N.M. Stat. § 58-33-7
Board and board employee requirements and prohibitions;
conflicts of interest.
A. Board members and employees of the board shall comply with the Gift Act
[Chapter 10, Article 16B NMSA 1978], the Governmental Conduct Act [Chapter 10,
Article 16 NMSA 1978], the Open Meetings Act [Chapter 10, Article 15 NMSA 1978] and
any other applicable state or federal laws.
B. Board members and employees of the board shall not:
(1)
directly or indirectly have any interest in an investment of the New Mexico
work and save IRA program or in gains or profits accruing from that investment, other
than as program participants;
(2)
borrow New Mexico retirement plan marketplace or New Mexico work and
save IRA program-related funds or deposits or access and use those funds or deposits
for personal gain or as agents or partners of others; or
(3)
become endorsers, sureties or obligors on investments made pursuant to
the New Mexico Work and Save Act.
C. If a board member or employee of the board has an interest, either direct or
indirect, in a contract to which the New Mexico retirement plan marketplace or the New
Mexico work and save IRA program is or is to be a party, that interest shall be disclosed
to the board in writing and shall be set forth in the minutes of the board. The board
member or employee having that interest shall not participate in an action by the board
with respect to that contract.
D. Board members and employees of the board shall act as fiduciaries with respect
to the design, implementation and oversight of the New Mexico retirement plan
marketplace and the New Mexico work and save IRA program, acting solely in the best
interests of the program participants and for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits
to program participants and administering the marketplace and the IRA program with
the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a
prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with those matters would use in the
conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.