It is lawful for the board of trustees of the old hire firefighters' pension fund and the board of trustees of the old hire police officers' pension fund in any municipality or district in this state to invest such respective pension funds, or any part thereof, in the name of the treasurer of such municipality or in the name of a custodian or custodians appointed by the board, as provided for in this section, in interestbearing obligations of the United States, in interest-bearing bonds of the state of Colorado, or in general obligation bonds of cities, whether organized under general law or article XX of the state constitution, or in any depository enumerated in section 24-75-603, C.R.S., and secured as provided in articles 10.5 and 47 of title 11, C.R.S. The board of trustees, by written resolution, may appoint one or more persons to act as custodians, in addition to the treasurer, to deposit or cause to be deposited all or part of such funds in any state or national bank or any state or federally chartered savings and loan association in Colorado. Such persons shall give surety bonds in such amounts and form and for such purposes as the board requires. All such securities and evidences of investment shall be deposited with the treasurer of such municipality.
Source: L. 96: Entire article added with relocations, p. 878, § 1, effective May 23.
Editor's note: This section was formerly numbered as § 31-30-701.