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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59752</law_id><section_number>51.1-124.39</section_number><catch_line>Investment of assets of the Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>9.1-400.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="51.1">Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Virginia Retirement System</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">Investments</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In addition to such other powers as shall be vested in the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall have the full power to invest, reinvest, and manage the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund (the Fund) established pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund" href="/9.1-400.1/">9.1-400.1</a>. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall maintain a separate accounting for the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the Fund. <a id="paragraph-218817" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-124.39/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall invest the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the Fund with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims. The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall also diversify such investments so as to minimize the risk of large losses unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so. <a id="paragraph-218818" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-124.39/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No officer, director, or <span class="dictionary">member</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> or of any advisory committee of the <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span> or any of its tax-exempt subsidiary corporations whose actions are within the standard of care in subsection B shall be held personally liable for losses suffered by the <span class="dictionary">Retirement System</span> on investments made under the authority of this section. <a id="paragraph-218819" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-124.39/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Exemption from Public Procurement Act" href="/51.1-124.32/">51.1-124.32</a> through <a class="law" title="Investment provisions exclusive" href="/51.1-124.35/">51.1-124.35</a> shall apply to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x2019;s activities with respect to moneys in the Fund. <a id="paragraph-218820" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-124.39/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may assess the Fund a reasonable administrative fee for its <span class="dictionary">services</span>. <a id="paragraph-218821" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/51.1-124.39/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, c. 677.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
