A. Except as permitted by the University Research Park and Economic Development Act [Chapter 21, Article 28 NMSA 1978] or the New Mexico Research Applications Act [53-7B-1 to 53-7B-10 NMSA 1978], it is unlawful for any state agency or local public body employee, as defined in the Procurement Code, to participate directly or indirectly in a procurement when the employee knows that the employee or any member of the employee's immediate family has a financial interest in the business seeking or obtaining a contract.
B. An employee or any member of an employee's immediate family who holds a financial interest in a disclosed blind trust shall not be deemed to have a financial interest with regard to matters pertaining to that trust.
History: Laws 1984, ch. 65, § 163; 1989, ch. 264, § 27; 2009, ch. 66, § 12.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective April 2, 2009, in Subsection A, added "and Economic Development Act" after "University Research Park" and added "or the New Mexico Research Applications Act".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 64 Am. Jur. 2d Public Works and Contracts § 25.
72 Supp. C.J.S. Public Contracts § 5.