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Code · Pennsylvania · Title 71 — STATE GOVERNMENT · Chapter 58

§ 5801. Establishment.

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§ 5801. Establishment.
(a)State Employees' Defined Contribution Plan.-- The State Employees' Defined Contribution Plan is established. The board shall administer and manage the plan which shall be a defined contribution plan exclusively for the benefit of those State employees who participate in the plan and their beneficiaries within the meaning of and in conformity with IRC § 401(a). The board shall determine the terms and provisions of the plan not inconsistent with this part, the IRC or other applicable law and shall provide for the plan's administration.
(b)State Employees' Defined Contribution Trust.-- The State Employees' Defined Contribution Trust is established as part of the plan. The trust shall be comprised of the individual investment accounts and all assets and money in those accounts, and any assets and money held by the board as part of the plan that are not allocated to individual investment accounts. The members of the board shall be the trustees of the trust, which shall be administered exclusively for the benefit of those State employees who participate in the plan and their beneficiaries within the meaning of and in conformity with IRC § 401(a). The board shall determine the terms and provisions of the trust not inconsistent with this part, the IRC or other applicable law and shall provide for the investment and administration of the trust.
(c)Assets held in trust.-- All assets and income in the plan that have been or shall be withheld or contributed by the participants, the Commonwealth and other employers in accordance with this part shall be held in trust in any funding vehicle permitted by the applicable provisions of the IRC for the exclusive benefit of the participants and their beneficiaries until such time as the funds are distributed to the participants or their beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the plan document. The assets of the plan held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the participants and their beneficiaries may be used for the payment of the fees, costs and expenses related to the administration and investment of the plan and the trust.
(d)Name for transacting business.-- All of the business of the plan shall be transacted, the trust invested, all requisitions for money drawn and payments made and all of its cash and securities and other property shall be held by the name of the "State Employees' Defined Contribution Plan." Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board may establish a nominee registration procedure for the purpose of registering securities to facilitate the purchase, sale or other disposition of securities under the provisions of this part.
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