169.420. In all metropolitan school districts of this state, there are hereby created and established retirement systems for the purpose of providing retirement benefits for employees of said school districts. Each such system shall be a body corporate, and shall be under the management of a board of trustees herein described, and shall be known as "The Public School Retirement System of ........ (name of school district)". Such system shall, by and in such name, sue and be sued, transact all of its business, invest all of its funds and hold all of its cash, securities and other property; provided, however, that such securities and other property may be held on behalf of the retirement system in the name of a nominee in order to facilitate the expeditious transfer of such securities or other property.
(L. 1943 p. 805 § 2, A.L. 1978 S.B. 542, A.L. 2001 H.B. 660)
Missouri General Assembly