Section 6-24-13 - Determination of confidential information; applicability of Open Meetings Act; criminal investigations. - New Mexico Statutes

6-24-13. Determination of confidential information; applicability of Open Meetings Act; criminal investigations.

A.     The authority is specifically authorized to determine which information relating to the operation of the lottery is confidential.  Such information is limited to trade secrets and proprietary information; security measures, systems or procedures; security reports; information concerning bids or other contract data during the negotiation process, the disclosure of which would impair the efforts of the authority to contract for goods or services on favorable terms; and information obtained pursuant to investigations that would be protected from public disclosure under the Inspection of Public Records Act [14-2-4 NMSA 1978].   

B.     The authority is subject to the provisions of the Open Meetings Act [10-15-1.1 NMSA 1978]; provided that meetings or portions of meetings devoted to discussing information deemed to be confidential pursuant to Subsection A of this section are exempt from the provisions of that act.   

C.     The authority or its authorized agent shall:   

(1)     conduct criminal background investigations and credit investigations on all potential lottery retailers and all lottery vendors prior to the execution of any contract with a lottery retailer or a lottery vendor;   

(2)     supervise ticket validation and lottery drawings;   

(3)     inspect at times determined solely by the authority the facilities of any lottery vendor or lottery retailer in order to determine the integrity of the lottery vendor's product or the operations of the lottery retailer in order to determine whether the lottery vendor or the lottery retailer is in compliance with its contract;   

(4)     report any suspected violations of the New Mexico Lottery Act [6-24-1 NMSA 1978] to the appropriate district attorney,  the attorney general or to any law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the violation; and   

(5)     upon request, provide assistance to any district attorney, the attorney general or a law enforcement agency investigating a violation of the New Mexico Lottery Act.