25.50 Local government pooled-investment fund.
25.60 Budget stabilization fund.
25.62 Property tax relief fund.
25.65 County mining investment fund.
25.67 Children's trust fund.
25.68 Support collections trust fund.
25.69 Permanent endowment fund.
25.70 Historical society trust fund.
25.72 Historical legacy trust fund.
25.73 Historical society endowment fund.
25.74 History preservation partnership trust fund.
25.77 Medical assistance trust fund.
25.772 Hospital assessment fund.
25.774 Critical access hospital assessment fund.
25.78 Artistic endowment fund.
25.79 Governor's read to lead development fund.
25.80 Tuition trust fund.
25.85 College savings program trust fund.
25.853 College savings program bank deposit trust fund.
25.855 College savings program credit union deposit trust fund.
25.95 Universal service fund.
25.96 Utility public benefits fund.
25.97 Air quality improvement fund.
25.99 Police and fire protection fund.
Ch. 25 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
24.01.
25.01
25.01
Definition. In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, "board" means the investment board.
25.01 History
History: 1999 a. 83.
25.14
25.14
State investment fund. 25.14(1)(a)(a) There is created a state investment fund under the jurisdiction and management of the board to be operated as an investment trust for the purpose of managing the securities of all funds that are required by law to be invested in the state investment fund and all of the state's funds specified in
s. 25.17 (1), except all of the following:
25.14(1)(a)9.
9. The injured patients and families compensation fund.
25.14(1)(a)12.
12. Funds that are required by specific provision of law to be controlled and invested by any other authority.
25.14(1)(a)15d.
15d. The college savings program credit union deposit trust fund.
25.14(1)(b)
(b) The respective authorities controlling the investment of any fund excluded under
par. (a) may authorize the transfer of any temporary cash assets of any fund excluded under
par. (a) to the state investment fund in accordance with
subs. (2) and
(3).
25.14(2)
(2) At such time as the board determines, all of the securities held by any of the state's funds, except those specifically excluded in
sub. (1), shall be transferred, at the market value plus accrued interest as of the date of transfer, to the state investment fund together with such amounts of cash as may be required to provide each contributing fund an equity in the state investment fund which may be expressed in terms of even thousands of dollars. Thereafter, the department of administration shall make such subsequent transfers of money between the individual funds and the state investment fund as in its judgment is advisable and in accordance with cash requirements of the individual funds, such transfer to be made on the basis of even thousands of dollars, and it shall furnish to the board such information with respect to daily balances of individual funds within the investment fund as may be required.
25.14(3)
(3) The department of administration, upon consultation with the board, shall distribute all earnings, profits, or losses of the state investment fund to each participating fund in the same ratio as each participating fund's average daily balance within the state investment fund bears to the total average daily balance of all participating funds, except as provided in
s. 16.401 (14) and except that the department of administration shall credit to the appropriation account under
s. 20.505 (1) (kj) an amount equal to the amount assessed under
s. 25.19 (3) from the earnings or profits of the funds against which an assessment is made. Distributions under this section shall be made at such times as the department of administration may determine, but must be made at least semiannually in each complete fiscal year of operation.
25.14(4)
(4) The department of administration shall maintain such records as may be required to account for each contributing fund's share in the state investment fund.
25.14 Annotation
The investment board is an independent going concern not protected by sovereign immunity. Bahr v. State v. Investment Board,
186 Wis. 2d 379,
521 N.W.2d 152 (Ct. App. 1994).
25.15
25.15
Board; purpose and standard of responsibility. 25.15(1)(1)
Purpose. The purpose of the board is to provide professional investment management of trusts, operating funds and capital funds established by law. It is the intent of the legislature that the board be an independent agency of the state which is to manage money and property for the state, its agencies and trust funds. The goal of board management shall be towards accomplishing the purpose of each trust or fund.
25.15(2)
(2) Standard of responsibility. Except as provided in
s. 25.17 (2) and
(3) (c), the standard of responsibility applied to the board when it manages money and property shall be all of the following:
25.15(2)(a)
(a) To manage the money and property with the care, skill, prudence and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a similar capacity, with the same resources, and familiar with like matters exercises in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character with like aims.
25.15(2)(b)
(b) To diversify investments in order to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so, considering each trust's or fund's portfolio as a whole at any point in time.
25.15(2)(c)
(c) To administer assets of each trust or fund solely for the purpose of ensuring the fulfillment of the purpose of each trust or fund at a reasonable cost and not for any other purpose.
25.15(4)
(4) Investments within standard of responsibility. Investments in reverse annuity mortgages may not be presumed to violate the standard of responsibility under
sub. (2).
25.15(5)
(5) Commissions. All records of commissions paid by the board for purchases and sales of investments are open to public inspection, except those relating to investments made or considered by the board in securities of entities that are in the venture capital stage.
25.15 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
IB 1 and
2, Wis. adm. code.
25.15 Annotation
The Investment Board has the power to make investments that meet the standard of prudence under s. 25.15 (2), even if those investments are not specifically listed in ch. 25. Prior to making investments other than the types enumerated in ch. 25, the board is not required to make a threshold finding that investing solely in the "legal list" would not meet the standard of prudence. The statutory standard for prudence remains the same whether the board is investing in an enumerated investment, or one that is not enumerated. Because the standard of prudence, however, takes into account the trustees' powers to manage the funds, the board's expanded powers are a relevant factor in evaluating whether the board has met that standard.
OAG 11-08.
25.156
25.156
Powers and duties of members of the board. 25.156(1)(1) The members of the board shall be the governing body of the board and shall promulgate rules and formulate policies considered necessary and appropriate to carry out its functions.
25.156(2)
(2) The board shall employ an executive director, who shall serve outside the classified service. The executive director shall be qualified by training and prior experience to manage, administer and direct the investment of funds. The board shall fix the compensation of the executive director and may award bonus compensation.
25.156(2m)
(2m) The board shall employ an internal auditor, who shall serve outside the classified service. The board shall fix the compensation of the internal auditor.
25.156(3)
(3) The members of the board shall appoint an investment director or the executive assistant to the executive director, internal auditor, chief investment officer, chief financial officer, chief legal counsel or chief risk officer to act as assistant director, except that until the appointment is made by the members of the board, the executive director may temporarily designate the assistant director.
25.156(4)
(4) The members of the board shall promulgate rules restricting the executive director, executive assistant to the executive director, internal auditor, chief investment officer, chief financial officer, chief legal counsel, chief risk officer, investment directors and employees from having financial interest, directly or indirectly, in firms or corporations providing services to the department and governing the receipt of gifts or favors therefrom, and also governing personal investments of all employees including the executive director, executive assistant to the executive director, internal auditor, chief investment officer, chief financial officer, chief legal counsel, chief risk officer and investment directors to prevent conflicts of interest.
25.156(5)
(5) The members of the board shall be the trustees of the state investment fund.
25.156(8)
(8) The board shall keep full minutes of its proceedings.
25.156(9)
(9) The chairperson of the board shall appear at least annually before any committee established in the senate, whose jurisdiction includes financial institutions, if that committee so requests.
25.156 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
IB 1 and
2, Wis. adm. code.
25.156 Annotation
The board lacks authority to place one of its members or employees on the board of directors of a private corporation.
75 Atty. Gen. 213.
25.16
25.16
Executive director.
