§ 53216.6. — 53216.6. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1738, Sec. 32.)

California § 53216.6.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code GOV: Government Code - GOV
• Div.: 2.
• Title 5.: DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES
• Part 1.: PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES
• Ch. 2.: CHAPTER 2. Officers and Employees
• Art. 1.5.: ARTICLE 1.5. Pension Trusts

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The assets of the pension trust are trust funds and shall be held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to participants in the pension or retirement system and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the system.
The legislative body, trust, or other body authorized to make investments for a pension trust, shall discharge its duties with respect to investing the assets of the pension trust.
(a)
Solely in the interest of, and for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to, participants and their beneficiaries, minimizing employer contributions thereto, and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the trust.
(b)
With the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with these matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.
(c)
Shall diversify the investments of the trust so as to minimize the risk of loss and to maximize the rate of return, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so.

Legislative History

Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1738, Sec. 32. Effective September 30, 1984.