Rate filings need not be followed in connection with policies bid or to be issued to state or local governmental entities in New Mexico; provided, that no rate to any such governmental entity shall exceed the filed rate or rates which would be applicable to the entity but for the provisions of 13.8.2 NMAC. 13.8.2 NMAC does not authorize bidding or issuance to governmental entities of lines or types of insurance for which an insurer has not otherwise filed and obtained approval of a rate, nor does it relieve any insurer of any duty to comply with the Insurance Code or laws related to bidding, sale or issuance of insurance to governmental entities.
N.M. Admin. Code § 13.8.2.22