New Mexico Statutes Chapter 24. Health and Safety § 24-24-4. Fund created; administration

A. The “child care facility revolving loan fund” is created in the New Mexico finance authority to provide low-interest, long-term loans to providers to make health and safety improvements in their facilities and for operating capital. The fund shall consist of appropriations, gifts, grants and donations to the fund, which shall be invested as provided in the New Mexico Finance Authority Act. Money in the fund shall not revert and is appropriated to the department, which shall utilize the fund for the purposes of the Child Care Facility Loan Act. Administrative costs of the authority may be paid from the fund.

B. Money in the fund shall be used to make loans to providers that demonstrate the need to make health and safety improvements, including space expansion, in order to maintain an adequate and appropriate environment for their clients. Loans from the fund are to be made at an interest rate greater than zero percent for a term that does not exceed the useful life of the project being financed.

C. No more than twenty percent of the fund may be loaned for a single provider in a single project. The department shall give priority for loans to facilities of providers that serve proportionately high numbers of state-subsidized clients and low-income families.

D. The department, in conjunction with the New Mexico finance authority, shall adopt rules to administer and implement the Child Care Facility Loan Act. The rules shall become effective when filed in accordance with the State Rules Act.