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A bill for an act relating to interest on state moneys invested in depository time certificates of deposit.

A bill for an act relating to interest on state moneys invested in depository time certificates of deposit.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
EVANS
Last action
2025-02-18
Official status
Subcommittee: Driscoll, Webster, and Weiner. S.J. 301 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to interest on state moneys invested in depository time certificates of deposit.

A bill for an act relating to interest on state moneys invested in depository time certificates of deposit.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to interest on state moneys invested in depository time certificates of deposit.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-18 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Driscoll, Webster, and Weiner. S.J. 301 .

  2. 2025-02-10 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Local Government. S.J. 217 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to interest on state moneys invested in depository time certificates of deposit.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

246

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

246

BY

EVANS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

interest

on

state

moneys

invested

in

1

depository

time

certificates

of

deposit.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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1976XS

(2)

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S.F.

246

Section

1.

Section

12C.6,

subsection

2,

paragraph

b,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

b.

State

funds

invested

in

depository

time

certificates

3

of

deposit

shall

draw

interest

at

not

less

than

the

rate

4

established,

effective

on

the

date

of

investment.

The

interest

5

rate

shall

not

be

less

than

one-half

of

the

effective

federal

6

funds

rate,

as

published

by

the

federal

reserve

bank

of

New

7

York.

8

EXPLANATION

9

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

10

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

11

Under

current

law,

state

moneys

invested

in

a

depository

12

time

certificate

of

deposit

(CD)

must

earn

interest

at

no

less

13

than

the

rate

established

by

the

treasurer

of

state

for

state

14

moneys

placed

in

a

time

deposit.

This

bill

requires

that

15

such

a

CD

interest

rate

be

at

least

one-half

of

the

effective

16

federal

funds

rate,

as

published

by

the

federal

reserve

bank

17

of

New

York.

By

operation

of

law,

this

applies

to

investments

18

in

CDs

by

a

public

body

or

officer

other

than

the

treasurer

of

19

state

(Code

section

12C.6(3)).

20

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1976XS

(2)

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