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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 25.03.04.04" title_num="25" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="04" heading="Permitted Investments.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Subject to the requirements in §B of this regulation, public money may be invested in the following types of securities:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An obligation for which the United States has pledged its faith and credit for the payment of the principal and interest;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An obligation that a federal agency or a federal instrumentality has issued in accordance with an act of Congress;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An obligation issued and unconditionally guaranteed by a supranational issuer denominated in United States dollars and eligible to be sold in the United States;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A repurchase agreement collateralized in an amount not less than 102 percent of the principal amount by an obligation of the United States, its agencies, or instrumentalities, provided the collateral is held by a custodian other than the seller designated by the buyer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Bankers’ acceptances guaranteed by a financial institution with a short–term debt rating in the highest letter and numerical rating by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Commercial paper that has received the highest letter and numerical rating by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Money market mutual funds that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, 15 U.S.C. §80a–1 et seq., as amended;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Are operated in accordance with Rule 2A–7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, 17 CFR §270.2A–7, as amended; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Have received the highest possible rating from at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Any investment portfolio created under the Maryland Local Government Investment Pool defined under Local Government Article, §§17–301—17–309, Annotated Code of Maryland, that is administered by the Office of the State Treasurer;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Tradeable time deposits denominated in U.S. dollars and issued or endorsed by either:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A bank or a savings and loan association organized and supervised under federal law or the laws of any state and regulated by the Federal Reserve or a trust company which is a member of the Federal Reserve system; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A bank organized and supervised under the laws of a foreign country that is rated AA/Aa/AA or higher by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Obligations of domestic corporations that are rated A-/A3/A- or higher by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by or on behalf of any state or any agency, department, county, municipal or public corporation, special district, authority, or political subdivision thereof, or in any fund or trust that invests only in securities issued by these entities that are rated A-/A3/A- or higher by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Bonds, notes, or other obligations denominated in United States dollars, issued by and subject to the laws of a foreign country that is rated AA/Aa/AA or higher by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Mortgage-backed obligations:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Guaranteed by the United States or a federal agency or a federal instrumentality that were issued in accordance with an act of Congress; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Having received the highest possible rating from at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>Asset-backed obligations having received the highest possible rating from at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>Non-tradeable time deposits denominated in U.S. dollars and:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Issued or endorsed by either:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A bank or a savings and loan association organized and supervised under federal law or the laws of any state and regulated by the Federal Reserve or a trust company which is a member of the Federal Reserve system; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A bank organized and supervised under the laws of a foreign country that is rated AA/Aa/AA or higher by at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Having received:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>For obligations with maturities of less than 1 year, at least two ratings of A-1/P1/F-1 or higher from at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>For obligations with maturities of greater than 1 year, at least two ratings of AA/Aa/AA or higher from at least two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An investment officer may invest public money in a given type of security not more than the following percentage of the overall investment portfolio over which the investment officer manages:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(1) of this regulation, 100 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(2) of this regulation, 100 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(3) of this regulation, 40 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(4) of this regulation, 75 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(5) of this regulation, 20 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(6) of this regulation, 35 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(7) of this regulation, 50 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(8) of this regulation, 100 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(9) of this regulation, 35 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(10) of this regulation, 25 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(11) of this regulation, 25 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(12) of this regulation, 20 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(13) of this regulation, 25 percent;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(14) of this regulation, 25 percent; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>For a security permitted by §A(15) of this regulation, 35 percent.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>