25.165 History History: 1995 a. 274; 1999 a. 9, 83, 186.
25.167 25.167 Chief investment officer. Under the supervision of the executive director, the chief investment officer shall do all of the following:
25.167(1) (1) Monitor activities of the investment directors for compliance with the board's investment policies and guidelines in investment decisions and approve unusual transactions, as defined by the board.
25.167(2) (2) Develop and implement operating procedures that are intended to ensure that the investment policies and guidelines of the board are followed.
25.167(3) (3) Ensure that investments are completely and accurately reported on all management and financial reports and that any information requested by the board is provided to the board on a timely basis.
25.167 History History: 1995 a. 274.
25.17 25.17 Powers and duties of board. The "State of Wisconsin Investment Board" shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued in said name. The board shall have a seal with the words, "State of Wisconsin Investment Board". Subject to s. 25.183, the board shall:
25.17(1) (1) Have exclusive control of the investment and collection of the principal and interest of all moneys loaned or invested from any of the following funds:
25.17(1)(ad) (ad) Agrichemical management fund (s. 25.465);
25.17(1)(af) (af) Agricultural chemical cleanup fund (s. 25.468);
25.17(1)(ai) (ai) Air quality improvement fund (s. 25.97);
25.17(1)(am) (am) Benevolent fund (s. 25.31);
25.17(1)(an) (an) Bond security and redemption fund (s. 18.09);
25.17(1)(ap) (ap) Budget stabilization fund (s. 25.60);
25.17(1)(ar) (ar) Capital improvement fund (s. 18.08);
25.17(1)(av) (av) Children's trust fund (s. 25.67);
25.17(1)(b) (b) Conservation fund (s. 25.29);
25.17(1)(c) (c) County mining investment fund (s. 25.65);
25.17(1)(d) (d) Dry cleaner environmental response fund (s. 25.48);
25.17(1)(ee) (ee) Energy efficiency fund (s. 25.90);
25.17(1)(en) (en) Environmental fund (s. 25.46);
25.17(1)(f) (f) Farms for the future fund (s. 25.44);
25.17(1)(fm) (fm) Fixed retirement investment trust (s. 40.04 (3));
25.17(1)(g) (g) General fund (s. 25.20);
25.17(1)(gf) (gf) Health insurance risk-sharing plan fund (s. 25.55);
25.17(1)(gi) (gi) Heritage state parks and forests trust fund (s. 25.295);
25.17(1)(gm) (gm) Historical legacy trust fund (s. 25.72);
25.17(1)(gn) (gn) Historical society endowment fund (s. 25.73);
25.17(1)(gp) (gp) Historical society trust fund (s. 25.70);
25.17(1)(hm) (hm) Industrial building construction loan fund (s. 560.10);
25.17(1)(i) (i) VendorNet fund (s. 25.61);
25.17(1)(j) (j) Insurance security fund (s. 646.21 (2));
25.17(1)(jc) (jc) Investment and local impact fund (s. 70.395 (2) (b));
25.17(1)(jg) (jg) Local government pooled-investment fund (s. 25.50);
25.17(1)(jm) (jm) Local government property insurance fund (ch. 605);
25.17(1)(jr) (jr) Lottery fund (s. 25.75);
25.17(1)(k) (k) Nuclear waste escrow fund (s. 25.469);
25.17(1)(ka) (ka) Natural resources land endowment fund (s. 25.293);
25.17(1)(kp) (kp) Patients compensation fund (s. 655.27);
25.17(1)(ks) (ks) Petroleum inspection fund (s. 25.47);
25.17(1)(kw) (kw) Property tax relief fund (s. 25.62);
25.17(1)(L) (L) Public employee trust fund (s. 40.01);
25.17(1)(nm) (nm) Recycling fund (s. 25.49);
25.17(1)(o) (o) School fund income (s. 24.77);
25.17(1)(p) (p) Self-insured employers liability fund (s. 102.28 (8));
25.17(1)(pg) (pg) State building trust fund (s. 25.30), except for the purpose and extent of loans to the Wisconsin State Public Building Corporation, the Wisconsin University Building Corporation, and the Wisconsin State Colleges Building Corporation, which are subject to sub. (2) (b);
25.17(1)(q) (q) State capitol restoration fund (s. 25.35);
25.17(1)(r) (r) State housing authority reserve fund (s. 25.41);
25.17(1)(t) (t) State life insurance fund (ch. 607);
25.17(1)(tc) (tc) Tobacco control fund (s. 25.66);
25.17(1)(tm) (tm) Support collections trust fund (s. 25.68);
25.17(1)(v) (v) Transportation fund (s. 25.40);
25.17(1)(vm) (vm) Tuition trust fund (s. 25.80).
25.17(1)(x) (x) Unemployment administration fund (s. 108.20 (1));
25.17(1)(xg) (xg) Uninsured employers fund (s. 102.80);
25.17(1)(xL) (xL) Universal service fund (s. 25.95);
25.17(1)(xm) (xm) Utility public benefits fund (s. 25.96);
25.17(1)(xn) (xn) Variable retirement investment trust (s. 40.04 (3));
25.17(1)(xp) (xp) Veterans mortgage loan repayment fund (s. 45.79 (7));
25.17(1)(xs) (xs) Veterans trust fund (s. 25.36), except loans to veterans;
25.17(1)(ym) (ym) Waste management fund (s. 25.45);
25.17(1)(ys) (ys) Wisconsin election campaign fund (s. 25.42);
25.17(1)(yv) (yv) Wisconsin Veterans Home at King and veterans facilities members fund (s. 25.37);
25.17(1)(z) (z) Work injury supplemental benefit fund (s. 102.65);
25.17(1)(zm) (zm) All other funds of the state or of any state department or institution, except funds which under article X of the constitution are controlled and invested by the board of commissioners of public lands, funds which are required by specific provision of law to be controlled and invested by any other authority, and moneys in the University of Wisconsin trust funds, and in the trust funds of the state universities.
25.17(2) (2)
25.17(2)(a)(a) Invest any of the funds specified in sub. (1), except operating funds, the capital improvement fund and the bond security and redemption fund, in loans to the Wisconsin University Building Corporation, the Wisconsin State Colleges Building Corporation or the Wisconsin State Public Building Corporation, but only if the loans are secured by mortgages upon property owned by the respective corporations producing sufficient income to retire the mortgage over the term of the loan or are secured by the pledge of rentals sufficient in amount to retire the indebtedness. The board shall make no loans to any building corporation described in this subsection except under the conditions prescribed in this paragraph, or except as otherwise provided in par. (b). These loans shall be made only when in the judgment of the board it is to the interest of the funds to do so, except that loans made under par. (b) shall be made at the direction of the building commission.
25.17(2)(b) (b) Invest the state building trust fund in loans to the Wisconsin State Public Building Corporation, to the Wisconsin University Building Corporation, and to the Wisconsin State Colleges Building Corporation. Except for interim loans for construction, or other temporary financing for the purchase of lands, planning, including both engineering and financing, and all other expenses incidental to any of the foregoing, loans under this paragraph shall be secured by a pledge and assignment of net revenues derived from the operation of buildings by the borrowing corporation on lands leased or conveyed to the corporation. Any loan under this paragraph shall be made upon the direction of the building commission.
25.17(2)(c) (c) Invest the state housing authority reserve fund as directed by the Wisconsin housing and economic development authority in housing rehabilitation loan program bonds of the authority including subordinated bonds which may also be special obligations of the authority. In making such investment, the board shall accept such terms and conditions as the authority specifies and is relieved of any obligations relative to prudent investment of the fund, including those set forth under ch. 881.
25.17(2)(d) (d) Invest the environmental improvement fund, and collect the principal and interest of all moneys loaned or invested from the environmental improvement fund, as directed by the department of administration under s. 281.59 (2m). In making investments under this paragraph, the board shall accept any reasonable terms and conditions that the department of administration specifies and is relieved of any obligations relevant to prudent investment of the fund, including those set forth under ch. 881.
25.17(2)(e) (e) Invest the transportation infrastructure loan fund, and collect the principal and interest of all moneys loaned or invested from the transportation infrastructure loan fund, as directed by the department of administration under s. 85.52 (4m). In making investments under this paragraph, the board shall accept any reasonable terms and conditions that the department of administration specifies and is relieved of any obligations relevant to prudent investment of the fund, including those set forth under ch. 881.
25.17(3) (3)
25.17(3)(a)(a) Invest the fixed retirement investment trust, state life fund, veterans trust fund and patients compensation fund in loans, securities and any other investments authorized by s. 620.22, and in bonds or other evidences of indebtedness or preferred stock of companies engaged in the finance business whether as direct lenders or as holding companies owning subsidiaries engaged in the finance business. Investments permitted by sub. (4) are permitted investments under this subsection.
25.17(3)(b) (b) Invest any of the funds over which it has investment authority, including but not limited to the state investment fund and surplus funds of the state building trust fund not invested under sub. (2) (b) and not in the state investment fund, in:
25.17(3)(b)1. 1. Direct obligations maturing within 10 years or less from the date of settlement, of the United States or its agencies, corporations wholly owned by the United States, the international bank for reconstruction and development, the international finance corporation, the inter-American development bank, the African development bank, the Asian development bank, the federal national mortgage association or any corporation chartered by an act of congress.
25.17(3)(b)2. 2. Securities maturing within 10 years or less from the date of settlement, guaranteed by the United States or, where the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged or, where securities are collateralized by government-insured investments or, where the securities are issued by a corporation created by act of congress and regulated by such act.
25.17(3)(b)3. 3. Unsecured notes of financial and industrial issuers maturing within 5 years or less from the date of settlement and having one of the 2 highest ratings given by a nationally recognized rating service, but if the corporation issuing such notes has any long-term senior debt issues outstanding which also have been rated, the rating must be one of the 3 highest ratings so given.
25.17(3)(b)4. 4. Certificates of deposit issued by banks located in the United States and by savings and loan associations, savings banks and credit unions located in this state.
25.17(3)(b)5. 5. Bankers acceptances accepted by banks located in the United States.
25.17(3)(b)6. 6. Direct obligations of or guaranteed by the government of Canada maturing within 2 years from the date of settlement provided that at the time of purchase the board enters into a contract with a bank or securities dealer in the United States or Canada providing that at the maturity of the obligation the Canadian dollars realized will be exchanged into U.S. dollars at a guaranteed rate of exchange.
25.17(3)(b)7. 7. Certificates of deposit of at least $100,000 issued by solvent financial institutions in this state. The board shall promulgate rules to determine solvency on the basis of assets, capital, surplus, undivided profits and net worth of a financial institution.
25.17(3)(b)8. 8. Bonds issued by a local exposition district under subch. II of ch. 229.
25.17(3)(b)9. 9. Bonds issued by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority.
25.17(3)(b)10. 10. Bonds issued by a local professional baseball park district created under subch. III of ch. 229.
25.17(3)(b)11. 11. Bonds issued by a local professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229.
25.17(3)(b)12. 12. Bonds issued by a local cultural arts district under subch. V of ch. 229.
25.17(3)(ba) (ba) Invest the funds included in the state investment fund created by s. 25.14 in loans upon collateral security in the form of direct obligations of the U.S. government having a maturity of 5 years or less where the principal amount of each such loan does not exceed 98% of the market value of such collateral security.
25.17(3)(bd) (bd) Have authority to invest any funds includable in the state investment fund in loans, securities or investments which are in addition to those permitted under any other statute but within the board standard of responsibility under s. 25.15 (2). The total amount of loans, securities and investments made under this paragraph may not exceed 10% of the aggregate value of all funds includable in the state investment fund under s. 25.14 (1) at the time that the investment is made.
25.17(3)(bh) (bh) Invest the fixed retirement investment trust and state life fund in loans secured by mortgages upon unencumbered and improved real property in the United States or Canada when such real estate is leased to a corporation or limited liability company incorporated, organized or existing under the laws of the United States or any state, district or territory thereof, or Canada or any province thereof, whose income available for fixed charges for the period of 5 fiscal years next preceding the date of the investment has averaged not less than 1.5 times its average annual fixed charges applicable to such period, if there is pledged and assigned, either absolutely or conditionally, as additional security for the loan either the lease or sufficient of the rentals payable thereunder to repay the principal and interest of the loan within the unexpired term of the lease. Real property and leasehold estates are not encumbered within the meaning of this section by reason of the existence of unpaid assessments and taxes not delinquent, mineral, oil or timber rights, easements or rights-of-way for public highways, private roads, railroads, telegraph, telephone, electric light and power lines, drains, sewers or other similar easements or rights-of-way, liens for service and maintenance of water rights when not delinquent, party wall agreements, building restrictions, or other restrictive covenants or conditions, with or without a reversionary clause, or leases under which rents or profits are reserved to the owner. The foregoing limitations and restrictions shall not apply to real estate loans which are insured under the national housing act by the federal housing administration or to real estate loans made under ch. 219, or insured under policies of insurance issued by responsible mortgage insurance companies.
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