Okla. Stat. tit. 85 § 387

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 387 - Investment or Loan of Surplus or Reserve Fund - Duties and Liability of Board of Managers - Investment Committee - Investment Manager - Report
A. The Board of Managers shall discharge their duties with respect to CompSource Oklahoma solely in the interest of CompSource Oklahoma and:
1. For the exclusive purpose of:
a. providing benefit to CompSource Oklahoma, and
b. defraying reasonable expenses of administering CompSource Oklahoma;
2. 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;
3. By diversifying the investments of CompSource Oklahoma so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so; and
4. In accordance with the laws, documents and instruments governing CompSource Oklahoma.
B. The monies of CompSource Oklahoma shall be invested only in assets eligible for the investment of funds of a domestic property and casualty insurance company as provided for in the Oklahoma Insurance Code, Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The term admitted assets shall mean the amount of the monies of CompSource Oklahoma and the provisions relating to limitation of investments as a percentage of surplus as regards policyholders shall be inapplicable with respect to investment of the monies of CompSource Oklahoma. The monies of CompSource Oklahoma may be invested in certificates of indebtedness or such other enforceable evidences of obligation as may be utilized in the rights-of-way acquisitions by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The monies of CompSource Oklahoma may also be invested in bonds secured by first mortgages, pass-through securities and insured participation certificates representing interests in first mortgages or insured mortgage pass-through certificates on one- to four-family residences located within this state. CompSource Oklahoma may enter into agreements with the Multiple Injury Trust Fund to fulfill any payment obligation of the Multiple Injury Trust Fund, including all court orders for material increases and the accrued interest thereon, and all orders for interest on previously paid awards.
C.
1. The CompSource Oklahoma President and Chief Executive Officer, with the approval of the Board of Managers, is authorized to acquire any real estate deemed necessary for the immediate and reasonably anticipated future administrative office space needs of CompSource Oklahoma. The CompSource Oklahoma President and Chief Executive Officer, with the approval of the Board of Managers, may sell, lease, rent or sublet any real estate holdings of CompSource Oklahoma. Any revenues of such transactions shall accrue to the surplus or reserve fund of CompSource Oklahoma.
2. In any lease, rental, sublease or other agreement for the use or occupation of real estate holdings of CompSource Oklahoma, no state agency may enter into an agreement which has a gross effective rental rate which is greater than the gross effective rental rate for which they can continue to occupy the premises which is currently rented at the time the agency proposes to move. For a period of two (2) years after the first use or occupation by the state agency, subsequent agreements, whether new agreements or continuations of a prior agreement, shall not contain a gross effective rental rate which is greater than that of the original agreement.
D. The Board of Managers may procure insurance indemnifying the members of CompSource Oklahoma from personal loss or accountability from liability resulting from a member's action or inaction as a member of the Board of Managers.
E. The Board of Managers may establish an investment committee. The investment committee shall be composed of not more than three (3) members of the Board of Managers appointed by the chairman of the Board of Managers. The committee shall make recommendations to the full Board on all matters related to the choice of custodians and managers of the assets of CompSource Oklahoma, on the establishment of investment and fund management guidelines, and in planning future investment policy. The committee shall have no authority to act on behalf of the Board of Managers or CompSource Oklahoma in any circumstances whatsoever. No recommendation of the committee shall have effect as an action of the Board of Managers nor take effect without the approval of the Board of Managers as provided by law.
F. The Board of Managers shall retain qualified investment managers to provide for the investment of the monies of CompSource Oklahoma. The investment managers shall be chosen by a solicitation of proposals on a competitive bid basis pursuant to standards set by the Board of Managers. Subject to the overall investment guidelines set by the Board of Managers, the investment managers shall have full discretion in the management of those monies of CompSource Oklahoma allocated to the investment managers. The Board of Managers shall manage those monies not specifically allocated to the investment managers. The monies of CompSource Oklahoma allocated to the investment managers shall be actively managed by the investment managers, which may include selling investments and realizing losses if such action is considered advantageous to longer term return maximization. Because of the total return objective, no distinction shall be made for management and performance evaluation purposes between realized and unrealized capital gains and losses.
G. Funds and revenues for investment by the investment managers or the Board of Managers shall be placed with a custodian selected by the Board of Managers. The custodian shall be a bank or trust company offering master custodial services. The custodian shall be chosen by a solicitation of proposals on a competitive bid basis pursuant to standards set by the Board of Managers. In compliance with the investment policy guidelines of the Board of Managers, the custodian bank or trust company shall be contractually responsible for ensuring that all monies of CompSource Oklahoma are invested in income-producing investment vehicles at all times. If a custodian bank or trust company has not received direction from the investment managers of CompSource Oklahoma as to the investment of the monies of the State Insurance Fund in specific investment vehicles, the custodian bank or trust company shall be contractually responsible to the Board of Managers for investing the monies in appropriately collateralized short-term interest-bearing investment vehicles.
H. Prior to August 1 of each year, the Board of Managers shall develop and approve a written investment plan for CompSource Oklahoma.
I. The CompSource Oklahoma President and Chief Executive Officer shall compile a quarterly financial report of all the funds of CompSource Oklahoma. The report shall be compiled and filed pursuant to uniform reporting standards prescribed by the State Insurance Commissioner for domestic property and casualty insurance companies. The report shall include several relevant measures of investment value, including acquisition cost and current fair market value with appropriate summaries of total holdings and returns. The report shall contain combined and individual rate of returns of the investment managers by category of investment, over periods of time. The report shall contain a list of all investments made by CompSource Oklahoma and a list of any commissions, fees or payments made for services regarding such investments for that reporting period. The report shall be distributed to the Governor, the Legislative Service Bureau and the Cash Management and Investment Oversight Commission.
J. CompSource Oklahoma, on behalf of the Multiple Injury Trust Fund, may enter into an agreement with any reinsurer licensed to sell reinsurance by the State Insurance Commissioner selected pursuant to a competitive process administered by the Director of Central Purchasing in the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

Okla. Stat. tit. 85, § 387

Repealed by Laws 2013 , c. 254, s. 53, eff. 1/1/2015.
Laws 1933, SB 151, c. 28, p. 61, § 1; Amended by Laws 1937, HB 69, p. 490, §10, emerg. eff. 5/14/1937; Amended by Laws 1955, HB 884, p. 495, § 1, emerg. eff. 4/25/1955; Amended by Laws 1965, HB 770, c. 428, § 1, emerg. eff. 7/8/1965; Amended by Laws 1989, HB 1505, c. 291, §8, emerg. eff. 7/1/1989; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 1830, c. 60, § 1, emerg. eff. 7/1/1992; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1447, c. 349, § 36, eff. 9/1/1993; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1955, c. 26, §2, eff. 11/1/1995; Amended by Laws 2000 , SB 1414, c. 248, §9, emerg. eff. 5/26/2000; Amended by Laws 2002 , HB 2370, c. 50, §16, eff. 11/1/2002; Renumbered from 85 O.S. §138 by Laws 2011 , SB 878, c. 318, §88; Amended by Laws 2012 , HB 3079, c. 304, §1080.