Sec. 18. The authority may enter into agreements or contracts with any financial institution as may be necessary, desirable, or convenient in the opinion of the authority for rendering services in connection with:

(1) the care, custody, or safekeeping of securities or other investments held or owned by the authority;

(2) the payment or collection of amounts payable as to principal or interest; and

(3) the delivery to the authority of securities or other investments purchased or sold by it.

The authority may also, in connection with any of the services rendered by a financial institution as to custody and safekeeping of its securities or investments, require security in the form of collateral bonds, surety agreements, or security agreements as, in the opinion of the authority, is necessary or desirable.

As added by P.L.68-1988, SEC.12.