Sec. 918.
Qualified assets for purposes of section 901 include lawfully authorized obligations issued, assumed, or guaranteed by any solvent institution created or existing under the laws of the United States or of any state, district, or territory of the United States, or of Canada or any province of Canada, that are not in default as to principal or interest and that are qualified under any of the following clauses:
(a) Obligations secured by the mortgage of property or the pledge of adequate collateral if, during any 3, including the last 2, of the 5 fiscal years next preceding the time of investment, the net earnings of the issuing, assuming, or guaranteeing institution available for fixed charges, as determined in accordance with standard accounting practice, have been not less than the total of its fixed charges for such year on an overall basis nor less than 1-1/2 times its fixed charges for such year on a priority basis after excluding interest requirements on obligations junior to such issue as to security.
(b) In equipment trust certificates of railroad companies organized under the laws of any state of the United States or of Canada or of any province of Canada, payable within 20 years from their date of issue, in annual or semiannual installments, beginning not later than the fifth year after such date, and which certificates are a first lien on the specific equipment pledged as security for the payment which are either the direct obligations of the railroad companies or guaranteed by them, or are executed by trustees holding title to the equipment.
(c) Fixed interest bearing obligations other than those described in subdivisions (a) and (b), if the net earnings of the issuing, assuming, or guaranteeing institution available for fixed charges during each of any 3, including the last 2, of the 5 fiscal years next preceding the time of investment, shall have been not less than 1-1/2 times the total of its fixed charges for such year.
History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 462, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2002
Popular Name: Act 218