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. (a) The board of directors shall cause all moneys in the
State Compensation Insurance Fund that are in excess of current
requirements to be invested and reinvested, from time to time, in the
same manner as provided for private insurance carriers pursuant to
Article 3 (commencing with Section 1170) and Article 4 (commencing
with Section 1190) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 1, but
excluding Sections 1191, 1191.1, 1191.5, 1192.2, 1192.4, 1192.6,
1192.7, 1192.9, 1192.95, 1192.10, 1194.7, 1194.8, 1194.81, 1194.82,
1194.85, 1198, and 1199. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the State
Compensation Insurance Fund may invest or reinvest an aggregated
maximum of 20 percent of moneys that are in excess of the admitted
assets over the liabilities and required reserves in the investments
allowed pursuant to Sections 1191, 1192.4, 1192.6, 1192.10, 1194.7,
and 1198.
(b) (1) (A) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Compensation
Insurance Fund may purchase general obligation bonds or other
evidence of indebtedness issued by the state, including, but not
limited to, warrants issued pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with
Section 17000) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code or
notes issued pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 17300) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, in any amount and to
enter into purchase contracts with the state for this purpose.
(B) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Compensation
Insurance Fund may purchase Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE)
bonds, as defined in Section 26104 of the Public Resources Code.
(2) The bonds or other evidence of indebtedness specified in
paragraph (1), upon delivery to the State Compensation Insurance
Fund, shall, for all purposes, be valid and binding obligations of
the issuer thereof, be validly issued and outstanding in accordance
with their stated terms, and not be deemed to be owned by or on
behalf of the issuer thereof.
(c) The Department of Insurance shall submit to the Legislature by
January 31, 2019, a report that assesses the benefit and risk of the
State Compensation Insurance Fund's equities investment history by
measuring the volatility and total return of the State Compensation
Insurance Fund's investment portfolio with and without equities. The
report shall be submitted pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government
Code.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2025, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends
that date.