Qualified money market funds - definition.

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(1) [Editor's note: For the applicability of this subsection (1) on or after January 1, 2021, see the editor's note following this section.] As used in this section, "qualified money market fund" means a mutual fund that complies with 17 CFR 270.2a-7, as amended, and that is registered under the federal "Investment Company Act of 1940", 15 U.S.C. sec. 80a-1 et seq., as amended. A domestic insurance company may invest in the shares of any one or more qualified money market funds subject to the following limitations:

(a) (I) A domestic insurance company may invest in qualified money market funds that, at the time the investment is made, are either:

  1. Qualified money market funds that invest only in obligations issued, guaranteed, orinsured by the federal government of the United States or in collateralized repurchase agreements composed of these obligations, and that qualify for investment without a reserve under the purposes and procedures manual of the securities valuation office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; or

  2. Qualified money market funds that qualify for investment using the bond class onereserve factor under the purposes and procedures manual of the securities valuation office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

(II) Investments in the shares of any one qualified money market fund qualifying under this subsection (1)(a) must not exceed ten percent of the domestic insurance company's total admitted assets.

  1. Investments in shares of any one qualified money market fund not qualified undersubsection (1)(a) of this section must not exceed five percent of the domestic insurance company's total admitted assets. The aggregate value of all shares that may be admitted assets under this subsection (1)(b) must not exceed ten percent of the company's total admitted assets.

  2. At the time of an investment in a qualified money market fund under this section, theaggregate value of a domestic insurance company's investment in the fund must not exceed five percent of the shares of the fund.

(2) to (4) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 1731, § 5, effective August 15, 2000.)

Source: L. 85: Entire section added, p. 379, § 1, effective May 1. L. 96: (1) amended, p. 555, § 4, effective April 24. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 1731, § 5, effective August 15. L. 2020: (1) amended, (HB 20-1136), ch. 87, p. 353, § 9, effective September 14.

Editor's note: (1) Section 10 of chapter 87 (HB 20-1136), Session Laws of Colorado 2020, provides that:

  1. The act changing this section applies to investments made on or after September 14,2020; and

  2. On or after January 1, 2021, the act changing this section applies to all investmentsof an insurer.


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