FDIC Federal Register Citations

From: DAMON CLAUDIA
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 11:13 PM
To: Comments
Subject: FDIC Interim Rule RIN # 3064-AD37
Importance: High 

To Whom It May Concern:

I am aware of the recent increase in FDIC insurance on all of an individual's funds in all accounts in a single institution from the previous level of $100,000 to a new level of $250,000.  I am also aware that there is also temporary coverage without any dollar limit on funds over the $250,000 limit provided they are in "non-interest bearing deposit transaction accounts (such as payroll accounts used by businesses)."

I am a member of the Board of Directors of New Hampshire Legal Assistance.  Fully 25 percent of our funding comes from our state IOLTA program.  Please amend the above interim rule to extend full coverage without any dollar limit to all IOLTA accounts.  If these accounts are not given full coverage, many lawyers will feel compelled to convert their trust and escrow IOLTA accounts to straight non-interest-bearing transactional accounts, and this will result in a severe loss of funding for our program and a corresponding drastic cut in legal services to the poor, whose need for such services is greater in this economic downturn.

Thank you.

Claudia C. Damon