N.M. Stat. § 58-1-22
Investments.
A. In addition to other investments expressly authorized by the Banking Act, a state
bank may:
(1)
purchase or discount obligations that satisfy the requirements of the
Banking Act for loans;
(2)
purchase or discount obligations of the United States or a state of the
United States or bonds or debentures issued pursuant to the Federal Farm Loan Act, as
amended, and the Farm Credit Act of 1933, as amended;
(3)
purchase or discount obligations in amounts not to exceed ten percent of
its capital and surplus for each of the following: the inter-American development bank,
the African development bank, the Asian development bank and the international bank
for reconstruction and redevelopment;
(4)
purchase or discount obligations of a territory of the United States, a
subdivision or instrumentality of a state or territory of the United States or an authority
organized under either state law, an interstate compact or by substantially identical
legislation adopted by two or more states;
(5)
purchase or discount obligations of a corporation chartered by the United
States or a state thereof doing business in the United States that are approved by the
director for investment;
(6)
invest in industrial revenue bonds issued by the state or any of its political
subdivisions up to twenty percent of its capital and surplus for any one issue, with a total
in all such issues not to exceed fifty percent of its capital and surplus;
(7)
invest an amount not exceeding twenty percent of its capital and surplus in
any one issue for revenue obligations issued to provide, enlarge or improve electric
power, gas, water, sewer facilities and other public facilities by any city or town located
in the state; and
(8)
invest in any obligation in which a national bank is authorized to invest at
the time of making the investment, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the
Banking Act.
B. A state bank authorized to exercise trust powers may invest an amount not
exceeding ten percent of its capital in the stock of a corporation owned entirely by banks
and exclusively engaged in a trust company business and maintaining its offices on the
premises used by the bank or another bank also owning part of its capital stock or
adjacent to the premises of any bank owning part of its stock.
C. A state bank may invest an amount not exceeding twenty-five percent of its
capital and surplus in the stock and obligations of a corporation owning the premises
occupied by the bank for the transaction of its business.
D. A state bank may purchase or sell without recourse against it any security upon
the order of a customer and for his account.
E. A state bank may invest an amount approved by the director in the stock of a
corporation owned entirely by banks and engaged in providing record-keeping services
using electronic or other similar machines.
F. A state bank may make an investment or conduct an activity the director
determines is a part of or is incidental to the business of banking notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary in the Banking Act.