 159, § 2; 1978 Comp., § 21-5-10, recompiled as § 22-14-22 by Laws 1983, ch. 60, § 3; 1993, ch. 226, § 33.
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "the commission for the blind" for "services for the blind"; substituted "22-14-21 NMSA 1978" for "73-23-7 NMSA 1953"; and made minor stylistic changes.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 64 Am. Jur. 2d Public Works and Contracts § 10.
72 C.J.S. Supp. Public Contracts § 4.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 14 - Vocational Education or Rehabilitation
Section 22-14-1 - Definitions.
Section 22-14-2 - Vocational education; state governing authority.
Section 22-14-2.1 - Vocational rehabilitation; state governing authority.
Section 22-14-3 - State agency for vocational education; authority.
Section 22-14-3.1 - State agency for vocational rehabilitation; authority.
Section 22-14-5 - Instructional support and vocational education division; powers; duties.
Section 22-14-7 - Vocational rehabilitation division; director.
Section 22-14-8 - Vocational rehabilitation division; powers; duties.
Section 22-14-9 - Custody of funds; budgets; disbursements.
Section 22-14-10 - Recompiled.
Section 22-14-11 - Vocational rehabilitation; eligibility.
Section 22-14-11.1 - Third party liability.
Section 22-14-13 - Nontransferable or nonassignable rights.
Section 22-14-14 - Limitations on political activities.
Section 22-14-16 - Admission to state educational institutions; exemption from certain fees.
Section 22-14-20 - New Mexico school for the visually handicapped; certain functions transferred.
Section 22-14-22 - Purchases by state agencies and subdivisions.
Section 22-14-23 - Application of funds.
Section 22-14-25 - Definitions.
Section 22-14-27 - Assuring preferences to blind persons.
Section 22-14-28 - Powers and duties of the commission relating to the vending stand program.
Section 22-14-30 - Vocational rehabilitation division; designated agency for federal funds.