A. All premiums and other money collected by the authority shall be deposited in the fund. Except as provided in Subsection F of Section 22-2-6.6 NMSA 1978 [22-29-6 NMSA 1978], funds shall be disbursed directly by the authority, but receipts and disbursements are subject to audit by the state auditor. Except as provided in that subsection, the authority is not required to submit proposed vouchers, purchase orders or contracts to the department of finance and administration as otherwise provided by law. The department of finance and administration shall not require the authority to rebid or to disapprove any contractual arrangements determined by the board to be in the best interests of the authority.

B. Except as provided in Subsection F of Section 22-2-6.6 NMSA 1978 [22-29-6 NMSA 1978], the board shall issue warrants in the name of the authority against funds of the authority in payment of its lawful obligations, issue purchase orders and contract for goods or services in the name of the authority. The authority shall provide its own warrant, purchase order and contract forms as well as other supplies and equipment.

History: 1978 Comp., § 22-2-6.8, enacted by Laws 1986, ch. 94, § 8; 1991, ch. 142, § 5; 1978 Comp., § 22-2-6.8, recompiled as § 22-29-8, by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72.

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 72 recompiled former 22-2-6.6 NMSA 1978 as 22-29-6 NMSA 1978, effective April 4, 2003.

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, in Subsection A, substituted the first two sentences for a sentence which read "All premiums and other money collected by the authority shall be received and disbursed directly by the authority, but receipts and disbursements are subject to audit by the state auditor", added the exception at the beginning of the third sentence and added the final sentence and, in Subsection B, added the exception at the beginning.