PRINTER'S NO. 2871
No. 2167 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LASHINGER, ANGSTADT, BUSH, J. TAYLOR, GODSHALL,
NAHILL, DEMPSEY, ARGALL, HERSHEY, GRUPPO, CESSAR, BUNT,
WESTON, RAYMOND, GLADECK, MERRY, CLYMER, DIETTERICK,
SERAFINI, JADLOWIEC, MARSICO, FAIRCHILD, BLACK, GEIST,
NAILOR, JOHNSON, SCHULER, FOX, HESS, WASS, E. Z. TAYLOR,
HERMAN, J. L. WRIGHT, D. W. SNYDER, J. H. CLARK, DISTLER,
GANNON, PHILLIPS, NOYE, McVERRY, PERZEL, CORNELL, FOSTER,
TRELLO, TELEK, CIVERA, ALLEN, ROBBINS, DAVIES, WILSON, ADOLPH
AND KONDRICH, DECEMBER 6, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, DECEMBER 6, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for investments for
3 the State Employees' Retirement System.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 5931(m) of Title 71 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 5931. Management of fund and accounts.
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10 (m) Additional board power on investments.--Regardless of
11 any limitations, conditions or restrictions imposed on the
12 making of investments by this part or other law, the board may,
13 at its discretion, invest a maximum of 10% of the book value of
14 the assets of the fund in any investments, which shall include
15 affordable housing programs administered by the Pennsylvania
1 Housing and Finance Agency, not otherwise specifically
2 authorized, provided that such investments are made with the
3 exercise of that degree of judgment, skill and care under the
4 circumstances then prevailing which persons of prudence,
5 discretion and intelligence, who are familiar with such matters,
6 exercise in the management of their own affairs not in regard to
7 speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of the
8 funds, considering the probable income to be derived therefrom
9 as well as the probable safety of their capital.
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11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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