LexisNexis ( September 25, 2019, 1:48 PM EDT) -- Public pensions provide monthly benefits to retired public employees. To raise the money, public pensions invest with contributions from public employees and employers. Another way that a public pension may raise money is by issuing bonds, and a public pension may grant a security interest in its property to those who purchase the bonds. Because one of a pension fund’s most valuable assets is its right to contributions from employers, a pension fund may grant a security interest in those contributions to those who purchase the bonds....