2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 30 State Treasurer
Section 30.956 Investment trust powers.

30.956. The investment trust is hereby granted, has and may exercise all powers necessary or appropriate for it or its agents or employees to carry out and effectuate its purpose, including but not limited to the following:

(1) To purchase, acquire, hold, invest, lend, lease, sell, assign, transfer and dispose of all funds, property, rights and securities, and enter into written contracts, releases, compromises and other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers, or to carry out the purposes of a trust agreement or sections 30.953 to 30.971;

(2) To make, and from time to time, amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 30.953 to 30.971 for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business;

(3) To accept appropriations, gifts, grants, bequests and devises and to utilize or dispose of the same to carry out its purpose or the terms of a trust agreement;

(4) To invest any funds or property not required for immediate disbursement in accordance with sections 30.953 to 30.971, and consistent with the principles set forth in sections 105.687 to 105.690, except that nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize investment in venture capital firms or small business investment companies, as defined in those statutory sections;

(5) To sue and be sued;

(6) To have a seal and alter the same at will;

(7) To enter into agreements or other transactions with any federal or state agency, person, or domestic or foreign partnership, corporation, association or organization;

(8) To procure insurance against any loss in connection with the property it holds in trust in such amounts and from such insurers as may be necessary or desirable;

(9) To hire or retain such agents or employees as necessary to carry out and effectuate its purpose and the requirements of sections 30.953 to 30.971.

(L. 1997 S.B. 449)

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