§1221. Security for deposits; kinds

Local depositing authorities shall require as security for deposits:

(1) Bonds or other interest-bearing securities of the United States, or any agency thereof, including but not limited to the Federal National Mortgage Association, or bonds or other interest-bearing obligations guaranteed fully or partially as to principal and interest by the United States, or by any agency thereof; or bonds of any possession of the United States; or unmatured bonds of this state, including both direct and indirect obligations and also, including bonds or other interest-bearing obligations, whether supported by revenue or by the avails of taxes, of the State of Louisiana or of any agency, board, commission, department or division thereof or of any agency, public corporation or authority created by or recognized by the State of Louisiana; or unmatured bonds of any parish, municipality, levee board, road district, school board or school district of this state; or bonds of any parish, municipality, industrial district or industrial board which are secured by a lease executed in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV, Section 14, Paragraphs b.2 or b.3 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana for the year 1921 or R.S. 39:1001 et seq. or R.S. 51:1151 et seq., as amended, and partially or fully guaranteed by the Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry in accordance with the provisions of the Bond Lease Guarantee Act of the regular session of the Louisiana Legislature of 1968.

(2) Certificates of indebtedness, including paving certificates, of any subdivision of this state referred to in Sub-section (1) of this Section.

(3) Promissory notes either of the authority letting the deposits or of any other authority referred to in Sub-section (1) of this Section, which notes must be either unmatured or payable on demand.

(4) Evidence of participation in such promissory notes issued by any bank, trust company, or recognized bank clearing house association domiciled in this state.

(5) Notes representing loans to students which are guaranteed by the Louisiana Higher Education Assistance Commission in accordance with a contract agreement between the lender and the commission under the provisions of R.S. 17:3021 et seq.

(6) Deposit guaranty bonds underwritten and guaranteed by an insurance company, licensed to do business in this state, listed as an approved surety by the United States Department of the Treasury, that provide coverage for deposits of depositing authorities in excess of the amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency insuring bank or other financial institution deposits that is organized under the laws of the United States, and the form and content of which are approved in advance by the state treasurer.

Amended by Acts 1968, No. 218, §2; Acts 1968, No. 287, §1; Acts 2001, No. 752, §1.