The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the North Carolina Firefighters’ and Rescue Squad Workers’ Pension Fund and shall invest its assets in accordance with the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-69.2 and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-69.3 The appropriations made by the General Assembly out of the general fund to provide money for administrative expenses shall be handled in the same manner as any other general fund appropriation. One-fourth of the appropriation made out of the general fund to provide for the financing of the pension fund shall be transferred quarterly to a special fund to be known as the North Carolina Firefighters’ and Rescue Squad Workers’ Pension Fund. There shall be set up in the State Treasurer’s office a special fund to be known as the North Carolina Firefighters’ and Rescue Squad Workers’ Pension Fund, and all contributions made by the members of this pension fund shall be deposited in the special fund. All expenditures for refunds, investments or benefits shall be in the same manner as expenditures of other special funds. ?(1957, c. 1420, s. 1; 1959, c. 1212, s. 1; 1961, c. 980; 1971, c. 30; 1979, c. 467, s. 10; 1981, c. 1029, s. 1; 2013-284, s. 1(a).)