HF 1528

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 04/18/2011 09:42am

A bill for an act
relating to retirement; providing for increased annuity for surviving spouse and
dependent children of employee killed while engaged in emergency response to
flooding.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin INCREASED ANNUITY FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE OF EMPLOYEE
KILLED WHILE ENGAGED IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO FLOODING.
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new text begin (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 352.12, a surviving spouse of
an eligible person specified in paragraph (b) is entitled, upon application filed with the
executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System, to the additional benefit
from the general state employees retirement fund of the Minnesota State Retirement
System specified in paragraph (c).
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new text begin (b) An eligible person is a person who:
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new text begin (1) was born on November 7, 1971;
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new text begin (2) began working for the state on September 25, 2002; and
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new text begin (3) was killed on March 22, 2011, while working as an employee of the Department
of Transportation engaged in emergency response to flooding by using a backhoe to clear
debris from a culvert that drains into the Minnesota River between St. Peter and Mankato.
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new text begin (c) The monthly annuity payable to the surviving spouse of an eligible person
specified in paragraph (b) is 54 percent of the average monthly salary of the eligible
person, and accrues as of the first day of the first week after the surviving spouse ceases to
receive workers' compensation payments attributable to the death of the eligible person
specified in paragraph (b).
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new text begin (d) "Average salary" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes 2010, section
352.01, subdivision 14a.
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new text begin (e) The benefit under this section is eligible for postretirement adjustments under
Minnesota Statutes, section 356.415, subdivision 1a.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective retroactively from March 22, 2011.
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