Section 53216.6 Of Article 1.5. Pension Trusts From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.5.
53216.6
. The assets of the pension trust are trust funds and shall
be held for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to
participants in the pension or retirement system and their
beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the
system.
The legislative body, trust, or other body authorized to make
investments for a pension trust, shall discharge its duties with
respect to investing the assets of the pension trust.
(a) Solely in the interest of, and for the exclusive purposes of
providing benefits to, participants and their beneficiaries,
minimizing employer contributions thereto, and defraying reasonable
expenses of administering the trust.
(b) With the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the
circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like
capacity and familiar with these matters would use in the conduct of
an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.
(c) Shall diversify the investments of the trust so as to minimize
the risk of loss and to maximize the rate of return, unless under
the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so.