(105 ILCS 5/23-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-8)
    Sec. 23-8. Powers and duties.
    Each association shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as if it were a state institution for the purposes of Article 16 of the "Illinois Pension Code", approved March 18, 1963, as amended.
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 3746.)