The severance tax permanent fund may be invested in revenue bonds issued by the employers mutual company under the authority of the Employers Mutual Company Act [52-9-1 to 52-9-24 NMSA 1978], provided that the amount invested shall not exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and provided further that the bonds shall bear interest at a market rate not less than the existing rate of return for ten-year United States treasury bonds on the date of the bond sale.
History: 1978 Comp., § 7-27-5.17, enacted by Laws 1990 (2nd S.S.), ch. 3, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 1990 (2nd S.S.), ch. 3, § 10 made Laws 1990 (2nd S.S.), ch. 3, § 2 effective January 1, 1991.