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It shall be legal for the state and any of its agencies, departments, instrumentalities, corporations, or political subdivisions, or any political or public corporation, any bank, trust company, banker, savings bank, or institution, any building and loan association, savings and loan association, investment company and any other person carrying on a banking or investment business, any insurance company, insurance association, or any other person carrying on an insurance business, and any executor, administrator, curator, trustee or any other fiduciary, to invest funds or moneys in their custody in any of the securities authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions hereof. Such securities shall be authorized security for all public deposits. Nothing contained in this Section 101 with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any public body or other person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 72. Water Law § 72-16-101. Legal investments in securities - last updated May 06, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-72-water-law/nm-st-sect-72-16-101/
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