A. In order to anticipate the collection and receipt of anticipated revenue and after certifying the need to issue anticipation notes as provided in the Short-Term Cash Management Act, the state treasurer may issue and sell one or more anticipation notes. The anticipation notes shall mature not later than the end of the fiscal year in which the anticipation notes are issued and shall bear interest at rates permitted in the Public Securities Act [6-14-1 to 6-14-3 NMSA 1978].

B. The state treasurer shall pledge the anticipated revenue to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on the anticipation notes.

C. Anticipation notes may be sold at a public or negotiated sale at, above or below par. Any negotiated sale shall be made with one or more investment bankers whose services are obtained through a competitive proposal process. For any sale, the state treasurer shall also procure through a competitive proposal process the services of any financial adviser and bond counsel, unless the state treasurer contracts with the state board of finance to employ the services of the board's financial adviser or bond counsel under contracts the board may have, from time to time, with those professionals.

D. Anticipation notes may be issued in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed fifty percent of the anticipated revenue that the state treasurer anticipates will be collected by the state and credited to the general fund in the fiscal year in which the notes are issued and will be available to pay the principal of and interest on the anticipation notes.

E. Anticipation notes shall be issued by the state treasurer pursuant to the Short-Term Cash Management Act only upon approval by the state board of finance at a public meeting held prior to the delivery of the anticipation notes.

History: Laws 1997, ch. 111, § 5.