For example, the state treasurer administers New Mexico's tax-advantaged ABLE and retirement savings programs.

[4][5] Likewise, the state treasurer is responsible for the investment of the state's operating funds and local government investment pool which, at the close of the 2023 fiscal year, totaled approximately $17 billion in terms of assets under management.

[19] In 1975 Treasurer Jesse D. Kornegay pleaded guilty to perjury charges and served time in federal prison.

[20] Hartley resigned from the office in 1985 and was succeeded by James B. Lewis, an appointee of Governor Toney Anaya.

Robert Vigil resigned in December 2005 and was succeeded by Doug Brown, who was appointed by Governor Bill Richardson.