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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="2-603" title_number="2" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Securities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the limitations in this section and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Treasurer may lend to a bank or securities broker any security that is owned by the State and is in the custody of the Treasurer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Treasurer and the bank or broker to whom a loan is to be made under this section shall make a written contract that governs the loan.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The contract shall set forth:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the term of the loan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the consideration for the loan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any provisions that the Treasurer determines are needed to protect the interests of the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any other conditions of the loan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Consideration for a loan under this section may not be less than the current market lending rate for the securities on loan.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The bank or broker to whom a loan is to be made under this section shall deposit with the Treasurer collateral with a value that equals or exceeds the value of the securities on loan.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Collateral that may be used under this section shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>money; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a security in which the Treasurer may invest under § 6-222 or § 6-223 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Treasurer may enter into a contractual agreement with a financial institution to lend, as agent, securities owned by the State and in the custody of the Treasurer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The financial institution shall provide security or indemnification acceptable to the Treasurer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
