(A) The State Treasurer has full power to invest and reinvest all funds of the State in any of the following:
(1) obligations of the United States, its agencies and instrumentalities;
(2) obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the African Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank;
(3) obligations of a corporation, state, or political subdivision denominated in United States dollars, if the obligations bear an investment grade rating of at least two nationally recognized rating services;
(4) certificates of deposit, if the certificates are secured collaterally by securities of the types described in items (1) and (3) of this section and held by a third party as escrow agent or custodian and are of a market value not less than the amount of the certificates of deposit so secured, including interest; except that this collateral is not required to the extent the certificates of deposit are insured by an agency of the federal government;
(5) repurchase agreements, if collateralized by securities of the types described in items (1) and (3) of this section and held by a third party as escrow agent or custodian and of a market value not less than the amount of the repurchase agreement so collateralized, including interest; and
(6) guaranteed investment contracts issued by a domestic or foreign insurance company or other financial institution, whose long-term unsecured debt rating bears the two highest ratings of at least two nationally recognized rating services.
(B) The State Treasurer may contract to lend securities invested pursuant to this section.
(C) The State Treasurer shall not invest in obligations issued by any country or corporation principally located in any country which the United States Department of State determines commits major human rights violations based on the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the U. S. Department of State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 1-797; 1952 Code Sections 1-796, 1-797; 1942 Code Sections 2140, 2141; 1932 Code Sections 2132, 2140, 2141; Civ. C. '22 Sections 93, 101, 102; Civ. C. '12 Sections 88, 96, 97; Civ. C. '02 Sections 84, 92, 93; G. S. 57, 64; R. S. 78, 86; 1870 (14) 388; 1884 (18) 864; 1896 (22) 184; 1950 (46) 3605; 1959 (51) 126; 1972 (57) 2584; 1973 (58) 335; 1990 Act No. 314, Section 2; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 66A; 2001 Act No. 28, Section 1.