Sec. 2.5. (a) An officer designated in section 1 of this chapter may invest or reinvest funds that are held by the officer and available for investment in investments commonly known as money market mutual funds that are in the form of securities of or interests in an open-end, no-load, management-type investment company or investment trust registered under the provisions of the federal Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (15 U.S.C. § 80a et seq.).

     (b) The investments described in subsection (a) shall be made through depositories designated by the state board of finance as depositories for state deposits under IC 5-13-9.5.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-13-9-2.5

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
     (c) The portfolio of an investment company or investment trust described in subsection (a) must be limited to the following:

(1) Direct obligations of the United States.

(2) Obligations issued by any of the following:

(A) A federal agency.

(B) A federal instrumentality.

(C) A federal government sponsored enterprise.

(3) Repurchase agreements fully collateralized by obligations described in subdivision (1) or (2).

     (d) The form of securities of or interests in an investment company or investment trust described in subsection (a) must be rated as one (1) of the following:

(1) AAAm, or its equivalent, by Standard and Poor’s Corporation or its successor.

(2) Aaa, or its equivalent, by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or its successor.

     (e) The form of securities in an investment company or investment trust described in subsection (a) is considered to have a stated final maturity of one (1) day.

     (f) The state board of accounts may rely on transaction confirmations evidencing ownership of the form of securities of or interests in an investment company or investment trust described in subsection (a).

As added by P.L.134-1999, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.115-2010, SEC.7.