1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement
1.3 	Association; providing survivor benefits to the spouse
1.4 	of a police officer killed while on active duty in
1.5 	Iraq.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. SURVIVOR BENEFITS.
 1.8 	Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes,
1.9 	section 353.657, subdivision 1, requiring a specified period of
1.10 	marriage to obtain survivor benefits, the surviving spouse of a
1.11 	St. Louis Park police officer killed while serving on active
1.12 	duty in Iraq is entitled to survivor benefits provided under
1.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 353.657, through the public
1.14 	employees police and fire plan.

1.15 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.16 	Section 1 is effective the day after final enactment.