§ 18A:71B-44 — Assurance of availability of principal.

18A:71B-44. a. If the investment manager is the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury, in order to assure the availability of principal of any amount contributed under this article, there shall be paid to the authority for deposit in the trust, at the time of distribution, subject to appropriation, such sum, if any, as shall be certified by the chair of the authority as necessary to provide that amount at the time of distribution. The chair shall make and deliver to the Governor, or his designee, the certificate stating the sums, if any, required to make available in the trust the amount aforesaid, and the sums so certified shall be appropriated and paid to the authority during the then current State fiscal year. b. If the investment manager is a private entity, the investment of the principal and interest of any amount contributed under this article shall be made in accordance with an investment plan approved by the State Investment Council in the Division of Investment. L.1999, c.46, s.1; amended 2001, c.262, s.19.