2014 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 36a - The Banking Law of Connecticut
Chapter 665a - Deposits
Section 36a-330 - (Formerly Sec. 36-382). Definitions.

As used in sections 36a-330 to 36a-338, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or day on which a financial institution is closed as required or authorized by state or federal law;

(2) “Close of business” means the time at which a financial institution closes for regular business operations on any business day;

(3) “Eligible collateral” means the following investments for which prices or values are quoted or readily available: (A) General obligations that are guaranteed fully as to principal and interest by the United States or this state or for which the full faith and credit of the United States or this state is pledged for the payment of principal and interest; (B) general obligations of any agency of the United States, including government sponsored enterprises, which are not guaranteed fully as to principal and interest by the United States or for which the full faith and credit of the United States is not pledged for the payment of principal and interest; (C) mortgage pass-through or participation certificates or similar securities that have been issued or guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or Government National Mortgage Association; (D) general obligations of municipalities and states other than this state that are rated in the three highest rating categories by a rating agency recognized by the commissioner; and (E) revenue obligations for essential services, including education, transportation, emergency, water and sewer services of municipalities and states that are rated in the three highest rating categories by a rating agency recognized by the commissioner and that are determined to be a prudent investment by the governing board of the qualified public depository, by a management committee or board committee appointed by such governing board or by an officer appointed by such governing board, management committee or board committee;

(4) “Financial institution” means a bank, Connecticut credit union, federal credit union or an out-of-state bank that maintains in this state a branch as defined in section 36a-410;

(5) “Loss” means issuance of an order of supervisory authority restraining a qualified public depository from making payments of deposit liabilities or the appointment of a receiver for a qualified public depository;

(6) “Net worth ratio” has the same meaning as “net worth ratio” as provided in 12 CFR 702.2, as from time to time amended;

(7) “Public deposit” means (A) moneys of this state or of any governmental subdivision of this state or any commission, committee, board or officer thereof, any housing authority or any court of this state and (B) moneys held by the Judicial Department in a fiduciary capacity;

(8) “Qualified public depository” or “depository” means a bank, Connecticut credit union, federal credit union or an out-of-state bank that maintains in this state a branch, as defined in section 36a-410, which receives or holds public deposits and, to the extent applicable, (A) segregates eligible collateral for public deposits as described in section 36a-333, or (B) arranges for a letter of credit to be issued in accordance with section 36a-337;

(9) “Risk-based capital ratio” has the same meaning as “total risk-based capital ratio” as provided in Section 325.2 of Subpart 325 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Rules and Regulations, as amended from time to time;

(10) “Tier one leverage ratio” has the same meaning as “leverage ratio” as provided in Section 325.2 of Subpart 325 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Rules and Regulations, as amended from time to time; and

(11) “Uninsured public deposit” means the portion of a public deposit that is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by the National Credit Union Administration. For purposes of this subdivision, amounts of a public deposit that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Administration include amounts that have been redeposited, with the authorization of the public depositor, into deposit accounts in one or more federally insured banks, out-of-state banks, Connecticut credit unions or federal credit unions, including the qualified public depository, provided the full amounts so included are eligible for insurance coverage by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by the National Credit Union Administration.

(1967, P.A. 517, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 156, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 259, 345, 348; P.A. 81-193, S. 11, 16; P.A. 83-331, S. 3; P.A. 84-510, S. 1, 5; P.A. 87-9, S. 2, 3; P.A. 91-245, S. 1; P.A. 92-12, S. 78; P.A. 94-122, S. 155, 340; P.A. 95-155, S. 22, 29; P.A. 08-39, S. 1; P.A. 11-50, S. 8; P.A. 12-96, S. 35, 36; P.A. 13-135, S. 13.)

History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced definition of “commission”, i.e. Connecticut Public Deposit Protection Commission, and reference thereto, with definition of “commissioner”, i.e. banking commissioner within the department of business regulation, and like references, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation and restored commissioner as head of independent banking department; P.A. 81-193 amended Subsec. (b) by adding to the definition of “qualified public depository” the words “savings bank, federal savings bank, savings and loan association or federal savings and loan association”; P.A. 83-331 amended Subsec. (b) redefining “qualified public depository” to include state or federal credit unions; P.A. 84-510 amended Subsec. (a) to include moneys of housing authorities in the definition of “public deposit”; (Revisor’s note: Pursuant to P.A. 87-9 “banking commissioner” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “commissioner of banking”); P.A. 91-245 redefined “public deposit” to include moneys held by the judicial department in a fiduciary capacity, amended Subsec. (b) by adding “or depository”, redefined the term “eligible collateral” in Subsec. (e) and deleted Subsec. (f) defining “maximum liability”; P.A. 92-12 redesignated Subsecs. and Subdivs; P.A. 94-122 deleted the definition of “commissioner”, alphabetized the definitions and made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-382 transferred to Sec. 36a-330 in 1995; P.A. 95-155 added references to out-of-state banks in Subdiv. (2) and (5) and deleted references to public depositories in Subdiv. (4), effective June 27, 1995; P.A. 08-39 amended Subdiv. (5) to add provision re letter of credit issued in accordance with Sec. 36a-337 (Revisor’s note: In 2009, Subpara. designators “(i)” and “(ii)” in Subdiv. (5) were changed editorially by the Revisors to “(A)” and “(B)”, respectively, for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 11-50 added new Subdivs. (1) and (2) defining “business day” and “close of business” and redesignated existing Subdivs. (1) to (5) as Subdivs. (3) to (7), effective June 13, 2011; P.A. 12-96 amended Subdiv. (7) to redefine “qualified public depository” by adding “to the extent applicable” and added Subdiv. (8) defining “uninsured public deposit”, effective June 8, 2012; P.A. 13-135 amended Subdiv. (3) to redefine “eligible collateral”, added new Subdiv. (6) defining “net worth ratio”, redesignated existing Subdivs. (6) and (7) as Subdivs. (7) and (8), added new Subdiv. (9) defining “risk-based capital ratio” and new Subdiv. (10) defining “tier one leverage ratio” and redesignated existing Subdiv. (8) as Subdiv. (11), effective June 18, 2013.