1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; police and firefighter retirement state aid; clarifying the 
1.3 	eligibility of independent nonprofit firefighting corporations to receive state aid; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 423A.022, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 423A.022, subdivision 2, 
1.7 	is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Allocation. (a) Of the total amount appropriated as supplemental state aid:
1.9 	(1) 58.065 percent must be paid to the executive director of the Public Employees 
1.10 	Retirement Association for deposit in the public employees police and fire retirement fund 
1.11 	established by section 353.65, subdivision 1;
1.12 	(2) 35.484 percent must be paid to municipalities other than municipalities solely 
1.13 	employing firefighters with retirement coverage provided by the public employees police 
1.14 	and fire retirement plan which qualified to receive fire state aid in that calendar year, 
1.15 	allocated in proportion to the most recent amount of fire state aid paid under section 
1.16 	69.021, subdivision 7, for the municipality bears to the most recent total fire state aid 
1.17 	for all municipalities other than the municipalities solely employing firefighters with 
1.18 	retirement coverage provided by the public employees police and fire retirement plan 
1.19 	paid under section 69.021, subdivision 7, with the allocated amount for fire departments 
1.20 	participating in the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan 
1.21 	paid to the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association for deposit 
1.22 	in the fund established by section 353G.02, subdivision 3, and credited to the respective 
1.23 	account and with the balance paid to the treasurer of each municipality for transmittal 
2.1 	within 30 days of receipt to the treasurer of the applicable volunteer firefighter relief 
2.2 	association for deposit in its special fund; and
2.3 	(3) 6.452 percent must be paid to the executive director of the Minnesota State 
2.4 	Retirement System for deposit in the state patrol retirement fund.
2.5 	(b) For purposes of this section, the term "municipalities" includes independent 
2.6 	nonprofit firefighting corporations with subsidiary volunteer firefighter relief associations 
2.7 	operating under chapter 424A.