Illinois Statutes Chapter 40. Pensions § 5/1-113.9. Illegal investments

§ 1-113.9. Illegal investments. A person registered as a dealer, salesperson, or investment adviser under the Illinois Securities Law of 1953  1 who sells a pension fund a security, or engages in a transaction with a pension fund, that is not authorized by this Code, shall be subject to the penalty provisions of Subsection E of Section 8 of the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, if (1) the dealer, salesperson, or investment adviser has discretionary authority or control over the fund's assets and has acknowledged in writing that it is acting in a fiduciary capacity for the fund, (2) the fund has requested the investment advice of the dealer, salesperson, or investment adviser and has provided the dealer, salesperson, or investment adviser with its investment policy, and the dealer, salesperson, or investment adviser acknowledges in writing that the fund is relying primarily on the investment advice of that dealer, salesperson, or investment adviser, or (3) the dealer, salesperson, or investment adviser knows or has reason to know that the fund is not capable of independently evaluating investment risk or exercising independent judgment with respect to a particular securities transaction, and nonetheless recommends that the fund engage in that transaction.

A bank or trust company authorized to conduct a trust business in Illinois or a broker-dealer, and any officer, director, or employee thereof, that advises or causes a pension fund to make an investment or engages in a transaction not authorized by this Code is subject to the penalty provisions of Article V of the Corporate Fiduciary Act.  2