The board shall, pursuant to the state civil service statutes, either contract with, or establish and fill a full-time position for, a person who is experienced and knowledgeable in corporate management issues to monitor each corporation any of whose shares are owned by this system and to advise the board on the voting of the shares owned by this system and on the responses of this system to merger proposals and tender offers.

Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, from the retirement fund, an amount sufficient to pay all costs arising from this section.

Terms Used In California Government Code 20209

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 379, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)