Tennessee Code 65-162 – Board as trustee of fund – Investment powers – Custodian of fund – Payments
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 65-162
- board: means the board provided for in part 3 of this chapter. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- Retirement system: means the Tennessee consolidated retirement system as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- Service: means service as a general employee, a teacher, a state police officer, a wildlife officer, a firefighter, a police officer, a state judge, a county judge, an attorney general, a commissioner or a county official which is paid for by an employer, and also includes service for which a former member of the general assembly is entitled to under former §. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
The board of trustees shall be the trustee of the public service commissioners’ retirement fund created by § 65-161 and shall have the full power to invest and reinvest all moneys comprising the fund to the extent that the board deems appropriate, subject to the limitation that no investment shall be made except on the exercise of bona fide discretion, in securities which, at the time of making the investment are, by statute, permitted for the investment of funds of the Tennessee state retirement system, as established by §§ 8-3401 – 8-3516. Subject to such limitations, the board shall have the full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, or dispose of any of the securities or investment in which the public service commissioners’ retirement fund created by § 65-161 has been invested, as well as the proceeds of such investments and the moneys belonging to the said fund. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the fund. All payments from the fund shall be authorized by the state treasurer on vouchers requested by the board of trustees and duly issued by the state treasurer.