Bill Text: NY A07509 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the limit on certain investments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-11-20 - signed chap.455 [A07509 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A07509-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7509 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 14, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FARRELL -- (at request of the State Comptroller) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to increasing the limit on short term investment pool investments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3-a, 18 and 19 of section 98 of the state 2 finance law, subdivisions 3-a and 18 as amended by chapter 219 of the 3 laws of 1999 and subdivision 19 as amended by chapter 201 of the laws of 4 1996, are amended to read as follows: 5 3-a. Notes, bonds, debentures, mortgages and other evidences of 6 indebtedness of the United States Postal Service; the federal national 7 mortgage association; federal home loan mortgage corporation; student 8 loan marketing association; federal farm credit system or any other 9 United States government sponsored agency, provided that at the time of 10 the investment such agency or its obligations are rated and the agency 11 receives, or its obligations receive, the highest rating of all inde- 12 pendent rating agencies that rate such agency or its obligations, 13 provided, however, that no more than [two hundred fifty] FIVE HUNDRED 14 million dollars may be invested in the obligations of any one agency. 15 18. Obligations of any corporation organized under the laws of any 16 state in the United States maturing within two hundred seventy days 17 provided that such obligations receive the highest rating of two inde- 18 pendent rating services designated by the comptroller and that the 19 issuer of such obligations has maintained such ratings on similar obli- 20 gations during the preceding six months provided, however, that the 21 issuer of such obligations need not have received such rating during the 22 prior six month period if such issuer has received the highest rating of 23 two independent rating services designated by the state comptroller and 24 is the successor or wholly owned subsidiary of an issuer that has main- 25 tained such ratings on similar obligations during the preceding six EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06939-03-5 A. 7509 2 1 month period or if the issuer is the product of a merger of two or more 2 issuers, one of which has maintained such ratings on similar obligations 3 during the preceding six month period, provided, however, that no more 4 than [two hundred fifty] FIVE HUNDRED million dollars may be invested in 5 such obligations of any one corporation. 6 19. Bankers' acceptances maturing within ninety days which are eligi- 7 ble for purchase in the open market by federal reserve banks and which 8 have been accepted by a bank or trust company, which is organized under 9 the laws of the United States or of any state thereof and which is a 10 member of the federal reserve system and whose short-term obligations 11 meet the criteria outlined in subdivision eighteen of this section. 12 Provided, however, that no more than [two hundred fifty] FIVE HUNDRED 13 million dollars may be invested in such bankers' acceptance of any one 14 bank or trust company. 15 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.