§ 2.2-4509 Investment of funds in negotiable certificates of deposit and negotiable bank deposit notes
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Commonwealth and all public officers, municipal corporations, and other political subdivisions and all other public bodies of the Commonwealth may invest any or all of the moneys belonging to them or within their control, other than sinking funds, in negotiable certificates of deposit and negotiable bank deposit notes of domestic banks and domestic offices of foreign banks:
1. With maturities not exceeding one year, that have received at least two of the following ratings: (i) at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s; (ii) at least P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; or (iii) at least F1 by Fitch Ratings, Inc.; and
2. With maturities exceeding one year and not exceeding five years, that have received at least two of the following ratings: (i) at least AA by Standard & Poor’s; (ii) at least Aa by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; or (iii) at least AA by Fitch Ratings, Inc.
History
This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 20 and 21 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2001, chapter 844; in 2020, chapter 333.
1998, cc. 20, 21, § 2.1-328.15; 2001, c. 844; 2020, c. 333.