A municipality may, by direct negotiation subsequent to receiving responses to requests for proposals, enter into a multiyear service contract for the engineering, repair and maintenance of a water storage tank and the appurtenant facilities owned, controlled or operated by the municipality; provided that the contract for services includes provisions that:
A. provide that the municipality is not required to make total payments in a single year that exceed the water utility charges received by the municipality for that year;
B. require that the work be performed under the review of a professional engineer licensed in New Mexico who certifies that the work will be performed in compliance with all applicable codes and engineering standards; and
C. provide that if, on the date of commencement of the contract, the water storage tank or appurtenant facilities require engineering, repair or service in order to bring the tank or facilities into compliance with federal, state or local requirements, the party contracting with the municipality shall provide the engineering, repair or service and that the cost of the work necessary to ensure such compliance shall be itemized separately and charged to the municipality in payments spread over a period of not less than three years from the date of commencement of the contract.
History: Laws 2013, ch. 164, § 1.
Effective dates. — Laws 2013, ch. 164, § 2 provided that Laws 2013, ch. 164, § 1 was effective July 1, 2013.
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