The board of trustees shall select fiscal agency banks for the deposit of the funds and securities of the Teachers' Retirement System in the same manner as fiscal agent banks are selected by the Board of Liquidation of the State Debt of Louisiana. The banks selected shall be required to conform to the law governing fiscal agent banks selected by the state. The funds and properties of the Teachers' Retirement System held in any bank of the state shall be safeguarded by a fidelity and surety bond, the amount to be determined by the board of trustees.
La. Consolidated Public Retirement § 11:854