S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5135
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 3, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, the state finance law and the
public authorities law, in relation to authorizing the state, local
governments and public authorities to arrange for redeposit of moneys
through a deposit placement program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 10 of the general
municipal law, as amended by chapter 623 of the laws of 1998, is amended
to read as follows:
a. (I) The governing board of every local government shall designate
one or more banks or trust companies for the deposit of public funds,
the disposition of which is not otherwise provided for by law, received
by the chief fiscal officer or any other officer authorized by law to
make deposits. Such designation shall be by resolution of the governing
board or, in the case of a city, such other body as may be authorized or
required by law to designate depositaries. Such resolution shall speci-
fy the maximum amount which may be kept on deposit at any time in each
such bank or trust company. Such designations and amounts may be
changed at any time by further resolution.
(II) THE GOVERNING BOARD OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAS DESIGNATED ONE
OR MORE BANKS OR TRUST COMPANIES FOR THE DEPOSIT OF PUBLIC FUNDS PURSU-
ANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION,
AUTHORIZE THE DESIGNATED BANK OR TRUST COMPANY TO ARRANGE FOR THE REDE-
POSIT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S FUNDS IN ONE OR MORE BANKING INSTI-
TUTIONS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION NINE-R OF THE BANKING LAW, FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THROUGH A DEPOSIT PLACEMENT PROGRAM
THAT MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
(A) ON OR AFTER THE DATE THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S FUNDS ARE
RECEIVED, THE DESIGNATED BANK OR TRUST COMPANY (I) ARRANGES FOR THE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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REDEPOSIT OF SUCH FUNDS INTO DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS IN ONE OR MORE BANKING
INSTITUTIONS AND (II) SERVES AS CUSTODIAN FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH
RESPECT TO THE FUNDS REDEPOSITED INTO SUCH ACCOUNTS.
(B) LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS DEPOSITED IN A DESIGNATED BANK OR TRUST
COMPANY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBPARAGRAPH AND HELD IN THE DESIGNATED
BANK OR TRUST COMPANY IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL
DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION PENDING REDEPOSIT OF THE FUNDS PURSUANT TO
THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE SECURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION THREE
OF THIS SECTION.
(C) THE FULL AMOUNT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS REDEPOSITED BY THE
DESIGNATED BANK OR TRUST COMPANY INTO DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS IN BANKING INSTI-
TUTIONS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH (PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST, IF ANY)
SHALL BE INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.
(D) AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE MONEY OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS REDE-
POSITED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, THE SELECTED DEPOSITORY RECEIVES
AN AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS FROM CUSTOMERS OF OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
PURSUANT TO THE DEPOSIT PLACEMENT PROGRAM THAT ARE AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE
AMOUNT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S FUNDS REDEPOSITED BY THE DESIGNATED
BANK OR TRUST COMPANY.
S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 11 of the general municipal law, as
amended by chapter 708 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as
follows:
2. A. The governing board of any local government or, if the governing
board so delegates, the chief fiscal officer or other officer having
custody of the moneys may temporarily invest moneys not required for
immediate expenditure, except moneys the investment of which is other-
wise provided for by law, EITHER: (1) in special time deposit accounts
in, or certificates of deposit issued by, a bank or trust company
located and authorized to do business in this state[, provided however,
that]; OR (2) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
(I) THE MONEYS ARE INVESTED THROUGH A BANK OR TRUST COMPANY LOCATED
AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE;
(II) THE BANK OR TRUST COMPANY ARRANGES FOR THE DEPOSIT OF THE MONEYS
IN CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT IN ONE OR MORE BANKING INSTITUTIONS, AS
DEFINED IN SECTION NINE-R OF THE BANKING LAW, FOR THE ACCOUNT OF THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT;
(III) THE FULL AMOUNT OF PRINCIPAL AND ACCRUED INTEREST OF EACH SUCH
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT MUST BE INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION;
(IV) THE BANK OR TRUST COMPANY ACTS AS CUSTODIAN FOR THE LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT WITH RESPECT TO SUCH CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT ISSUED FOR THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT'S ACCOUNT; AND
(V) AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S MONEYS ARE DEPOSITED
AND THE CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT ARE ISSUED FOR THE ACCOUNT OF THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT, THE BANK OR TRUST COMPANY RECEIVES AN AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS
FROM CUSTOMERS OF OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN
THE AMOUNT OF THE MONEYS INVESTED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE
BANK OR TRUST COMPANY.
B. FOR ANY INVESTMENT MADE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, such time deposit account or certificate of deposit shall be paya-
ble within such time as the proceeds shall be needed to meet expendi-
tures for which such moneys were obtained and provided further that such
time deposit account or certificate of deposit be secured in the same
manner as is provided for securing deposits of public funds by subdivi-
sion three of section ten of this article.
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S 3. Section 106 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
subdivision D to read as follows:
D. IN LIEU OF A SECURITY BOND AS PRESCRIBED UNDER SUBDIVISION A OF
THIS SECTION OR OTHER SECURITY AS PRESCRIBED UNDER SUBDIVISION B OF THIS
SECTION, THE COMPTROLLER MAY AUTHORIZE A DESIGNATED BANK OR TRUST COMPA-
NY TO ARRANGE FOR THE REDEPOSIT OF THE MONEYS THROUGH A DEPOSIT PLACE-
MENT PROGRAM THAT MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
(1) THE DESIGNATED BANK OR TRUST COMPANY ARRANGES FOR THE REDEPOSIT OF
THE MONEYS INTO DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS WITH ONE OR MORE BANKING INSTITUTIONS,
AS DEFINED IN SECTION NINE-R OF THE BANKING LAW, FOR THE ACCOUNT OF THE
STATE, AND SERVES AS CUSTODIAN FOR THE STATE WITH RESPECT TO THE MONEYS
REDEPOSITED INTO SUCH DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.
(2) MONEYS HELD BY A DESIGNATED BANK OR TRUST COMPANY PENDING REDEPOS-
IT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVISION THAT ARE IN EXCESS OF
THE AMOUNT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION SHALL BE
SECURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION A OR B OF THIS SECTION.
(3) THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE MONEYS REDEPOSITED INTO DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST, IF
ANY, SHALL BE INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.
(4) AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE MONEYS ARE REDEPOSITED PURSUANT TO PARA-
GRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE DESIGNATED BANK OR TRUST COMPANY
RECEIVES AN AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS FROM CUSTOMERS OF OTHER FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTIONS PURSUANT TO THE DEPOSIT PLACEMENT PROGRAM THAT ARE AT LEAST
EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF THE MONEYS REDEPOSITED BY THE DESIGNATED BANK OR
TRUST COMPANY.
S 4. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
2927 to read as follows:
S 2927. INVESTMENT OF FUNDS BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATIONS IN DEPOSITS INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPO-
RATION.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY
OTHER GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW, EVERY CORPORATION WHETHER OR NOT
SUCH CORPORATION IS OTHERWISE GOVERNED BY THIS CHAPTER, MAY TEMPORARILY
INVEST MONEYS NOT REQUIRED FOR IMMEDIATE EXPENDITURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
1. THE MONEYS ARE INVESTED THROUGH A BANK OR TRUST COMPANY LOCATED AND
AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE SELECTED BY THE CORPORATION;
2. THE SELECTED BANK OR TRUST COMPANY ARRANGES FOR THE REDEPOSIT OF
THE MONEYS IN CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT AND OTHER DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS IN ONE
OR MORE BANKING INSTITUTIONS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION NINE-R OF THE BANK-
ING LAW, FOR THE ACCOUNT OF THE CORPORATION;
3. THE FULL AMOUNT OF PRINCIPAL AND ACCRUED INTEREST OF EACH SUCH
DEPOSIT IS INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION;
4. THE SELECTED BANK OR TRUST COMPANY IN THIS STATE ACTS AS CUSTODIAN
FOR THE CORPORATION WITH RESPECT TO THE FUNDS REDEPOSITED PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION; AND
5. AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE CORPORATION'S MONEYS ARE REDEPOSITED
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE SELECTED BANK OR TRUST COMPANY IN THIS
STATE RECEIVES AN AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS FROM CUSTOMERS OF OTHER FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT OF THE MONEYS INVESTED
BY THE CORPORATION THROUGH THE SELECTED BANK OR TRUST COMPANY IN THIS
STATE.
S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.