The council is exempt from the operation of the Procurement Code [13-1-28 to 13-1-199 NMSA 1978] and the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978]. The council members and employees shall be subject to the Tort Claims Act [41-4-1 to 41-4-27 NMSA 1978] and shall be provided all insurance and self-insurance coverage provided by the risk management division, general services department, state of New Mexico.
History: Laws 1979, ch. 197, § 9; 1991, ch. 128, § 7.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1991 amendment, effective April 3, 1991, substituted "Procurement Code" for "Public Purchases Act" in the first sentence and rewrote the second sentence, which read "The council members and their employees are public employees for the purposes of the Tort Claims Act".