§41-14A-2. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) AVERAGE MONTHLY BALANCE OF PUBLIC DEPOSITS. The sum of the average daily balances of public deposits, meaning the net average daily balances of public deposits determined without any deduction for deposit insurance, for the reported month and the 11 months preceding that month, divided by 12.

(2) BOARD OF DIRECTORS or BOARD. The Board of Directors of the SAFE Program established under Section 41-14A-6. The board of directors shall consist of eight members.

(3) COLLATERAL-PLEDGING LEVEL or COLLATERAL-PLEDGING REQUIREMENT. The percentage or percentages of collateral, in relation to one or more levels of public deposits held, required to be pledged by a qualified public depository as determined in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or rules or orders of the board adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(4) COVERED PUBLIC ENTITY. The state and its political subdivisions, including its agencies, departments, boards, commissions, officers, public institutions of higher learning as defined in Section 16-5-1, and courts; counties, including the offices of their public officials, whether elected or appointed, and any of their agencies, departments, boards, school districts, commissions, and courts; municipalities, and any of their agencies, departments, boards, school districts, commissions, and courts; public corporations, including any public board, authority, or district, heretofore or hereafter organized or created in this state pursuant to authorization or determination of any municipality or municipalities or by any county or counties or the governing body of any one or more thereof and that receive any appropriations of funds by action of the Legislature of this state or any governing body of any political subdivision, municipality, or county of this state or that receive the proceeds of any tax levied pursuant to any statute of this state; any improvement authority incorporated under Chapter 7 of Title 39; any public corporation or instrumentality created under the statutes of this state enacted prior to January 1, 2001, that expressly provide that depositories of funds of such public corporation or instrumentality shall pledge collateral to secure the public corporation's or instrumentality's deposits; and any other public corporation created under statutes of this state enacted on or after January 1, 2001, that provide that the public corporation shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(5) COVERED PUBLIC OFFICIAL. In the case of the State of Alabama, the State Treasurer or the State Treasurer's designee, and, in the case of each other covered public entity, the treasurer or other chief financial officer or public official, or designee thereof, responsible for handling deposits of any funds of such covered public entity.

(6) CUSTODIAN. Any bank, savings association, or trust company that:

a. Is organized and existing under the laws of this state, any other state of the United States, or the United States.

b. Has executed all forms required under this chapter or any rule adopted hereunder.

c. Agrees to be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, or of courts of the United States which are located within this state, for the purpose of any litigation arising out of this chapter.

d. Has been approved pursuant to this chapter to act as a custodian.

(7) DEFAULT or INSOLVENCY. The failure or refusal of a qualified public depository to pay any check or warrant drawn upon sufficient and collected funds by any public depositor or to return any deposit on demand or at maturity together with interest as agreed; the issuance of an order by any supervisory authority restraining such depository from making payments of deposit liabilities; or the appointment of a receiver for such depository.

(8) DEPOSIT INSURANCE. That amount of insurance provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or its successor, applicable to each public depositor's public deposits in a particular financial institution.

(9) ELIGIBLE COLLATERAL. Any of the types of securities or other investment instruments designated as being eligible collateral for state depositories in Section 41-14-35.

(10) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. A bank or savings association which is organized and existing under the laws of this state, any other state of the United States, or the United States, and which is authorized pursuant to the laws of this state or the United States to conduct, and is conducting, the business of making loans and taking deposits in this state.

(11) GENERALLY APPLICABLE PLEDGING LEVEL. Prior to December 31, 2003, 100 percent of a qualified public depository's net average daily balance of public deposits; and on and after December 31, 2003, the percentage of net average daily balance of public deposits established by the board of directors as the generally applicable collateral pledging level for qualified public depositories, provided, however, that the generally applicable collateral pledging level established by the board of directors shall not be less than 70 percent of a qualified public depository's net average daily balance of public deposits.

(12) LOSS PAYMENT FUND. The SAFE Loss Payment Fund established under Section 41-14A-10.

(13) LOSS TO PUBLIC DEPOSITORS. Loss of all or part of principal or all or part of interest, or both, or other earnings on the principal accrued or accruing as of the date the qualified public depository was declared in default or insolvent.

(14) NET AVERAGE DAILY BALANCE OF PUBLIC DEPOSITS. With respect to a reported month, the total of the daily account balances of all public deposits held by a qualified public depository, less applicable deposit insurance, divided by the number of calendar days in the month.

(15) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION FUND. The SAFE Program Administration Fund established under Section 41-14A-12.

(16) PROGRAM ENFORCEMENT FUND. The SAFE Program Enforcement Fund established under Section 41-14A-13.

(17) PUBLIC DEPOSIT. The funds of any covered public entity or covered public official that are placed on deposit in a qualified public depository, including, but not limited to, time deposit accounts, demand deposit accounts, and certificates of deposit. All certificates of deposit, whether negotiable or nonnegotiable, shall be considered deposits and shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. Funds held by a financial institution, on behalf of a covered public entity or covered public official, in securities and other investment vehicles, including, but not limited to, bonds, notes, bills, warrants, common trust funds, money market mutual funds and other mutual funds, investment trusts, repurchase agreements, and reverse repurchase agreements and similar instruments are considered investments and are not public deposits as defined in this subdivision.

(18) PUBLIC DEPOSITOR. Any covered public entity or covered public official which or who makes a public deposit.

(19) QUALIFIED PUBLIC DEPOSITORY. Any financial institution that has deposit insurance under the provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1811 et seq., that meets all of the requirements of this chapter, and that has been designated by the board as a qualified public depository.

(20) REQUIRED COLLATERAL. That eligible collateral which is required to be pledged by a qualified public depository in order to satisfy the qualified public depository's collateral-pledging requirement.

(21) SAFE COLLATERAL POOL. At any given time, the aggregate collateral pledged by all qualified public depositories pursuant to this chapter in connection with the SAFE Program.

(22) SAFE PROGRAM. The Security for Alabama Funds Enhancement Program established and to be administered under this chapter.

(23) STATE TREASURER. The Treasurer of the State of Alabama.

(Act 2000-748, p. 1669, §1.)