Sec. 37.23.020. - Authorized investments. - Alaska Statutes

An investment pool may invest only in securities that have a final maturity date within 13 months after the date of purchase, except that floating rate securities with a final maturity date that is longer than 13 months may be purchased if they are subject to at least an annual reset. Investments may only include

(1) obligations of the United States and of an agency or instrumentality of the United States;

(2) repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements secured by the Treasury of the United States and obligations of an agency or instrumentality of the United States;

(3) certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances, and other similar obligations of a bank domiciled in the United States that has

(A) outstanding debt rated A or higher by at least one of the nationally recognized rating services, including dollar-denominated obligations issued by a United States branch of a foreign bank if the debt of the parent is rated A or higher; and

(B) a combined capital and surplus aggregating at least $500,000,000;

(4) commercial paper and other short-term taxable instruments that, at the time of investment, maintain the highest rating by at least two nationally recognized rating services;

(5) obligations of a corporation domiciled in the United States or obligations of a municipality that are taxable under federal law if the obligations are rated A or higher by at least two nationally recognized rating services at the time of investment;

(6) certificates of deposit that are issued by a state or federally chartered financial institution that is a commercial or mutual bank, savings and loan association, or credit union and if the institution's accounts are insured through the appropriate federal insuring agency of the United States, regardless of whether the institution meets the requirements of (3) of this section;

(7) money market funds in which the securities of the fund consist of obligations listed in this section and otherwise meet the requirements of this chapter;

(8) other cash equivalent investments with a maturity date of one year or less after date of the investment that are of similar quality to those listed in (1) - (7) of this section, are rated A or higher by at least one of the nationally recognized rating services, and are approved by the public entities participating in that investment pool.