17:9-9. Depositories for public moneys; designation; effect upon officers liability
Any administrative board, commission, department, public official, sinking fund commission, district or other public agency of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, charged with the custody or control of moneys, except such agencies as to which provision has otherwise, by law, been made with respect to the designation of depositories, shall designate a depository or depositories in this state wherein all such moneys shall be kept. The designation shall be by resolution, and thereafter any official charged with the custody of such moneys shall cause them to be kept and deposited only in the depository or depositories so named, and upon so depositing in good faith such moneys any such official shall be relieved of liability from any loss of such funds or moneys which may be due to the insolvency or closing of the depository or depositories.