HB2074 - 522R

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 12-820.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE12-820.02. Qualified immunity

A. Unless a public employee acting within the scope of the public employee's employment intended to cause injury or was grossly negligent, neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for:

1. The failure to make an arrest or the failure to retain an arrested person in custody.

2. An injury caused by an escaping or escaped prisoner or a youth committed to the department of juvenile corrections.

3. An injury resulting from the probation, community supervision or discharge of a prisoner or a youth committed to the department of juvenile corrections, from the terms and conditions of the prisoner's or youth's probation or community supervision or from the revocation of the prisoner's or youth's probation, community supervision or conditional release under the psychiatric security review board.

4. An injury caused by a prisoner to any other prisoner or an injury caused by a youth committed to the department of juvenile corrections to any other committed youth.

5. The issuance of or failure to revoke or suspend any permit, license, certificate, approval, order or similar authorization for which absolute immunity is not provided pursuant to section 12‑820.01.

6. The failure to discover violations of any provision of law when inspections are done of property other than property owned by the public entity in question.

7. An injury to the driver of a motor vehicle that is attributable to the violation by the driver of section 28‑693, 28‑1381 or 28‑1382.

8. The failure to prevent the sale or transfer of a handgun to a person whose receipt or possession of the handgun is unlawful under any federal law or any law of this state.

9. Preventing the sale or transfer of a handgun to a person who may lawfully receive or possess a handgun.

10. The failure to detain a juvenile taken into temporary custody or arrested for a criminal offense or delinquent or incorrigible act in the appropriate detention facility, jail or lockup described in section 8‑305.

11. An injury caused by a peace officer if the injury was caused by any act or omission while rendering emergency care at the scene of an emergency occurrence.

B. The qualified immunity provided in this section applies to a public entity or public employee if the injury or damage was caused by a contractor's employee or a contractor of a public entity acting within the scope of the contract. The qualified immunity provided in this section does not apply to the contractor or the contractor's employee. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Heading change

The article heading of title 38, chapter 4, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is changed from "FIREFIGHTER, PEACE OFFICER AND CORRECTIONS OFFICER CANCER INSURANCE" to "PUBLIC SAFETY CANCER INSURANCE".

Sec. 3. Section 38-641, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE38-641. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Board" means the board of trustees of the public safety personnel retirement system established by section 38‑848, including its authorized employees, administrators, attorneys and agents.

2. "Employer" means this state or any political subdivision of this state, including cities, towns, fire districts and Indian tribes, that employs firefighters, peace officers, corrections officers, or detention officers or other members as defined in section 38‑881 and that participates in the public safety personnel retirement system established by chapter 5, article 4 of this title or the corrections officer retirement plan established by chapter 5, article 6 of this title.

3. "Peace officer" means a certified peace officer as defined in section 38‑842.

4. "Program" means the firefighter, peace officer and corrections officer public safety cancer insurance policy program established by this article. END_STATUTE

Sec. 4. Section 38-642, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE38-642. Public safety cancer insurance policy program

A. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, the board shall establish and administer a firefighter, peace officer and corrections officer public safety cancer insurance policy program for participating employers that employ firefighters, or peace officers, corrections officers or detention officers. For the purposes of the internal revenue code, the program is an integral part of a political subdivision of this state.

B. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, participating employers that employ firefighters or peace officers shall participate in the program.

C. The board shall contract for a group cancer insurance policy to provide coverage as prescribed by section 38‑645 or may self‑insure the program by establishing an insurance policy that is of its own design and that is underwritten by the assets of the firefighter, peace officer and corrections officer public safety cancer insurance policy program account established by section 38‑643. When procuring, establishing or administering any cancer insurance policy provided pursuant to this article the board is exempt from the requirements of title 41, chapter 23.

D. The board shall administer a firefighter, peace officer and corrections officer public safety cancer insurance policy program for employers and their employees who are corrections officers, or detention officers or other members as defined in section 38‑881 and who join the program. The state department of corrections, the state department of juvenile corrections, the department of public safety or a county, city or town may establish a voluntary cancer insurance policy program for employees who are corrections officers or, detention officers or other members as defined in section 38-881. The state department of corrections, the state department of juvenile corrections, the department of public safety or a county, city or town that, in its discretion, establishes a program shall collect the payments for the program and submit the monies to the board on behalf of the employees who voluntarily enroll in the program and make payments for the cancer insurance. If a county, city or town establishes a voluntary cancer insurance policy program, the county, city or town is not required to make payments for the cancer insurance. If the state department of corrections, or state the department of juvenile corrections or the department of public safety establishes a voluntary cancer insurance policy program, the department shall not make payments for the cancer insurance. The board may adopt policies that establish criteria for participation in the program pursuant to this subsection.

E. On or before July 31 of each year, the board shall notify each employer required to participate in the program of the total amount payable to the board to pay for the costs of the program. The amount charged to each employer shall not exceed one hundred eighty dollars for each employee of the employer who is a firefighter, peace officer, corrections officer, or detention officer or any other member as defined in section 38‑881 on record with the board as of June 30 of that year. Each employer shall pay this amount to the board on or before August 31 of each year.

F. Employers that fail to pay the amount required by subsection E of this section by August 31 shall pay a fifteen per cent percent late charge to the board on all delinquent amounts accrued monthly. If the amount due and the late charge are not paid within thirty days, the board may recover the amounts due from the employer by either:

1. Filing an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount due.

2. Requesting a deduction of any monies, including excise revenue taxes, payable to the employer by any department or agency of this state.

G. If the board self‑insures the program the board and the program are exempt from title 20 and any rules adopted pursuant to title 20. END_STATUTE

Sec. 5. Section 38-643, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE38-643. Public safety cancer insurance policy program account

A. The ~~firefighter, peace officer and corrections officer~~ public safety cancer insurance policy program account is established and shall be under the exclusive control of the board. The board shall deposit monies collected pursuant to section 38‑642 in the account to pay the cost of providing a group cancer insurance policy under the program and the cost of administering the program.

B. The board may use up to ten ~~per cent~~ percent of the monies deposited in the account each year ending July 31 to pay the costs of administering the program, except that board attorney fees and court costs relating to the program shall be paid out of the account and are not subject to this limitation. If no monies are deposited in the account in a given year, the board may use up to five ~~per cent~~ percent of the monies deposited in the account in the most recent year in which there was a deposit to pay the costs of administering the program.

C. The board shall cause an independent audit of the account to be performed at the end of each fiscal year and shall report the results of the audit to each employer within six months following the end of the fiscal year.

D. The employer contributions and securities in the account and investment earnings on monies in the account are exempt from state, county and municipal taxes.

E. The program is a welfare benefit plan or trust intended to pay expenses incurred in the treatment of cancer as provided in the policy of insurance secured or established by the board pursuant to section 38‑642. The legislature intends that the program's income be excluded as gross income for the purposes of the assessment of federal income tax under section 115 of the internal revenue code and that coverage under the program be excluded as gross income to the employees or retirees under section 106 of the internal revenue code. The board may adopt additional program provisions as are necessary to fulfill its intent that the program's income and premiums are not subject to federal income tax.

F. Employers, the board of trustees and any member of a local board do not guarantee the account in any manner against loss or depreciation and are not liable for any act or failure to act made in good faith pursuant to this article, including determinations on program claims. END_STATUTE

Sec. 6. Section 38-644, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE38-644. Eligibility

A. Except as provided in subsections B, C and D of this section, to qualify for covered benefits under the program, a person must satisfy all of the following criteria:

1. Be an active or retired member of the public safety personnel retirement system or the corrections officer retirement plan.

2. Be one of the following:

(a) A firefighter who is or was regularly assigned to hazardous duty of the type normally expected of a firefighter.

(b) A peace officer.

(c) A corrections officer employed by the state department of corrections or the state department of juvenile corrections, or a detention officer employed by a county, city or town or any other member as defined in section 38‑881 if the department, county, city, or town or participating employer as defined in section 38-881 has voluntarily established a program and the corrections officer, or detention officer or other member as defined in section 38‑881 voluntarily enrolled in the program and made the payments pursuant to section 38‑642, subsection D.

3. Have cancer that was first diagnosed after the person's date of membership in the public safety personnel retirement system or corrections officer retirement plan.

B. Persons who terminate employment with a participating employer are not eligible for benefits under the program unless the person has made a valid claim for payment of expenses under the program before termination of employment.

C. On retirement, persons who were either receiving benefits under the program before retirement or who are diagnosed with cancer subsequent to retirement remain eligible for coverage under the program for five months for each year of credited service accumulated toward retirement under the public safety personnel retirement system or corrections officer retirement plan.

D. A person whose eligibility to receive benefits under subsection C of this section is expiring may continue to remain eligible for coverage under the program if the person makes an election with the board and pays to the board the cost of the premium as determined by the board at the time determined by the board.

E. A person is not eligible for benefits under the program if there is any evidence that the cancer that forms the basis for a benefit claim under the program existed before the person's membership in the public safety personnel retirement system or corrections officer retirement plan. END_STATUTE

Sec. 7. Section 38-645, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE38-645. Coverage

A. Coverage provided under the program shall provide benefits to eligible persons to pay for expenses that are designated by the board and that are incurred in the treatment of cancer, including treatments by clinics or providers outside of the United States.

B. The board may provide for additional coverage or exclusions under the program based on available monies in the ~~firefighter, peace officer and corrections officer~~ public safety cancer insurance policy program account.

C. Coverage under the ~~firefighter, peace officer and corrections officer~~ public safety cancer insurance policy program may be canceled, changed or terminated by the board at any time without notice. If the program is terminated, the board shall refund monies in the ~~firefighter, peace officer and corrections officer~~ public safety cancer insurance policy program account on a pro rata basis to employers, excluding monies held in reserve for benefits as determined by the board.

D. If the program is self‑insured, benefits are limited to the assets in the ~~firefighter, peace officer and corrections officer~~ public safety cancer insurance policy program account and those benefits may be reduced or eliminated at any time. END_STATUTE

Sec. 8. Section 38-848, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE38-848. Board of trustees; powers and duties; independent trust fund; administrator; agents and employees

A. The board of trustees shall consist of seven members and shall have the rights, powers and duties that are set forth in this section. The term of office of members shall be five years to expire on the third Monday in January of the appropriate year. Members are eligible to receive compensation in an amount of fifty dollars a day, but not to exceed one thousand dollars in any one fiscal year, and are eligible for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to chapter 4, article 2 of this title. The board consists of the following members appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38‑211:

1. Two elected members from a local board to represent the employees.

2. One member to represent this state as an employer of public safety personnel. This member shall have the qualifications prescribed in subsection T of this section.

3. One member to represent the cities as employers of public safety personnel.

4. An elected county or state official or a judge of the superior court, court of appeals or supreme court.

5. Two public members. These members shall have the qualifications prescribed in subsection T of this section.

B. All monies in the fund shall be deposited and held in a public safety personnel retirement system depository. Monies in the fund shall be disbursed from the depository separate and apart from all monies or funds of this state and the agencies, instrumentalities and subdivisions of this state, except that the board may commingle the assets of the fund and the assets of all other plans entrusted to its management in one or more group trusts, subject to the crediting of receipts and earnings and charging of payments to the appropriate employer, system or plan. The monies shall be secured by the depository in which they are deposited and held to the same extent and in the same manner as required by the general depository law of this state. For purposes of making the decision to invest in securities owned by the fund or any plan or trust administered by the board, the fund and assets of the plans and the plans' trusts are subject to the sole management of the board for the purpose of this article except that, on the board's election to invest in a particular security or make a particular investment, the assets comprising the security or investment may be chosen and managed by third parties approved by the board. The board may invest in portfolios of securities chosen and managed by a third party. The board's decision to invest in securities such as mutual funds, commingled investment funds, exchange traded funds, private equity or venture capital limited partnerships, real estate limited partnerships or limited liability companies and real estate investment trusts whose assets are chosen and managed by third parties does not constitute an improper delegation of the board's investment authority.

C. All contributions under this system and other retirement plans that the board administers shall be forwarded to the board and shall be held, invested and reinvested by the board as provided in this article. All property and monies of the fund and other retirement plans that the board administers, including income from investments and from all other sources, shall be retained for the exclusive benefit of members, as provided in the system and other retirement plans that the board administers, and shall be used to pay benefits to members or their beneficiaries or to pay expenses of operation and administration of the system and fund and other retirement plans that the board administers.

D. The board shall have the full power in its sole discretion to invest and reinvest, alter and change the monies accumulated under the system and other retirement plans and trusts that the board administers as provided in this article. In addition to its power to make investments managed by others, the board may delegate the authority the board deems necessary and prudent to investment management pursuant to section 38‑848.03, as well as to the administrator, employed by the board pursuant to subsection K, paragraph 6 of this section, and any assistant administrators to invest the monies of the system and other retirement plans and trusts that the board administers if the administrator, investment management and any assistant administrators follow the investment policies that are adopted by the board. The board may commingle securities and monies of the fund, the elected officials' retirement plan, the corrections officer retirement plan and other plans or monies entrusted to its care, subject to the crediting of receipts and earnings and charging of payments to the account of the appropriate employer, system or plan. In making every investment, the board shall exercise the judgment and care under the circumstances then prevailing that persons of ordinary prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not in regard to speculation but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income from their funds as well as the probable safety of their capital, provided:

1. That not more than eighty ~~per cent~~ percent of the combined assets of the system or other plans that the board manages shall be invested at any given time in corporate stocks, based on cost value of such stocks irrespective of capital appreciation.

2. That no more than five ~~per cent~~ percent of the combined assets of the system or other plans that the board manages shall be invested in corporate stock issued by any one corporation, other than corporate stock issued by corporations chartered by the United States government or corporate stock issued by a bank or insurance company.

3. That not more than five ~~per cent~~ percent of the voting stock of any one corporation shall be owned by the system and other plans that the board administers, except that this limitation does not apply to membership interests in limited liability companies.

4. That corporate stocks and exchange traded funds eligible for direct purchase shall be restricted to stocks and exchange traded funds that, except for bank stocks, insurance stocks, stocks acquired for coinvestment in connection with the system's or the plans' or trusts' commingled investments and interests in limited liability companies and mutual funds, are either:

(a) Listed or approved on issuance for listing on an exchange registered under the securities exchange act of 1934, as amended (15 United States Code sections 78a through ~~78ll~~ 78pp).

(b) Designated or approved on notice of issuance for designation on the national market system of a national securities association registered under the securities exchange act of 1934, as amended (15 United States Code sections 78a through ~~78ll~~ 78pp).

(c) Listed or approved on issuance for listing on an exchange registered under the laws of this state or any other state.

(d) Listed or approved on issuance for listing on an exchange of a foreign country with which the United States is maintaining diplomatic relations at the time of purchase, except that no more than twenty ~~per cent~~ percent of the combined assets of the system and other plans that the board manages shall be invested in foreign securities, based on the cost value of the stocks irrespective of capital appreciation.

(e) An exchange traded fund that is recommended by the chief investment officer of the system, that is registered under the investment company act of 1940 (15 United States Code sections 80a-1 through 80a-64) and that is both traded on a public exchange and based on a publicly recognized index.

E. Notwithstanding any other law, the board shall not be required to invest in any type of investment that is dictated or required by any entity of the federal government and that is intended to fund economic development projects, public works or social programs, but may consider such economically targeted investments pursuant to its fiduciary responsibility. The board, on behalf of the system and all other plans or trusts the board administers, may invest in, lend monies to or guarantee the repayment of monies by a limited liability company, limited partnership, joint venture, partnership, limited liability partnership or trust in which the system and plans or trusts have a financial interest, whether the entity is closely held or publicly traded and that, in turn, may be engaged in any lawful activity, including venture capital, private equity, the ownership, development, management, improvement or operation of real property and any improvements or businesses on real property or the lending of monies.

F. Conference call meetings of the board that are held for investment purposes only are not subject to chapter 3, article 3.1 of this title, except that the board shall maintain minutes of these conference call meetings and make them available for public inspection within twenty‑four hours after the meeting. The board shall review the minutes of each conference call meeting and shall ratify all legal actions taken during each conference call meeting at the next scheduled meeting of the board.

G. The board shall not be held liable for the exercise of more than ordinary care and prudence in the selection of investments and performance of its duties under the system and shall not be limited to so‑called "legal investments for trustees", but all monies of the system and other plans that the board administers shall be invested subject to all of the conditions, limitations and restrictions imposed by law.

H. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, the board may:

1. Invest and reinvest the principal and income of all assets that the board manages without distinction between principal and income.

2. Sell, exchange, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of any investments made on behalf of the system or other plans the board administers in the name of the system or plans by private contract or at public auction.

3. Also:

(a) Vote on any stocks, bonds or other securities.

(b) Give general or special proxies or powers of attorney with or without power of substitution.

(c) Exercise any conversion privileges, subscription rights or other options and make any payments incidental to the exercise of the conversion privileges, subscription rights or other options.

(d) Consent to or otherwise participate in corporate reorganizations or other changes affecting corporate securities, delegate discretionary powers and pay any assessments or charges in connection therewith.

(e) Generally exercise any of the powers of an owner with respect to stocks, bonds, securities or other investments held in or owned by the system or other plans whose assets the board administers.

4. Make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any other instruments that may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the powers granted in this section.

5. Register any investment held by the system or other plans whose assets the board administers in the name of the system or plan or in the name of a nominee or trust.

6. At the expense of the system or other plans that the board administers, enter into an agreement with any bank or banks for the safekeeping and handling of securities and other investments coming into the possession of the board. The agreement shall be entered into under terms and conditions that secure the proper safeguarding, inventory, withdrawal and handling of the securities and other investments. No access to and no deposit or withdrawal of the securities from any place of deposit selected by the board shall be permitted or made except as the terms of the agreement may provide.

7. Appear before local boards and the courts of this state and political subdivisions of this state through counsel or appointed representative to protect the fund or the assets of other plans that the board administers. The board is not responsible for the actions or omissions of the local boards under this system but may seek review or rehearing of actions or omissions of local boards. The board does not have a duty to review actions of the local boards but may do so in its discretion in order to protect the fund. No limitations period precludes the board or administrator from contesting, or requires the board or administrator to implement or comply with, a local board decision that violates the internal revenue code or that threatens to impair the tax qualified status of the system or any plan administered by the board or administrator.

8. Empower the fund administrator to take actions on behalf of the board that are necessary for the protection and administration of the fund or the assets of other plans that the board administers pursuant to the guidelines of the board.

9. Do all acts, whether or not expressly authorized, that may be deemed necessary or proper for the protection of the investments held in the fund or owned by other plans or trusts that the board administers.

10. Settle threatened or actual litigation against any system or plan that the board administers.

I. Investment expenses and operation and administrative expenses of the board shall be accounted for separately and allocated against investment income.

J. The board, as soon as possible within a period of six months following the close of any fiscal year, shall transmit to the governor and the legislature a comprehensive annual financial report on the operation of the system and other plans that the board administers containing, among other things:

1. A balance sheet.

2. A statement of income and expenditures for the year.

3. A report on an actuarial valuation of its assets and liabilities.

4. A list of investments owned.

5. The total rate of return, yield on cost, and ~~per cent~~ percent of cost to market value of the fund and the assets of other plans that the board administers.

6. Any other statistical and financial data that may be necessary for the proper understanding of the financial condition of the system and other plans that the board administers and the results of their operations. A synopsis of the annual report shall be published for the information of members of the system, the elected officials' retirement plan or the corrections officer retirement plan.

7. An analysis of the long‑term level ~~per cent~~ percent of employer contributions and compensation structure and whether the funding methodology is sufficient to pay one hundred ~~per cent~~ percent of the unfunded accrued liability under the elected officials' retirement plan.

8. An estimate of the aggregate employer contribution rate for the public safety personnel retirement system for the next ten fiscal years and an estimate of the aggregate employer contribution rate for the corrections officer retirement plan for the next ten fiscal years.

9. An estimate of the employer contribution rates for the next ten fiscal years for each of the following employers within the public safety personnel retirement system:

(a) Department of liquor licenses and control.

(b) Department of public safety.

(d) University of Arizona.

(e) Arizona state university.

(f) Arizona game and fish department.

(g) Department of law.

(h) Department of emergency and military affairs.

(i) Arizona state parks board.

10. An estimate of the employer contribution rates for the next ten fiscal years for each of the following employers within the corrections officer retirement plan:

(a) State department of corrections.

(b) Department of public safety.

(d) Department of juvenile corrections.

K. The board shall:

1. Maintain the accounts of the system and other plans that the board administers and issue statements to each employer annually and to each member who may request it.

2. Report the results of the actuarial valuations to the local boards and employers.

3. Contract on a fee basis with an independent investment counsel to advise the board in the investment management of the fund and assets of other plans that the board administers and with an independent auditing firm to audit the board's accounting.

4. Permit the auditor general to make an annual audit and the results shall be transmitted to the governor and the legislature.

5. Contract on a fee basis with an actuary who shall make actuarial valuations of the system and other plans that the board administers, be the technical adviser of the board on matters regarding the operation of the funds created by the provisions of the system, the elected officials' retirement plan, the corrections officer retirement plan and the ~~firefighter, peace officer and corrections officer~~ public safety cancer insurance policy program and perform other duties required in connection therewith. The actuary must be a member of a nationally recognized association or society of actuaries.

6. Employ, as administrator, a person, state department or other body to serve at the pleasure of the board.

7. Establish procedures and guidelines for contracts with actuaries, auditors, investment counsel and legal counsel and for safeguarding of securities.

L. The administrator, under the direction of the board, shall:

1. Administer this article.

2. Be responsible for the recruitment, hiring and day‑to‑day management of employees.

3. Invest the funds of the system and other plans that the board administers as the board deems necessary and prudent as provided in subsections D and H of this section and subject to the investment policies and fund objectives adopted by the board.

4. Establish and maintain an adequate system of accounts and records for the system and other plans that the board administers, which shall be integrated with the accounts, records and procedures of the employers so that the system and other plans that the board administers operates most effectively and at minimum expense and that duplication of records and accounts is avoided.

5. In accordance with the board's governance policy and procedures and the budget adopted by the board, hire such employees and services the administrator deems necessary and prescribe their duties, including the hiring of one or more assistant administrators to manage the system's operations, investments and legal affairs.

6. Be responsible for income, the collection of the income and the accuracy of all expenditures.

7. Recommend to the board annual contracts for the system's actuary, auditor, investment counsel, legal counsel and safeguarding of securities.

8. Perform additional duties and powers prescribed by the board and delegated to the administrator.

M. The system is an independent trust fund and the board is not subject to title 41, chapter 6. Contracts for goods and services approved by the board are not subject to title 41, chapter 23. As an independent trust fund whose assets are separate and apart from all other funds of this state, the system and the board are not subject to the restrictions prescribed in section 35‑154 or article IX, sections 5 and 8, Constitution of Arizona. Loans, guarantees, investment management agreements and investment contracts that are entered into by the board are contracts memorializing obligations or interests in securities that the board has concluded, after thorough due diligence, do not involve investments in Sudan or Iran or otherwise provide support to terrorists or in any way facilitate illegal immigration into the United States. These contracts do not involve the procurement, supply or provision of goods, equipment, labor, materials or services that would require the warranties required by section 41‑4401.

N. The board, the administrator, the assistant administrators and all persons employed by them are subject to title 41, chapter 4, article 4. The administrator, assistant administrators and other employees of the board are entitled to receive compensation pursuant to section 38‑611.

O. In consultation with the director of the department of administration, the board may enter into employment agreements and establish the terms of those agreements with persons holding any of the following system positions:

1. Administrator.

2. Deputy or assistant administrator.

3. Chief investment officer.

4. Deputy chief investment officer.

5. Fiduciary or investment counsel.

P. The attorney general or an attorney approved by the attorney general and paid by the fund shall be the attorney for the board and shall represent the board in any legal proceeding or forum that the board deems appropriate. The board, administrator, assistant administrators and employees of the board are not personally liable for any acts done in their official capacity in good faith reliance on the written opinions of the board's attorney.

Q. At least once in each five‑year period after the effective date, the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service and compensation experience of the members and beneficiaries of the system and other plans that the board administers and shall make a special valuation of the assets and liabilities of the monies of the system and plans. Taking into account the results of the investigation and special valuation, the board shall adopt for the system and other plans that the board administers those mortality, service and other tables deemed necessary.

R. On the basis of the tables the board adopts, the actuary shall make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the funds of the system and other plans that the board administers not less frequently than every year. By November 1 of each year the board shall provide a preliminary report and by December 15 of each year provide a final report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate on the contribution rate for the ensuing fiscal year.

S. Neither the board nor any member or employee of the board shall directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent, in any manner use the monies or deposits of the fund except to make current and necessary payments, nor shall the board or any member or employee become an endorser or surety or in any manner an obligor for monies loaned by or borrowed from the fund or the assets of any other plans that the board administers.

T. The members of the board who are appointed pursuant to subsection A, paragraphs 2 and 5 of this section shall have at least ten years' substantial experience as any one or a combination of the following:

1. A portfolio manager acting in a fiduciary capacity.

2. A securities analyst.

3. An employee or principal of a trust institution, investment organization or endowment fund acting either in a management or an investment related capacity.

4. A chartered financial analyst in good standing as determined by the association for investment management and research.

5. A professor at the university level teaching economics or investment related subjects.

6. An economist.

7. Any other professional engaged in the field of public or private finances.

U. Financial or commercial information that is provided to the board, employees of the board and attorneys of the board in connection with investments in which the board has invested or investments the board has considered for investment is confidential, proprietary and not a public record if the information is information that would customarily not be released to the public by the person or entity from whom the information was obtained. END_STATUTE