Any person holding the office of state treasurer or the office of treasurer of any county, city, town or board in control in this state or any public officer or employee having in his custody or under his control any public money, who directly or indirectly receives from any person or persons or body of persons, association or corporation for himself or otherwise than in behalf of the state, county, city, town or board in control, whose money is so in his custody or under his control, any reward, compensation or profit, either in money or other property or thing of value, in consideration of a loan to or a deposit with any such person or persons or body of persons, association or corporation, of any of the public money so in his custody or under his control, or in consideration of any other agreement or arrangement touching the use of the money or any part thereof or who shall use or permit the use of any of the money for any purpose not authorized by law or who shall willfully neglect or refuse to deposit the money in his custody as required by this act or shall willfully deposit the money in his custody in any bank, federally insured savings and loan association or federally insured credit union not qualified to receive it under the provisions of this act or in excess of the amount for which the bank, federally insured savings and loan association may have qualified shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by imprisonment for not more than ten years or both.
History: Laws 1923, ch. 76, § 18; C.S. 1929, § 112-118; 1941 Comp., § 7-235; 1953 Comp., § 11-2-38; Laws 1975, ch. 157, § 7; 1987, ch. 79, § 17.
Compiler's notes. — The term "this act," which appears twice in this section, refers to Laws 1923, ch. 76, presently compiled as 6-1-1, 6-10-2, 6-10-3, 6-10-20, 6-10-29, 6-10-37 to 6-10-42, 6-10-44, 6-10-46, 6-10-47, 6-10-50, 6-10-52 to 6-10-54, 6-10-58 and 6-10-61 NMSA 1978.
The 1987 amendment, effective June 19, 1987, inserted "or federally insured credit union" following "federally insured savings and loan association" in the last third of the section and made minor changes in language throughout the section.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 63C Am. Jur. 2d Public Officers and Employees §§ 369 to 376.
20 C.J.S. Counties § 142; 62 C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 549; 81A C.J.S. States § 129; 87 C.J.S. Towns §§ 84, 88.
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