AI-assisted research summary: This section sets up a pooled investment fund and gives the state treasurer and state funding board roles in administering it.
There is hereby established the “pooled investment fund” for the purpose of receiving and investing any money in the custody of any officer or officers of the state unless prohibited by statute to be invested. Participants in the fund under this section shall be deemed to be the general fund of the state and any department or agency of the state which is required by court order, contract, state or federal law or federal regulation to receive interest on invested funds and which are authorized by the state treasurer to participate in the fund. The state treasurer shall administer the pooled investment fund on behalf of the participants in accordance with § 9-4-602 and shall have the authority to establish accounts and different classes of shares within the fund. All investments purchased belong jointly to the participants in the fund and the participants will share capital gains, income, and losses pro rata. The state shall keep a separate account, designated by name and number of each participant. Individual transactions and totals of all investments belonging to each participant shall be recorded in the accounts. The state shall report monthly to every participant having a beneficial interest in the pooled investment fund. The report shall show the changes in investments made during the preceding month. The state treasurer shall establish a revolving account, under the state treasurer's custody, to defray administrative costs of the pooled investment fund. The state treasurer may deduct from each participant's pro rata earnings through the fund a reasonable charge for administering the fund. In the event that the state treasurer does deduct an administrative fee, it shall be deposited and expended through the revolving account. As the administrator of the pooled investment fund, the state treasurer is authorized to receive, invest and distribute a participant's funds by means of an electronic transfer or other reasonable methods. The state funding board may establish limits, restrictions or conditions on the acceptance of moneys into the fund and the withdrawal of moneys from the fund. At any time, a participant in the fund may request the return of its principal investment or investment income or both; however, a redemption of shares does not guarantee that a participant will receive the entire amount of the principal investment or investment income or both.