1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; amending the correctional state employees retirement 
1.3 	plan; adding two employment positions to retirement plan coverage;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 352.91, subdivision 3d.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 352.91, subdivision 3d, 
1.7 	is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3d.Other correctional personnel. (a) "Covered correctional service" means 
1.9 	service by a state employee in one of the employment positions at a correctional facility or 
1.10 	at the Minnesota Security Hospital specified in paragraph (b) if at least 75 percent of the 
1.11 	employee's working time is spent in direct contact with inmates or patients and the fact of 
1.12 	this direct contact is certified to the executive director by the appropriate commissioner.
1.13 	(b) The employment positions are as follows:
1.14 	(1) baker;
1.15 	(2) central services administrative specialist, intermediate;
1.16 	(3) central services administrative specialist, principal;
1.17 	(4) chaplain;
1.18 	(5) chief cook;
1.19 	(6) cook;
1.20 	(7) cook coordinator;
1.21 	(8) corrections program therapist 1;
1.22 	(9) corrections program therapist 2;
1.23 	(10) corrections program therapist 3;
1.24 	(11) corrections program therapist 4;
2.1 	(12) corrections inmate program coordinator;
2.2 	(13) corrections transitions program coordinator;
2.3 	(14) corrections security caseworker;
2.4 	(15) corrections security caseworker career;
2.5 	(16) corrections teaching assistant;
2.6 	(17) delivery van driver;
2.7 	(18) dentist;
2.8 	(19) electrician supervisor;
2.9 	(20) general maintenance worker lead;
2.10 	(21) general repair worker;
2.11 	(22) library/information research services specialist;
2.12 	(23) library/information research services specialist senior;
2.13 	(24) library technician;
2.14 	(25) painter lead;
2.15 	(26) plant maintenance engineer lead;
2.16 	(27) plumber supervisor;
2.17 	(28) psychologist 1;
2.18 	(29) psychologist 3;
2.19 	(30) recreation therapist;
2.20 	(31) recreation therapist coordinator;
2.21 	(32) recreation program assistant;
2.22 	(33) recreation therapist senior;
2.23 	(34) sports medicine specialist;
2.24 	(35) work therapy assistant;
2.25 	(36) work therapy program coordinator; and
2.26 	(37) work therapy technician.

2.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.28 	Sec. 2. COVERAGE TRANSFER DATES.
 2.29 	(a) The coverage transfer under Minnesota Statutes, section 352.91, subdivision 3d, 
2.30 	paragraph (b), clause (20), also covers employment in that position after December 11, 
2.31 	2007, for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 352.955, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
2.32 	(b) The coverage change under Minnesota Statutes, section 352.91, subdivision 3d, 
2.33 	paragraph (b), clause (25), is prospective only.

2.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.