40:11A-16.Ā  Bonds;Ā  legal investment for banks and trustees
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,Ā  savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings andĀ  loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on aĀ  banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and otherĀ  persons carrying on an insurance business and all executors, administrators,Ā  guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds,Ā  moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds orĀ  other obligations issued by a parking authority created pursuant to thisĀ  parking authority law and any amendments thereto;Ā  it being the purpose of thisĀ  act to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, politicalĀ  subdivisions, bodies and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned orĀ  controlled by them, including (but not limited to) sinking, insurance,Ā  investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, and funds heldĀ  on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations and that such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits;Ā  provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall beĀ  construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.

L.1948, c. 198, p. 989, s. 16.
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