§ 504. Investments
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 7 P.S. Banks and BankingEffective: December 24, 2012
Effective: December 24, 2012
7 P.S. § 504
§ 504. Investments
(ii) obligations of the Federal National Mortgage Association, a Federal Land Bank, a Federal Home Loan Bank, a Bank for Cooperatives, a Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank, or any other such corporations or agencies as may from time to time be approved by the Department of Banking;
(iii) obligations of any state of the United States or of any political subdivision of any state, obligations for which the full faith and credit of any state or of any political subdivision of any state is pledged and obligations of any authority existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania--subject to the prudent man rule;
(v) bankers' acceptances and bills of exchange eligible for purchase in the open market by a Federal Reserve Bank which have been accepted by a member of a Federal Reserve Bank, subject to a limit for all acceptances by one acceptor held at any time of twenty-five percent of the capital and surplus of such acceptor and to a limit for the aggregate of all acceptances held at any time of five percent of the book value of the assets of the savings bank;
(xi) investment securities which are direct obligations in the form of bonds, notes or debentures issued, assumed or guaranteed by the State of Israel to the same extent as that permitted to national banks under Federal Law (12 U.S.C. 24), subject to the same restrictions and limitations imposed on national banks by such law, and subject to such additional restrictions and limitations as may be imposed by regulation of the department.
(xii) shares of stock of a clearing corporation as defined in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code.1
(xiii) in the case of a savings bank which has elected to exercise the conditional powers provided in section 513,2 capital stock, securities or other obligations of any service corporation, subject to the following limitations:
(A) the entire capital stock of the service corporation shall be available for purchase by, or be transferable to, only savings banks, savings and loan associations organized under the laws of this Commonwealth, Federal savings banks and savings and loan associations having their home offices in this Commonwealth, regional thrift institutions, as that term is defined in section 117,3 or, after March 4, 1990, foreign thrift institutions, as that term is defined in section 117,
(B) unless authorized by the department a savings bank shall not have an aggregate outstanding investment in the capital stock, securities or obligations of service corporations the cost of which exceeds three percent of the assets of the savings bank at the time of acquisition of such stock, securities or obligations,
(3) acquisition and development of real estate, principally for construction of housing or for resale to others for such construction or for use as mobile home sites, either separately or in conjunction with others provided that such development shall be completed within five years of the commencement of development, unless that period is extended by the department,
(xiv) ownership interests in improved or unimproved real estate of any type held for development, rental or sale, subject to the prudent man rule of subsection (c), provided that development shall be completed within five years of the commencement of the development unless that period is extended by the department, and provided that the direct cost of the total of all such ownership interests shall not exceed one percent of the assets of the savings bank measured at the time investment is made, unless authorized by the department.
(c) Prudent man rule--Investments which are stated to be subject to the prudent man rule shall be made in the exercise of that degree of judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing which men of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income to be derived therefrom as well as the probable safety of their capital.
(d) Other investment--The department may, by regulation, permit a savings bank with the prior written approval of the department, to make investments that are not otherwise authorized by this act or that do not comply with the conditions, restrictions, limitations or requirements provided elsewhere in this act, but the total amount of such investments may not exceed three percent of the assets of the savings bank: Provided, however, That no one investment shall exceed one percent of assets of the savings bank. The regulations may include such conditions, restrictions, limitations or requirements as the department deems necessary and appropriate.
Credits
1965, Nov. 30, P.L. 847, No. 356, § 504. Amended 1968, Nov. 27, P.L. 1104, No. 345, § 3; 1973, Sept. 27, P.L. 253, No. 72, § 6, imd. effective; 1973, Dec. 3, P.L. 378, No. 135, § 1, imd. effective; 1974, Oct. 10, P.L. 716, No. 240, § 2, imd. effective; 1981, April 16, P.L. 9, No. 4, § 2, imd. effective; 1982, April 8, P.L. 262, No. 79, § 7, imd. effective; 1988, Dec. 21, P.L. 1416, No. 173, §§ 5 to 7, effective in 30 days; 1990, Dec. 18, P.L. 766, No. 191, § 7, imd. effective; 2012, Oct. 24, P.L. 1336, No. 170, § 23, effective in 60 days [Dec. 24, 2012].
7 P.S. § 504, PA ST 7 P.S. § 504
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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