Minnesota Legislature
SF 4023
as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/06/2020 08:32am
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to the State Board of Investment; authorizing certain investments;
exempting certain investments from the market capitalization restriction; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 11A.24, subdivision 6.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 11A.24, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Other investments.
(a) In addition to the investments authorized in subdivisions
1 to 5, and subject to the provisions in paragraph (b), the state board is authorized to invest
funds in:
(1) equity and debt investment businesses through participation in limited partnerships,
trusts, private placements, limited liability corporations, limited liability companies, limited
liability partnerships, and corporations;
(2) real estate ownership interests or loans secured by mortgages or deeds of trust or
shares of real estate investment trusts through investment in limited partnerships,
bank-sponsored collective funds, trusts, mortgage participation agreements, and insurance
company commingled accountsdeleted text begin , including separate accountsdeleted text end ;
(3) resource investments through limited partnerships, trusts, private placements, limited
liability corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and
corporations; deleted text begin and
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(4) investment vehicles that are co-investments or separate accounts;
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(5) liquid alternatives;
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(6) bank loans; and
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deleted text begin (4)deleted text end new text begin (7) new text end international securities.
(b) The investments authorized in paragraph (a) must conform to the following deleted text begin provisionsdeleted text end new text begin
clausesnew text end :
(1) the aggregate value of all investments made under paragraph (a), clauses (1) to deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin
(4)new text end , may not exceed 35 percent of the market value of the fund for which the state board is
investing;
(2) there must be at least four unrelated owners of the investment other than the state
board for investments made under paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), or (3);
(3) state board participation in an investment vehicle is limited to 20 percent thereof for
investments made under paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), or (3); and
(4) state board participation in deleted text begin a limited partnershipdeleted text end new text begin an investment vehicle new text end does not
include a general partnership interest or other interest involving general liability. The state
board may not deleted text begin engagedeleted text end new text begin participate new text end in any deleted text begin activity as a limited partnerdeleted text end new text begin investment vehicle in
a manner new text end which creates general liability.
(c) All financial, business, or proprietary data collected, created, received, or maintained
by the state board in connection with investments authorized by paragraph (a), deleted text begin clausedeleted text end new text begin clauses
new text end (1)deleted text begin , (2), or (3)deleted text end new text begin to (6)new text end , are nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9. As used in this
paragraph, "financial, business, or proprietary data" means data, as determined by the
responsible authority for the state board, that is of a financial, business, or proprietary nature,
the release of which could cause competitive harm to the state board, the legal entity in
which the state board has invested or has considered an investment, the managing entity of
an investment, or a portfolio company in which the legal entity holds an interest. As used
in this section, "business data" is data described in section 13.591, subdivision 1. Regardless
of whether they could be considered financial, business, or proprietary data, the following
data received, prepared, used, or retained by the state board in connection with investments
authorized by paragraph (a), deleted text begin clausedeleted text end new text begin clauses new text end (1)deleted text begin , (2), or (3)deleted text end new text begin to (6)new text end , are public at all times:
(1) the name and industry group classification of the legal entity in which the state board
has invested or in which the state board has considered an investment;
(2) the state board commitment amount, if any;
(3) the funded amount of the state board's commitment to date, if any;
(4) the market value of the investment by the state board;
(5) the state board's internal rate of return for the investment, including expenditures
and receipts used in the calculation of the investment's internal rate of return; and
(6) the age of the investment in years.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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