N.M. Stat. § 21-5-21
[State treasurer's duty to establish interest and retirement
fund.]
It is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of this state, upon receiving written notice
from the secretary and treasurer of said board that it has issued bonds as provided for
herein, to forthwith forward and pay over to the secretary and treasurer of said board
out of the income from the permanent funds of said college, a sum sufficient to make
and establish the income (interest) and retirement fund, as herein provided, and
annually thereafter to pay over a sufficient amount for said purpose, to the end that said
interest and retirement fund shall at all times be kept in the proper amount. In the event
there should not be sufficient undistributed income from permanent funds of said
institution, then said state treasurer shall use so much of the income and current fund of
said institution in his hands as shall be necessary to establish and at all times maintain
said interest and retirement fund.