Section 107-A. Security for public deposits  


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  • 1. As used in this section, the
      following terms shall have the following meanings:
        (a)  "Public  depositary".  A bank, trust company or other depositary,
      whether state or federally chartered,  authorized  to  accept  and  hold
      deposits of public funds under the laws of this state.
        (b) "Public funds". Funds of a political subdivision.
        (c)   "Political   subdivision".  Any  municipal  corporation,  school
      district,  board   of   cooperative   educational   services,   district
      corporation,  special  improvement district governed by a separate board
      of commissioners or a public library.
        (d) "Public deposits". Deposits of public funds in a public depositary
      which are available for all  uses  generally  permitted  by  the  public
      depositary  to  the  depositing  political  subdivision for actually and
      finally collected funds under the public depositary's account  agreement
      or policies.
        2.  Whenever  a  political  subdivision  is required by any general or
      special law to obtain a pledge of assets or other security from a public
      depositary for its public deposits and such  political  subdivision  has
      entered into a written agreement with such public depositary relating to
      such public deposits and has provided written notice in a form specified
      by  such  written  agreement  to  the  public  depositary of such public
      deposits, the public depositary shall comply with the provisions of such
      law at the time it  accepts  any  public  deposits  from  the  political
      subdivision;  provided,  however,  that  where the public depositary and
      political subdivision have agreed in writing as to the maximum amount of
      security which such depositary shall provide, and the terms,  conditions
      and  timing  of  the  provisions  of  security pursuant thereto, and the
      depositary has at all times complied with such agreement,  it  shall  be
      deemed  to  have complied with the provisions of such law for so long as
      it shall comply with such agreement.