A. The Per Diem and Mileage Act shall not apply to the members of the legislature unless the legislature by specific reference to the act makes it applicable to the members and such application does not thereby exceed the per diem and mileage rates fixed in the constitution of New Mexico.
B. The provisions of Subsection D of Section 10-8-4 NMSA 1978 pertaining to the mileage reimbursement rate for travel in a privately owned vehicle shall not apply to employees of a hospital facility under the control of the board of trustees of a special hospital district created pursuant to the provisions of the Special Hospital District Act [Chapter 4, Article 48A NMSA 1978], if the board of trustees has fixed a mileage reimbursement rate for those employees.
History: 1953 Comp., § 5-10-3.2, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 116, § 5; 2003, ch. 21, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For constitutional per diem and mileage rates, see N.M. Const., art. IV, § 10.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, redesignated the former text of the section as Subsection A and added "of New Mexico" at the end; and added Subsection B.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 67 C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 224, 225.