40:11A-16 - Bonds; legal investment for banks and trustees - New Jersey Statutes

40:11A-16.  Bonds;  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,  savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and  loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a  banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other  persons carrying on an insurance business and all executors, administrators,  guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds,  moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or  other obligations issued by a parking authority created pursuant to this  parking authority law and any amendments thereto;  it being the purpose of this  act to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political  subdivisions, bodies and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or  controlled by them, including (but not limited to) sinking, insurance,  investment, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, and funds held  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;  provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be  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.