Eligible collateral requirement for certain public funds.
N.J. Stat. § 17:9-43.1
in effect3. a. (1) Except as set forth in subsection b. of this section concerning extraordinary amounts of public funds on deposit, every public depository having public funds on deposit therein that are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other agency of the United States which insures deposits made in public depositories, shall maintain, as security for such deposits, eligible collateral having a market value: (a) At least equal to 5% of the uninsured public funds on deposit, if the public depository is well capitalized; (b) At least equal to 30% of the uninsured public funds on deposit, if the public depository is adequately capitalized; (c) At least equal to 60% of the uninsured public funds on deposit, if the public depository is undercapitalized; (d) At least equal to 90% of the uninsured public funds on deposit, if the public depository is significantly undercapitalized, or, in the alternative and at the election of the depository, a reduction in the amount of public funds held on deposit, so that the only remaining public funds on deposit after this reduction are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other agency of the United States which insures deposits made in public depositories; or (e) At least equal to 120% of the uninsured public funds on deposit, if the public depository is critically undercapitalized, or, in the alternative and at the election of the depository, a reduction in the amount of public funds held on deposit, so that the only remaining public funds on deposit after this reduction are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other agency of the United States which insures deposits made in public depositories. (2) The amount of eligible collateral in relation to the amount of public funds on deposit necessary for a public depository to meet the collateral requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be measured as: (a) the percentage, set forth under paragraph (1) of this subsection, of the average daily balance of collected, uninsured public funds on deposit during the three-month period ending on the immediately preceding valuation date; or (b), at the election of the depository, the percentage, set forth under paragraph (1) of this subsection, of the average balance of collected, uninsured public funds on deposit on the first, eighth, fifteenth and twenty-second days of each month in the three-month period ending on the immediately preceding valuation date. b. (1) Every public depository having public funds on deposit therein in excess of $200,000,000 that are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other agency of the United States which insures deposits made in public depositories shall maintain, as security for such excess, uninsured deposits, eligible collateral having a market value at least equal to 100% of the average daily balance of those collected, uninsured public funds on deposit during the three-month period ending on the immediately preceding valuation date, or, at the election of the depository, at least equal to 100% of the average balance of those collected, uninsured public funds on deposit on the first, eighth, fifteenth and twenty-second days of each month in the three-month period ending on the immediately preceding valuation date. (2) A public depository shall not at any time receive and hold on deposit for any period in excess of 15 days public funds of a governmental unit or governmental units which, in the aggregate, exceed 75% of the capital funds of the depository, unless such depository shall, in addition to the security required to be maintained under this section, secure such excess by eligible collateral with a market value at least equal to 100% of such excess. L.2009, c.326, s.3.
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