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<section article="gsp" article_name="State Personnel and Pensions" number="21-204" title_number="21" title_name="State Retirement and Pension System" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Fiduciary Responsibilities">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, in exercising the standards set forth in § 21-203 of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the trustees jointly shall manage and control the assets of the several systems; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>each trustee of the several systems, when acting as a fiduciary, shall use reasonable care to prevent another trustee from committing a breach.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not preclude any agreement that allocates specific responsibilities, obligations, or duties among the trustees.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board of Trustees may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>allocate the responsibilities of the fiduciaries among the fiduciaries; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>designate any other person to carry out the responsibilities of a fiduciary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Board of Trustees makes an allocation or designation to a person under subsection (b) of this section, the Board of Trustees is not liable for an act or omission of that person in carrying out the responsibility, except to the extent that the Board of Trustees violates § 21-203 of this subtitle with respect to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the allocation or designation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the establishment or implementation of a procedure to allocate or designate; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the continuance or review of the allocation or designation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection, a trustee to whom certain responsibilities, obligations, or duties have not been allocated is not liable, either individually or as a trustee, for any loss resulting to the several systems arising from an act or omission of another person to whom the responsibilities, obligations, or duties have been allocated.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
