Relating to retirement ARTICLE 1 � COMBINED SERVICEReducing the total allowable years of service requirement for +legislators entitled to retirement annuities from more than one public retirement+ plan and modifying the service requirement for persons eligible for a combined+ service annuity under the state patrol retirement plan under the Minnesota +state retirement system (MSRS), the public employees retirement association+ (PERA) police and fire plan and the Minneapolis employees retirement +association (MERF) ARTICLE 2 � DEFINITIONS Expanding the definition of dependent child under the legislators and+ state patrol retirement plans under the Minnesota state retirement system; +providing for the inclusion of amounts provided to employees by employers +through grievance proceedings or legal settlements as salary under MSRS under+ certain review and determination conditions; modifying the definition of +average monthly salary under the state troopers retirement plan; repealing a +certain provision providing for purchase of service credit in MSRS for +periods of leave while receiving temporary workers compensation payments ARTICLE 3 � DISABILITY Providing a temporary reemployment benefit reduction waiver for +reemployment after disability under the Minnesota state retirement system and +modifying and clarifying eligibility for receipt of disability benefits by +correctional employees and state troopers; modifying the basis for receipt of +disability benefits by totally and permanently disabled participants in the MSRS unclassified employees retirement program ARTICLE 4 � EARLY RETIREMENT Reducing the early retirement eligibility ages for elective state +officers and judges under the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS) and +modifying the calculation of the early retirement annuity reduction for judges ARTICLE 5 � ELIGIBILITY Modifying the exclusion of certain teachers from the definition of +state employee under the general retirement plan of the Minnesota state +retirement system (MSRS) ARTICLE 6 � REFUNDS Modifying certain requirements for the payment of interest on +contribution refunds to legislators, general plan participants, state troopers and+ judges under the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS); modifying certain requirements for the repayment of refunds under public retirement +systems generally ARTICLE 7 � SURVIVOR BENEFITSModifying certain requirements for election and payment of benefits +by and to survivors of members of the general, state patrol and unclassified +employees retirement plans under the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS) ARTICLE 8 � TECHNICAL Eliminating the waiting period to apply for accumulated contributions+ left on deposit with the Minnesota state retirement system for deferred +annuity payment purposes; modifying the provision under MSRS providing for reversion +to the general plan by members of the unclassified employees retirement +program and certain provisions regulating investment option contribution rates; +repealing the restriction on membership in the unclassified employees +retirement program by certain members of the teachers retirement association (TRA) and a+ certain obsolete provision providing for retirement coverage of judges of the+ probate court (ra)