N.M. Stat. § 6-10-32
Treatment of interest on land grant funds.
All interest collected by the state treasurer on deposits, whether on time deposits or
otherwise, in any bank, in any savings and loan association or in any credit union whose
deposits are insured by an agency of the United States of money belonging to the
common school permanent or income funds or to any other fund derived from lands
granted to the state by any act of congress shall be treated by the state treasurer as
income of the funds to which that money belongs and as collected by him shall be
credited accordingly.