Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
An association may invest in the capital stock, obligations
or other securities of a service corporation organized under the law of the
state of New Mexico if:
A. the service
corporation's entire capital stock is available for purchase by, and only by,
any and all savings and loan associations with a home office in this state, and
the capital stock is owned by more than one savings and loan
association;
B. no savings and loan
association owns, or may own, more than 10 percent of the service corporation's
outstanding capital stock;
C. every
eligible association may own an equal amount of such stock or may, on such
uniform basis as the supervisor may determine, own an amount of such stock
equaling a stated percentage of its assets or savings capital at the time it
purchases any such stock; and
D.
substantially all of the service corporation's activities, performed directly
or through one or more wholly owned subsidiaries or joint ventures, consist of
one or more of the following:
(1) originating,
purchasing, selling and servicing any of the following:
(a) loans, and participation in loans, on a
prudent basis and secured by real estate or first liens on mobile homes,
including brokerage and warehousing of such loans;
(b) loans, with or without security, for
altering, repairing, improving, equipping or furnishing residential real
estate;
(c) educational loans;
and
(d) consumer loans;
(2) making any of the following
kinds of investments:
(a) investments
specified in Section
58-10-45
NMSA 1978;
(b) investments in
savings accounts in an association which is a stockholder in the service
corporation, if the service corporation receives no consideration, other than
interest at the current market rate, for opening or maintaining any such
account;
(3) performing
the following services, primarily for savings and loan associations:
(a) clerical services, accounting, data
processing and internal auditing;
(b) credit information, appraising,
construction loan inspection and abstracting;
(c) developing and administration of
personnel benefit programs, including life insurance, health insurance and
pension or retirement plans;
(d)
research, studies and surveys;
(e)
purchasing office supplies, furniture and equipment;
(f) developing and operating storage
facilities for microfilm or other duplicate records;
(g) advertising and other services to procure
and retain both savings accounts and loans;
(4) acquiring unimproved real estate for
prompt development and subdivision, principally for construction of housing or
for resale to others for such construction, or for use as mobile home sites.
However, if the total cost to the service corporation to purchase, develop,
subdivide and construct improvements on such real estate exceeds 20 percent of
its asset, it shall notify the supervisor within 30 days after such
acquisition. Notification shall include the number of lots or acres involved
and the project's name, location, estimated completion date and total projected
cost including dollar involvement of the service corporation.
(5) developing, subdividing and constructing
improvements (including improvements to be used for commercial purposes, when
incidental to a housing project) for sale or for rental on real estate referred
to in Paragraph 8.4.4 [now Paragraph (4) of Subsection D of 12.20.48.8 NMAC].
However, such development, subdivision and construction of improvements must be
completed within three years after commencement of development of such real
estate and within five years after acquisition of the real estate, unless such
period is subsequently extended by the supervisor upon written application by
the service corporation. Acquisition of an option to purchase is not an
acquisition for the purpose of determining such period;
(6) acquiring improved residential real
estate and mobile homes to be held for rental;
(7) acquiring improved residential real
estate for remodeling, renovating or demolishing and rebuilding for sale or for
rental;
(8) maintaining and
managing rental real estate referred to in paragraphs 8.4.5, 8.4.6, and 8.4.7
[now Paragraphs (5), (6) and (7) of Subsection D of 12.20.48.8 NMAC] and any
real estate owned by holders of its capital stock;
(9) serving as insurance broker or agent, in
accordance with applicable laws, primarily dealing in policies for savings and
loan associations, their borrowers and account holders, which provide
protection such as homeowner's, fire, theft, automobile, life, health, accident
and title but excluding private mortgage insurance;
(10) serving as escrow agent or as trustee
under deeds of trust;
(11)
preparing state and federal tax returns for account holders of or borrowers
from a stockholder of the service corporation (including their family members
but not including an account-holder or borrower which is a corporation operated
for profit);
(12) acquiring,
maintaining and managing real estate (improved or unimproved) to be used for
offices and related facilities of a stockholder of the service corporation, or
for such offices and related facilities and for rental or sale, if such
acquisition, maintenance and management is performed under a prudent program of
property acquisition to meet either the stockholder's present needs or
reasonable future needs for office and related facilities. However, without
prior approval of the director, no service corporation shall acquire such real
estate if, as a result of the acquisition, the outstanding aggregate book value
of all such real estate owned by the stockholder and its service corporations
would exceed its consolidated net worth;
(13) issuing credit cards, extending credit
in connection therewith, and otherwise engaging in or participating in credit
card operations;
(14) activities
reasonably incident to those listed in paragraphs 8.4.1 thorugh 8.4.12 [now
Paragraphs (1) through (12) of Subsection D of 12.20.48.8 NMAC]; and
(15) such other activities reasonably related
to the activities of associations as the supervisor may approve.