§ 23-37-512 — Legal investments in accounts

Arkansas § 23-37-512

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 23

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(a) Administrators, executors, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries, business corporations, insurance companies and charitable or educational corporations or associations, banks, credit unions, and all other financial institutions, and any person acting as custodian under the Uniform Securities Ownership by Minors Act, § 9-26-301 et seq., are specifically authorized and empowered to invest funds held by them in savings accounts of any association or of any federal association. (b) Trustees of any pension, profit, profit-sharing, or retirement trust for employees of any public or private corporation and any person having the care, custody, or control of any funds held for a pension or retirement plan, system, or trust for the employees of this state, or any political subdivision of this state, are specifically authorized and empowered to invest funds held by them in savings accounts of any association or of any federal association to the extent that the savings account does not exceed an amount equal to the sum of all reserve accounts except specific or valuation reserves, undivided profits, surplus, and capital stock, but not including the proceeds of capital notes, debentures, or similar obligations. (c) The provisions of this section are supplemental to any and all other laws relating to and declaring what shall be legal investments for the persons, corporations, organizations, and officials referred to in this section.

Legislative History

Acts 1963, No. 227, § 43; 1979, No. 361, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 67-1843.