98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB1812

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Terry Link

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 225/1  from Ch. 102, par. 34
30 ILCS 235/6.5

    Amends the Public Funds Deposit Act. Provides that, in addition to other investments permitted by law, any treasurer or other custodian of public funds may deposit those funds into demand deposit accounts. Excludes those deposits from statutory requirements pertaining to the eligibility of a bank to receive or hold public deposits, and to the pledging of collateral by a bank to secure public deposits, if (i) the public agency initiates the investment at or through a bank located in Illinois and (ii) the invested public funds are at all time fully insured by an agency or instrumentality of the federal government. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Funds Deposit Act is amended by
5changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 225/1)  (from Ch. 102, par. 34)
7    Sec. 1. Deposits. Any treasurer or other custodian of
8public funds may deposit such funds in a savings and loan
9association, savings bank, or State or national bank in this
10State, or deposit those funds into demand deposit accounts in
11accordance with Section 6.5 of the Public Funds Investment Act.
12When such deposits become collected funds and are not needed
13for immediate disbursement, they shall be invested within 2
14working days at prevailing rates or better. The treasurer or
15other custodian of public funds may require such bank, savings
16bank, or savings and loan association to deposit with him or
17her securities guaranteed by agencies and instrumentalities of
18the federal government equal in market value to the amount by
19which the funds deposited exceed the federally insured amount.
20Any treasurer or other custodian of public funds may accept as
21security for public funds deposited in such bank, savings bank,
22or savings and loan association any securities or other
23eligible collateral authorized by Sections 11 and 11.1 of the

 

 

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1Deposit of State Moneys Act (15 ILCS 520/11 and 11.1) or
2Section 6 of the Public Funds Investment Act (30 ILCS 235/6).
3Such treasurer or other custodian is authorized to enter into
4an agreement with any such bank, savings bank, or savings and
5loan association, with any federally insured financial
6institution or trust company, or with any agency of the U.S.
7government relating to the deposit of such securities. Any such
8treasurer or other custodian shall be discharged from
9responsibility for any funds for which securities are so
10deposited with him or her, and the funds for which securities
11are so deposited shall not be subject to any otherwise
12applicable limitation as to amount.
13    No bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association
14shall receive public funds as permitted by this Section, unless
15it has complied with the requirements established pursuant to
16Section 6 of the Public Funds Investment Act or is otherwise
17exempt from compliance as authorized by Section 6.5 of that
18Act.
19(Source: P.A. 93-561, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
20    Section 10. The Public Funds Investment Act is amended by
21changing Section 6.5 as follows:
 
22    (30 ILCS 235/6.5)
23    Sec. 6.5. Federally insured deposits at Illinois financial
24institutions.

 

 

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1    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any
2other statute, whenever a public agency invests public funds in
3an interest-bearing savings account, demand deposit account,
4interest-bearing certificate of deposit, or interest-bearing
5time deposit under Section 2 of this Act, the provisions of
6Section 6 of this Act and any other statutory requirements
7pertaining to the eligibility of a bank to receive or hold
8public deposits or to the pledging of collateral by a bank to
9secure public deposits do not apply to any bank receiving or
10holding all or part of the invested public funds if (i) the
11public agency initiates the investment at or through a bank
12located in Illinois and (ii) the invested public funds are at
13all time fully insured by an agency or instrumentality of the
14federal government.
15    (b) Nothing in this Section is intended to:
16        (1) prohibit a public agency from requiring the bank at
17    or through which the investment of public funds is
18    initiated to provide the public agency with the information
19    otherwise required by subsections (a), (b), or (c) of
20    Section 6 of this Act as a condition of investing the
21    public funds at or through that bank; or
22        (2) permit a bank to receive or hold public deposits if
23    that bank is prohibited from doing so by any rule,
24    sanction, or order issued by a regulatory agency or by a
25    court.
26    (c) For purposes of this Section, the term "bank" includes

 

 

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1any person doing a banking business whether subject to the laws
2of this or any other jurisdiction.
3(Source: P.A. 93-756, eff. 7-16-04.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.