JUDICIAL BRANCH INFO TECH PROJECTS

HB0301

HOUSE BILL 301

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Rebecca Dow

AN ACT

RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY; PERMITTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO UNDERTAKE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
PROJECTS FOR JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT; MAKING AN
APPROPRIATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1.
A new section of the Department of Information
Technology Act is enacted to read:

"[
NEW MATERIAL
] INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS--DUTIES.--

A. The department may enter into agreements to
undertake, where feasible, information technology projects for
any branch of the judiciary.

B. The department may, in compliance with the
Procurement Code, establish price agreements with vendors for
information technology goods and services.

C. On July 1, 2027, 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. The department may require a non-agency customer
to comply with all rules and guidance applicable to a
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. The
department shall only access non-agency data as necessary to
establish and maintain goods and services it has made available
to non-agency customers."

SECTION 2.
APPROPRIATION.--One million two hundred
thousand dollars ($1,200,000) is appropriated from the general
fund to the administrative office of the district attorneys for
expenditure in fiscal year 2027 for the purchase, in
consultation with the department of information technology, of
technology goods and services for the use of district attorneys
statewide. Any unexpended balance remaining at the end of
fiscal year 2027 shall revert to the general fund.

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