NMSA 9-27-20. Telecommunications; duties

9-27-20. Telecommunications; duties. A. The department shall enter into necessary agreements to provide, where feasible, a telecommunication network and related facilities to all executive, legislative and judicial branches and may, when capacity exists and it is economical, provide a telecommunication network and related facilities to educational institutions and other entities, with a preference to public entities. B. The department may, in compliance with the Procurement Code [13-1-28 to 13- 1-199 NMSA 1978], establish price agreements with vendors for information technology goods and services. Any public body may directly procure goods or services offered under a department-placed price agreement other than a price agreement for an enterprise service administered by the department. C. On July 1, 2023, and on July 1 of each subsequent year, the department shall provide a catalog listing the information technology goods and services it has available to offer with the approved rates. D. Subject to capacity after meeting requirements of agency customers, the department may offer catalog goods and services to non-agency customers. The department may require a non-agency customer to comply with all rules and guidance applicable to the department-provided good or service but shall not require a non- agency customer to comply with any other law administered by the department unless otherwise provided by law. History: Laws 1963, ch. 181, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 6-1-24; Laws 1965, ch. 225, § 1; 1977, ch. 247, § 61; 1978, ch. 124, § 11; 1980, ch. 151, § 17; 1983, ch. 301, § 57; 2007, ch. 288, § 3; 2007, ch. 290, § 20; 1978 Comp., § 15-5-1, recompiled as § 9-27-20 by Laws 2009, ch. 146, § 10; 2017, ch. 7, § 3; repealed and reenacted by Laws 2023, ch. 132, § 5.