2013 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 58 - Financial Institutions and Regulations
Article 5 - Organization and Management
Section 58-5-7 - Legal holidays for banks. (1999)


NM Stat § 58-5-7 (2013) What's This?

58-5-7. Legal holidays for banks. (1999) 
A.   The following legal holidays may be observed by banks, notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 12-5-1 through 12-5-9 NMSA 1978: 
New Year's Day   January 1 
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday   3rd Monday in January 
Washington's Birthday   3rd Monday in February 
Memorial Day   the date determined by the director to be 
the date recognized by the majority of the federal reserve districts in New Mexico 
Independence Day   July 4 
Labor Day   1st Monday in September 
Columbus Day   2nd Monday in October 
Armistice Day and Veterans' Day   November 11 
Thanksgiving Day   4th Thursday in November 
Christmas Day   December 25. 
Whenever one of these bank holidays falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is a legal bank holiday. Whenever one of these bank holidays falls on a Saturday, that Saturday and the preceding Friday are legal bank holidays.   
B.   Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require a bank to close or cease operating any remote financial service unit installed pursuant to the Remote Financial Service Unit Act [58-16-1 NMSA 1978] or any automated teller machines located on the bank premises during all or any part of a legal bank holiday.   
  History: 1953 Comp., § 48-2-21, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 330, § 3; 1977, ch. 340, § 1; 1977, ch. 359, § 19; 1981, ch. 42, § 1; 1991, ch. 75, § 1; 1999, ch. 213, § 8. 

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