HF 1352

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/07/2013 02:13pm

A bill for an act
relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan;
modifying the disability benefit application deadline for certain former Wadena
County sheriff's deputies.

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

Section 1. new text begin PERA-POLICE AND FIRE; DISABILITY BENEFIT APPLICATION
DEADLINE EXTENSION FOR CERTAIN WADENA COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES.
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new text begin (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes, section 353.031 or
353.656 to the contrary, an eligible person described in paragraph (b) is authorized to file
an application for a disability benefit from the public employees police and fire retirement
plan retroactively from the date of a shooting event in which the person was involved
on March 11, 2006.
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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 August 11, 1971;
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new text begin (2) was initially employed as a deputy sheriff by Wadena County on March 9, 2006;
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new text begin (3) was, by virtue of law enforcement employment, a member of the public
employees police and fire retirement plan;
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new text begin (4) was involved in the nonfatal shooting incident of a gun-wielding suspect near
Sebelia, Minnesota, on March 11, 2006, without being physically injured;
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new text begin (5) resigned from the Wadena County sheriff's department in October 2010 after
being treated for mental health issues for the prior six months; and
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new text begin (6) failed to apply for a mental health-related disability benefit by the November 11,
2007, deadline for applying for a disability benefit from the public employees police and
fire retirement plan based on the March 11, 2006, shooting incident.
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new text begin (c) If the eligible person files a disability benefit application under paragraph (a)
on or before the expiration date specified in paragraph (d), and if the eligible person is
determined by the Public Employees Retirement Association as being disabled while in
the line of duty as a result of the March 11, 2006, shooting incident, the eligible person
is entitled to receive a duty disability benefit from the public employees police and fire
retirement plan under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.656, subdivision 1 or 1a, including
retroactive benefit payments from April 1, 2006.
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new text begin (d) The authority for the eligible person to file a disability benefit application under
paragraph (a) expires on July 1, 2014.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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