Section 10-8-6 - Application of act.

10-8-6. Application of act.

A.     The Per Diem and Mileage Act [10-8-1 NMSA 1978] shall not apply to the members of the legislature unless the legislature by specific reference to the act makes it applicable to the members and such application does not thereby exceed the per diem and mileage rates fixed in the constitution of New Mexico.   

B.     The provisions of Subsection D of Section 10-8-4 NMSA 1978 pertaining to the mileage reimbursement rate for travel in a privately owned vehicle shall not apply to employees of a hospital facility under the control of the board of trustees of a special hospital district created pursuant to the provisions of the Special Hospital District Act [4-48A-1 NMSA 1978], if the board of trustees has fixed a mileage reimbursement rate for those employees.