79-11-611 - Governing board; duty of care. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 79-11-611. Governing board; duty of care.
 

In the administration of the powers to appropriate appreciation, to make and retain investments, and to delegate investment management of institutional funds, members of a governing board shall exercise ordinary business care and prudence under the facts and circumstances prevailing at the time of the action or decision. In so doing they shall consider long-and short-term needs of the institution in carrying out its educational, religious, charitable or other eleemosynary purposes, its present and anticipated financial requirements, expected total return on its investments, price level trends and general economic conditions. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1998, ch. 417, § 6, eff from and after July 1, 1998.