N.M. Stat. § 33-2-7
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§ 33-2-7. Penitentiary; conflict of interest; penalties
Official statutory text
Should any member or employee of the corrections division [corrections department], officer or other employee of the penitentiary, become interested in any manner in any contract for providing provisions, clothing or other necessaries for the use of said penitentiary, or become in any way interested in any contract for buildings or the construction of any buildings of any kind connected with said penitentiary or for furnishing materials for any such building, such member, officer or employee so interested, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be removed from office, or employment and shall forfeit any interest he may have in such contract, and shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) nor less than five hundred dollars ($500).
Status: in_force
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