1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; legislators in the unclassified program first elected after 
1.3 	June 30, 1997; terminating contributions after June 30, 2012;proposing coding 
1.4 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 352D.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [352D.045] LEGISLATOR COVERAGE RESTRICTIONS.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Termination of contributions. Notwithstanding section 352D.04, 
1.8 	subdivision 2, for any legislator first elected after June 30, 1997, no employee or employer 
1.9 	contributions can be made for legislative service provided after June 30, 2012, and the 
1.10 	legislator is ineligible for coverage for legislative service provided after June 30, 2012, in 
1.11 	any other Minnesota public pension plan.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Use of Minnesota state deferred compensation plan. This section should 
1.13 	not be interpreted as restricting any legislator's authority to participate in the Minnesota 
1.14 	state deferred compensation plan under section 352.965.
1.15 		Subd. 3.Limitation on withdrawals. An active legislator who has an unclassified 
1.16 	program account due to legislative service and has further contributions terminated due 
1.17 	to subdivision 1 is not considered to have terminated covered employment for purposes 
1.18 	of section 352D.05.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012.