Section 10-15-108 - Standard for investments by trustees(1) Savings and loan associations acting as trustees under the terms of this article shall invest trust funds as otherwise authorized under the laws of this state relating to the investment of funds by savings and loan associations and the federal law governing such investments, but savings and loan associations shall accept trust funds only to the extent that the full amount thereof is insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or its successor.(2) Banks and trust companies acting as trustees under the terms of this article shall be subject to the following investment standards: In acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling, and managing property for the benefit of others, trustees shall be required to have in mind the responsibilities which are attached to such offices and the size, nature, and needs of the estates entrusted to their care and shall exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing which men 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. Within the limitations of the standards set forth in this subsection (2), trustees are authorized to acquire and retain every kind of property, real, personal, and mixed, and every kind of investment, specifically including, but not by way of limitation, bonds, debentures, and other corporate obligations, savings accounts in insured savings and loan associations, stocks, preferred or common, securities of any open-end or closed-end management type investment company or investment trust, and participations in common trust funds, which men of prudence, discretion, and intelligence would acquire or retain for their own account.(3) Credit unions acting as trustees under the terms of this article shall invest funds received under an account agreement as authorized under the laws of this state or the United States relating to the investment of funds by credit unions, but a credit union shall accept trust funds only to the extent that the full amount thereof is insured by the national credit union share insurance fund or other insurer approved by the commissioner of financial services.L. 95: Entire article R&RE, p. 1041, § 1, effective May 25. L. 2004: (1) amended, p. 148, § 52, effective July 1.This section is similar to former § 10-15-108 as it existed prior to 1995.