Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 288.9609 (2025)

Bonds as legal investments.

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288.9609 Bonds as legal investments.All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking and investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by the corporation. Such bonds and obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize all persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public and private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
History.ss. 33, 62, ch. 93-187; s. 1, ch. 93-402; s. 9, ch. 2010-139.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1995–1995 · leading case: State v. Florida Dev. Fin. Corp., 650 So. 2d 14 (Fla. 1995).
State v. Florida Dev. Fin. Corp., 650 So. 2d 14 (Fla. 1995). · cites it 2× “§ 288.9609(2), Fla. Stat. Sections 288.9606 through 288.”
— 288.9609(2) — 1 case
State v. Florida Dev. Fin. Corp., 650 So. 2d 14 (Fla. 1995). “§ 288.9609(2), Fla. Stat. Sections 288.9606 through 288.”
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