Section 18.55.600 - Bonds as legal investment(a) The following persons may legally invest sinking funds, money, and other funds belonging to them or within their control in the investments listed in (b) of this section: (1) all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies;(2) all banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business;(3) all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and(4) all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries.(b) The following investments are proper investments under (a) of this section: any bonds or other obligations issued by the corporation under AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 or by any public housing or redevelopment authority or commission, or agency or any other public body in the United States for redevelopment purposes, when the bonds and other obligations are secured by an agreement between the issuing agency and the federal government in which the issuing agency agrees to borrow from the federal government and the federal government agrees to lend to the issuing agency, before the maturity of the bonds or other obligations, money in an amount that, together with any other money irrevocably committed to the payment of interest on the bonds or other obligations, is sufficient to pay the principal of the bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity, if, under the terms of the agreement, the money is required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on the bonds or other obligations at their maturity. The bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits.(c) It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any of the bonds or other obligations. However, nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.