2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 11 - Consolidated Public Retirement
RS 11:316 - Terror-free index fund

§316. Terror-free index fund

A. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the following meaning unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context:

(1) "Screened equities" means stocks or other ownership interest in a company identified as having facilities or employees or both located in a prohibited nation, which equities are excluded from the terror-free index fund.

(2) "Terror-free equities" means equities in companies not identified as having facilities or employees or both located in a prohibited nation.

(3) "Terror-free index fund" means an international index fund which identifies equities in companies having facilities or employees or both located in a prohibited nation and excludes them from the fund.

B. Each system or fund to which this Subpart applies that has an investment strategy which includes allocation to international markets shall, within sixty days after August 15, 2007, communicate with investment managers with international investment experience for the establishment of an international terror-free index fund which identifies and excludes from the fund companies having facilities or employees or both in a prohibited nation. The communication shall stipulate that, as part of managing such fund, the manager will replace the screened equities with comparable equities or will adjust the weighting of remaining equities held in a system's portfolio. Each system having an investment strategy which includes allocation to international markets shall, within one hundred eighty days after August 15, 2007, allocate a portion of its international investments to such terror-free index.

C. If a system having an investment strategy which includes allocation to international markets does not possess sufficient assets to meet the minimum investment required by the manager to create a terror-free index fund on the system's behalf alone, such system shall join an existing terror-free index fund established pursuant to this Section, or shall join with another system to meet such minimum investment requirements for the purpose of establishing a terror-free index fund common to those systems.

D. Each system shall adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

E. Each system shall report compliance with this Section to the House of Representatives and Senate committees on retirement as part of the report submitted pursuant to R.S. 11:312(C).

F. Nothing in this Section shall require a system to invest in international markets or to utilize collective funds or index funds for such purpose unless otherwise part of the investment strategy adopted by the system. If a system invests in international markets and utilizes collective funds or index funds for such purpose, this Section shall apply.

Acts 2007, No. 352, §1; Acts 2008, No. 220, §4, eff. June 14, 2008.