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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) In addition to the Judges Retirement Fund in the State Treasury, a bank trust fund or funds may be established and maintained in a federally insured depository institution designated by the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System.
(b) The board shall be the trustees of the funds, subject to the other provisions of this section, and may employ professional investment counsel in either an advisory capacity only or as a money manager with authority to execute transactions.
(c) The funds of the system shall be invested and reinvested in accordance with the following procedure:
(1) From time to time, the board shall formulate the policy to be followed in future investment activity;
(2) If the board employs investment counsel with authority to execute transactions, the counsel or money manager shall have full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, or dispose of any of the moneys or investments of the system pursuant to the provisions of this section and in accordance with the current investment policy filed with the board;
(3) At least semiannually, the investment counsel shall file with the board a written report setting forth, for the period since its last report, all investments purchased and sold, all receipts and disbursements, and any other transactions concerning system moneys;
(4) At each regular meeting, the board shall examine each written report received from the investment counsel since the last regular meeting;
(5) Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, from time to time the board may direct a specific investment activity and shall be fully responsible for the direction; and
(6) Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, investment activity shall be subject to the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by law upon state public employee retirement plans in the making and disposing of their investments.
(d) A decision on whether to invest, not invest, or withdraw from investment the funds of the system shall not be based on a consideration that the location of the investment, fund, company, or any other type of investment vehicle is in the State of Israel.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 24. Retirement and Pensions § 24-8-205. Bank trust funds--Establishment - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-24-retirement-and-pensions/ar-code-sect-24-8-205/
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