Section 100004 Of Title 21. The California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust Act From California Government Code >> Title 21.
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. (a) There is hereby established a retirement savings trust
known as the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust to be
administered by the board for the purpose of promoting greater
retirement savings for California private employees in a convenient,
voluntary, low-cost, and portable manner. After sufficient funds are
made available for this title to be operative pursuant to Section
100042, the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust, as a
self-sustaining trust, shall pay all costs of administration only out
of moneys on deposit therein.
(b) The board shall segregate moneys received by the California
Secure Choice Retirement Savings Trust into two funds, which shall be
identified as the program fund and the administrative fund.
Notwithstanding Section 13340, moneys in the trust are hereby
continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the
board for the purposes of this title.
(c) Moneys in the program fund may be invested or reinvested by
the Treasurer or may be invested in whole or in part under contract
with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement
System or private money managers, or both, as determined by the
board.
(d) Transfers may be made from the program fund to the
administrative fund for the purpose of paying operating costs
associated with administering the trust and as required by this
title. On an annual basis, expenditures from the administrative fund
shall not exceed more than 1 percent of the total program fund. All
costs of administration of the trust shall be paid out of the
administrative fund. Operating costs associated with administering
the trust do not include the procurement of private underwriting for
the retirement savings' return.
(e) Any contributions paid by employees and employers into the
trust shall be used exclusively for the purpose of paying benefits to
the participants of the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings
Program, for the cost of administration of the program, and for
investments made for the benefit of the program.