Section 6930 Of Chapter 11.5. Governmental Investors From California Government Code >> Division 7. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 11.5.
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. As used in this chapter:
(a) "Governmental investor" means the Treasurer, the Teachers'
Retirement Board, and the Board of Administration of the Public
Employees' Retirement System. "Governmental investor" also means each
county treasurer, each city treasurer, each public governing or
investing body or public investing officer, who exercises investment
discretion over public funds in excess of ten million dollars
($10,000,000) or over public pension or retirement funds in excess of
ten million dollars ($10,000,000).
(b) "Soft dollar and directed brokerage arrangements" means the
brokerage and research services described by Section 28 (e) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Sec. 78bb(e)).
(c) "Transaction cost" means the overall cost of the transaction,
including, but not limited to, commissions, services, and the price
of the securities.
(d) "Responsible" means with the due diligence required of a
fiduciary to examine a presented transaction for: necessity of soft
dollar services provided and for commission cost; quality of the
trade; quality of the broker-dealer's research; the broker-dealer's
execution capabilities; and the broker-dealer's quality of service.