The pension stabilization reserve trust is created. The pension stabilization reserve trust fund shall be established and funded through the employer contributions contributed to the trust pursuant to § 8-36-920(d)(4), and all income from the investment of the funds in the trust fund. The trust and the funds therein shall be administered by the treasury department. The trust fund shall be an irrevocable trust exclusively for the benefit of the participants and beneficiaries of the Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers compiled in title 8, chapter 36, part 9. The assets of the trust fund shall be preserved, invested, and expended solely pursuant to and for the purposes of this part and shall not be loaned or otherwise transferred or used for any other purpose. It shall be impossible, at any time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to employees and their beneficiaries under the Hybrid Retirement Plan for State Employees and Teachers and this trust, for any part of the corpus or income of the trust to be used or diverted for purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the employees or their beneficiaries. loyees and Teachers and this trust, for any part of the corpus or income of the trust to be used or diverted for purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the employees or their beneficiaries. The attorney general and reporter shall approve the terms of the trust instrument.Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 590,s 1, eff. 3/22/2018.Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 374,s 1, eff. 5/11/2017.
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