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Resolution 138/2009
The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Bolivia authorizes the monetization of 30,000,000 newly minted 0.50 Boliviano coins, valued at 15,000,000 Bolivianos. Gustavo Blacutt is designated to represent the Board at the monetization ceremony, and the Presidency and General Management are tasked with executing the resolution.
BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 138/2009 SUBJECT: MONETARY OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT – AUTHORIZES MONETIZATION OF 0.50 Bs COINS
HAVING SEEN: Law No. 901 of November 28, 1986, which creates the "Boliviano" as the legal and mandatory unit of currency. Law No. 1670 of October 31, 1995. The Statute of the Central Bank of Bolivia of October 21, 2005. The Regulation on the Issuance, Exchange, and Destruction of Monetary Material, approved by Board Resolution No. 047/2009 of April 14, 2009. The Coin Minting Contract SANO No. 078/2009 of May 19, 2009, and its Amending Addendum SANO No. 113/2009 of June 15, 2009, signed between the BCB and the Chilean Mint. The Report from the Monetary Operations Management STES No. 121/2009 of November 16, 2009. The Report from the Legal Affairs Management SANO No. 374/2009 of November 23, 2009.
CONSIDERING: That Article 1 of Law No. 901 creates the Boliviano as the unit of the State's monetary system, through banknotes and coins that the Central Bank of Bolivia will issue and circulate as legal tender, starting January 1, 1987.
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That in accordance with the Coin Minting Contract and its Amending Addendum, the Central Bank of Bolivia has received the first delivery of metallic monetary material from the Chilean Mint.
That it is the authority of the Board of Directors, according to Article 54, paragraph m) of Law No. 1670 and numeral 11 of Article 11 of the Statute, to authorize and supervise the issuance of banknotes and coins.
That Article 9 of the Regulation for the Issuance, Exchange, and Destruction of Monetary Material establishes that it is the faculty of the BCB Board of Directors to authorize the monetization of banknotes and coins.
That Report STES No. 121/2009 considers it necessary to monetize newly minted 0.50 Bs coins and recommends that the BCB Board of Directors consider the monetization of the monetary material delivered to the vault by the supplier, the Chilean Mint.
That in the opinion of the Legal Affairs Management, according to Report SANO No. 374/2009, there is no legal impediment for the BCB Board of Directors, in attention to its faculties and competencies, to approve the monetization of newly minted 0.50 Bs coins.
THEREFORE
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF BOLIVIA
RESOLVES:
Article 1.- Authorize the monetization of newly minted 0.50 Bs coins according to the following detail:
DENOMINATION | NUMBER OF PIECES | VALUE IN Bs. 0.50 | 30,000,000 | 15,000,000 TOTAL | 30,000,000 | 15,000,000
Article 2.- Designate Director Gustavo Blacutt to represent the Board of Directors in the act of monetization of the cited material.
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Article 3.- The Presidency and General Management are charged with the execution and compliance of this Resolution.
La Paz, November 24, 2009
Rolando Marín Ibáñez
Gustavo Blacutt Alcalá Ernesto Yáñez Aguilar
Rafael Boyán Téllez
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