§45-28A-42.55. Composition of retirement fund; investment.

(a) The policemen's and firemen's retirement fund shall consist of the following:

(1) All of the money, securities, and things of value belonging to any similar fund that may now or hereafter be maintained in the City of Gadsden.

(2) All monies or properties that may be given or donated to the fund by any persons, firm, association, or corporation for the uses and purposes for which the fund is created; and the board may take, by gift, grant, devise, or bequest, any money, personal property, real estate, or any interest therein, or any right of property, for the benefit of the fund.

(3) All reward money paid to any member of the police and fire departments of the city shall be paid by the recipients of the same into the retirement fund promptly upon receipt of the same.

(4) All civil or criminal witness fees received by any member of the police and fire departments for attendance at or before any court or grand jury in Etowah County wherein the city employing them is located shall be paid into the retirement fund promptly upon the receipt of such fees by the recipients of the same.

(5) The city clerk of all cities to which this subpart applies shall pay into the fund all seizure fees collected by the city in cases involving violation of the prohibition laws since the 1st day of February 1946, and all such fees hereafter collected by the city.

(6) The proceeds from all those fees and charges provided for in Section 45-28A-42.54.

(b) The board of trustees of the policemen's and firemen's retirement fund may, at any time, with the approval of the governing body of the city employing such policemen and firemen, after considering the probable demands upon such fund in the near future, determine what portion of such fund may be safely withdrawn for investment for revenue purposes, and having determined what portion thereof shall be so withdrawn for that purpose, the board of trustees shall then determine in what manner such investment shall be made, and all proceedings of the board of trustees relating thereto shall be entered at length upon its records. Such investment shall only be by purchase of the interest bearing bonds, bills, or notes of the United States of America, or in any stock, security, investment, or deposit which is guaranteed by the United States Government or any of its instrumentalities; provided, however, the board may by majority vote elect to invest up to 60 percent of the total assets of the pension fund in such classes of bonds, mortgages, common and preferred stock, annuities and/or other investments as are allowed by the laws of Alabama to domestic life insurance companies, or by a majority vote of policemen and firemen up to 100 percent of the fund may be invested in any sound financial institution to include insurance companies or bank or trust companies. All income from such investments shall be and become a part of the policemen's and firemen's retirement fund. All such securities shall be deposited with the secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees, and shall be subject to the management and control of the board of trustees of the policemen's and firemen's retirement fund.

(Act 80-442, p. 674, §6.)