All departments, institutions and agencies of the state government to the extent that it is practical and feasible shall participate in the central telecommunication network. No agreement for any leased or purchased telephone service or for purchase of any telephone equipment shall be entered into by any department, institution or agency of the state participating in the central telecommunication network, except those institutions enumerated in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico, except upon prior written approval of the secretary or the secretary's designee. If, on the basis of a technical survey, it is found to be infeasible or impractical to include particular agencies, departments or institutions in the central telecommunication network, the secretary or the secretary's designee may exclude them. In the event of exclusion of any agency, department or institution, the secretary or the secretary's designee shall file a written statement, certifying the reasons therefor, with the state records center.
History: 1953 Comp., § 6-1-29, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 181, § 6; 1965, ch. 225, § 6; 1973, ch. 79, § 1; 1977, ch. 247, § 66; 1978, ch. 124, § 16; 1980, ch. 151, § 21; 1983, ch. 301, § 62; 1978 Comp., § 15-5-6, recompiled and amended as § 9-27-25 by Laws 2009, ch. 146, § 9; 2017, ch. 7, § 8.
ANNOTATIONSRecompilations. — Laws 2009, ch. 146, § 9 recompiled and amended former 15-5-6 NMSA 1978 as 9-27-25 NMSA 1978, effective June 19, 2009.
The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, provided that every department, institution or agency of the state government shall participate in the central telecommunication network unless excluded by the secretary of information technology or the secretary's designee; and substituted "telecommunication network" for "telephone system" throughout the section.
The 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, in the second sentence, deleted "director of the communications division" and added "secretary or the secretary's designee"; and in the last sentence, deleted "director of the communications division" and added "secretary or the secretary's designee".