RCW 32.20.330
Investments—Loans, preferred stock, or interest-bearing obligations—Restrictions.
A mutual savings bank may invest in loans to sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, or other entities, or in preferred stock or discounted or other interest bearing obligations issued, guaranteed, or assumed by limited liability companies or corporations commonly accepted as industrial corporations or engaged in communications, transportation, agriculture, furnishing utility professional services, manufacturing, construction, mining, fishing, processing or merchandising of goods, food, or information, banking, or commercial or consumer financing, doing business or incorporated under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, or the District of Columbia, or the Dominion of Canada, or any province thereof, subject to the following conditions:
(1) Not more than two percent of the bank's funds shall be invested, pursuant to this section, in the aggregate of loans to and preferred stock and obligations of any person, as defined in *RCW 32.32.228(1)(c), and such person's affiliates, as defined in RCW 32.32.025(1), incorporating the definition of control in RCW 32.32.025(8).
(2) Such loans or securities shall be prudent investments.
(3) Pursuant to this section, the total amount a savings bank may invest shall not exceed fifty percent of its funds, and not more than fifteen percent of the bank's funds may be invested in such loans to or securities of any industry.
[ 1999 c 14 § 26; 1985 c 56 § 13; 1973 1st ex.s. c 31 § 7; 1971 ex.s. c 222 § 6; 1955 c 80 § 6.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 32.32.228 was amended by 2005 c 348 § 5, changing subsection (1)(c) to subsection (1)(d).
Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 31: See RCW 32.20.500.
Severability—1971 ex.s. c 222: See note following RCW 32.04.085.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 32 - Washington Savings Bank Act
32.20.020 - Power to invest funds—Restrictions.
32.20.030 - Bonds or obligations of United States and Canada.
32.20.035 - Investment trusts or companies.
32.20.040 - Federally insured or secured loans, securities, etc.
32.20.045 - Obligations of corporations created as federal agency or instrumentality.
32.20.047 - Stock of small business investment companies regulated by United States.
32.20.050 - Bonds of state of Washington and its agencies.
32.20.060 - Bonds of other states.
32.20.070 - Bonds and warrants of counties, municipalities, etc., of Washington.
32.20.080 - Municipal bonds in adjoining state.
32.20.090 - Housing and industrial development bonds and municipal obligations in any state.
32.20.100 - Revenue bonds of certain cities in any state.
32.20.110 - District bonds secured by taxing power.
32.20.120 - Local improvement district bonds.
32.20.130 - Bonds of irrigation, diking, drainage districts.
32.20.210 - Obligations of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
32.20.215 - Obligations issued or guaranteed by Inter-American Development Bank.
32.20.217 - Obligations of Asian Development Bank.
32.20.220 - Bankers' acceptances, bills of exchange, and commercial paper.
32.20.230 - Notes secured by investments.
32.20.240 - Notes secured by pledge or assignment of account.
32.20.253 - Loans secured by real estate, mobile homes, movable buildings.
32.20.265 - Valuation of property to be mortgaged—Appraiser's opinion.
32.20.280 - Investments in real estate.
32.20.285 - Investments through purchase of real estate—Improvements.
32.20.300 - Home loan bank as depositary.
32.20.310 - Deposit of securities.
32.20.320 - Investment of funds.
32.20.330 - Investments—Loans, preferred stock, or interest-bearing obligations—Restrictions.
32.20.335 - Investments—Qualified thrift investments.
32.20.340 - Stock or bonds of federal home loan bank.
32.20.350 - Stock of federal reserve bank or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
32.20.370 - Corporate bonds and other interest-bearing or discounted obligations.
32.20.380 - Stocks, securities, of corporations not otherwise eligible for investment.
32.20.410 - Limitation of total investment in certain obligations.
32.20.415 - Limitation on certain secured and unsecured loans.
32.20.430 - Loans to banks or trust companies.
32.20.440 - Purchase of United States securities from banks or trust companies.
32.20.445 - Stock, other securities, and obligations of federally insured institutions.
32.20.450 - Low-cost housing—Legislative finding.
32.20.460 - Low-cost housing—Factory built housing—Mobile homes.
32.20.470 - Improvement of private land for public parks and recreation areas.