Section 22-5-7 - Officers; surety bonds. - New Mexico Statutes

22-5-7. Officers; surety bonds.

A.     From among its members, a local school board shall elect a president, a vice-president and a secretary.   

B.     Before assuming the duties of office, the president and secretary of a local school board and the superintendent of schools of a school district shall each obtain an official bond payable to the school district and conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties during their terms of office. The bonds shall be executed by a corporate surety company authorized to do business in this state. The amount of each bond required shall be fixed by the local school board but shall not be less than five thousand dollars ($5,000).   

C.     A local school board may elect to obtain a schedule or blanket corporate surety bond covering all local school board members and school district administrators and employees for any period not exceeding four years.   

D.     The cost of bonds obtained pursuant to this section shall be paid from the operational fund of the school district. The bonds shall be approved by the director of the public school finance division [secretary] and filed with the secretary of finance and administration.