HF 1978

THIRD ENGROSSMENT

Omnibus pension bill modifying provisions of various state and local retirement plans.

ARTICLE 1: VARIOUS CLARIFICATIONS AND CORRECTIONS

Section 1: Application for survivor benefit language modified.

Section 2: Beneficiary and survivor data language modified.

Section 3: Minneapolis health insurance subsidy language modified.

Section 4: Excluded employees language modified.

Section 5: Computation of formula program retirement annuity language modified.

Section 6: Special direct state matching aid to the Teachers Retirement Association language modified.

Section 7: Termination of supplemental contributions and direct matching and state aid language modified.

Section 8: Supplemental administrative expense assessment language modified.

Section 9: Default coverage language modified.

Section 10: Minneapolis teacher language modified.

Section 11: Limited list of authorized investment securities language modified.

Section 12: Reallocation of amortization or supplementary amortization state aid language modified.

Section 13: Termination of state aid programs language modified.

Section 14: Election of prior state coverage modified.

Section 15: Employee equivalent contribution language modified.

Section 16: Payment language modified.

ARTICLE 2: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 1: Qualifications language modified.

Section 2: Included employees language modified.

Section 3: Excluded employees language modified.

Section 4: Allowable service language modified.

Section 5: Authorized leave of absence service credit purchase procedure language provided.

Section 6: Surviving spouse coverage term certain language modified.

Section 7: Credit for break in service to provide uniformed service language modified.

Section 8: Applicability of general law language modified.

Section 9: Exemption from process language provided.

Section 10: Coverage language modified.

Section 11: Transfer to general plan language modified.

Section 12: Accrual date language modified.

Section 13: Included employees language modified.

Section 14: Excluded employees language modified.

Section 15: Governmental subdivision language modified.

Section 16: Allowable service; limits and computation language modified.

Section 17: Retirement language modified.

Section 18: Authorized leave of absence service credit purchase procedure language provided.

Section 19: Duties and powers of the board language modified.

Section 20: Executive director language modified.

Section 21: Offices language modified.

Section 22: Treatment of periods before initial coverage date language provided.

Section 23: Collection of unpaid amounts language modified.

Section 24: Retirement annuity formula language modified.

Section 25: Pre-July 1, 1989 members: rule of 90 language modified.

Section 26: Pre-July 1, 1989 members: 30 years of service language modified.

Section 27: Pre-July 1, 1989 members: early retirement language modified.

Section 28: Surviving spouse optional annuity language modified.

Section 29: Survivor coverage term certain language modified.

Section 30: Deferred annuity; eligibility; computation language modified.

Section 31: Allowable service language modified.

Section 32: Parental leave language modified.

Section 33: Extended leaves of absence language modified.

Section 34: Medical leave; payment procedures language modified.

Section 35: Payment language modified.

Section 36: Payments using pretax transfers language provided.

Section 37: Optional accelerated retirement annuity before normal retirement age language modified.

Section 38: Bounce-back annuity language modified.

Section 39: Account termination; restoration language provided.

Section 40: Computation of benefits language modified.

Section 41: Authorized leave of absence and strike period service credit purchase procedure language provided.

Section 42: Covered plans language modified.

Section 43: Combined payment of retirement annuities language modified.

Section 44: Requirement of notice to member's spouse language modified.

Section 45: Purchase of prior comprehensive employment training act service language provided.

Section 46: Allocation of receivable language provided

Section 47: Early retirement date language modified.

Section 48: Normal retirement date language modified.

Section 49: Revisor instruction language provided.

Section 50: Repealer language provided.

ARTICLE 3: MSRS-CORRECTIONAL PLAN MEMBERSHIP PROVISIONS

Section 1: Other correctional personnel language modified.

Section 2: Minnesota extended treatment options program language modified.

Section 3: Additional Department of Human Services personnel language modified.

Section 4: Department of Corrections; procedure for coverage change considerations language modified.

Section 5: Transfer of prior MSRS-general service credit for certain employees with transferred retirement coverage language provided.

Section 6: Coverage for prior state service for certain persons language provided.

ARTICLE 4: DISABILITY BENEFIT CHANGES

Section 1: Normal retirement age language modified.

Section 2: Duty disability language provided.

Section 3: Less frequent duties language provided.

Section 4: Line of duty death language provided.

Section 5: Normal duties language provided.

Section 6: Not line of duty death language provided.

Section 7: Regular disability language provided.

Section 8: Disability determination procedures language provided.

Section 9: Age, service, and salary requirements language modified.

Section 10: Accrual of benefits language modified.

Section 11: Procedure to determine eligibility language modified.

Section 12: Continuing eligibility for benefits language modified.

Section 13: Trial work period language modified.

Section 14: Early retirement language modified.

Section 15: Duty disability; computation of benefits language modified.

Section 16: Total permanent duty disability; computation of benefits language provided.

Section 17: Optional annuity election language modified.

Section 18: Regular disability benefit language modified.

Section 19: Total and permanent regular disability; computation of benefits language provided.

Section 20: Limitation on disability benefit payments language modified.

Section 21: Cessation of disability benefit language modified.

Section 22: Disability survivor benefits for pre-July 1, 2007, disabilitants language modified.

Section 23: Application procedure to determine eligibility for police and fire plan disability benefits language modified.

Section 24: Accrual of benefits language modified.

Section 25: Chemical dependency limitations to disability benefit eligibility language provided.

Section 26: Generally language modified.

Section 27: Benefit amount language modified.

Section 28: Death while eligible survivor benefit language modified.

Section 29: Dependent children language modified.

Section 30: Subsequent medical reexaminations language modified.

Section 31: Definitions language provided.

Section 32: Duty disability qualification requirements language modified.

Section 33: Regular disability qualification requirements language modified.

Section 34: Disability benefit application; accrual of benefits language modified.

Section 35: Continuing benefit eligibility language modified.

Section 36: Repealer provided.

ARTICLE 5: HEALTH CARE FACILITY PRIVATIZATIONS

Section 1: Medical facility language modified.

Section 2: Enhanced augmentation rates language modified.

ARTICLE 6: STATEWIDE RETIREMENT PLAN APPEALS PROCESS LANGAUGE

Section 1: Duties and powers of the board language modified.

Section 2: Pension plan appeal procedure language provided.

Section 3: Repealer language provided.

ARTICLE 7: FIRST CLASS CITY TEACHER RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION CHANGES

Section 1: St. Paul teachers retirement fund association; pilot postretirement adjustment; limitations language provided.

Section 2: Mandated study and report on SPTRFA postretirement adjustment experience language provided.

Section 3: Repealer provided.

ARTICLE 8: MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND LIQUIDITY CHANGES

Section 1: Deposit accumulation fund language modified.

Section 2: Transfer of reserves to retirement benefit fund; adjustments of annuities and benefits language modified.

Section 3: Disability benefit fund language modified.

Section 4: Retirement benefit fund language modified.

Section 7: State contributions language modified.

Section 8: Repealer language provided.

Section 9: Effective date; local approval language provided.

ARTICLE 9: MINNEAPOLIS POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS CHANGES

Section 1: Entitlement; benefit amount language modified.

Section 2: Actuarial assets of special fund less than 102 percent language modified.

ARTICLE 10: VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER BENEFIT CHANGES

Section 1: Definitions language modified.

Section 2: Payment of supplemental benefit language modified.

Section 3: State reimbursement language modified.

ARTICLE 11: VARIOUS BENEFIT AND OTHER CHANGES

Section 1: Membership language modified.

Section 2: Standards for pension valuations and cost estimates language modified.

Section 3: Optional annuities language modified.

Section 4: Optional division of retirement allowance language provided.

Section 5: Definition language modified.

Section 6: Eligibility language modified.

Section 7: Included employees language modified.

Section 8: Member language modified.

Section 9: Health insurance withholding language modified.

Section 10: Definitions language modified.

Section 11: Thief River Falls Police; survivor benefits language modified.

Section 12: Retirement incentive language modified.

ARTICLE 12: SMALL GROUP/SINGLE PERSON PROVISIONS

Section 1: Pera-general; city of St. Paul employee service credit purchase language provided.

Section 2: Pera-police and fire plan; exempting certain Anoka county field investigators from reemployed annuitant earnings limitations language provided.

Section 3: MSRS-general and pera-general; annuity back payments language provided.

Section 4: Teachers retirement association; Sabbatical leave salary credit purchase language provided.

Section 5: Community education teacher; prior service purchase language provided.

Section 6: Pera-general; late disability benefit application authorized language provided.

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