The authority shall not:
A. lend money or make a grant other than to a qualified entity;
B. purchase securities other than from a qualified entity or other than for investment as provided in the New Mexico Finance Authority Act;
C. lease a public project to any entity other than a qualified entity; except that the authority may lease a public project to any entity following termination of a lease of the public project to a qualified entity if leasing the public project to an entity other than a qualified entity is necessary to avoid forfeiture or impairment of the public project or a default on bonds whose payment is secured, in whole or in part, by the public project or by lease rentals from the public project;
D. deal in securities within the meaning of or subject to any securities law, securities exchange law or securities dealers law of the United States or of the state or of any other state or jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, except as authorized in the New Mexico Finance Authority Act;
E. issue bills of credit or accept deposits of money for time on demand deposit or administer trusts or engage in any form or manner, or in the conduct of, any private or commercial banking business, or act as a savings bank or savings and loan association or any other kind of financial institution except as authorized in the New Mexico Finance Authority Act;
F. engage in any form of private or commercial banking business except as authorized in the New Mexico Finance Authority Act;
G. lend money, issue bonds, including public-private partnership project bonds, or make a grant for the promotion of gaming or a gaming enterprise or for development of infrastructure for a gaming facility; or
H. after December 31, 2005, except in case of an emergency, accept an application for financial assistance from a municipality, county or other covered entity for a water or wastewater project unless it is submitted with a water conservation plan or a water conservation plan is on file with the state engineer in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 [72-14-3.2 NMSA 1978] of this 2003 act.
History: Laws 1992, ch. 61, § 23; 1995, ch. 141, § 20; 1996, ch. 75, § 2; 2001, ch. 294, § 8; 2003, ch. 138, § 4.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, added Subsection H.
The 2001 amendment, effective April 5, 2001, added the exception to Subsection C.
The 1996 amendment, effective March 5, 1996, added Subsection G and made a stylistic change.
The 1995 amendment, effective April 5, 1995, inserted "except as authorized in the New Mexico Finance Authority Act" in Subsections E and F.