Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 237 § 237.960 — Transfer of assets and administration of retirement fund

Transfer of assets and administration of retirement fund. (1) All assets of the previously existing Public Employees Retirement System, as of March 27, 1953, including moneys and securities, accounts receivable, office equipment and all personal property of any description, hereby are transferred to the Public Employees Retirement Board created and established by ORS 237.952, which board shall have control thereof for the purpose of liquidating the obligations of the Public Employees Retirement System and otherwise applying such assets as herein directed. (2) During the period of liquidation the board may invest and reinvest moneys, purchase, sell and exchange securities as in its judgment to the best interest of beneficiaries. (3) The board shall succeed to all the duties and prerogatives of the Public Employees Retirement Board created by chapter 401, Oregon Laws 1945, as amended, in relation to the Public Employees Retirement Fund. Said fund shall be and remain a trust fund for the purpose of liquidating the obligations of the abolished retirement system, and the Public Employees Retirement Board created by ORS