ORS 293.751
Custody of title instruments
- deposit for safekeeping
- form
- collection and disposition of principal and interest
- default proceedings
(1)
Except as provided in ORS 293.741 (Council may contract with others to perform investment officer functions) and this subsection, all instruments of title of all investments of the investment funds shall remain in the custody of the investment officer. The investment officer may deposit with one or more custodial agents or banks those instruments of title that the State Treasurer considers advisable, to be held in safekeeping by the agents or banks for collection of the principal and interest or other income, or of the proceeds of sale or maturity. For purposes of this section, instruments of title of investments of the investment funds may include such evidence of title as the investment officer shall consider secure and consistent with modern investment, banking and commercial practices, and may include book entry and automated recordation of such title.(2)
Except as provided in ORS 293.741 (Council may contract with others to perform investment officer functions) and 293.746 (Opinion of bond attorney or Attorney General) (3) and subsections (1) and (3) of this section, the investment officer shall collect the principal and interest or other income of investments of the investment funds, title of which is in the investment officer’s custody, when due and payable, and shall pay the principal and interest or other income, when so collected, into the appropriate fund. Except as otherwise provided by law, interest or other income of investments of funds in the hands of the State Treasurer that are not required to meet current demands shall be paid into the General Fund to be available for the payment of general governmental expenses.(3)
In the event of default in the payment of principal or interest or other income of any investment of the investment funds, the investment officer, with the approval of the Oregon Investment Council, may:(a)
Institute the proper proceedings to collect the matured principal or interest or other income.(b)
Accept for exchange purposes refunding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness at interest rates to be agreed upon by the investment officer and obligor.(c)
Make compromises, adjustments or disposition of the matured principal or interest or other income as the investment officer considers advisable for the purpose of protecting the moneys invested.(d)
Make compromises or adjustments as to future payments of principal or interest or other income as the investment officer considers advisable for the purposes of protecting the moneys invested. [1967 c.335 §12; 1979 c.475 §1; 1981 c.194 §2; 1991 c.88 §3]
Source:
Section 293.751 — Custody of title instruments; deposit for safekeeping; form; collection and disposition of principal and interest; default proceedings, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors293.html
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