House File 354 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  KRESSIG


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the deposit of public funds with corporate
  2    credit unions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1539HH 82
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 12C.16, subsection 1, paragraph b,
  1  2 subparagraph (4), Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (4)  To the extent of the guarantee, loans, obligations, or
  1  4 nontransferable letters of credit upon which the payment of
  1  5 principal and interest is fully secured or guaranteed by the
  1  6 United States of America or an agency or instrumentality of
  1  7 the United States of America or the U. S. central credit
  1  8 union, a corporate central credit union organized under
  1  9 section 533.38, or a corporate credit union organized under 12
  1 10 C.F.R. } 704 whose activities are subject to regulation by the
  1 11 national credit union administration, and the rating of any
  1 12 one of such credit unions remains within the two highest
  1 13 classifications of prime established by at least one of the
  1 14 standard rating services approved by the superintendent of
  1 15 banking by rule pursuant to chapter 17A.  The treasurer of
  1 16 state shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement
  1 17 this section.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 12C.17, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
  1 19 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 20    c.  The securities shall be deposited with the federal
  1 21 reserve bank, the federal home loan bank of Des Moines, Iowa,
  1 22 or the U. S. central credit union, a corporate central credit
  1 23 union organized under section 533.38, or a corporate credit
  1 24 union organized under 12 C.F.R. } 704 whose activities are
  1 25 subject to regulation by the national credit union
  1 26 administration pursuant to a bailment agreement or a pledge
  1 27 custody agreement.
  1 28    Sec. 3.  Section 12C.17, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
  1 29 amended to read as follows:
  1 30    4.  Upon written request from the appropriate public
  1 31 officer but not less than monthly, the federal home loan bank
  1 32 of Des Moines, Iowa, the U. S. central credit union, a
  1 33 corporate central credit union organized under section 533.38,
  1 34 or a corporate credit union organized under 12 C.F.R. } 704
  1 35 whose activities are subject to regulation by the national
  2  1 credit union administration shall report a description, the
  2  2 par value, and the market value of any pledged collateral by a
  2  3 credit union.
  2  4                           EXPLANATION
  2  5    This bill changes the manner in which corporate credit
  2  6 unions are referenced in the sections of Code chapter 12C
  2  7 dealing with securing deposits of public funds in credit
  2  8 unions.  Code sections 12C.16 and 12C.17 provide for the
  2  9 deposit of securities with, among other entities, corporate
  2 10 credit unions organized under 12 C.F.R. } 704, which regulates
  2 11 corporate credit unions.  In 12 C.F.R. } 700.2, a corporate
  2 12 credit union is defined as an organization which receives
  2 13 shares from and provides loan services to credit unions, and
  2 14 is operated primarily for the purpose of serving other credit
  2 15 unions.  The bill changes the reference to 12 C.F.R. } 704 to
  2 16 the more general designation of corporate credit unions whose
  2 17 activities are subject to regulation by the national credit
  2 18 union administration.
  2 19 LSB 1539HH 82
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