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11., R:. L.A. PORTE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 NOTE 3. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS (Continued) Investments (Continued) investment portfolio, fifth; and yield, sixth. Authority's investments must be made "with judgment and care, under prevailing circumstances, that a person of prudence, discretion, and intelligence would exercise in the management of the person's own affairs, not for speculation, but for investment, considering the probable safety of capital and the probable income to be derived." No person may invest Authority funds without express written authority from the Board of Directors. Texas statutes include specifications for and limitations applicable to the Authority and its authority to purchase investments as defined in the Public Funds Investment Act. Authorized investments are summarized as follows: (1) obligations of the United States or its agencies and instrumentalities, (2) direct obligations of the State of Texas or its agencies and instrumentalities, (3) certain collateralized mortgage obligations, (4) other obligations, the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the State of Texas or the United States or its agencies and instrumentalities, including obligations that are fully guaranteed or insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by the explicit full faith and credit of the United States, (S) certain A rated or higher obligations of states, agencies, counties, cities, and other political subdivisions of any state, (6) bonds insured, assumed or guaranteed by the State of Israel, (7) insured or collateralized certificates of deposit, (8) certain fully collateralized repurchase agreements secured by delivery, (9) certain bankers' acceptances with limitations, (10) commercial paper rated A-1 or P-1 or higher and a maturity of 270 days or less, (11) no- load money market mutual fiends and no-load mutual funds with limitations, (12) certain guaranteed investment contracts (13) certain qualified governmental investment pools and (14) a qualified securities lending program. At September 30, 2012, the Authority held no investments. NOTE 4. DUE TO DEVELOPERS The Redevelopment Authority is a party to several agreements with Developers who own property in the La Porte Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1. The Authority is obligated to repay the Developers for public improvements made on the property up to the amount of incremental tax value gained. The Authority has entered into agreements with the following Developers: Port Crossing Land, LP; 65 La Porte, LP; and Retreat at Bay Forest, LP. Port Crossing Land, LP has completed the public improvements detailed in the agreement with the Authority. Port Crossing Land, LP's reimbursable expenditures totaled S 12,096,488 including interest at May 27, 2009. In the current -17-