N.M. Stat. § 21-3-18
[Creation of interest and retirement fund by New Mexico
highlands university regents; deposits.]
That the board of regents issuing said bonds, shall, at the time of issuing said bonds,
establish for the payment of the principal and interest thereof a fund to be known as
"interest and retirement fund" into which fund said board shall immediately place a sum
not less than the amount necessary to pay the interest and maturing principal of said
bonds for the ensuing twelve months, and annually thereafter shall continue to place in
said fund a sufficient amount to pay principal and interest maturing in the succeeding
twelve months.