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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING

CHAPTER 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY
ARTICLE 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES
PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES
§ 8-3-81 - Bonds and other obligations of authorities as legal investments

O.C.G.A. 8-3-81 (2010)
8-3-81. Bonds and other obligations of authorities as legal investments


Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of this state, the state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies; all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority pursuant to this article, or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States, when such bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States government or any agency thereof. Such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits, it being the purpose of this Code section to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including but not limited to sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.