Illinois Code § 12-166

§ 12-166.

To invest money. To invest and reinvest the moneys of the fund subject to the requirements and restrictions set forth in this Article and in Sections 1-109, 1-109.1, 1-109.2, 1-110, 1-111, 1-114, and 1-115. No investments shall be purchased or sold or in any manner hypothecated except by the action of the board duly entered in the record of its proceedings. The board may hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer or dispose of any of the securities and investments in which any of the moneys of the fund or the proceeds of those investments have been invested. The board shall have the authority to enter into any agreements and to execute any documents that it determines to be necessary to complete any investment transaction. All investments shall be clearly held and accounted for to indicate ownership by the fund. The board may direct the registration of securities or the holding of interests in real property in the name of the fund or in the name of a nominee created for the express purpose of registering securities or holding interests in real property by a national or state bank or trust company authorized to conduct a trust business in the State of Illinois. The board may hold title to interests in real property in the name of the fund or in the name of a title holding corporation created for the express purpose of holding title to interests in real property. Investments shall be carried at cost or at a value determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and accounting procedures approved by the board. No bank or savings and loan association shall receive investment funds as permitted by this Section, unless it has complied with the requirements established pursuant to Section 6 of the Public Funds Investment Act. Those requirements shall be applicable only at the time of investment and shall not require the liquidation of any investment at any time. The board of trustees of any fund established under this Article may not transfer its investment authority, nor transfer the assets of the fund to any other person or entity for the purpose of consolidating or merging its assets and management with any other pension fund or public investment authority, unless the board resolution authorizing such transfer is submitted for approval to the contributors and retirees of the fund at elections held not less than 30 days after the adoption of such resolution by the board, and such resolution is approved by a majority of the votes cast on the question in both the contributors election and the retirees election. The election procedures and qualifications governing the election of trustees shall govern the submission of resolutions for approval under this paragraph, insofar as they may be made applicable. (Source: P.A. 90-766, eff. 8-14-98.)