Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/930

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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1979

93 STAT. 898

Definitions.

PUBLIC LAW 9 6 - 1 2 2 - N O V. 17, 1979 hearing and shall give notice of such proceeding by certified mail to the State, county, and Federal prosecuting officials in the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which such person was convicted. The Board of Parole's determination in any such proceeding shall be final. No person shall knowingly permit any other person to serve in any capacity referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) in violation of this subsection. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, no corporation or partnership will be precluded from acting as an administrator, fiduciary, officer, trustee, custodian, counsel, agent, or employee, of any Fund established by this title, or as a consultant to any Fund established by this title, without a notice, hearing, and determination by such Board of Parole that such service would be inconsistent with the intention of this section. (b) Whoever willfully violates this section shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. (c) For the purposes of this section: (1) A person shall be deemed to have been "convicted" and to be under the disability of "conviction" from the date of entry of the judgment of the trial court or the date of the final sustaining of such judgment on appeal, whichever is the later event. (2) The term "consultant" means any person who, for compensation, advises or represents a Fund or who provides other assistance to such Fund concerning the operation of such Fund. (3) A period of parole shall not be considered as part of a period of imprisonment. BONDING

"Fund official.

Waiver.

SEC. 185. (a)(1) Each fiduciary of a Fund established by this title and each person who handles funds or other property of such a Fund (hereinafter in this section referred to as "Fund official") shall be bonded as provided in this section, except that no bond shall be required of a fiduciary (or of any director, officer, or employee of such fiduciary) if such fiduciary— (A) is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any State; (B) is authorized under such laws to exercise trust powers or to conduct an insurance business; (C) is subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority; and (D) has at all times a combined capital and surplus in excess of such a minimum amount as may be established by regulations issued by the Council, which amount shall be at least $1,000,000. Subparagraph (D) shall apply to a bank or other financial institution which is authorized to exercise trust powers and the deposits of which are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation only if such bank or institution meets bonding or similar requirements under State law which the Council determines are at least equivalent to those imposed on banks by Federal law. (2)(A) The amount of such bond shall be the lesser of 10 percent of the amount of the funds handled by such fiduciary and $500,000, except that the amount of such bond shall be at least $1,000. (B) The Mayor, after notice and opportunity for hearing to such fiduciary and all other parties in interest to such Fund, may waive the $500,000 limit. (C) The amount of such bond shall be set at the beginning of each fiscal year. (3) For purposes of fixing the amount of such bond, the amount of funds handled shall be determined by the funds handled by the