1151.34 Investment and deposit of idle funds.
1151.34 Investment and deposit of idle funds.
(A) A savings and loan association may invest any of its funds in bonds or interest-bearing obligations of the United States, or for which the faith and credit of the United States are pledged for the payment of principal and interest.
(B) Such association may invest any of its funds in the general obligations of any state, territory, possession of the United States, or political subdivision thereof, provided such obligations if not of this state or political subdivision thereof, at the time of investment are rated in one of the four highest grades as shown by the most current publication of a nationally recognized investment rating service.
(C) Such association may invest its funds in revenue bonds, including those issued by any state, political subdivision of a state, public corporation, or government agency, under such conditions and restrictions as the superintendent of savings and loan associations prescribes by rule, provided that in no event may more than ten per cent of the assets of an association be invested in such bonds and obligations.
(D) Such association may invest any of its funds in obligations issued or fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by the agencies and instrumentalities created pursuant to the following acts and amendments thereto:
(1) “Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916,” 39 Stat. 360, 12 U.S.C. 641 ;
(2) “Farm Credit Act of 1933,” 48 Stat. 257, 12 U.S.C. 131 ;
(3) “Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932,” 47 Stat. 725, 12 U.S.C. 1421 ;
(4) “Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933,” 48 Stat. 128, 12 U.S.C. 1461 ;
(5) “Federal National Mortgage Association,” created by the Act of August 1, 1968, 68 Stat. 612, 12 U.S.C. 1717 ;
(6) “Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933,” 48 Stat. 58, 16 U.S.C. 831 ;
(7) “Export-Import Bank Act of 1945,” 59 Stat. 526, 12 U.S.C. 635 ;
(8) “Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act,” 62 Stat. 1070, 15 U.S.C. 714 ;
(9) “Central Bank for Cooperatives,” organized pursuant to the Act of June 16, 1933, 48 Stat. 261, 12 U.S.C. 1134f ;
(10) “Government National Mortgage Association,” created by the Act of August 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 536, 12 U.S.C. 1716b ;
(11) “Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act,” 84 Stat. 451, 12 U.S.C. 1451 ;
(12) “Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973,” 87 Stat. 937, 12 U.S.C. 2281.
(E) An association may invest in any securities acceptable to the United States to secure government deposits in national banks.
(F) An association may invest in notes and debentures issued by a deposit guaranty association incorporated in accordance with sections 1151.81 to 1151.86 of the Revised Code.
(G) An association may invest in banker’s acceptances of a commercial bank whose deposits are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation and which is not under the control or in the possession of any supervisory authority, provided the remaining periods to maturity are not more than nine months and the total acceptances held by the association in one bank does not exceed one-half of one per cent of the total deposits of such bank as shown by its last published statement of condition preceding the date such acceptances are acquired.
(H) An association may invest in loans of federal funds or similar unsecured loans to an insured bank or savings and loan association whose accounts are federally insured. Such a loan shall not exceed the greater of one-half of one per cent of such bank’s or savings and loan association’s total deposits, as shown by its last published statement of condition, or one hundred thousand dollars, and its term shall not exceed six months.
(I) An association may invest in any obligations or other instruments, or any securities of the “Student Loan Marketing Association,” 12 U.S.C. 1464(c).
(J) An association may invest any of its funds in shares or certificates in any open-end management investment company registered with the securities and exchange commission under the “Investment Company Act of 1940,” 54 Stat. 847, 15 U.S.C. 80a-1, and amendments thereto, and while the portfolio of such company is restricted by its investment policy, changeable only by the vote of the shareholders, to investments set forth in divisions (A) to (Q) of this section and division (B) of section 1151.35 of the Revised Code.
(K) Such association may acquire, in exchange for eligible real estate, home mortgages, and other obligations and liens secured by real estate, bonds or other securities issued by the home owners’ loan corporation under the “Home Owners’ Loan Act of 1933,” 48 Stat. 128, 12 U.S.C. 1461 and any amendments thereto.
(L) Such association may deposit any of its funds in any financial institution that is subject to inspection by the United States or by any state.
(M) Such association may invest in real property, or in interests in real property, and in loans upon obligations secured by real estate located within urban renewal areas as defined in the “Housing Act of 1949,” 63 Stat. 413, 42 U.S.C. 1460, and in community urban redevelopment corporations as defined in section 1728.01 of the Revised Code, in addition to other lending authority granted in this chapter, and regardless of the limitation of division (A) of section 1151.291 of the Revised Code. Such investments in real property or in interests in real property shall not exceed five per cent of the association’s assets, and the sum of such loans authorized by this division shall not exceed twenty per cent of the association’s assets.
(N) Such association may invest no more than one per cent of its assets in:
(1) Shares of stock issued by the national corporation for housing partnerships or any other corporation created by the “Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968,” 82 Stat. 476, 42 U.S.C. 3931 ;
(2) Limited partnership interests in the national housing partnership, or other limited partnerships created under the “Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968,” 82 Stat. 549, 42 U.S.C. 3937(a) ;
(3) Any partnership, limited partnership, or joint venture authorized under such act by 42 U.S.C. 3937(c).
(O) Such association may invest in shares issued by:
(1) Venture capital firms organized under the laws of the United States or of this state and having an office within this state, provided that, as a condition of an association making an investment in a venture capital firm, the firm must agree to use its best efforts to make investments, in an aggregate amount at least equal to the investment to be made by the association in that venture capital firm, in small businesses having their principal offices within this state and having either more than one-half of their assets within this state or more than one-half of their employees employed within this state.
As used in divisions (O)(1) and (2) of this section:
(a) “Venture capital firms” means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or other entity, the principal business of which is or will be the making of investments in small businesses.
(b) “Small businesses” means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or other entity that either does not have more than four hundred employees, or would qualify as a small business for the purpose of receiving financial assistance from small business investment companies licensed under the “Small Business Investment Act of 1958,” 72 Stat. 689, 15 U.S.C. 661, as amended, and rules of the small business administration.
(c) “Shares” means any equity interests, including limited partnership interests and other equity interests in which liability is limited to the amount of the investment, but does not include general partnership interests or other interests involving general liability.
(2) Small businesses having more than half of their assets or employees within this state.
Investments made under division (O) of this section shall not exceed in the aggregate five per cent of the association’s assets.
(P) An association may invest in shares issued by a domestic insurance company organized under Chapter 3907. or 3925. of the Revised Code, regulated by the superintendent of insurance under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code or division (R) or any other division of this section, the total amount which any association may invest in the common stock, obligations, and other securities of such companies may not exceed ten per cent of the association’s assets. An association may not invest more than ten per cent of its net worth in the common stock, obligations, and other securities of any one such domestic insurance company. An association may file an application with the superintendent of savings and loan associations for permission to invest an amount in excess of ten per cent of the association’s net worth in the common stock, obligations, and other securities of any one such domestic insurance company. Any association making investments pursuant to this division shall report such investments annually on the first day of March to the superintendent of savings and loan associations and the superintendent of insurance. The report shall include, for each reinsurer in which the association has made an investment, information as to the amount of reinsurance written in this state by each line of insurance designated by the superintendent of insurance.
(Q) In exercising its investment authority under this section, such association shall give equal consideration to investments which involve minority owned and controlled firms and firms owned and controlled by women either alone or in joint venture with other firms where such investments offer quality return and safety comparable to other investments currently available to the association.
(R) An association may invest no more than ten per cent of its assets in stock or other equity securities of corporations, or bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued, assumed, or guaranteed by corporations, as authorized by the board of directors of the association.
Effective Date: 01-05-1988