HF 2541

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to transportation; modifying a special 
  1.3             retirement coverage provision for transportation 
  1.4             department aircraft pilots; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 2002, section 352.86, subdivision 1. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.86, 
  1.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [ELIGIBILITY; RETIREMENT ANNUITY.] (a) A 
  1.10  person who is employed by the Department of Transportation in 
  1.11  the civil service employment classification of aircraft pilot or 
  1.12  chief pilot who is covered by the general employee retirement 
  1.13  plan of the system under section 352.01, subdivision 23, who 
  1.14  elects this special retirement coverage under subdivision 3, who 
  1.15  is prohibited from performing the duties of aircraft pilot or 
  1.16  chief pilot after reaching age 62 65 by a rule policy adopted by 
  1.17  the commissioner of transportation and who terminates employment 
  1.18  as a state employee on reaching that age is entitled, upon 
  1.19  application, to a retirement annuity computed in accordance with 
  1.20  section 352.115, subdivisions 2 and 3, without any reduction for 
  1.21  early retirement under section 352.116, subdivision 1. 
  1.22     (b) A person who is employed by the Department of 
  1.23  Transportation in the civil service employment classification of 
  1.24  aircraft pilot or chief pilot who is covered by the general 
  1.25  employee retirement plan of the system under section 352.01, 
  2.1   subdivision 23, who elects to retire upon reaching age 62 is 
  2.2   entitled, upon application, to a retirement annuity computed in 
  2.3   accordance with section 352.115, subdivisions 2 and 3, without 
  2.4   any reduction for early retirement under section 352.116, 
  2.5   subdivision 1. 
  2.6      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.7      This act is effective the day following final enactment.