You can also go to The Alaska Legal Resource Center or search the entire website.

Touch N' GoŽ, the DeskTop In-and-Out Board makes your office run smoother. Visit Touch N' Go's Website to see how.

Alaska Statutes.

Title 18. Health, Safety, and Housing

Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities

Section 600. Bonds as Legal Investment.

AS 18.55.600. Bonds as Legal Investment.

(a) The following persons may legally invest sinking funds, money, and other funds belonging to them or within their control in the investments listed in (b) of this section:

(1) all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies;

(2) 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 business;

(3) all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and

(4) all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries.

(b) The following investments are proper investments under (a) of this section: any bonds or other obligations issued by the corporation under AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 or by any public housing or redevelopment authority or commission, or agency or any other public body in the United States for redevelopment purposes, when the bonds and other obligations are secured by an agreement between the issuing agency and the federal government in which the issuing agency agrees to borrow from the federal government and the federal government agrees to lend to the issuing agency, before the maturity of the bonds or other obligations, money in an amount that, together with any other money irrevocably committed to the payment of interest on the bonds or other obligations, is sufficient to pay the principal of the bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity, if, under the terms of the agreement, the money is required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on the bonds or other obligations at their maturity. The bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits.

(c) 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 of the bonds or other obligations. However, nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.

Note to HTML Version:

This version of the Alaska Statutes is current through December, 2004. The Alaska Statutes were automatically converted to HTML from a plain text format. Every effort has been made to ensure their accuracy, but this can not be guaranteed. If it is critical that the precise terms of the Alaska Statutes be known, it is recommended that more formal sources be consulted. For statutes adopted after the effective date of these statutes, see, Alaska State Legislature If any errors are found, please e-mail Touch N' Go systems at E-mail. We hope you find this information useful.

Last modified 9/3/2005