N.M. Stat. § 6-10-10
Deposit and investment of funds.
A. Upon the certification or designation of a bank, savings and loan association or
credit union whose deposits are insured by an agency of the United States to receive
public money on deposit, the state treasurer and county or municipal treasurers who
have on hand any public money by virtue of their offices shall make deposit of that
money in banks and savings and loan associations and may make deposit of that
money in credit unions whose deposits are insured by an agency of the United States,
designated by the authority authorized by law to so designate to receive the deposits of
all money thereafter received or collected by the treasurers.
B. County or municipal treasurers may deposit money in one or more accounts with
any such bank, savings and loan association or credit union located in their respective
counties, subject to the limitation on credit union accounts.
C. The state treasurer may deposit money in one or more accounts with any such
bank, savings and loan association or credit union, subject to the limitation on credit
union accounts.
D. Duplicate receipts or deposit slips shall be taken for each deposit made pursuant
to Subsection A, B or C of this section. When deposits are made by the state treasurer,
one copy of the receipt or deposit slip shall be retained by the state treasurer and the
other copy shall be filed monthly on the first day of each month with the financial control
division of the department. When deposits are made by the treasurer or any other
authorized person making the deposits for a board of finance of a public or educational
institution, one copy of the receipt or deposit slip shall be retained by the treasurer or
authorized person making the deposit and the other copy shall be filed monthly on the
first day of each month with that board of finance. When deposits are made by a county
or municipal treasurer, one of the duplicate receipts or deposit slips shall be retained by
the treasurer making the deposit and the other copy shall be filed monthly on the first
day of each month with the secretary of the board of finance of the county or
municipality for which that treasurer is acting.
E. As used in this section:
(1)
"deposit" means either investment or deposit and includes share, share
certificate and share draft;
(2)
"investment policy" means a document drafted between the treasurer and
the board of finance that describes the parameters for investing government funds and
identifies the investment objectives, preferences or tolerances for risk and constraints
on the investment portfolio. The investment policy applies to all financial assets,
including general funds, special revenues, capital projects funds, enterprise funds, debt
issuance proceeds, debt service funds, debt service reserves, permanent funds and
agency funds;
(3)
"supranational issuer" means an international development institution
formed by two or more central governments. "Supranational issuer" includes the
international bank for reconstruction and development, the international finance
corporation and the inter-American development bank; and
(4)
"United States government sponsored enterprises" includes federal home
loan banks, the federal home loan mortgage corporation, the federal national mortgage
association, the federal farm credit banks funding corporation, the federal agricultural
mortgage corporation and the government national mortgage association.
F. County or municipal treasurers, with the advice and consent of their respective
boards of finance charged with the supervision and control of the respective funds, may
invest all sinking funds or money remaining unexpended from the proceeds of any issue
of bonds or other negotiable securities of any county, municipality or school district that
is entrusted to their care and custody and all money not immediately necessary for the
public uses of the counties, municipalities or school districts not invested or deposited in
banks, savings and loan associations or credit unions in:
(1)
bonds or negotiable securities of the United States, the state or a county,
municipality or school district that has a taxable valuation of real property for the last
preceding year of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) and that has not defaulted in
the payment of any interest or sinking fund obligation or failed to meet any bonds at
maturity at any time within five years last preceding and that have a maturity date that
does not exceed ten years from the date of purchase;
(2)
securities that are issued and backed by the full faith and credit of the
United States government or issued by its agencies or instrumentalities, including
securities issued by federal home loan banks, the federal home loan mortgage
corporation, the federal national mortgage association, the federal farm credit banks
funding corporation, the federal agricultural mortgage corporation or the government
national mortgage association and that have a maturity date that does not exceed ten
years from the date of purchase; or
(3)
federally insured obligations, including brokered certificates of deposit,
certificate of deposit account placement services and federally insured cash accounts.
G. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to bring amendments to the investment policy
to the board of finance and obtain consent before such amendments take effect. The
investment policy shall be reviewed at least every two years. The treasurer of a class A
county or the treasurer of a municipality having a population of more than sixty-five
thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census and located within a
class A county, with the advice and consent of the boards of finance, charged with the
supervision and control of the funds as can be reflected by an investment policy that is
amended by the treasurer and approved by the board of finance, may invest all sinking
funds or money remaining unexpended from the proceeds of any issue of bonds or
other negotiable securities of the county or municipality that is entrusted to the
treasurer's care and custody and all money not immediately necessary for the public
uses of the county or municipality not invested or deposited in banks, savings and loan
associations or credit unions in:
(1)
shares of a diversified investment company registered pursuant to the
federal Investment Company Act of 1940 that invests in fixed-income securities or debt
instruments that passively match or track the components of a broad-market, fixed-
income-securities market index; provided that the investment company or manager has
total assets under management of at least one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000)
and provided that the board of finance of the county or municipality may allow
reasonable administrative and investment expenses to be paid directly from the income
or assets of these investments;
(2)
shares of pooled investment funds managed by the state investment
officer, as provided in Subsection I of Section 6-8-7 NMSA 1978; provided that the
board of finance of the county or municipality may allow reasonable administrative and
investment expenses to be paid directly from the income or assets of these
investments;
(3)
securities that are issued by a supranational issuer and that:
(a) are eligible for purchase and sale within the United States;
(b) are denominated in United States dollars;
(c) have a maturity date that does not exceed five years from the date of
purchase; and
(d) are rated "AA" or its equivalent or better by a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization;
(4)
commercial paper rated "A1" or "P1", also known as "prime" quality, by a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization, issued by corporations organized
and operating within the United States and having a maturity at purchase of no longer
than one hundred eighty days; or
(5)
shares of an open-ended diversified investment company that:
(a) is registered with the United States securities and exchange commission;
(b) complies with the diversification, quality and maturity requirements of Rule
2a-7, or any successor rule, of the United States securities and exchange commission
applicable to money market mutual funds; and
(c) assesses no fees pursuant to Rule 12b-1, or any successor rule, of the
United States securities and exchange commission, no sales load on the purchase of
shares and no contingent deferred sales charge or other similar charges, however
designated, provided that the county or municipality shall not, at any time, own more
than five percent of a money market mutual fund's assets.
H. A local public body, with the advice and consent of the body charged with the
supervision and control of the local public body's respective funds, may invest all sinking
funds or money remaining unexpended from the proceeds of any issue of bonds or
other negotiable securities of the investor that is entrusted to the local public body's care
and custody and all money not immediately necessary for the public uses of the investor
and not otherwise invested or deposited in banks, savings and loan associations or
credit unions in contracts with banks, savings and loan associations or credit unions for
the present purchase and resale at a specified time in the future of specific securities at
specified prices at a price differential representing the interest income to be earned by
the investor. The contract shall be fully secured by obligations of the United States or
the securities of its agencies, instrumentalities or United States government sponsored
enterprises having a market value of at least one hundred two percent of the contract.
The collateral required for investment in the contracts provided for in this subsection
shall be shown on the books of the financial institution as being the property of the
investor and the designation shall be contemporaneous with the investment. As used in
this subsection, "local public body" includes all political subdivisions of the state and
agencies, instrumentalities and institutions thereof; provided that home rule
municipalities that prior to July 1, 1994 had enacted ordinances authorizing the
investment of repurchase agreements may continue investment in repurchase
agreements pursuant to those ordinances.
I. The state treasurer, with the advice and consent of the state board of finance,
may invest money held in demand deposits and not immediately needed for the
operation of state government and money held in the local government investment pool,
except as provided in Section 6-10-10.1 NMSA 1978. The investments may be made in
securities that are issued and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States
government or issued by its agencies or instrumentalities, including securities issued by
all United States government sponsored enterprises.
J. The state treasurer, with the advice and consent of the state board of finance,
may also invest in contracts for the present purchase and resale at a specified time in
the future, not to exceed one year or, in the case of bond proceeds, not to exceed three
years, of specific securities at specified prices at a price differential representing the
interest income to be earned by the state. Such contract shall not be invested in unless
the contract is fully secured by obligations of the United States, its agencies,
instrumentalities or United States government sponsored enterprises or by other
securities backed by the United States, its agencies, instrumentalities or United States
government sponsored enterprises having a market value of at least one hundred two
percent of the amount of the contract. The securities required as collateral under this
subsection shall be delivered to a third-party custodian bank pursuant to a contract with
the state and the counterparty or to the fiscal agent of New Mexico or its designee.
Delivery shall be made simultaneously with the transfer of funds or as soon as
practicable, but no later than the same day that the funds are transferred.
K. The state treasurer, with the advice and consent of the state board of finance,
may also invest in contracts for the temporary exchange of state-owned securities for
the use of broker-dealers, banks or other recognized institutional investors in securities,
for periods not to exceed one year for a specified fee rate. Such contract shall not be
invested in unless the contract is fully secured by exchange of an irrevocable letter of
credit running to the state, cash or equivalent collateral of at least one hundred two
percent of the market value of the securities plus accrued interest temporarily
exchanged. The collateral required by this subsection shall be delivered to the state of
New Mexico or its designee simultaneously with the transfer of funds or as soon as
practicable, but no later than the same day that the state-owned securities are
transferred.
L. Neither of the contracts in Subsection J or K of this section shall be invested in
unless the contracting bank, brokerage firm or recognized institutional investor has a net
worth in excess of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000).
M. The state treasurer, with the advice and consent of the state board of finance,
may also invest in any of the following investments in an amount not to exceed forty
percent of any fund that the state treasurer invests:
(1)
commercial paper rated "prime" quality by a national rating service, issued
by corporations organized and operating within the United States;
(2)
medium-term notes and corporate notes with a maturity not exceeding five
years that are rated "A" or its equivalent or better by a nationally recognized rating
service and that are issued by a corporation organized and operating in the United
States; or
(3)
an asset-backed obligation with a maturity not exceeding five years that is
rated "AAA" or its equivalent by a nationally recognized rating service.
N. The state treasurer, with the advice and consent of the state board of finance,
may also invest in:
(1)
shares of an open-ended diversified investment company that:
(a) is registered with the United States securities and exchange commission;
(b) complies with the diversification, quality and maturity requirements of Rule
2a-7, or any successor rule, of the United States securities and exchange commission
applicable to money market mutual funds; and
(c) assesses no fees pursuant to Rule 12b-1, or any successor rule, of the
United States securities and exchange commission, no sales load on the purchase of
shares and no contingent deferred sales charge or other similar charges, however
designated, provided that the state shall not, at any time, own more than five percent of
a money market mutual fund's assets;
(2)
individual, common or collective trust funds of banks or trust companies
that invest in United States fixed-income securities or debt instruments authorized
pursuant to Subsections I, J and M of this section, provided that the investment
manager has assets under management of at least one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000)
and the investments made by the state treasurer pursuant to this paragraph are less
than five percent of the assets of the individual, common or collective trust fund;
(3)
the local government investment pool managed by the office of the state
treasurer. Investments made pursuant to this paragraph shall, in aggregate, be no
more than thirty-five percent of the total assets of the local government investment pool;
(4)
securities issued by the state of New Mexico, its agencies, institutions,
counties, municipalities, school districts, community college districts or other
subdivisions of the state, or as otherwise provided by law;
(5)
securities issued by states other than New Mexico or governmental
entities in states other than New Mexico; or
(6)
securities that are issued by a supranational issuer and that:
(a) are eligible for purchase and sale within the United States;
(b) are denominated in United States dollars;
(c) have a maturity date that does not exceed five years from the date of
purchase; and
(d) are rated "AA" or its equivalent or better by a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization.
O. Public funds to be invested in negotiable securities or loans to financial
institutions fully secured by negotiable securities at current market value shall not be
paid out unless there is a contemporaneous transfer of the securities at the earliest time
industry practice permits, but in all cases, settlement shall be on a same-day basis
either by physical delivery or, in the case of uncertificated securities, by appropriate
book entry on the books of the issuer, to the purchaser or to a reputable safekeeping
financial institution acting as agent or trustee for the purchaser, which agent or trustee
shall furnish timely confirmation to the purchaser.