Section 205 ILCS 5/35 - Exemptions from loan and investment limitsThe limitations in Sections 32, 33, 34, and 35.1 upon the liabilities of any one person and upon the purchase or holding of marketable investment securities shall not apply to the following as to which there shall be no limitation:
(1) Obligations of, or guaranteed by the United States.(2) Loans to or obligations of any person to the extent that they are secured by not less than a like amount of bonds or notes of the United States, or certificates of indebtedness of the United States, or Treasury Bills of the United States or obligations fully guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States, or to the extent that the same shall be secured or covered by guaranty or by commitment or agreement to take over or purchase, made by any Federal Reserve Bank or by the United States or any department, bureau, board, commission or establishment of the United States, including any corporation wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the United States.(3) Obligations of any corporation wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the United States or of any agency or instrumentality of the United States.(4) General obligations and tax anticipation warrants of each state of the United States and general obligations of each municipality located in whole or in part in the county in which the bank is located.(5) Loans to or obligations of any person to the extent that they are secured by not less than the same amount of general obligations and tax anticipation warrants of each state of the United States and of each municipality located in whole or in part in the county in which the bank is located.(6) Loans to or obligations of or investments in those subsidiaries, established or acquired pursuant to subsection (12) of Section 5 of this Act, all of the stock of which is owned by the bank.(7) Loans or extensions of credit secured by a segregated deposit account in the lending bank.(8) Obligations of the State of Illinois, and obligations guaranteed by the State of Illinois to the extent of the guarantee.(9) To the ownership of certificates of participation in open-end investment companies registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Securities Act of 1933, provided the portfolios of such investment companies consist wholly of investments in which the bank could invest directly without limitation. P.A. 90-301, eff. 8/1/1997.