602.9111 - INVESTMENT OF FUND.

        602.9111  INVESTMENT OF FUND.         1.  So much of the judicial retirement fund as may not be      necessary to be kept on hand for the making of disbursements under      this article shall be invested by the treasurer of state in any      investments authorized for the Iowa public employees' retirement      system in section 97B.7A and subject to the requirements of chapter      12F, and the earnings therefrom shall be credited to the fund.  The      treasurer of state may execute contracts and agreements with      investment advisors, consultants, and investment management and      benefit consultant firms in the administration of the judicial      retirement fund.         2.  Investment management expenses shall be charged to the      investment income of the fund and there is appropriated from the fund      an amount required for the investment management expenses.  The court      administrator shall report the investment management expenses for the      fiscal year as a percent of the market value of the system.         3.  For purposes of this section, investment management expenses      are limited to the following:         a.  Fees for investment advisors, consultants, and investment      management and benefit consultant firms hired by the treasurer of      state in administering the fund.         b.  Fees and costs for safekeeping fund assets.         c.  Costs for performance and compliance monitoring, and      accounting for fund investments.         d.  Any other costs necessary to prudently invest or protect      the assets of the fund.         4.  The state court administrator and the treasurer of state, and      their employees, are not personally liable for claims based upon an      act or omission of the person performed in the discharge of the      person's duties concerning the judicial retirement fund, except for      acts or omissions which involve malicious or wanton misconduct.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 605A.11] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 186, § 10202(2)         CS83, § 602.9111         84 Acts, ch 1180, § 10; 96 Acts, ch 1187, § 109; 2001 Acts, ch 68,      §18, 24; 2007 Acts, ch 39, §13