N.M. Admin. Code § 2.79.1.12

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 2.79.1.12 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

A program administrator operating an approved state individual development account program shall be required to enter into a written governing instrument with an authorized financial institution. The written governing agreement shall provide for:

A. the establishment of individual development accounts in the form of trust or custodial accounts for the benefit of the account owners, which meet the requirements of Section 404(5) of the Assets for Independence Act, as amended, and into which accounts the account owners shall make deposits;

B. an assurance that the financial institution shall pay at least a market rate of interest on the individual development accounts;

C. an assurance that the financial institution shall not charge fees on the account;

D. an assurance that if an account owner appears on ChexSystems, the financial institution will open the account as long as it does not violate the internal administrative rules of the financial institution; refusal to open an account based upon this may occur only in extreme circumstances such as the account owner having a previous conviction of fraud or other crime;

E. an assurance that the financial institution shall provide monthly savings statements to both the account owner and the program administrator; and

F. an assurance that the financial institution shall not require an account owner to make any purchase or enter into any commercial transaction with a specific individual, business, financial institution or other entity.

N.M. Admin. Code § 2.79.1.12

2.79.1.12 NMAC - N, 4/29/2005