§ 6-17-3 — Conditions of income-producing project bonds

New Mexico § 6-17-3

• Jurisdiction: New Mexico
• Ch. 6: Public Finances
• Art. 17: Finances of State Educational Institutions

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County, independent rural, union high and municipal boards of education or boards of regents may issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for the securing of the repayment of any and all money as borrowed, which shall not run for a longer period than forty years from their date and which shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed a net of six percent per year, interest payable semiannually, and which bonds or other evidence of indebtedness shall irrevocably pledge for the prompt payment of the principal and interest thereof, as and when due and payable, the net income from any dormitory, auditorium, dining hall, refectory, stadium, swimming pool or any type of building, improvement or facility or any group of buildings, improvements or facilities for the purchase, erection, alteration, improvement, repair, furnishing or equipment of which the money is borrowed. The form of the bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, the time for which same shall run and times when payment of principal thereof shall be made, which shall be in yearly amounts as to payment of principal beginning not later than two years from and after the time when the money is borrowed and continuing to the end of the time for which the same shall run, and the manner and amount for which the same shall be sold and whether to be sold at public or private sale and the amount which is to be so borrowed for each specific purpose shall be approved by the state board of finance or the state board of education in the case of county, independent rural, union high and municipal boards of education. Despite anything elsewhere contained in this article, any such bonds may be sold at any price which does not result in an actual net interest cost to maturity, computed on the basis of standard tables of bond values, in excess of six percent. County, independent rural, union high and municipal boards of education or boards of regents are hereby further authorized to execute a purchase-money mortgage or deed of trust or other security instrument constituting a purchase-money mortgage to further secure payment of any bonds issued under the provisions of this article for the purchase of any income-producing property. The purchase-money mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument constituting a purchase-money mortgage shall limit the mortgagee for the satisfaction of the indebtedness secured solely to the property subject to the purchase-money mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument. The terms and conditions of any purchase-money mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument constituting a purchase-money mortgage herein authorized shall be approved by the state board of finance in the case of a board of regents or by the state board of education in the case of a board of education. A state educational institution operating a county hospital pursuant to the Hospital Funding Act [Chapter 4, Article 48B NMSA 1978] may, in connection with the issuance of bonds in accordance with the provisions of this article, execute a mortgage, deed of trust or other security instrument covering the state educational institution's ownership or leasehold interest in all or any part of the county hospital and other related health care facilities operated by the state educational institution to further secure payment of bonds issued under the provisions of this article to finance or refinance the purchase, erection, expansion, alteration, improvement, repair, furnishing or equipping of such county hospital or other related health care facilities. The mortgage, deed of trust or security instrument shall limit the right of the mortgagee or other secured party to seek a deficiency judgment against the state educational institution.

Legislative History

Laws 1939, ch. 177, § 3; 1941 Comp., § 55-2703; Laws 1947, ch. 143, § 3;