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Senate Bill S4263

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Increases the limit which may be invested in any one company or agency of the federal government which issues certain bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness

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2009-S4263 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§98, 56, 57, 60, 69-c & 98-a, St Fin L; amd §423, R & SS L; amd §51, Chap 57 of 2008; amd §90.10, Loc Fin L; amd §§3234 & 2976, Pub Auth L

2009-S4263 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the limit on certain state investment limits from two hundred fifty million dollars to five hundred million dollars; relates to holding of investments of the common retirement fund in the name of the common retirement fund; relates to variable rate refunding and authorized investments for the state's short term investment pool; and relates to the administration of the local government assistance corporation.

2009-S4263 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4263 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4263

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 20, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- (at request of the State Comptroller) --
  read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
  the Committee on Finance

AN  ACT  to  amend  the state finance law, in relation to increasing the
  limit on certain investments from two hundred fifty  to  five  hundred
  million  dollars;  to amend the retirement and social security law, in
  relation to the holding of investments of the common  retirement  fund
  in  the name of the common retirement fund; to amend the state finance
  law and the local finance law, in relation to variable rate  refunding
  and  in  relation to authorized investments for the state's short term
  investment pool; to amend chapter 57 of the laws of 2008 amending  the
  state  finance  law and other laws relating to variable bond rates, in
  relation to making certain provisions thereof permanent; and to  amend
  the public authorities law, in relation to administration of the local
  government  assistance corporation and to exempting public authorities
  and industrial development agencies from the bond issuance  charge  in
  certain instances

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 3-a, 18 and 19 of  section  98  of  the  state
finance  law,  subdivisions  3-a and 18 as amended by chapter 219 of the
laws of 1999 and subdivision 19 as amended by chapter 201 of the laws of
1996, are amended to read as follows:
  3-a. Notes,  bonds,  debentures,  mortgages  and  other  evidences  of
indebtedness  of  the United States Postal Service; the federal national
mortgage association; federal home loan  mortgage  corporation;  student
loan  marketing  association;  federal  farm  credit system or any other
United States government sponsored agency, provided that at the time  of
the  investment  such agency or its obligations are rated and the agency
receives, or its obligations receive, the highest rating  of  all  inde-
pendent  rating  agencies  that  rate  such  agency  or its obligations,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10316-03-9
              

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