| State Treasurer of New Mexico | |
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| Term length | Four years |
| Formation | 1912 |
| First holder | Owen N. Marron |
| Website | State Treasurer of New Mexico |
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The state treasurer of New Mexico is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. state of New Mexico. Thirty individuals have held the office of state treasurer since statehood. The incumbent is Laura Montoya, a Democrat who took office on January 1, 2023, after being elected on November 8, 2022.
No person may be elected state treasurer other than a United States citizen of at least 30 years of age who has resided continuously in New Mexico for five years preceding the election. [1] The state treasurer is elected to a four-year term and is able to serve up to two consecutive terms; more terms may be served after one full term has intervened. [2]
The state treasurer is the chief banker and investment officer for the state of New Mexico. As such, the state treasurer receives payments made to the state, deposits sums received with authorized depository institutions, accounts for and manages the state's cash flows, services principal and interest payable on state debt, and disburses public monies in redemption of warrants drawn on state funds. [3] Other programs have been assigned to the state treasurer by law. For example, the state treasurer administers New Mexico's tax-advantaged ABLE and retirement savings programs. [4] [5] Likewise, the state treasurer is responsible for the investment of the state's operating funds and local government investment pool which, at the close of the 2023 fiscal year, totaled approximately $17 billion in terms of assets under management. [6]
Functional responsibilities aside, the state treasurer chairs the State Treasurer's Investment Committee, which prescribes investment policies for the state treasury and evaluates the performance of its portfolio. Likewise, the state treasurer is an ex officio voting member of the following boards and commissions: [7]
The Office of the State Treasurer has been the subject of multiple corruption scandals in recent decades. [19] In 1975 Treasurer Jesse D. Kornegay pleaded guilty to perjury charges and served time in federal prison. [20] Again in 1985, Treasurer Earl Hartley pleaded guilty to malfeasance in office related to the diversion of funds from a treasurer's conference to his personal account. His deputy, Ken Johnson, was also arrested in December 1984 and pleaded guilty in 1985 to extortion. [20] Hartley resigned from the office in 1985 and was succeeded by James B. Lewis, an appointee of Governor Toney Anaya.
Treasurer David King testified against one of his office's division managers, Joseph O. Garcia, who was charged with bribery of a public official after offering King a bribe for investment activities. Later in 2005, Treasurer Michael A. Montoya pleaded guilty to federal charge of extortion, and in 2007 he also pleaded guilty to a state charge of racketeering. A Democrat, he served four years in prison. [20] Most recently in 2006, Treasurer Robert E. Vigil was convicted of one count of attempted extortion and was acquitted of 23 counts of extortion and racketeering with regard to the investment of state funds. He served time in Federal prison. [20] Robert E. Vigil was a protege of Michael A. Montoya. Robert Vigil resigned in December 2005 and was succeeded by Doug Brown, who was appointed by Governor Bill Richardson. [21]
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