Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 05/08/2025 09:25 a.m.
A bill for an act
relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; correcting
employer failure to record service; requiring the payment of employee and employer
contributions on omitted service and extending Rule of 90 eligibility for an eligible
employee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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(a) Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 353.27, subdivision 12b, Alaine Pappin and
Independent School District No. 281, Robbinsdale, on behalf of Alaine Pappin, must make
contributions as calculated under paragraph (d) for service as an eligible employee prior to
July 1, 1989, which was previously unreported.
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(b) The contributions described in paragraph (a) are permitted although Alaine Pappin
was not enrolled as a member in a public pension plan at the time the service was provided.
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(c) The contributions described in paragraph (a) are sufficient to retroactively establish
Alaine Pappin's membership in a public pension fund listed in section 356.30, subdivision
3, and eligibility for an unreduced early retirement benefit under section 354.44.
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(d) The Public Employees Retirement Association must calculate the amount of the
contributions required under section 353.27, subdivision 12b, plus interest, based on the
omitted salary of $3,185.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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