The state treasurer shall deposit all money in his custody equitably among bank and savings and loan association depositories and, at his discretion in credit unions applying therefor when qualifying under the terms of this Act subject to the control and regulation of the state board of finance as otherwise in this Act provided.
History: Laws 1923, ch. 76, § 12; C.S. 1929, § 112-112; 1941 Comp., § 7-231; 1953 Comp., § 11-2-34; Laws 1987, ch. 79, § 16.
ANNOTATIONSCompiler's notes. — The term "this Act," which appears twice in this section, refers to Laws 1923, ch. 76, presently compiled as 6-1-1, 6-10-2, 6-10-3, 6-10-20, 6-10-29, 6-10-37 to 6-10-42, 6-10-44, 6-10-46, 6-10-47, 6-10-50, 6-10-52 to 6-10-54, 6-10-58 and 6-10-61 NMSA 1978.
The 1987 amendment, effective June 19, 1987, substituted "among bank and savings and loan association depositories and, at his discretion in credit unions" for "bank depository" and made a minor change in language.
State board of finance has no authority to distribute funds in various depository banks, nor to specify the amount each should receive. Nor has it, nor any other state agency, the right to use public funds in payment of services in making collections from other state depositories. 1922 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 22-3272.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 26A C.J.S. Depositaries § 11.