July 14, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Bledsoe, Meltzer, Barnett, Lipton, Slezak, Stanley, Tlaib, Bauer, Smith, Robert Jones, Young, Durhal, Meadows, Lisa Brown, Haugh, Liss, Slavens, Terry Brown, Crawford, Wayne Schmidt, Daley, Calley, Kurtz, McMillin, Paul Scott, Pearce and Bettie Scott and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs.
A bill to amend 1965 PA 314, entitled
"Public employee retirement system investment act,"
by amending section 13 (MCL 38.1133), as amended by 2008 PA 425.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 13. (1) The provisions of this act shall supersede any
investment authority previously granted to a system under any other
law of this state.
(2) The assets of a system may be invested, reinvested, held
in nominee form, and managed by an investment fiduciary subject to
the terms, conditions, and limitations provided in this act. An
investment fiduciary of a defined contribution plan may arrange for
1 or more investment options to be directed by the participants of
the defined contribution plan. The limitations on the percentage of
total assets for investments provided in this act do not apply to a
defined contribution plan in which a participant directs the
investment of the assets in his or her individual account, and that
participant is not considered an investment fiduciary under this
act.
(3) An investment fiduciary shall discharge his or her duties
solely in the interest of the participants and the beneficiaries,
and shall do all of the following:
(a) Act with the same care, skill, prudence, and diligence
under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person
acting in a similar capacity and familiar with those matters would
use in the conduct of a similar enterprise with similar aims.
(b) Act with due regard for the management, reputation, and
stability of the issuer and the character of the particular
investments being considered.
(c) Make investments for the exclusive purposes of providing
benefits to participants and participants' beneficiaries, and of
defraying reasonable expenses of investing the assets of the
system.
(d) Give appropriate consideration to those facts and
circumstances that the investment fiduciary knows or should know
are relevant to the particular investment or investment course of
action involved, including the role the investment or investment
course of action plays in that portion of the system's investments
for which the investment fiduciary has responsibility; and act
accordingly. For purposes of this subsection, "appropriate
consideration" includes, but is not limited to, a determination by
the investment fiduciary that a particular investment or investment
course of action is reasonably designed, as part of the investments
of the system, to further the purposes of the system, taking into
consideration the risk of loss and the opportunity for gain or
other return associated with the investment or investment course of
action; and consideration of the following factors as they relate
to the investment or investment course of action:
(i) The diversification of the investments of the system.
(ii) The liquidity and current return of the investments of the
system relative to the anticipated cash flow requirements of the
system.
(iii) The projected return of the investments of the system
relative to the funding objectives of the system.
(e) Give appropriate consideration to investments that would
enhance the general welfare of this state and its citizens if those
investments offer the safety and rate of return comparable to other
investments permitted under this act and available to the
investment fiduciary at the time the investment decision is made.
(f) Prepare and maintain written objectives, policies, and
strategies with clearly defined accountability and responsibility
for implementing and executing the system's investments.
(g) Monitor the investment of the system's assets with regard
to the limitations on those investments pursuant to this act. Upon
discovery that an investment causes the system to exceed a
limitation prescribed in this act, the investment fiduciary shall
reallocate assets in a prudent manner in order to comply with the
prescribed limitation.
(4) An investment fiduciary who is an investment fiduciary of
any of the following shall comply with the divestment from terror
act, 2008 PA 234, MCL 129.291 to 129.301, in making investments
under this act:
(a) The Tier 1 retirement plan available under the state
employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 240, MCL 38.1 to 38.69.
(b) The Tier 1 retirement plan available under the judges
retirement act of 1992, 1992 PA 234, MCL 38.2101 to 38.2670.
(c) The state police retirement system created under the state
police retirement act of 1986, 1986 PA 182, MCL 38.1601 to 38.1648.
(d) The public school employees retirement system created
under the public school employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA
300, MCL 38.1301 to 38.1408.
(5) An investment fiduciary may use a portion of the income of
the system to defray the costs of investing, managing, and
protecting the assets of the system; may retain investment and all
other services necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the
system; and may pay reasonable compensation for those services.
Subject to an annual appropriation by the legislature, a deduction
from the income of a state administered system resulting from the
payment of those costs shall be made.
(6) The system shall be a separate and distinct trust fund and
the assets of the system shall be for the exclusive benefit of the
participants and their beneficiaries and of defraying reasonable
expenses of investing the assets of the system. With respect to a
system, an investment fiduciary shall not cause the system to
engage in a transaction if he or she knows or should know that the
transaction is any of the following, either directly or indirectly:
(a) A sale or exchange or a leasing of any property from the
system to a party in interest for less than the fair market value,
or from a party in interest to the system for more than the fair
market value.
(b) A lending of money or other extension of credit from the
system to a party in interest without the receipt of adequate
security and a reasonable rate of interest, or from a party in
interest to the system with the provision of excessive security or
at an unreasonably high rate of interest.
(c) A transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of, the
political subdivision sponsoring the system of any assets of the
system for less than adequate consideration.
(d) The furnishing of goods, services, or facilities from the
system to a party in interest for less than adequate consideration,
or from a party in interest to the system for more than adequate
consideration.
(7) With respect to a system subject to this act, an
investment fiduciary shall not do any of the following:
(a) Deal with the assets of the system in his or her own
interest or for his or her own account.
(b) In his or her individual or any other capacity act in any
transaction involving the system on behalf of a party whose
interests are adverse to the interests of the system or the
interest of its participants or participants' beneficiaries.
(c) Receive any consideration for his or her own personal
account from any party dealing with the system in connection with a
transaction involving the assets of the system.
(8) This section does not prohibit an investment fiduciary
from doing any of the following:
(a) Receiving any benefit to which he or she may be entitled
as a participant or participant's beneficiary of the system.
(b) Receiving any reimbursement of expenses properly and
actually incurred in the performance of his or her duties for the
system.
(c) Serving as an investment fiduciary in addition to being an
officer, employee, agent, or other representative of the political
subdivision sponsoring the system.
(d) Receiving agreed upon compensation for services from the
system.
(9) Except for an employee of a system, this state, or the
political subdivision sponsoring a system, when acting in the
capacity as an investment fiduciary, an investment fiduciary who is
qualified under section 12c(1)(b) shall meet 1 of the following
requirements:
(a) Be a registered investment adviser under either the
investment advisers act of 1940, 15 USC 80b-1 to 80b-21, or the
uniform securities act, 1964 PA 265, MCL 451.501 to 451.818.
(b) Be a bank as defined under the investment advisers act of
1940, 15 USC 80b-1 to 80b-21.
(c) Be an insurance company qualified under section 16(3).
(10) An investment fiduciary shall not invest in a debt
instrument issued by a foreign country that has been identified by
the United States state department as engaging in or sponsoring
terrorism.
(11) A system shall annually publish and make available to the
plan participants and beneficiaries a list of all expenses paid by
soft dollars.
(12) A system shall retain records of all expenses, including,
but not limited to, travel expenses for 5 years from the date of
creation of the record.