Minnesota Legislature
HF 1951
Conference Committee Report - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 05/15/2014 11:20am
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
1.1CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 1951
1.3relating to retirement; various Minnesota public employee retirement plans;
1.4allowing MSRS-General deferred members to vote in board elections;
1.5continuing Stevens County Housing and Redevelopment Authority employees
1.6in PERA-General; excluding fixed-route bus drivers employed by the St.
1.7Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission from PERA-General coverage;
1.8increasing member and employer contribution rates for certain retirement
1.9plans; providing for the consolidation of the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund
1.10Association retirement plan and fund into the statewide Teachers Retirement
1.11Association; revising an amortization target date, creating new state aid
1.12programs; appropriating money; extending a MnSCU early retirement incentive
1.13program; increasing the limit for certain reemployed MnSCU retirees; extending
1.14the applicability of a second chance at tenure retirement coverage election
1.15opportunity for MnSCU faculty members; revising investment authority for
1.16various defined contribution plans or programs; authorizing the State Board of
1.17Investment to revise, remove, or create investment options for the Minnesota
1.18supplemental investment fund; expanding permissible investments under the
1.19unclassified state employees retirement program, the public employees defined
1.20contribution plan, the deferred compensation program, and the health care savings
1.21plan; revising salary reporting requirements; clarifying retirement provision
1.22applications to sheriffs; revising local government postretirement option program
1.23requirements and extending expiration date; clarifying future postretirement
1.24adjustment rates for former members of the former Minneapolis Firefighters
1.25Relief Association and the former Minneapolis Police Relief Association; making
1.26technical changes to amortization state aid and supplemental state aid; clarifying
1.27the eligibility of independent nonprofit firefighting corporations to receive police
1.28and fire supplemental retirement state aid; implementing the recommendations
1.29of the 2013-2014 state auditor volunteer fire working group; modifying the
1.30disability benefit application deadline for certain former Wadena County sheriff's
1.31deputies; authorizing city of Duluth and Duluth Airports Authority employee
1.32salary-supplement payments coverage following Court of Appeals decision;
1.33specifying interest rate for computing joint and survivor annuities; revising
1.34postretirement adjustment triggers; revising reemployed annuitant withholding in
1.35certain divorce situations; clarifying medical advisor and resumption of teaching
1.36provisions; specifying explicit postretirement adjustment assumptions; allowing
1.37volunteer firefighter relief associations to pay state fire chiefs association dues
1.38from the special fund; authorizing MnSCU employee to elect TRA coverage and
1.39transfer past service from IRAP to TRA; clarifying the applicability of 2013
1.40postretirement adjustment modifications to certain county sheriffs; ratifying or
1.41grandparenting MSRS-Correctional plan coverage for Department of Human
1.42Services employees; allowing various service credit purchases; requiring a
1.43PERA report on certain survivor benefit amounts;amending Minnesota Statutes
2.12012, sections 3A.01, subdivision 1a; 11A.17, subdivisions 1, 9; 13.632,
2.2subdivision 1; 122A.18, subdivision 7a; 136F.481; 352.01, subdivisions 2b,
2.312; 352.03, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 352.04, subdivisions 2,
2.43; 352.115, subdivisions 8, 10; 352.1155, subdivisions 1, 4; 352.90; 352.91,
2.5subdivisions 1, 2, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, by adding a subdivision; 352.92, subdivisions
2.61, 2; 352.965, subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions; 352.98, subdivision 2;
2.7352B.08, subdivision 3; 352D.04, by adding subdivisions; 353.01, subdivision
2.814; 353.27, subdivisions 2, 3, 3b, 4, by adding a subdivision; 353.30, subdivision
2.93; 353.37, by adding a subdivision; 353.371, by adding a subdivision; 353.6511,
2.10subdivision 7; 353.6512, subdivision 7; 353D.05, subdivision 1, by adding a
2.11subdivision; 354.05, subdivisions 2, 7, 13; 354.42, subdivisions 2, 3; 354.44,
2.12subdivision 5; 354.445; 354.48, subdivision 6a; 354A.011, subdivisions 11, 15a,
2.1327; 354A.021, subdivision 1; 354A.092; 354A.093, subdivision 1; 354A.096;
2.14354A.12, subdivision 2; 354A.29, subdivision 8; 354A.31, subdivisions 1,
2.153a; 354A.32, subdivision 1; 354A.35, subdivision 1; 354A.37, subdivisions
2.163, 4; 354A.39; 354A.41; 354B.21, subdivisions 2, 3a; 355.01, subdivision
2.172c; 356.215, subdivision 11; 356.24, subdivision 1; 356.302, subdivision
2.187; 356.303, subdivision 4; 356.32, subdivision 2; 356.415, subdivision 1d;
2.19356.42, subdivision 3; 356.465, subdivision 3; 356.47, subdivision 3; 356.635,
2.20subdivision 6; 356.99, subdivision 1; 356A.06, subdivisions 7, 7a; 424A.015,
2.21by adding a subdivision; 424A.016, subdivisions 4, 7; 424A.05, subdivision
2.223; 424A.08; 424B.12; 490.121, subdivision 2a; Minnesota Statutes 2013
2.23Supplement, sections 69.051, subdivisions 1a, 3; 352.01, subdivision 2a; 352.03,
2.24subdivision 4; 353.01, subdivisions 2a, 2b; 353.651, subdivision 4; 354.436;
2.25354.44, subdivision 6; 354A.12, subdivisions 1, 2a, 3a, 3c; 354A.27, subdivision
2.266a; 356.20, subdivision 2; 356.214, subdivision 1; 356.215, subdivision 8;
2.27356.219, subdivision 8; 356.30, subdivision 3; 356.401, subdivision 3; 356.415,
2.28subdivisions 1a, 1c, 1e, 1f; 356.91; 363A.36, subdivision 1; 423A.02, subdivision
2.293; 423A.022, subdivisions 2, 3; 424A.016, subdivision 6; 424A.02, subdivisions
2.303, 7; 424A.092, subdivision 6; 424A.093, subdivisions 2, 6; 424A.094,
2.31subdivision 2; 424A.10, subdivision 2; Laws 2009, chapter 169, article 5,
2.32section 2, as amended; article 6, section 1; proposing coding for new law in
2.33Minnesota Statutes, chapters 354; 354A; 356; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012,
2.34sections 11A.17, subdivision 4; 352.965, subdivision 5; 352D.04, subdivision 1;
2.35353D.05, subdivision 2; 354A.021, subdivision 5; 354A.108; 354A.24; 354A.27,
2.36subdivision 5; 356.415, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement,
2.37sections 354A.27, subdivisions 6a, 7; 354A.31, subdivision 4a.
2.38May 14, 2014
2.39The Honorable Paul Thissen
2.40Speaker of the House of Representatives
2.41The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas
2.42President of the Senate
2.43We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 1951 report that we have agreed upon
2.44the items in dispute and recommend as follows:
2.45That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 1951 be further
2.46amended as follows:
2.47Page 9, lines 19 and 20, delete "district" and insert "year"
2.48Page 11, line 9, delete "district" and insert "year"
2.49Page 45, line 25, delete "$15,346,000" and insert "$14,377,000"
2.50Page 45, line 27, delete "$15,346,000" and insert "$14,377,000"
3.1Page 76, line 8, delete "the date on which the asset transfer occurred" and insert
3.2"receipt of the list of assets that are intended to be transferred"
3.3Page 80, line 3, delete "2014" and insert "2015"
3.4Page 154, delete section 3
3.5Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.3relating to retirement; various Minnesota public employee retirement plans;
1.4allowing MSRS-General deferred members to vote in board elections;
1.5continuing Stevens County Housing and Redevelopment Authority employees
1.6in PERA-General; excluding fixed-route bus drivers employed by the St.
1.7Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission from PERA-General coverage;
1.8increasing member and employer contribution rates for certain retirement
1.9plans; providing for the consolidation of the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund
1.10Association retirement plan and fund into the statewide Teachers Retirement
1.11Association; revising an amortization target date, creating new state aid
1.12programs; appropriating money; extending a MnSCU early retirement incentive
1.13program; increasing the limit for certain reemployed MnSCU retirees; extending
1.14the applicability of a second chance at tenure retirement coverage election
1.15opportunity for MnSCU faculty members; revising investment authority for
1.16various defined contribution plans or programs; authorizing the State Board of
1.17Investment to revise, remove, or create investment options for the Minnesota
1.18supplemental investment fund; expanding permissible investments under the
1.19unclassified state employees retirement program, the public employees defined
1.20contribution plan, the deferred compensation program, and the health care savings
1.21plan; revising salary reporting requirements; clarifying retirement provision
1.22applications to sheriffs; revising local government postretirement option program
1.23requirements and extending expiration date; clarifying future postretirement
1.24adjustment rates for former members of the former Minneapolis Firefighters
1.25Relief Association and the former Minneapolis Police Relief Association; making
1.26technical changes to amortization state aid and supplemental state aid; clarifying
1.27the eligibility of independent nonprofit firefighting corporations to receive police
1.28and fire supplemental retirement state aid; implementing the recommendations
1.29of the 2013-2014 state auditor volunteer fire working group; modifying the
1.30disability benefit application deadline for certain former Wadena County sheriff's
1.31deputies; authorizing city of Duluth and Duluth Airports Authority employee
1.32salary-supplement payments coverage following Court of Appeals decision;
1.33specifying interest rate for computing joint and survivor annuities; revising
1.34postretirement adjustment triggers; revising reemployed annuitant withholding in
1.35certain divorce situations; clarifying medical advisor and resumption of teaching
1.36provisions; specifying explicit postretirement adjustment assumptions; allowing
1.37volunteer firefighter relief associations to pay state fire chiefs association dues
1.38from the special fund; authorizing MnSCU employee to elect TRA coverage and
1.39transfer past service from IRAP to TRA; clarifying the applicability of 2013
1.40postretirement adjustment modifications to certain county sheriffs; ratifying or
1.41grandparenting MSRS-Correctional plan coverage for Department of Human
1.42Services employees; allowing various service credit purchases; requiring a
1.43PERA report on certain survivor benefit amounts;amending Minnesota Statutes
2.12012, sections 3A.01, subdivision 1a; 11A.17, subdivisions 1, 9; 13.632,
2.2subdivision 1; 122A.18, subdivision 7a; 136F.481; 352.01, subdivisions 2b,
2.312; 352.03, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 352.04, subdivisions 2,
2.43; 352.115, subdivisions 8, 10; 352.1155, subdivisions 1, 4; 352.90; 352.91,
2.5subdivisions 1, 2, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, by adding a subdivision; 352.92, subdivisions
2.61, 2; 352.965, subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions; 352.98, subdivision 2;
2.7352B.08, subdivision 3; 352D.04, by adding subdivisions; 353.01, subdivision
2.814; 353.27, subdivisions 2, 3, 3b, 4, by adding a subdivision; 353.30, subdivision
2.93; 353.37, by adding a subdivision; 353.371, by adding a subdivision; 353.6511,
2.10subdivision 7; 353.6512, subdivision 7; 353D.05, subdivision 1, by adding a
2.11subdivision; 354.05, subdivisions 2, 7, 13; 354.42, subdivisions 2, 3; 354.44,
2.12subdivision 5; 354.445; 354.48, subdivision 6a; 354A.011, subdivisions 11, 15a,
2.1327; 354A.021, subdivision 1; 354A.092; 354A.093, subdivision 1; 354A.096;
2.14354A.12, subdivision 2; 354A.29, subdivision 8; 354A.31, subdivisions 1,
2.153a; 354A.32, subdivision 1; 354A.35, subdivision 1; 354A.37, subdivisions
2.163, 4; 354A.39; 354A.41; 354B.21, subdivisions 2, 3a; 355.01, subdivision
2.172c; 356.215, subdivision 11; 356.24, subdivision 1; 356.302, subdivision
2.187; 356.303, subdivision 4; 356.32, subdivision 2; 356.415, subdivision 1d;
2.19356.42, subdivision 3; 356.465, subdivision 3; 356.47, subdivision 3; 356.635,
2.20subdivision 6; 356.99, subdivision 1; 356A.06, subdivisions 7, 7a; 424A.015,
2.21by adding a subdivision; 424A.016, subdivisions 4, 7; 424A.05, subdivision
2.223; 424A.08; 424B.12; 490.121, subdivision 2a; Minnesota Statutes 2013
2.23Supplement, sections 69.051, subdivisions 1a, 3; 352.01, subdivision 2a; 352.03,
2.24subdivision 4; 353.01, subdivisions 2a, 2b; 353.651, subdivision 4; 354.436;
2.25354.44, subdivision 6; 354A.12, subdivisions 1, 2a, 3a, 3c; 354A.27, subdivision
2.266a; 356.20, subdivision 2; 356.214, subdivision 1; 356.215, subdivision 8;
2.27356.219, subdivision 8; 356.30, subdivision 3; 356.401, subdivision 3; 356.415,
2.28subdivisions 1a, 1c, 1e, 1f; 356.91; 363A.36, subdivision 1; 423A.02, subdivision
2.293; 423A.022, subdivisions 2, 3; 424A.016, subdivision 6; 424A.02, subdivisions
2.303, 7; 424A.092, subdivision 6; 424A.093, subdivisions 2, 6; 424A.094,
2.31subdivision 2; 424A.10, subdivision 2; Laws 2009, chapter 169, article 5,
2.32section 2, as amended; article 6, section 1; proposing coding for new law in
2.33Minnesota Statutes, chapters 354; 354A; 356; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012,
2.34sections 11A.17, subdivision 4; 352.965, subdivision 5; 352D.04, subdivision 1;
2.35353D.05, subdivision 2; 354A.021, subdivision 5; 354A.108; 354A.24; 354A.27,
2.36subdivision 5; 356.415, subdivision 3; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement,
2.37sections 354A.27, subdivisions 6a, 7; 354A.31, subdivision 4a.
2.38May 14, 2014
2.39The Honorable Paul Thissen
2.40Speaker of the House of Representatives
2.41The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas
2.42President of the Senate
2.43We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 1951 report that we have agreed upon
2.44the items in dispute and recommend as follows:
2.45That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 1951 be further
2.46amended as follows:
2.47Page 9, lines 19 and 20, delete "district" and insert "year"
2.48Page 11, line 9, delete "district" and insert "year"
2.49Page 45, line 25, delete "$15,346,000" and insert "$14,377,000"
2.50Page 45, line 27, delete "$15,346,000" and insert "$14,377,000"
3.1Page 76, line 8, delete "the date on which the asset transfer occurred" and insert
3.2"receipt of the list of assets that are intended to be transferred"
3.3Page 80, line 3, delete "2014" and insert "2015"
3.4Page 154, delete section 3
3.5Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references