Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 815.3016. Approval of Certain Alternative Investments

(a) In this section, “alternative investment” has the meaning assigned by Section 815.3015.

(b) The executive director, a private professional investment manager, or any other person delegated authority to invest or reinvest retirement system assets under Section 815.202(f) or 815.301 may not invest retirement system assets in a single alternative investment that exceeds 0.6 percent of the total market value of the trust fund established by Section 815.310 as reported in the most recent annual financial report required under Section 2101.011 unless the board of trustees votes to approve the investment.

(c) The board of trustees may hold a closed meeting by telephone conference call or video conference call to consider and discuss an alternative investment or a potential alternative investment under this section, regardless of whether a quorum is physically present at one location of the meeting.

(d) Chapter 551 does not require the board of trustees to confer with one or more employees, consultants, or legal counsel of the retirement system or with a third party in an open meeting if the only purpose of the conference is to receive information from or question the employees, consultants, or legal counsel of the retirement system or the third party relating to an alternative investment or a potential alternative investment under this section.

(e) During a closed meeting held under this section, members of the board of trustees may not deliberate public business or agency policy that affects public business.

(f) A final action, decision, or vote on a matter considered or discussed in a closed meeting held under this section may only be made in an open meeting that is held in compliance with the notice provisions of Chapter 551.

(g) The board of trustees may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.