TITLE 38: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER II: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
PART 1075 SAVINGS BANK ACT
SECTION 1075.500 PRUDENT PERSON RULE


 

Section 1075.500  Prudent Person Rule

 

a)         When making an authorized investment of savings bank funds, the board of directors, all officers, employees, and agents of any kind must exercise the judgment and care under circumstances then prevailing that persons of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital.

 

b)         A violation of The Act shall constitute an unsafe and unsound practice. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of The Act shall be subject to enforcement action or civil money penalties as provided for in The Act.