A. No more than twenty percent of the book value of the severance tax permanent fund may be invested in deposits in New Mexico financial institutions under terms and conditions set by the council in accordance with the provisions of this section.

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B. To be eligible for deposits under this section, a financial institution’s loans and investments shall equal in the aggregate at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). If eligible, a financial institution may qualify for deposits as follows:

(1)     a financial institution may qualify for deposits in an amount equal to new loans and investments made by that financial institution after July 1, 1993;

(2)     the financial institution shall provide the state investment officer with the necessary documentation and information for each new loan or investment and the state investment officer shall verify that each such loan or investment meets the requirements of this section and the regulations, guidelines and investment policies adopted pursuant to this section; and

(3)     in any calendar year, the state investment officer may increase the deposits in any financial institution only to the extent new loans and investments made by the financial institution have increased over the same period of the prior year.

C. Notwithstanding any other collateral, interest rate or other provisions of law to the contrary governing deposit of public money in N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 6, Article 10, deposits of the severance tax permanent fund made pursuant to this section shall be governed by the regulations, guidelines and investment policies established by the council and shall not be made until such regulations, guidelines and policies are adopted. Those policies shall provide:

(1)     the terms and conditions for pledging of collateral security and the amount and kind of collateral security to be pledged; provided:

(a) no collateral shall be required for deposits of financial institutions rated “A” by the council pursuant to its risk assessment analysis, unless the council in its sole discretion deems it necessary to protect the severance tax permanent fund;

(b) financial institutions not rated “A” by the council shall secure each severance tax permanent fund deposit with security having an aggregate value equal to seventy-five percent of the amount of money deposited by that institution or any greater percentage determined by the council in its sole discretion to be necessary to protect the severance tax permanent fund;

(c) secured deposits shall be secured by: 1) securities of the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities, the state or its agencies or instrumentalities or political subdivisions of the state; 2) securities guaranteed by agencies or instrumentalities of the United States; or 3) New Mexico residential mortgages;

(d) to be rated “A” by the council, a bank shall at a minimum have: 1) primary capital at least equal to six percent of assets; 2) net income after taxes at least equal to sixty-one hundredths of one percent of the average assets of the bank for the current quarter and for each of the three previous quarters; and 3) an aggregate amount of nonperforming loans, defined as loans that are at least ninety days past due, that does not exceed thirty-four and nine-tenths percent of primary capital; provided the council in its sole discretion may increase any of the requirements of this paragraph to protect the severance tax permanent fund; and

(e) to be rated “A” by the council, a savings and loan association shall have a regulatory net worth equal to at least three percent of total assets and net income after taxes equal to at least thirty hundredths of one percent of average assets for the current quarter and for each of the previous three quarters; provided the council may increase these requirements or add additional criteria for nonperforming loans as a percentage of primary capital or net worth that are similar to the criteria for banks, as necessary to conform to changing applicable federal regulatory requirements or to protect the severance tax permanent fund;

(2)     the rate at which severance tax permanent fund deposits shall bear interest, payable monthly, which shall be at a fixed market rate determined by the council, but in no event shall the rate of interest paid be less than the yield available on comparable maturities of obligations of the United States government, its agencies or instrumentalities or obligations guaranteed by the United States government, its agencies or instrumentalities, whichever is higher;

(3)     the terms of maturity, renewal or withdrawal; provided that in no event shall the maturity exceed eight years and the council may withdraw any deposit before maturity without penalty if more than seventy-five percent collateral is required by the rules and regulations adopted by the council; and

(4)     such other terms, including the financial condition of the financial institution, as the council deems prudent to protect the severance tax permanent fund and to implement efficiently and effectively the deposit program.

D. In making deposits in New Mexico financial institutions pursuant to this section, the state investment officer shall not deposit from the severance tax permanent fund an amount that exceeds two hundred percent of the total equity capital in the case of banks or two hundred percent of the net worth in the case of savings and loan associations or ten percent of the total of that bank’s or the savings and loan association’s deposits, whichever is less. These limits shall be based on the most recently published statement of financial condition required by federal or state financial authorities as certified by an authorized officer of the financial institution unless the council has more current reliable information from the financial institution. In the event a financial institution exceeds the limitations set forth in this subsection, the state investment officer may withdraw without penalty the deposits that exceed that limitation. The maximum funds on deposit or the deposit limit in this subsection shall not apply to the state fiscal agent bank as to the funds held by the fiscal agent bank or demand deposits held by a state checking depository bank approved by the state board of finance in accordance with the provisions of Section 6-10-35 N.M. Stat. Ann..

E. As used in this section:

(1)     “financial institution” means a New Mexico bank, a branch of a bank doing business in New Mexico or a savings and loan association that is qualified as an insured public depository;

(2)     “investment” means a New Mexico municipal bond or a New Mexico industrial revenue bond; and

(3)     “loan” means a loan of any term that is secured or unsecured and is made for business purposes. “Loan” does not include a loan that is a renewal or restructuring of a loan existing on or before July 1, 1993, a loan of more than three million dollars ($3,000,000) to one borrower, a student loan, a consumer loan or a loan to purchase or provide permanent financing on a personal residence, but does include a loan that is made to “persons of low or moderate income” as that term is defined in the Mortgage Finance Authority Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 58, Article 18], is secured by real estate and is held and serviced by the original lending financial institution in New Mexico. For purposes of this paragraph, “business” includes but is not limited to manufacturing; construction; transportation; communications; publishing; wholesale or retail business; restaurants; entertainment; architectural, engineering and other professional services;

medical and health services; food processing; farming or ranching; mining and natural resource exploration and development; and research and technology development.