Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:1223 – Security for deposits; value of securities
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:1223
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
Any bonds and certificates of indebtedness, including paving certificates, of any authority referred to in La. Rev. Stat. 39:1221(1), whose revenue in whole or in part is not derived from ad valorem taxes, and any paving certificates of any authority referred to in La. Rev. Stat. 39:1221(1), which are not secured by an unlimited ad valorem tax, and all other eligible bonds, certificates of indebtedness, paving certificates, promissory notes, evidence of participation in promissory notes and other interest-bearing securities or obligations shall be accepted as security at their market value excluding accrued interest; provided that in the case of bonds or other interest-bearing obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States or any agency thereof, 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, Sections 14(b.2) and 14(b.3) of the Constitution of 1921 or La. Rev. Stat. 39:1001 et seq. or La. Rev. Stat. 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 1968 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, the market value of said bonds or obligations, excluding accrued interest, shall not be deemed to exceed an amount in excess of the principal so guaranteed. The market value of the securities used to secure deposits as provided herein may be calculated on the basis of the quarterly reports of financial conditions submitted by the fiscal agent bank to the office of financial institutions, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or Office of the Comptroller of the Currency using the valuations derived from any national securities index, register, or publication, or in any other reasonable manner acceptable to the depositing authority.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 287, §1; Acts 1986, No. 373, §1.
*NOTE: ACTS 1968, NO. 697, A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, WAS NOT APPROVED BY THE ELECTORATE.