NRS677.230. Reserves.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Commissioner may establish the basis upon which reasonable and adequate reserves must be created and maintained, which must be no less than 3 percent of the deposits, in:

      (a) Cash and due from federally insured financial institutions in this state, financial institutions insured by a private insurer approved pursuant to NRS 678.755, or any Federal Reserve Bank;

      (b) United States treasury bills or notes;

      (c) Short-term obligations of the federal or state government; or

      (d) Money deposited in federally insured financial institutions in this state, financial institutions insured by a private insurer approved pursuant to NRS 678.755, or any Federal Reserve Bank.

Ê For the purposes of this subsection, “short-term” means having a maturity of 2 years or less.

      2.  The Commissioner shall require a licensee who is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to comply with the reserve requirements established by that insurer.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1833; A 1979, 996; 1983, 1819; 1985, 2198; 1987, 1999; 1989, 1097; 1993, 2815; 1999, 1451)