PENCD-EMRGING INVSTMNT MANAGER

Amends the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that "emerging investment manager" means a qualified investment adviser that manages an investment portfolio of at least $10,000,000 but less than $10,000,000,000 at the time of the initial contract with the retirement system, pension fund, or investment board (rather than at least $10,000,000 but less than $10,000,000,000) and is a minority-owned business, women-owned business, or business owned by a person with a disability. In a provision requiring a competitive process for awarding investment contracts, adds an exclusion for contracts for investment services with an emerging investment manager. Effective immediately.