(40 ILCS 5/16-179.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 16-179.1)
    Sec. 16-179.1. To transfer investment functions and securities. The board may, by resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of its membership, transfer to the Illinois State Board of Investment created by Article 22A, for management and administration, all investments owned by the system of every kind and character. Upon completion of such transfer, the authority of the board to make investments shall terminate. Thereafter, all investments of the assets of the system shall be made by the Illinois State Board of Investment in accordance with the provisions of Article 22A.
    Such transfer shall be made not later than the first day of the fourth month next following the date of such resolution. Before such transfer an audit of such investments shall be completed by a certified public accountant selected by the Illinois State Board of Investment and approved by the Auditor General of the State of Illinois. The expense of such audit shall be defrayed by the board.
(Source: P.A. 83-1440.)