Except upon written approval of the director, no loan or investment of care funds accepted by a cemetery authority shall be made:
A. to any officer, director or trustee of the cemetery authority or to any person in which any officer, director or trustee of the cemetery authority has a controlling interest;
B. on or in real estate or in a note, bond, mortgage or deed of trust in which any officer, director or trustee of the cemetery authority has any financial interest; or
C. on or in any unproductive real estate or real estate outside this state or permanent improvements of the cemetery or any of its facilities unless specifically authorized by the instrument by which the principal fund was created. No commission or brokerage fee for the purchase or sale of property shall be paid in excess of that usual and customary at the time and in the locality where the purchase or sale is made, and all commissions and brokerage fees shall be fully reported in the next annual statement of the cemetery authority or trustee.
History: 1953 Comp., § 67-29-5, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 156, § 5; 2001, ch. 149, § 5.
The 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, in the introductory language, substituted "director" for "state bank examiner", substituted "no loan or investment of care funds accepted by a cemetery authority shall be made" for "no loan or investment of any care funds by any cemetery authority owning, operating, controlling or managing a cemetery or by any trustee shall be made"; and substituted "person" for "firm, corporation, association or partnership" in Subsection A.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 14 C.J.S. Cemeteries § 10.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 58 - Financial Institutions and Regulations
Article 17 - Endowed Care of Cemeteries
Section 58-17-1 - Declaration of policy.
Section 58-17-2 - Short title.
Section 58-17-3 - Definitions.
Section 58-17-4 - Gifts and contributions; care funds; trust funds.
Section 58-17-5 - Loans by cemeteries.
Section 58-17-6 - Instrument regarding care to be furnished by cemetery authority.
Section 58-17-7 - Representations regarding care and maintenance to be furnished.
Section 58-17-8 - Care funds not subject to tax.
Section 58-17-9 - Compliance with law required.
Section 58-17-10 - Registration with director.
Section 58-17-11 - Deposit or bond of endowed care cemeteries.
Section 58-17-12 - Display of signs.
Section 58-17-13 - Enforcement of provisions of act by director.
Section 58-17-14 - Proceedings in case of law violations.
Section 58-17-15 - Disposition of care funds upon dissolution.
Section 58-17-16 - Violations; punishment.
Section 58-17-18 - Establishing a cemetery authority.
Section 58-17-19 - Transfer of ownership.
Section 58-17-20 - Denial, suspension or revocation of registration.