Bill Text: IL SB3749 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision requiring a retirement system, pension fund, or investment board to adopt a policy setting forth goals for the utilization of emerging investment managers, provides that the goals established shall be based on the total dollar amount of fees paid under (instead of the total dollar amount of) investment contracts let to minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and businesses owned by a person with a disability. Makes related changes. Requires the goals to be established on or before January 1, 2021. Provides that it shall be the aspirational goal for a retirement system, pension fund, or investment board subject to the Code to use emerging investment managers for not less than 20% of the fees paid in each asset class (instead of 20% of the total funds under management). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3749 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB3749-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB3749 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40 ILCS 5/1-109.1 from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 1-109.1
Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In a provision requiring a retirement system, pension fund, or investment board to adopt a policy setting forth goals for the utilization of emerging investment managers, provides that the goals established shall be based on the total dollar amount of fees paid under (instead of the total dollar amount of) investment contracts let to minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, and businesses owned by a person with a disability. Makes related changes. Requires the goals to be established on or before January 1, 2021. Provides that it shall be the aspirational goal for a retirement system, pension fund, or investment board subject to the Code to use emerging investment managers for not less than 20% of the fees paid in each asset class (instead of 20% of the total funds under management). Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning public employee benefits.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Pension Code is amended by changing
Section 1-109.1 as follows:
(40 ILCS 5/1-109.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 1-109.1)
Sec. 1-109.1. Allocation and delegation of fiduciary
duties.
(1) Subject to the provisions of Section 22A-113 of this
Code and subsections (2) and (3) of this Section, the board of
trustees of a retirement system or pension fund established
under this Code may:
(a) Appoint one or more investment managers as
fiduciaries to manage (including the power to acquire and
dispose of) any assets of the retirement system or pension
fund; and
(b) Allocate duties among themselves and designate
others as fiduciaries to carry out specific fiduciary
activities other than the management of the assets of the
retirement system or pension fund.
(2) The board of trustees of a pension fund established
under Article 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 17 of this Code may not
transfer its investment authority, nor transfer the assets of

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the fund to any other person or entity for the purpose of
consolidating or merging its assets and management with any
other pension fund or public investment authority, unless the
board resolution authorizing such transfer is submitted for
approval to the contributors and pensioners of the fund at
elections held not less than 30 days after the adoption of such
resolution by the board, and such resolution is approved by a
majority of the votes cast on the question in both the
contributors election and the pensioners election. The
election procedures and qualifications governing the election
of trustees shall govern the submission of resolutions for
approval under this paragraph, insofar as they may be made
applicable.
(3) Pursuant to subsections (h) and (i) of Section 6 of
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, the investment
authority of boards of trustees of retirement systems and
pension funds established under this Code is declared to be a
subject of exclusive State jurisdiction, and the concurrent
exercise by a home rule unit of any power affecting such
investment authority is hereby specifically denied and
preempted.
(4) For the purposes of this Code, "emerging investment
manager" means a qualified investment adviser that manages an
investment portfolio of at least $10,000,000 but less than
$10,000,000,000 and is a "minority-owned business",
"women-owned business" or "business owned by a person with a

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disability" as those terms are defined in the Business
Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities Act.
It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State
of Illinois to encourage the trustees of public employee
retirement systems, pension funds, and investment boards to use
emerging investment managers in managing their system's
assets, encompassing all asset classes, and increase the
racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of its fiduciaries, to the
greatest extent feasible within the bounds of financial and
fiduciary prudence, and to take affirmative steps to remove any
barriers to the full participation in investment opportunities
afforded by those retirement systems, pension funds, and
investment boards.
On or before January 1, 2021 2010, a retirement system,
pension fund, or investment board subject to this Code, except
those whose investments are restricted by Section 1-113.2 of
this Code, shall adopt a policy that sets forth goals for
utilization of emerging investment managers. This policy shall
include quantifiable goals for the management of assets in
specific asset classes by emerging investment managers. The
retirement system, pension fund, or investment board shall
establish 3 separate goals for: (i) emerging investment
managers that are minority-owned businesses; (ii) emerging
investment managers that are women-owned businesses; and (iii)
emerging investment managers that are businesses owned by a

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person with a disability. The goals established shall be based
on the percentage of total dollar amount of fees paid under
investment service contracts let to minority-owned businesses,
women-owned businesses, and businesses owned by a person with a
disability, as those terms are defined in the Business
Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities Act. The retirement system, pension fund, or
investment board shall annually review the goals established
under this subsection.
If in any case an emerging investment manager meets the
criteria established by a board for a specific search and meets
the criteria established by a consultant for that search, then
that emerging investment manager shall receive an invitation by
the board of trustees, or an investment committee of the board
of trustees, to present his or her firm for final consideration
of a contract. In the case where multiple emerging investment
managers meet the criteria of this Section, the staff may
choose the most qualified firm or firms to present to the
board.
The use of an emerging investment manager does not
constitute a transfer of investment authority for the purposes
of subsection (2) of this Section.
(5) Each retirement system, pension fund, or investment
board subject to this Code, except those whose investments are
restricted by Section 1-113.2 of this Code, shall establish a
policy that sets forth goals for increasing the racial, ethnic,

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and gender diversity of its fiduciaries, including its
consultants and senior staff. Each retirement system, pension
fund, or investment board shall make its best efforts to ensure
that the racial and ethnic makeup of its senior administrative
staff represents the racial and ethnic makeup of its
membership. Each system, fund, and investment board shall
annually review the goals established under this subsection.
(6) On or before January 1, 2010, a retirement system,
pension fund, or investment board subject to this Code, except
those whose investments are restricted by Section 1-113.2 of
this Code, shall adopt a policy that sets forth goals for
utilization of businesses owned by minorities, women, and
persons with disabilities for all contracts and services. The
goals established shall be based on the percentage of total
dollar amount of all contracts let to minority-owned
businesses, women-owned businesses, and businesses owned by a
person with a disability, as those terms are defined in the
Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities Act. The retirement system, pension fund, or
investment board shall annually review the goals established
under this subsection.
(7) On or before January 1, 2010, a retirement system,
pension fund, or investment board subject to this Code, except
those whose investments are restricted by Section 1-113.2 of
this Code, shall adopt a policy that sets forth goals for
increasing the utilization of minority broker-dealers. For the

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purposes of this Code, "minority broker-dealer" means a
qualified broker-dealer who meets the definition of
"minority-owned business", "women-owned business", or
"business owned by a person with a disability", as those terms
are defined in the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women,
and Persons with Disabilities Act. The retirement system,
pension fund, or investment board shall annually review the
goals established under this Section.
(8) Each retirement system, pension fund, and investment
board subject to this Code, except those whose investments are
restricted by Section 1-113.2 of this Code, shall submit a
report to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1 of
each year that includes the following: (i) the policy adopted
under subsection (4) of this Section, including the names and
addresses of the emerging investment managers used, total
dollar amount of fees paid under investment contracts with
percentage of the assets under the investment control of
emerging investment managers for the 3 separate goals, and the
actions it has undertaken to increase the use of emerging
investment managers, including encouraging other investment
managers to use emerging investment managers as subcontractors
when the opportunity arises; (ii) the policy adopted under
subsection (5) of this Section; (iii) the policy adopted under
subsection (6) of this Section; (iv) the policy adopted under
subsection (7) of this Section, including specific actions
undertaken to increase the use of minority broker-dealers; and

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(v) the policy adopted under subsection (9) of this Section.
(9) On or before February 1, 2015, a retirement system,
pension fund, or investment board subject to this Code, except
those whose investments are restricted by Section 1-113.2 of
this Code, shall adopt a policy that sets forth goals for
increasing the utilization of minority investment managers.
For the purposes of this Code, "minority investment manager"
means a qualified investment manager that manages an investment
portfolio and meets the definition of "minority-owned
business", "women-owned business", or "business owned by a
person with a disability", as those terms are defined in the
Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities Act.
It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State
of Illinois to encourage the trustees of public employee
retirement systems, pension funds, and investment boards to use
minority investment managers in managing their systems'
assets, encompassing all asset classes, and to increase the
racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of their fiduciaries, to
the greatest extent feasible within the bounds of financial and
fiduciary prudence, and to take affirmative steps to remove any
barriers to the full participation in investment opportunities
afforded by those retirement systems, pension funds, and
investment boards.
The retirement system, pension fund, or investment board
shall establish 3 separate goals for: (i) minority investment

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managers that are minority-owned businesses; (ii) minority
investment managers that are women-owned businesses; and (iii)
minority investment managers that are businesses owned by a
person with a disability. The retirement system, pension fund,
or investment board shall annually review the goals established
under this Section.
If in any case a minority investment manager meets the
criteria established by a board for a specific search and meets
the criteria established by a consultant for that search, then
that minority investment manager shall receive an invitation by
the board of trustees, or an investment committee of the board
of trustees, to present his or her firm for final consideration
of a contract. In the case where multiple minority investment
managers meet the criteria of this Section, the staff may
choose the most qualified firm or firms to present to the
board.
The use of a minority investment manager does not
constitute a transfer of investment authority for the purposes
of subsection (2) of this Section.
(10) It Beginning January 1, 2016, it shall be the
aspirational goal for a retirement system, pension fund, or
investment board subject to this Code to use emerging
investment managers for not less than 20% of the total fees
paid in each asset class funds under management. Furthermore,
it shall be the aspirational goal that not less than 20% of
investment advisors be minorities, women, and persons with

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disabilities as those terms are defined in the Business
Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities Act. It shall be the aspirational goal to utilize
businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities for not less than 20% of contracts awarded for
"information technology services", "accounting services",
"insurance brokers", "architectural and engineering services",
and "legal services" as those terms are defined in the Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-462, eff. 8-25-15; 100-391, eff. 8-25-17;
100-902, eff. 8-17-18.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.