KRS 286.3-330: Assets may be pledged or surety bonds provided as collateral security --

Security not required if deposit insured.

(1) A bank may, subject to statutory or charter limitations, pledge a portion of its assets

or provide surety bonds as may be required by law as collateral security for

government deposits made with it by or under the authority of the United States or

for any other deposit required by law to be secured.

(2) Notwithstanding any law requiring security for deposits in the form of c ollateral,

surety bond, or in any other form, security for deposits shall not be required to the

extent the deposit is an insured deposit as defined in 12 U.S.C. sec. 1813, as

amended.

(3) If a bank proposes to sell its assets and transfer its deposit liab ility to another bank

and the purchasing bank is unwilling to accept a sufficient amount of the assets to

cover the liability to depositors and other creditors, the selling bank may, with the

consent of the commissioner, pledge all or a part of its remaini ng or unacceptable

assets to secure a loan for an amount sufficient to cover the remaining liability to

the depositors and other creditors.