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AN ACT
RELATING TO INVESTMENT OF THE SEVERANCE TAX PERMANENT FUND;
PERMITTING INVESTMENT IN PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS WITH TRIBAL
INVESTORS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 7-27-5.15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
1990, Chapter 126, Section 5, as amended) is amended to read:
"7-27-5.15. NEW MEXICO PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS AND
BUSINESS INVESTMENTS.--
A. No more than six percent of the market value of
the severance tax permanent fund may be invested in New
Mexico private equity funds or New Mexico businesses under
this section.
B. In making investments pursuant to Subsection A
of this section, the council shall make investments in New
Mexico private equity funds or New Mexico businesses whose
investments or enterprises enhance the economic development
objectives of the state.
C. The state investment officer shall make
investments pursuant to Subsection A of this section only
upon approval of the council, upon review of the
recommendation of the private equity investment advisory
committee and within guidelines and policies established by
the council.
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D. As used in this section:
(1) "New Mexico business" means, in the case
of a corporation or limited liability company, a business
with its principal office and a majority of its full-time
employees located in New Mexico or, in the case of a limited
partnership, a business with its principal place of business
and eighty percent of its assets located in New Mexico; and
(2) "New Mexico private equity fund" means a
limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation
organized and operating in the United States and maintaining
an office staffed by a full-time investment officer in New
Mexico that:
(a) has as its primary business
activity the investment of funds in return for equity in or
debt of businesses for the purpose of providing capital for
start-up, expansion, product or market development,
recapitalization or similar business purposes;
(b) holds out the prospects for capital
appreciation from such investments;
(c) has at least one full-time manager
with at least three years of professional experience in
assessing the growth prospects of businesses or evaluating
business plans and who has established permanent residency in
the state;
(d) is committed to investing or helps
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secure investing by others, in an amount at least equal to
the total investment made by the state investment officer in
that fund pursuant to this section, in businesses with a
principal place of business in the state and that hold
promise for attracting additional capital from individual or
institutional investors nationwide for businesses in the
state; and
(e) accepts investments only from
accredited investors as that term is defined in Section 2 of
the federal Securities Act of 1933, as amended (15 USCA
Section 77(b)), and rules and regulations promulgated
pursuant to that section, or federally recognized Indian
tribes, nations and pueblos with at least five million
dollars ($5,000,000) in overall investment assets.
E. The state investment officer is authorized to
make investments in New Mexico businesses to create new job
opportunities and to support new, emerging or expanding
businesses in a manner consistent with the constitution of
New Mexico if:
(1) the investments are made:
(a) in conjunction with cooperative
investment agreements with parties that have demonstrated
abilities and relationships in making investments in new,
emerging or expanding businesses; or
(b) in New Mexico aerospace businesses
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that have received an award from the United States government
or one of its agencies or instrumentalities: 1) in an
amount, not less than one hundred million dollars
($100,000,000), that is equal to at least ten times the
investment from the severance tax permanent fund; and 2) for
the purpose of stimulating commercial enterprises;
(2) an investment in any one business does
not exceed ten percent of the amount available for investment
pursuant to this section; and
(3) the investments represent no more than
fifty-one percent of the total investment capital in a
business; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection
prohibits the ownership of more than fifty-one percent of the
total investment capital in a New Mexico business if the
additional ownership interest:
(a) is due to foreclosure or other
action by the state investment officer pursuant to agreements
with the business or other investors in that business;
(b) is necessary to protect the
investment; and
(c) does not require an additional
investment of the severance tax permanent fund.
F. The state investment officer shall make a
commitment to the small business investment corporation
pursuant to the Small Business Investment Act to invest
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three-fourths percent of the market value of the severance
tax permanent fund to create new job opportunities by
providing capital for land, buildings or infrastructure for
facilities to support new or expanding businesses and to
otherwise make investments to create new job opportunities to
support new or expanding businesses in a manner consistent
with the constitution of New Mexico. On July 1 of each year,
the state investment officer shall determine whether the
invested capital in the small business investment corporation
is less than three-fourths percent of the market value of the
severance tax permanent fund. If the invested capital in the
small business investment corporation equals less than
three-fourths percent of the market value of the severance
tax permanent fund, further commitments shall be made until
the invested capital is equal to three-fourths percent of the
market value of the fund.
G. The state investment officer shall report
semiannually on the New Mexico private equity investments
made pursuant to this section. Annually, a report shall be
submitted to the legislature prior to the beginning of each
regular legislative session and a second report no later than
October 1 each year to the legislative finance committee, the
revenue stabilization and tax policy committee and any other
appropriate interim committee. Each report shall provide the
amounts invested in each New Mexico private equity fund, as
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well as information about the objectives of the funds, the
companies in which each fund is invested and how each
investment enhances the economic development objectives of
the state. Each report shall provide the amounts invested in
each New Mexico business."
Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2007.