A. For each state public works project, an "architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee" shall be formed with four members as follows:

(1) one member of the agency for which the project is being designed;

(2) the director of the facilities management division of the general services department, or the director's designee, who shall be chair;

(3) one member designated by the joint practice committee; and

(4) one member designated by the secretary.

B. Once an architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee is formed, no member shall be substituted or permitted to serve through a proxy for the duration of the selection process for a state public works project.

C. The staff architect or the staff architect's designee of the facilities management division shall serve as staff to the architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee.

D. The members of the architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee shall be reimbursed by the facilities management division for per diem and mileage in accordance with the provisions of the Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 to 10-8-8 NMSA 1978].

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee shall not be formed for department of transportation highway projects. The department of transportation shall create its own selection committee by rule, after notice and hearing, for department of transportation highway projects.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 65, § 94; 1987, ch. 301, § 3; 1989, ch. 69, § 13; 1993, ch. 72, § 4; 2013, ch. 115, § 10; 2015, ch. 139, § 1.

Cross references. — For director of property control division of general services department, see 15-3B-3 NMSA 1978.

For position of staff architect, see 15-3B-5 NMSA 1978.

The 2015 amendment, effective June 19, 2015, permitted a designee of the director of the facilities management division of the general services department to serve on an architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee, provided that once a committee is formed, substitution of members is not permitted for the duration of the selection process for a state public works project, and clarified that the provisions of this section do not apply to department of transportation highway projects; in the introductory sentence of Subsection A, deleted "The" and added "For each state public works project, an", after "selection committee", deleted "is created. The committee, which shall serve as the selection committee for state public works projects, except for highway projects of the department of transportation, is composed of" and added "shall be formed with"; in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A, after "services department", added "or the director's designee"; added a new Subsection B and redesignated the succeeding subsections accordingly; in Subsection E, added "Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an architect, engineer, landscape architect and surveyor selection committee shall not be formed for department of transportation highway projects.", after "shall create", deleted "a" and added "its own", after "notice and hearing", deleted "that shall serve as the selection committee", after "for", added "department of transportation", and after "highway projects", deleted "of the department".

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, changed the name of the property control division of the general services department to the facilities management division; in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A and in Subsections B and C, deleted "property control" and added "facilities management" before "division"; in Subsections A and D, changed "state highway and transportation department" to "department of transportation"; and in Paragraph (3) of Subsection A, after "designated by the", deleted "architect-engineer-landscape architect".

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, inserted "except for highway projects of the state highway and transportation department" in the introductory paragraph of Subsection A and added Subsection D.