2017 Ohio Revised Code
Title [11] XI FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 1161 - SAVINGS BANKS - ORGANIZATION
Section 1161.54 - [Repealed Effective 1/1/2018] Authorized investments.

(A) A savings bank may invest any of its funds in bonds or interest-bearing obligations of the United States, or for which the faith and credit of the United States are pledged for the payment of principal and interest.

(B) A savings bank may invest any of its funds in the general obligations of any state of the United States, or any political subdivision of a state, provided the obligations, if not of this state or political subdivision of this state, at the time of investment are rated in one of the four highest grades as shown by the most current publication of a nationally recognized investment rating service.

(C) A savings bank may invest its funds in revenue bonds, including those issued by any state, political subdivision of a state, public corporation, or government agency, under such conditions and restrictions as the superintendent of savings banks prescribes by rule, provided that in no event may more than ten per cent of the assets of a savings bank be invested in these bonds and obligations.

(D) A savings bank may invest any of its funds in obligations issued or fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by the agencies and instrumentalities created pursuant to the following acts, as amended:

(1) "Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916," 39 Stat. 360, 12 U.S.C. 641 ;

(2) "Farm Credit Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 257, 12 U.S.C. 131 ;

(3) "Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932," 47 Stat. 725, 12 U.S.C. 1421 ;

(4) "Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 128, 12 U.S.C. 1461 ;

(5) "Federal National Mortgage Association," created by the Act of August 1, 1968, 68 Stat. 612, 12 U.S.C. 1717 ;

(6) "Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 58, 16 U.S.C. 831 ;

(7) "Export-Import Bank Act of 1945," 59 Stat. 526, 12 U.S.C. 635 ;

(8) "Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act," 62 Stat. 1070, 15 U.S.C. 714 ;

(9) "Central Bank for Cooperatives," organized pursuant to the Act of June 16, 1933, 48 Stat. 261, 12 U.S.C. 1134f ;

(10) "Government National Mortgage Association," created by the Act of August 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 536, 12 U.S.C. 1716b ;

(11) "Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act," 84 Stat. 451, 12 U.S.C. 1451 ;

(12) "Federal Financing Bank Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 937, 12 U.S.C. 2281.

(E) A savings bank may invest in any securities acceptable to the United States to secure government deposits in national banks.

(F) A savings bank may invest in banker's acceptances of a commercial bank whose deposits are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation and which is not under the control or in the possession of any supervisory authority, provided the remaining periods to maturity are not more than nine months and the total acceptances held by the savings bank in one bank does not exceed one-half of one per cent of the total deposits of the bank as shown by its last published statement of condition preceding the date the acceptances are acquired.

(G) A savings bank may invest in loans of federal funds or similar unsecured loans to an insured bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association whose accounts are federally insured. A loan shall not exceed the greater of one-half of one per cent of the bank's, savings bank's, or savings and loan association's total deposits, as shown by its last published statement of condition, or one hundred thousand dollars, and its term shall not exceed six months.

(H) A savings bank may invest in any obligations or other instruments, or any securities of the student loan marketing association pursuant to the "Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 128, 132 (1933), 12 U.S.C. 1461, 1464(c).

(I) A savings bank may invest any of its funds in shares or certificates in any open-end management investment company registered with the securities and exchange commission under the "Investment Company Act of 1940," 54 Stat. 847, 15 U.S.C. 80a-1, as amended, and while the portfolio of the company is restricted by its investment policy, changeable only by the vote of the shareholders, to investments set forth in divisions (A) to (O) of this section and division (B) of section 1161.62 of the Revised Code.

(J) A savings bank may deposit any of its funds in any financial institution that is subject to inspection by the United States or by any state.

(K) A savings bank may invest in real property, or in interests in real property, and in loans upon obligations secured by real estate located within urban renewal areas as defined in the "Housing Act of 1949," 63 Stat. 413, 42 U.S.C. 1460, and in community urban redevelopment corporations as defined in section 1728.01 of the Revised Code, in addition to other lending authority granted in this chapter, and regardless of the limitation of division (B) of section 1161.37 of the Revised Code. The investments in real property or in interests in real property shall not exceed five per cent of the savings bank's assets, and the sum of the loans authorized by this division shall not exceed twenty per cent of the savings bank's assets.

(L) A savings bank may invest no more than one per cent of its assets in:

(1) Shares of stock issued by the national corporation for housing partnerships or any other corporation created by the "Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 476, 42 U.S.C. 3931 ;

(2) Limited partnership interests in the national housing partnership, or other limited partnerships created under the "Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 549, 42 U.S.C. 3937(a) ;

(3) Any partnership, limited partnership, or joint venture authorized under that act by 42 U.S.C. 3937(c).

(M)

(1) As used in this division:

(a) "Venture capital firms" means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or other entity, the principal business of which is or will be the making of investments in small businesses.

(b) "Small businesses" means any corporation, partnership, proprietorship, or other entity that either does not have more than four hundred employees or would qualify as a small business for the purpose of receiving financial assistance from small business investment companies licensed under the "Small Business Investment Act of 1958," 72 Stat. 689, 15 U.S.C. 661, as amended, and rules of the small business administration.

(c) "Shares" means any equity interests, including limited partnership interests and other equity interests in which liability is limited to the amount of the investment, but does not include general partnership interests or other interests involving general liability.

(2) A savings bank may invest in shares issued by:

(a) Venture capital firms organized under the laws of the United States or of this state and having an office within this state, provided that, as a condition of a savings bank making an investment in a venture capital firm, the firm agrees to use its best efforts to make investments, in an aggregate amount at least equal to the investment to be made by the savings bank in that venture capital firm, in small businesses having their principal offices within this state and having either more than one-half of their assets within this state or more than one-half of their employees employed within this state.

(b) Small businesses having more than half of their assets or employees within this state.

(3) Investments made under this division shall not exceed in the aggregate five per cent of the savings bank's assets.

(N) A savings bank may invest in shares issued by a domestic insurance company organized under Chapter 3907. or 3925. of the Revised Code, regulated by the superintendent of insurance under Title XXXIX [39] of the Revised Code, and engaged exclusively in the business of reinsuring risks to the extent permitted by and subject to such limitations and restrictions as may be imposed by the superintendent of savings banks by rules adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding section 1161.60 of the Revised Code or any other division of this section, the total amount that any savings bank may invest in the common stock, obligations, and other securities of these companies may not exceed ten per cent of the savings bank's assets. Except as otherwise provided in this division, a savings bank may not invest more than ten per cent of its net worth in the common stock, obligations, and other securities of any one domestic insurance company. A savings bank may file an application with the superintendent of savings banks for permission to invest an amount in excess of ten per cent of the savings bank's net worth in the common stock, obligations, and other securities of any one domestic insurance company. Any savings bank making investments pursuant to this division shall report the investments annually on the first day of March to the superintendent of savings banks and the superintendent of insurance. The report shall include, for each reinsurer in which the savings bank has made an investment, information as to the amount of reinsurance written in this state by each line of insurance designated by the superintendent of insurance.

(O) In exercising its investment authority under this section, a savings bank shall give equal consideration to investments that involve minority owned and controlled firms and firms owned and controlled by women either alone or in joint venture with other firms where the investments offer quality return and safety comparable to other investments currently available to the savings bank.

Repealed by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §130.23, eff. 1/1/2018.

Effective Date: 10-23-1991 .