1. The board shall keep a complete record of all its proceedings, which shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection of any member. A statement covering the operations of the system for the year, including income and disbursements, and the financial condition of the system at the end of the year, showing the actuarial valuation and appraisal of its assets and liabilities, as of July first, shall each year be delivered to the governor of Missouri and be made readily available to the members.

2. A system of member employment records necessary for the calculation of retirement benefits shall be kept separate and apart from the customary employee employment records.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 104.190

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Department: any department or agency of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the state of Missouri receiving state appropriations, including allocated funds from the federal government but not including any body corporate or politic unless its employees are eligible for retirement coverage from a system pursuant to this chapter as otherwise provided by law. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • employee: shall include :

    a. See Missouri Laws 104.010

  • Executive director: the executive director employed by a board established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Member: as used in sections 104. See Missouri Laws 104.010
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

3. The principal office of the system shall be located in Jefferson City. The system shall have a seal bearing the inscription “Transportation Department Employees’ and Highway Patrol Retirement System”, which shall be in the custody of its executive director. The courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the seal; and all copies of records, books, and written instruments which are kept in the office of the system and are certified by the executive director under said seal shall be proved or admitted in any court or proceeding as provided by section 109.130.

4. The board shall arrange for annual audits of the records and accounts of the system by a certified public accountant or by a firm of certified public accountants.