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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 6001 AMEND 1977 RETIREMENT PLAN Augusta Richmond GA DOCUMENT NAME: 0 ~ \Qq'6' -l9(D\ ~ DOCUMENT TYPE: 0'(0\ \'Q\\C,G YEAR: ~ ~ BOX NUMBER: CJ-\ FILE NUMBER: \ ~l\ \l NUMBER OF PAGES: ~ ~ ^ .- ~ .. . ..r ,- ,; ;"" ..., " t ..", \ ORDINANCE NO. 611 (') / AN ORDINANCE TO 'AMEND THE RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1977, SO AS TO REVISE THE PROVISIONS REGARDING INVESTMENT OF THE FUND; TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION AND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY AUTHORITY OF SAME AS FOLLOWS: Richmond County, Georgia effective January 1, 1977 is hereby Section 1. The Retirement Plan for Employees of amended by deleting the first paragraph of Section 8.05 of the Plan, to wit: bOO I The Trustee is authorized to deposit funds held by it with any bank located in Richmond County, Georgia, as depository. The Trustee shall have authority to invest and reinvest assets of the Fund 'held for the purpose of paying benefits, but which is not needed for the immediate payment thereof, as determined by the Trustee, in securities of the United States of America, including securities of agencies of said !government; of the State of Georgia; of Richmond !County; or any other county or municipality of the State of Georgia; or insured savings in savings :and loan associations and State and National ,Banks; corporate bonds and debentures or other evidence of indebtedness assumed or guaranteed by any solvent institution existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, which are not in default as to principal or interest and which are secured by collateral worth at least 50% more than the par value of the entire issue of such obligations, but only if not more than one-third of the total value of such required collateral consists of common stock. The Board . may also invest in corporate stocks which are non- assessable dividend paying stocks, common or preferred, of any solvent corporation created or ^ .. ~ -.~' .~-- .. ,~ ,~ r existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof; provided cash dividends of such common stocks shall have been paid out of current earnings in at least two of the last three years preceding the purchase, and provided further, that the Fund shall not own more than (a) 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of anyone corporation or (b) an aggregate of more than 25% of the issued and outstanding shares of corporate stock of any number of corporations. and substituting therefor the following: The comptroller shall be the custodian of such fund and shall deposit the same in a bank or banks, and, pursuant to the direction of the pension fund investment committee, which committee shall consist of the members of the Augusta-Richmond County Commission, shall invest and reinvest, from time to time, any portion thereof not immediately needed for the payment of pensions, in securities approved by law for the investment of trust funds; and, in such securities other than those specifically approved by law for the investment of trust funds, as the pension fund investment committee shall deem proper, from time to time; provided, however, that the amount of the pension fund which may be invested in such securities other than those specifically approved by law for the investment of trust funds may not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the total amount of the fund then outstanding; and in addition thereto, the investment committee may invest such funds in bonds and debentures assumed or guaranteed by any solvent corporation or institution existing under the laws of the United States of America, or any state thereof, provided such bonds or debentures are rated at the time of their purchase, by a nationally recognized securities rating service, as AAA (Aaa) , AA (Aa) or A (a) or in lieu thereof, provided such bonds or debentures are the type in which domestic life insurance companies are permitted to invest under the provisions of Section 33-11- 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Ga. Code Ann. ~ 56-1016), as amended. The amount of the pension fund which may be invested in the bonds and debentures of any once corporation may not exceed ten percent (10%) of the total amount of such fund then outstanding. " ..,.. . --.-.. ,.. , '.. ~ ,~ Section 2. All laws or ordinances or parts of laws or ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 3. adoption. This Ordinance shall be effective upon ADOPTED the 6th day of January 30th day of December , 1998. , 1997 and the AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION T1Iit document aw- as ~'!f91 As i I, the undersigned, LENA BONNER, CLERK, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinance adopted by the said Augusta-Richmond County Commission at two consecutive meetings, held, on the following dates, to-wit: December 10 ,1997, and January 6 ,1998, as the same appear on the minutes of said Commission, This 6th day of January