Section 6:418 - Pledge of assets to secure deposits; exceptions; penaltyA. No bank shall pledge or hypothecate any of its assets for the purpose of securing any depositor or for the purpose of furnishing an indemnity bond to secure any depositor from any loss that might be occasioned to the depositor by reason of the failure or inability of the bank to pay in full all of its depositors.B.(1) Nothing contained in Subsection A shall impair the rights of banks to secure deposits of public entities as they may be required to be secured from time to time by other provisions of law or to secure deposits pursuant to any federal deposit insurance program.(2) Any bank or trust company acting as tutor, curator, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, whose trust department makes deposits with its banking department of moneys for which it is responsible as tutor, curator, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, may secure those deposits by delivering to its trust department, as collateral security, readily marketable bonds or other obligations or assets of that institution having and maintaining a market value at least equal to the amount of those deposits.C. Any officer or employee who violates this Section shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.Acts 1984, No. 719, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 6, §1.Acts 1984, No. 719, §1, eff. 1/1/1985; Acts 1986, No. 6, §1.