The “state financial regulation fund” is created as a nonreverting fund in the state treasury. The fund consists of money distributed to the financial institutions division of the regulation and licensing department pursuant to the consent judgment entered by the court in litigation between mortgage lenders and various states, including New Mexico, and filed April 4, 2012 in the United States district court for the District of Columbia and of income from the investment of the fund. The fund shall be administered by the financial institutions division of the regulation and licensing department. Money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislature to the financial institutions division to support and improve state financial regulation and supervision as provided in the consent judgment. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by warrant of the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the director of the financial institutions division or the director’s authorized representative.

Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 9-16-16

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.