2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 33 - Municipalities and Parishes
RS 33:7619 - Bonds and notes as legal investment

§7619. Bonds and notes as legal investment

Any parish or any municipality, all other parishes or municipalities, the state, all banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or notes, issued by a corporation pursuant to this chapter, including such bonds or notes as shall be secured by an agreement between the issuer and the federal government in which the federal government agrees to guarantee the payment of the full amount of such bonds or notes. It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds, notes or other obligations. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person or persons of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.

Acts 1972, No. 553, §14.