TITLE 47 RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS

Section 25. Magistrates Retirement Fund, 47-25-1 through 47-25-101.

ARTICLE 2 ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

47-25-23. Control of funds; investments.

1. The board shall have control of all funds provided for in this chapter and all funds shall be received and disbursed from a special account to the credit of the board. The expenses of administering this fund and the benefits provided for in this chapter shall be paid from such funds. The board shall have authority to expend the funds in accordance with this chapter.
2. The board shall have full power to invest and reinvest such funds, subject to all the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions imposed by Article 7 of Chapter 20 of this title, the "Public Retirement Systems Investment Authority Law." Subject to such terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions, the board shall have full power to hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, and dispose of any of the securities and investments in which any of the funds are invested, including the proceeds of any investments and any money belonging to the fund.
3. The board is authorized to employ agents, including, but not limited to, banks or trust departments thereof, and to contract with such agents for their services as investment advisers and counselors, making recommendations for investments and making investments if the board so authorizes.

(Code 1981, §47-25-23, enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 246, § 1/SB 244.)