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(a) The income-expense account shall be the account to which shall be credited all investment income from invested assets of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System. It shall also be the account in which shall be accumulated the contributions made by employers for the administrative expenses of the system and from which shall be made annual transfers of interest credits to the other accounts of the system and from which shall be paid all the expenses of the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System necessary for the administration and operation of the system.
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(b) The board may accept gifts and bequests, which shall be credited to the income-expense account along with all other moneys received by the system the disposition of which is not specifically provided for in this act.
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(c) Each year, the General Assembly shall appropriate the amounts of money certified by the board as required to pay the proper administrative expenses of the system.
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(d) [Repealed.]
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(e) Whenever the board determines that the balance in the income-expense account is more than sufficient to cover the current charges to the account, the board may, by resolution, provide for contingency reserves, or for the transfer of the excess, or portions thereof, to cover the needs of the other accounts of the system.
