Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-38-116
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Notes or other obligations as legal investments
Official statutory text
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 in sinking funds, moneys, or other
funds belonging to them or within their control in any notes or
other obligations issued by a municipality or an Urban Renewal
Authority pursuant to this article and vested with urban renewal
project powers under this article; Provided, that such notes, bonds
or other obligations may be secured by an agreement between the
issuer and the Federal Government in which the issuer agrees to
borrow from the Federal Government and the Federal Government agrees
to lend to the issuer, prior to the maturity of such notes, bonds or
other obligations, moneys in an amount which (together with any
other moneys irrevocably committed to the payment of interest on
such notes, bonds or other obligations) will suffice to pay the
principal of such notes, bonds or other obligations with interest to
maturity thereon, which moneys under the terms of said agreements
are required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal and
interest of such notes, bonds or other obligations at their
maturity. Such notes, bonds and other obligations shall be
authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of
this section to authorize any persons, political subdivision and
officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by
them for the purchase of any such notes, bonds or other obligations.
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.
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 in sinking funds, moneys, or other
funds belonging to them or within their control in any notes or
other obligations issued by a municipality or an Urban Renewal
Authority pursuant to this article and vested with urban renewal
project powers under this article; Provided, that such notes, bonds
or other obligations may be secured by an agreement between the
issuer and the Federal Government in which the issuer agrees to
borrow from the Federal Government and the Federal Government agrees
to lend to the issuer, prior to the maturity of such notes, bonds or
other obligations, moneys in an amount which (together with any
other moneys irrevocably committed to the payment of interest on
such notes, bonds or other obligations) will suffice to pay the
principal of such notes, bonds or other obligations with interest to
maturity thereon, which moneys under the terms of said agreements
are required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal and
interest of such notes, bonds or other obligations at their
maturity. Such notes, bonds and other obligations shall be
authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of
this section to authorize any persons, political subdivision and
officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by
them for the purchase of any such notes, bonds or other obligations.
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.
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