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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Deposit of State Moneys Act is amended by
5changing Section 22.5 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 520/22.5)  (from Ch. 130, par. 41a)
7    (For force and effect of certain provisions, see Section 90
8of P.A. 94-79)
9    Sec. 22.5. Permitted investments. The State Treasurer may,
10with the approval of the Governor, invest and reinvest any
11State money in the treasury which is not needed for current
12expenditures due or about to become due, in obligations of the
13United States government or its agencies or of National
14Mortgage Associations established by or under the National
15Housing Act, 1201 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., or in mortgage
16participation certificates representing undivided interests in
17specified, first-lien conventional residential Illinois
18mortgages that are underwritten, insured, guaranteed, or
19purchased by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or in
20Affordable Housing Program Trust Fund Bonds or Notes as defined
21in and issued pursuant to the Illinois Housing Development Act.
22All such obligations shall be considered as cash and may be
23delivered over as cash by a State Treasurer to his successor.

 

 

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1    The State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor,
2purchase any state bonds with any money in the State Treasury
3that has been set aside and held for the payment of the
4principal of and interest on the bonds. The bonds shall be
5considered as cash and may be delivered over as cash by the
6State Treasurer to his successor.
7    The State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor,
8invest or reinvest any State money in the treasury that is not
9needed for current expenditure due or about to become due, or
10any money in the State Treasury that has been set aside and
11held for the payment of the principal of and the interest on
12any State bonds, in shares, withdrawable accounts, and
13investment certificates of savings and building and loan
14associations, incorporated under the laws of this State or any
15other state or under the laws of the United States; provided,
16however, that investments may be made only in those savings and
17loan or building and loan associations the shares and
18withdrawable accounts or other forms of investment securities
19of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
20Corporation.
21    The State Treasurer may not invest State money in any
22savings and loan or building and loan association unless a
23commitment by the savings and loan (or building and loan)
24association, executed by the president or chief executive
25officer of that association, is submitted in the following
26form:

 

 

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1        The .................. Savings and Loan (or Building
2    and Loan) Association pledges not to reject arbitrarily
3    mortgage loans for residential properties within any
4    specific part of the community served by the savings and
5    loan (or building and loan) association because of the
6    location of the property. The savings and loan (or building
7    and loan) association also pledges to make loans available
8    on low and moderate income residential property throughout
9    the community within the limits of its legal restrictions
10    and prudent financial practices.
11    The State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor,
12invest or reinvest, at a price not to exceed par, any State
13money in the treasury that is not needed for current
14expenditures due or about to become due, or any money in the
15State Treasury that has been set aside and held for the payment
16of the principal of and interest on any State bonds, in bonds
17issued by counties or municipal corporations of the State of
18Illinois.
19    The State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor,
20invest or reinvest any State money in the Treasury which is not
21needed for current expenditure, due or about to become due, or
22any money in the State Treasury which has been set aside and
23held for the payment of the principal of and the interest on
24any State bonds, in participations in loans, the principal of
25which participation is fully guaranteed by an agency or
26instrumentality of the United States government; provided,

 

 

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1however, that such loan participations are represented by
2certificates issued only by banks which are incorporated under
3the laws of this State or any other state or under the laws of
4the United States, and such banks, but not the loan
5participation certificates, are insured by the Federal Deposit
6Insurance Corporation.
7    The State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor,
8invest or reinvest any State money in the Treasury that is not
9needed for current expenditure, due or about to become due, or
10any money in the State Treasury that has been set aside and
11held for the payment of the principal of and the interest on
12any State bonds, in any of the following:
13        (1) Bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness,
14    Treasury bills, or other securities now or hereafter issued
15    that are guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the
16    United States of America as to principal and interest.
17        (2) Bonds, notes, debentures, or other similar
18    obligations of the United States of America, its agencies,
19    and instrumentalities.
20        (2.5) Bonds, notes, debentures, or other similar
21    obligations of a foreign government, other than the
22    Republic of the Sudan, that are guaranteed by the full
23    faith and credit of that government as to principal and
24    interest, but only if the foreign government has not
25    defaulted and has met its payment obligations in a timely
26    manner on all similar obligations for a period of at least

 

 

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1    25 years immediately before the time of acquiring those
2    obligations.
3        (3) Interest-bearing savings accounts,
4    interest-bearing certificates of deposit, interest-bearing
5    time deposits, or any other investments constituting
6    direct obligations of any bank as defined by the Illinois
7    Banking Act.
8        (4) Interest-bearing accounts, certificates of
9    deposit, or any other investments constituting direct
10    obligations of any savings and loan associations
11    incorporated under the laws of this State or any other
12    state or under the laws of the United States.
13        (5) Dividend-bearing share accounts, share certificate
14    accounts, or class of share accounts of a credit union
15    chartered under the laws of this State or the laws of the
16    United States; provided, however, the principal office of
17    the credit union must be located within the State of
18    Illinois.
19        (6) Bankers' acceptances of banks whose senior
20    obligations are rated in the top 2 rating categories by 2
21    national rating agencies and maintain that rating during
22    the term of the investment.
23        (7) Short-term obligations of either corporations or
24    limited liability companies organized in the United States
25    with assets exceeding $500,000,000 if (i) the obligations
26    are rated at the time of purchase at one of the 3 highest

 

 

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1    classifications established by at least 2 standard rating
2    services and mature not later than 270 days from the date
3    of purchase, (ii) the purchases do not exceed 10% of the
4    corporation's or the limited liability company's
5    outstanding obligations, (iii) no more than one-third of
6    the public agency's funds are invested in short-term
7    obligations of either corporations or limited liability
8    companies, and (iv) the corporation or the limited
9    liability company has not been identified as a forbidden
10    entity, as that term is defined in Section 1-110.6 of the
11    Illinois Pension Code, by an independent researching firm
12    that specializes in global security risk that has been
13    engaged by the State Treasurer.
14        (8) Money market mutual funds registered under the
15    Investment Company Act of 1940, provided that the portfolio
16    of the money market mutual fund is limited to obligations
17    described in this Section and to agreements to repurchase
18    such obligations.
19        (9) The Public Treasurers' Investment Pool created
20    under Section 17 of the State Treasurer Act or in a fund
21    managed, operated, and administered by a bank.
22        (10) Repurchase agreements of government securities
23    having the meaning set out in the Government Securities Act
24    of 1986, as now or hereafter amended or succeeded, subject
25    to the provisions of that Act and the regulations issued
26    thereunder.

 

 

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1        (11) Investments made in accordance with the
2    Technology Development Act.
3    For purposes of this Section, "agencies" of the United
4States Government includes:
5        (i) the federal land banks, federal intermediate
6    credit banks, banks for cooperatives, federal farm credit
7    banks, or any other entity authorized to issue debt
8    obligations under the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C.
9    2001 et seq.) and Acts amendatory thereto;
10        (ii) the federal home loan banks and the federal home
11    loan mortgage corporation;
12        (iii) the Commodity Credit Corporation; and
13        (iv) any other agency created by Act of Congress.
14    The Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor, lend
15any securities acquired under this Act. However, securities may
16be lent under this Section only in accordance with Federal
17Financial Institution Examination Council guidelines and only
18if the securities are collateralized at a level sufficient to
19assure the safety of the securities, taking into account market
20value fluctuation. The securities may be collateralized by cash
21or collateral acceptable under Sections 11 and 11.1.
22(Source: P.A. 95-521, eff. 8-28-07; 96-469, eff. 8-14-09;
2396-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see Section 5 of P.A. 96-793 for the
24effective date of changes made by P.A. 96-795); 96-870, eff.
251-21-10.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1becoming law.