1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; public employees police and fire retirement plan; 
1.3 	permitting the purchase of allowable service credit for pre-2003 employment by 
1.4 	certain police officers of the Mille Lacs tribal police department.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. PERA-P&F; MILLE LACS BAND PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT 
1.7 	PURCHASE AUTHORIZED.
 1.8 	(a) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) is entitled to purchase allowable 
1.9 	service credit in the public employees police and fire retirement plan for the period 
1.10 	specified in paragraph (c) by remitting the payment calculated under paragraph (d).
1.11 	(b) An eligible person is a person who:
1.12 	(1) was born on June 28, 1966;
1.13 	(2) was initially employed as a full-time police officer by the Mille Lacs tribal 
1.14 	police department on October 29, 1998;
1.15 	(3) was initially employed as a part-time police officer by the city of Onamia on 
1.16 	July 28, 2002;
1.17 	(4) was initially employed as a part-time police officer by the city of Pierz on March 
1.18 	14, 2013; and
1.19 	(5) is an active member of the public employees police and fire retirement plan.
1.20 	(c) The period of Mille Lacs tribal police department employment available for 
1.21 	purchase is the two-year period of Mille Lacs tribal police department employment 
1.22 	immediately preceding initial active membership in the public employees police and fire 
1.23 	retirement plan in that capacity.
2.1 	(d) The full actuarial value prior service credit purchase payment amount must be 
2.2 	calculated under Minnesota Statutes, section 356.551.
2.3 	(e) The eligible person must provide the executive director of the Public Employees 
2.4 	Retirement Association with any relevant requested information pertaining to the service 
2.5 	credit purchase.
2.6 	(f) Authority to make a service credit purchase under this section expires on June 30, 
2.7 	2015, or upon the eligible person's termination from public employment as defined under 
2.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 353.01, subdivision 11a, whichever occurs earlier.

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