HF 876

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association general plan;
authorizing a city of St. Paul employee to purchase service credit for a period
of uncovered service.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin PERA-GENERAL; CITY OF ST. PAUL EMPLOYEE SERVICE
CREDIT PURCHASE.
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new text begin (a) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) is entitled to purchase allowable
service credit from the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees
Retirement Association for the period of employment by the city of St. Paul between
November 11, 1988, and September 30, 1989, that qualified as employment by a public
employee under Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 353.01, subdivision 2b, that was not
previously credited by the retirement plan.
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new text begin (b) An eligible person is a person who:
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new text begin (1) was born on December 29, 1958;
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new text begin (2) was first employed by the city of St. Paul as a part-time or seasonal employee
in 1985;
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new text begin (3) qualified for Public Employees Retirement Association general plan coverage
in November 1988 but was not reported by the city of St. Paul to the Public Employees
Retirement Association for coverage until October 1989; and
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new text begin (4) became a member of the general employees retirement plan of the Public
Employees Retirement Association in October 1989.
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new text begin (c) The eligible person described in paragraph (b) is authorized to apply with the
executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association to make the service
credit purchase under this section. The application must be in writing and must include
all necessary documentation of the applicability of this section and any other relevant
information that the executive director may require.
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new text begin (d) Allowable service credit under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.01, subdivision
16, must be granted by the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees
Retirement Association to the account of the eligible person upon the receipt of the prior
service credit purchase payment amount required under Minnesota Statutes, section
356.551.
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new text begin (e) Of the prior service credit purchase payment amount under Minnesota Statutes,
section 356.551, the eligible person must pay an amount equal to the employee
contribution rate or rates in effect during the uncredited employment period applied to the
actual salary rates in effect during the period, plus annual compound interest at the rate
of 8.5 percent from the date the member contribution payment should have been made
if made in a timely fashion until the date on which the contribution is actually made. If
the equivalent member contribution payment, plus interest, is made, the city of St. Paul
shall pay the balance of the total prior service credit purchase payment amount under
Minnesota Statutes, section 356.551, within 60 days of notification by the executive
director of the Public Employees Retirement Association that the member contribution
equivalent payment has been received by the association.
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new text begin (f) Authority for an eligible person to make a prior service credit purchase under this
section expires June 30, 2009, or upon termination of employment covered by the Public
Employees Retirement Association, whichever is earlier.
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new text begin (g) If the city of St. Paul fails to pay its portion of the prior service credit purchase
payment amount under paragraph (e), the executive director of the Public Employees
Retirement Association must notify the commissioners of finance and revenue of that fact
and the commissioners shall order the deduction of the required payment amount from
the next payment of any state aid to the city of St. Paul and the commissioners shall
transmit the applicable amount to the general employees retirement fund of the Public
Employees Retirement Association.
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Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.
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