West Virginia Code § 8-22-22

Investment of funds by boards of trustees; exercise of discretion in
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making investments; report of investment plan.
(a) The board of trustees may invest a portion or all of the fund assets in any of the pools,
funds and securities managed by the West Virginia Investment Management Board or West
Virginia Board of Treasury Investments or as otherwise provided in this section. The board
of trustees shall keep as an available sum for the purpose of making regulare retirement,
disability retirement, death benefit, payments and administrative expenses in an estimated
amount not to exceed payments for a period of ninety days in short-termr investments. The
board of trustees, in acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling and
managing property for the benefit of the fund, shall do so in accordance with the provisions
of the Uniform Prudent Investor Act codified as article six-c, chapter forty-four of this code.
Within the limitations of the Uniform Prudent Investor Act, tthe board of trustees is
authorized in its sole discretion to invest and reinvest any funds received by it and not
invested with the West Virginia Investment Management Board or West Virginia Board of
Treasury Investments.
(b) The board of trustees of each fund may deslegate investment authority to professional
investment advisors registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in accordance
with the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, and registered with the appropriate state
regulatory agencies, if applicable, angd who manage assets in excess of $75 million.
(c) The board of trustees of eaech fund shall deliver to the State Treasurer or oversight board
on or before March 1, 2010, a copy of the pension and relief fund's investment policy. A
board of trustees shall sLubmit to the oversight board any change to the investment policy
within thirty days of the board's authorizing the change.

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