Sec. 802.202.  INVESTMENT OF SURPLUS.  (a)  The governing body of a public retirement system is responsible for the management and administration of the funds of the system.
(b)  When, in the opinion of the governing body, a surplus of funds exists in accounts of a public retirement system over the amount needed to make payments as they become due within the next year, the governing body shall deposit all or as much of the surplus as the governing body considers prudent in a reserve fund for investment.
(c)  The governing body shall determine the procedure it finds most efficient and beneficial for the management of the reserve fund of the system.  The governing body may directly manage the investments of the system or may choose and contract for professional investment management services.
(d)  The governing body of a public retirement system shall:
(1)  develop and adopt a written investment policy;
(2)  maintain for public review at its main office a copy of the policy;
(3)  file a copy of the policy with the State Pension Review Board not later than the 90th day after the date the policy is adopted;  and
(4)  file a copy of each change to the policy with the State Pension Review Board not later than the 90th day after the change is adopted.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 12.202 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 373, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.