GA Code § 31-7-83 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-83. Investment of Surplus Moneys and Moneys Received Through Issuance of Revenue Certificates

  Pending use for the purpose for which received, each hospital authority created by and under this article is authorized and empowered to invest all moneys or any part thereof received through the issuance and sale of revenue certificates of the authority in any securities which are legal investments or which are provided for in the trust indenture securing such certificates or other legal investments; provided, however, that such investments shall be used at all times while held, or upon sale, for the purposes for which the money was originally received and no other. Contributions or gifts received by any authority shall be invested as provided by the terms of the contribution or gift or in the absence thereof as determined by the authority.   In addition to the authorized investments in subsection (a) of this Code section and in Code Section 36-83-4, hospital authorities that have ceased to own or operate medical facilities for a minimum of seven years, have paid off all bonded indebtedness and outstanding short-term or long-term debt obligations, and hold more than $20 million in funds for charitable health care purposes may invest a maximum of 30 percent of their funds in the following:   Shares of mutual funds registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and   Commingled funds and collective investment funds maintained by state chartered banks or trust companies or regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States Department of the Treasury, including common and group trusts, and, to the extent the funds are invested in such collective investment funds, the funds shall adopt the terms of the instruments establishing any group trust in accordance with applicable United States Internal Revenue Service Revenue Rulings.     In addition to the authorized investments in subsection (a) of this Code section and in Code Section 36-83-4, hospital authorities that have paid off all bonded indebtedness and outstanding short-term or long-term debt obligations and hold an irrevocable trust wherein the corpus of such trust is $75 million or more, irrespective of the source of the funds held in the corpus, may invest a maximum of 30 percent of their funds in the following:   Shares of mutual funds registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and   Commingled funds and collective investment funds maintained by state chartered banks or trust companies or regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States Department of the Treasury, including common and group trusts, and, to the extent the funds are invested in such collective investment funds, the funds shall adopt the terms of the instruments establishing any group trust in accordance with applicable United States Internal Revenue Service Revenue Rulings.     In addition to the authorized investments in subsection (a) of this Code section and in Code Section 36-83-4, hospital authorities that hold an irrevocable trust wherein the corpus of such trust is $100 million or more may invest its funds, subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by Article 7 of Chapter 20 of Title 47, the "Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law" for large retirement systems, provided that:   The trust investments held by the hospital authority are managed by one or more independent professional investment managers recognized by the National Association of Securities Dealers and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and which adhere to the code of ethical standards and conduct of the Association for Investment Management and Research; and   The trust investments are limited to those equities of investment grade quality or better, provided that leverage techniques, option techniques, futures, commodities, private placements, and direct participation plans may not be used when making equity investments.      (Ga. L. 1947, p. 1138, § 1; Code 1933, § 88-1820, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 805, § 2; Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 3-2/HB 186; Ga. L. 2020, p. 220, § 2/SB 395.)    The 2019 amendment,  effective July 1, 2019, designated the existing provisions as subsection (a); substituted "shall" for "will" in the proviso of the first sentence of subsection (a); and added subsection (b).    The 2020 amendment,  effective January 1, 2021, added subsections (c) and (d).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Deposits in state chartered banks are legal investments to extent insured by F.D.I.C.   - Deposit of funds by hospital authority at interest in any chartered state bank is authorized legal investment to extent the deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-500.   Authority may deposit funds exceeding F.D.I.C. insurance if depository gives bond.   - Collecting officer or officer holding funds of hospital authority may deposit those funds in local bank or banks notwithstanding the fact that amount so deposited may exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance on account, if authority required depository to give bond or make deposit of securities in trust to secure such deposits, pursuant to former Code 1933, §§ 89-810 and 89-812. 1969 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 69-500.