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Statutes > New-mexico > Chapter-10 > Article-16 > Section-10-16-710-16-7. Contracts involving public officers or employees.
A state agency shall not enter into a contract for services, construction or items of tangible personal property with a public officer or employee of the state, with the family of the public officer or employee or with a business in which the public officer or employee or the family of the public officer or employee has a substantial interest unless the public officer or employee has disclosed the public officer's or employee's substantial interest and unless the contract is awarded pursuant to the Procurement Code [13-1-28 NMSA 1978], except that the potential contractor shall not be eligible for a sole source or small purchase contract; provided that this section does not apply to a contract of official employment with the state or to contracts made pursuant to the provisions of the University Research Park and Economic Development Act [21-28-1 NMSA 1978] or the New Mexico Research Applications Act [53-7B-1 NMSA 1978]. A person negotiating or executing a contract on behalf of a state agency shall exercise due diligence to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section.
