Loans secured by mortgages insured by the corporation and loans to a proposed mortgagor for the purpose of a proposed economic development project owned by such proposed mortgagor when a proposed mortgagee has been given an advance commitment by the corporation to insure mortgage payments required by a mortgage upon the completed economic development project shall be legal investments for all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit unions, trust companies, banks, investment companies, savings banks, savings and loan associations, executors, administrators, guardians, conservators, trustees and other fiduciaries, and pension, profit-sharing and retirement funds, provided such loans shall be treated similarly to loans insured or to be insured by the Federal Housing Administrator for the purpose of determining the percentage of capital, surplus, assets or deposits which may be invested therein by an institution under the supervision of the Banking Commissioner, and such loans shall not be subject to limitations, conditions or restrictions imposed by law except as provided by this chapter.

(1961, P.A. 542, S. 10; 1963, P.A. 601, S. 8; February, 1965, P.A. 494, S. 11; 1972, P.A. 195, S. 24; P.A. 73-599, S. 31; P.A. 77-614, S. 161, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 213, 348; 80-483, S. 98, 186; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 88-265, S. 6, 36; P.A. 03-84, S. 18; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 152.)

History: 1963 act added provisions re loans for building and improving industrial projects, deleted insurance companies from eligibility for consideration of loans under section as legal investments and specified that loans are not subject to limitations, conditions or restriction of law except as provided in section, that real estate mortgaged to secure loan is unencumbered except as stated and that certificate of title or policy of title insurance is lodged with mortgagee until mortgage is paid; 1965 act specified that real or personal property may be used to secure loans; 1972 act made technical correction; P.A. 73-599 replaced industrial building commission with Connecticut development authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced bank commissioner and department with banking commissioner and division of banking within department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 restored banking division as independent department with commissioner as its head and abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 80-483 removed building and loan associations as legal investors in loans under section; (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9, “banking commissioner” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner of banking”); P.A. 88-265 deleted first mortgage limitation, changed industrial project to economic development project, made public officers, public bodies, political subdivisions, insurance companies and credit unions legal investors in loans under section and deleted requirements re unencumbered property, certificate of title and loan advances; P.A. 03-84 changed “Commissioner of Banking” to “Banking Commissioner”, effective June 3, 2003; pursuant to June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, “authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “corporation”, effective July 1, 2012.