South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 16 - Retirement System Funds
Section 9-16-80. Investment meetings of board or commission as executive sessions exempt from disclosure; records of meetings.

(A) Meetings by the board while acting as trustee of the retirement system, or meetings of the commission, or by its fiduciary agents to deliberate about, or make tentative or final decisions on, investments or other financial matters may be in executive session if disclosure of the deliberations or decisions would jeopardize the ability to implement a decision or to achieve investment objectives.
(B) A record of the board, or commission, or of its fiduciary agents that discloses deliberations about, or a tentative or final decision on, investments or other financial matters is exempt from the disclosure requirements of Chapter 4 of Title 30, the Freedom of Information Act, to the extent and so long as its disclosure would jeopardize the ability to implement an investment decision or program or to achieve investment objectives.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 371, Section 2, eff May 26, 1998; 2005 Act No. 153, Pt IV, Section 2, eff July 1, 2005.

Structure South Carolina Code of Laws

South Carolina Code of Laws

Title 9 - Retirement Systems

Chapter 16 - Retirement System Funds

Section 9-16-10. Definitions.

Section 9-16-20. Investment and management authority of commission; holding assets in group trust under Section 401(a)(24) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Section 9-16-30. Delegation of functions by commission; standard of care; agent's duty and submission to jurisdiction.

Section 9-16-40. Standards for discharge of duty.

Section 9-16-50. Investment and management considerations by trustee; diversification; verification of facts; statement of investment objectives and policies.

Section 9-16-55. Investments in companies that in their operations are complicit with the government of Sudan in the Darfur genocide.

Section 9-16-60. Evaluation of fiduciary's compliance with law not to be hindsight; decision-making evaluated in context of whole portfolio.

Section 9-16-70. Liability for breach of duty; insurance by retirement system or fiduciary; disclosure of terms and conditions.

Section 9-16-80. Investment meetings of board or commission as executive sessions exempt from disclosure; records of meetings.

Section 9-16-90. Quarterly and annual investment reports; contents.

Section 9-16-100. Restrictions on lobbyists.

Section 9-16-315. Retirement System Investment Commission; membership; terms; qualifications; chief executive officer; chief investment officer and administrative staff; attorneys; costs and salary.

Section 9-16-320. Adoption of annual investment plan; quarterly review; deliberations in executive session; independent advisors.

Section 9-16-330. Statement of actuarial assumptions and investment objectives; delegation of final authority to invest; components of plan; diversification; verification of investment facts; analysis and recommendations.

Section 9-16-335. Assumed annual rate of return.

Section 9-16-340. Investment of retirement systems assets; annual investment plan; adoption and review.

Section 9-16-345. Minority and minority-owned business representation.

Section 9-16-350. Use of information for self-interest; blind trusts; violations; punishment; provisions cumulative with other laws.

Section 9-16-360. Standards of conduct for fiduciary or employee of fiduciary.

Section 9-16-370. Defense and indemnification of Retirement System Investment Commission members, officers, and management employees.

Section 9-16-380. Audit of Retirement System Investment Commission.

Section 9-16-710. Investment education services.