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HF 3082

4th Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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Line numbers 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49
2.50 2.51
2.52 2.53 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14
3.15
3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 6.1 6.2 6.3
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6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17
7.18
7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27
7.28
7.29 7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16
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8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 8.31 8.32 8.33 8.34 8.35 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 9.28 9.29 9.30 9.31 9.32 9.33 9.34 9.35 9.36 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 10.31 10.32 10.33 10.34 10.35 10.36 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 11.27 11.28 11.29 11.30 11.31 11.32 11.33 11.34 11.35 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 12.18 12.19 12.20 12.21 12.22 12.23 12.24 12.25 12.26 12.27 12.28 12.29 12.30 12.31 12.32 12.33 12.34 12.35 12.36
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13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 13.23 13.24 13.25 13.26 13.27 13.28 13.29 13.30 13.31 13.32 13.33 13.34 13.35 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8
14.9
14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16
14.17
14.18 14.19 14.20
14.21 14.22 14.23 14.24 14.25 14.26 14.27
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14.29 14.30 14.31 14.32 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 15.17 15.18 15.19 15.20 15.21 15.22 15.23 15.24
15.25
15.26 15.27 15.28 15.29 15.30 15.31 15.32
15.33
16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 16.10 16.11
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16.13 16.14 16.15 16.16 16.17 16.18 16.19 16.20 16.21 16.22 16.23 16.24 16.25 16.26
16.27
16.28 16.29 16.30 16.31 16.32
16.33
17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 17.9
17.10
17.11 17.12 17.13 17.14 17.15 17.16 17.17 17.18 17.19 17.20 17.21 17.22 17.23 17.24 17.25 17.26 17.27 17.28 17.29 17.30 17.31 17.32 17.33 17.34 17.35 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8
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18.10 18.11 18.12 18.13 18.14 18.15 18.16 18.17 18.18 18.19 18.20 18.21 18.22 18.23 18.24 18.25 18.26 18.27 18.28 18.29 18.30 18.31 18.32 18.33 18.34 18.35 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.9 19.10 19.11
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20.30 20.31 20.32 20.33 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7 21.8 21.9 21.10
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29.3 29.4
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29.7 29.8 29.9 29.10 29.11 29.12 29.13 29.14 29.15 29.16 29.17 29.18 29.19 29.20 29.21 29.22 29.23 29.24 29.25 29.26 29.27 29.28 29.29 29.30 29.31 29.32 29.33 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.6 30.7 30.8 30.9 30.10 30.11 30.12 30.13 30.14 30.15 30.16 30.17 30.18 30.19 30.20 30.21 30.22 30.23 30.24
30.25 30.26 30.27 30.28 30.29 30.30 30.31 30.32 30.33 30.34 30.35 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.5 31.6 31.7 31.8 31.9 31.10 31.11 31.12 31.13 31.14 31.15 31.16
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32.16 32.17 32.18 32.19 32.20 32.21 32.22 32.23 32.24 32.25 32.26
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32.28 32.29 32.30 32.31 32.32 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.9 33.10 33.11 33.12 33.13 33.14 33.15 33.16 33.17 33.18 33.19 33.20 33.21 33.22 33.23 33.24 33.25 33.26 33.27 33.28 33.29 33.30 33.31 33.32 33.33 33.34 33.35 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.5 34.6 34.7 34.8 34.9 34.10 34.11 34.12 34.13 34.14 34.15 34.16 34.17 34.18 34.19 34.20 34.21 34.22 34.23 34.24 34.25 34.26 34.27 34.28
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34.30 34.31 34.32 34.33 34.34 35.1 35.2
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35.4 35.5 35.6 35.7 35.8 35.9 35.10 35.11 35.12 35.13 35.14 35.15
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35.17 35.18 35.19 35.20 35.21 35.22 35.23
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35.25 35.26 35.27 35.28 35.29 35.30 35.31 36.1 36.2 36.3 36.4 36.5 36.6 36.7 36.8 36.9 36.10 36.11 36.12 36.13 36.14 36.15 36.16 36.17 36.18
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36.20 36.21 36.22 36.23 36.24 36.25 36.26 36.27 36.28 36.29 36.30
36.31
36.32 37.1 37.2 37.3 37.4
37.5
37.6 37.7 37.8 37.9 37.10 37.11 37.12 37.13
37.14
37.15 37.16 37.17 37.18 37.19 37.20 37.21 37.22 37.23 37.24 37.25 37.26 37.27 37.28 37.29 37.30 37.31 37.32 37.33 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.4 38.5 38.6 38.7 38.8 38.9 38.10 38.11 38.12 38.13 38.14 38.15 38.16 38.17 38.18 38.19 38.20 38.21 38.22 38.23 38.24 38.25 38.26 38.27 38.28 38.29 38.30 38.31 38.32 38.33 38.34 38.35 38.36 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.6 39.7 39.8 39.9 39.10 39.11 39.12 39.13 39.14 39.15 39.16 39.17 39.18 39.19 39.20 39.21 39.22 39.23 39.24 39.25 39.26 39.27 39.28 39.29 39.30 39.31 39.32 39.33 39.34 39.35 39.36 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 40.5 40.6 40.7 40.8 40.9 40.10 40.11 40.12 40.13 40.14 40.15 40.16 40.17 40.18 40.19 40.20 40.21
40.22
40.23 40.24 40.25 40.26 40.27 40.28 40.29 40.30 40.31 40.32 40.33 40.34 40.35 41.1 41.2 41.3 41.4 41.5 41.6 41.7 41.8 41.9 41.10 41.11 41.12 41.13 41.14 41.15 41.16 41.17 41.18 41.19 41.20 41.21 41.22 41.23 41.24 41.25 41.26 41.27 41.28 41.29 41.30 41.31 41.32 41.33 41.34 41.35 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 42.5 42.6 42.7
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42.9 42.10 42.11 42.12 42.13 42.14 42.15 42.16 42.17 42.18 42.19 42.20
42.21
42.22 42.23 42.24 42.25 42.26 42.27 42.28 42.29 42.30 42.31 42.32 43.1 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.5 43.6 43.7 43.8 43.9 43.10 43.11
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43.13 43.14 43.15 43.16 43.17 43.18 43.19 43.20 43.21 43.22 43.23 43.24 43.25 43.26 43.27 43.28 43.29 43.30 43.31 43.32 43.33 43.34 43.35
44.1
44.2 44.3 44.4 44.5 44.6 44.7 44.8
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44.10 44.11 44.12 44.13 44.14 44.15 44.16 44.17 44.18 44.19 44.20 44.21 44.22 44.23 44.24 44.25 44.26 44.27 44.28
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44.30 44.31 44.32 45.1 45.2 45.3 45.4 45.5 45.6 45.7 45.8 45.9 45.10 45.11 45.12 45.13 45.14 45.15 45.16 45.17
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45.19 45.20 45.21 45.22 45.23 45.24 45.25 45.26 45.27 45.28 45.29 45.30 45.31 45.32 45.33 45.34 45.35 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 46.5 46.6 46.7 46.8 46.9
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47.33 47.34 47.35 48.1 48.2 48.3 48.4 48.5 48.6 48.7 48.8 48.9 48.10 48.11 48.12 48.13 48.14 48.15 48.16 48.17 48.18 48.19 48.20 48.21 48.22 48.23 48.24 48.25 48.26 48.27 48.28 48.29 48.30 48.31 48.32 48.33 48.34 48.35 49.1 49.2 49.3 49.4 49.5 49.6 49.7 49.8 49.9 49.10 49.11 49.12 49.13 49.14 49.15 49.16 49.17 49.18 49.19
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49.21 49.22 49.23 49.24 49.25 49.26 49.27 49.28 49.29 49.30 49.31 49.32 49.33 49.34 49.35 50.1 50.2 50.3 50.4 50.5 50.6
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51.27
51.28 51.29 51.30 51.31 51.32 51.33 52.1 52.2 52.3 52.4
52.5
52.6 52.7 52.8 52.9 52.10 52.11 52.12 52.13 52.14 52.15 52.16 52.17 52.18 52.19 52.20 52.21 52.22 52.23 52.24 52.25 52.26 52.27 52.28 52.29 52.30 52.31 52.32 52.33 52.34 53.1 53.2
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53.4 53.5 53.6 53.7 53.8 53.9 53.10 53.11 53.12 53.13 53.14 53.15 53.16 53.17 53.18 53.19 53.20 53.21 53.22 53.23 53.24 53.25 53.26 53.27
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53.29 53.30 53.31 53.32 53.33 54.1 54.2 54.3 54.4 54.5 54.6 54.7 54.8 54.9 54.10 54.11 54.12 54.13 54.14 54.15 54.16 54.17 54.18 54.19 54.20 54.21 54.22 54.23 54.24 54.25 54.26 54.27 54.28 54.29 54.30 54.31 54.32 54.33 54.34 54.35 54.36 55.1 55.2 55.3 55.4
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55.27 55.28 55.29 55.30 55.31 55.32
56.1 56.2
56.3 56.4 56.5 56.6 56.7 56.8 56.9 56.10 56.11 56.12 56.13 56.14 56.15 56.16 56.17 56.18 56.19 56.20 56.21 56.22 56.23 56.24 56.25 56.26 56.27 56.28 56.29 56.30 56.31 56.32 56.33 56.34 57.1 57.2 57.3 57.4 57.5 57.6 57.7 57.8 57.9 57.10 57.11
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57.13 57.14 57.15 57.16 57.17 57.18 57.19 57.20
57.21 57.22
57.23 57.24 57.25 57.26 57.27 57.28 57.29 57.30 57.31 57.32 57.33 58.1 58.2 58.3 58.4 58.5 58.6 58.7 58.8 58.9 58.10 58.11 58.12 58.13 58.14 58.15 58.16 58.17 58.18 58.19 58.20 58.21 58.22 58.23 58.24 58.25 58.26 58.27 58.28 58.29 58.30 58.31 58.32 58.33 58.34
58.35
59.1 59.2 59.3 59.4 59.5 59.6
59.7
59.8 59.9
59.10 59.11 59.12 59.13 59.14 59.15 59.16 59.17 59.18 59.19 59.20 59.21 59.22 59.23 59.24 59.25 59.26 59.27 59.28 59.29 59.30 59.31 59.32 59.33 59.34 60.1 60.2 60.3 60.4 60.5 60.6 60.7 60.8 60.9 60.10 60.11 60.12 60.13 60.14 60.15 60.16 60.17 60.18 60.19 60.20 60.21 60.22 60.23 60.24 60.25 60.26 60.27 60.28 60.29 60.30 60.31 60.32 60.33 60.34 60.35 61.1 61.2 61.3 61.4 61.5 61.6 61.7 61.8 61.9
61.10
61.11 61.12 61.13 61.14 61.15 61.16 61.17 61.18 61.19 61.20 61.21 61.22 61.23 61.24 61.25 61.26 61.27 61.28 61.29 61.30 61.31 61.32
61.33
62.1 62.2
62.3 62.4 62.5 62.6 62.7 62.8 62.9 62.10 62.11 62.12 62.13 62.14 62.15 62.16 62.17 62.18 62.19 62.20 62.21 62.22 62.23 62.24 62.25 62.26
62.27 62.28 62.29 62.30 62.31 62.32 62.33
63.1 63.2
63.3 63.4 63.5 63.6 63.7 63.8 63.9 63.10 63.11 63.12 63.13 63.14 63.15 63.16
63.17 63.18 63.19 63.20 63.21 63.22 63.23 63.24 63.25
63.26 63.27 63.28 63.29 63.30 63.31 63.32 63.33 63.34 64.1 64.2 64.3 64.4 64.5 64.6 64.7 64.8 64.9 64.10 64.11 64.12 64.13 64.14 64.15 64.16 64.17
64.18 64.19
64.20 64.21 64.22 64.23 64.24 64.25 64.26 64.27 64.28 64.29 64.30 64.31 64.32 64.33 64.34 65.1 65.2 65.3 65.4 65.5 65.6 65.7 65.8 65.9 65.10 65.11 65.12 65.13 65.14 65.15 65.16 65.17 65.18 65.19 65.20 65.21 65.22 65.23 65.24 65.25 65.26 65.27 65.28 65.29 65.30 65.31 65.32 65.33 65.34 65.35 65.36 66.1 66.2 66.3 66.4 66.5 66.6 66.7 66.8 66.9 66.10 66.11 66.12 66.13 66.14 66.15 66.16 66.17
66.18
66.19 66.20 66.21 66.22 66.23 66.24 66.25 66.26 66.27 66.28 66.29 66.30 66.31
67.1 67.2
67.3 67.4 67.5 67.6 67.7 67.8 67.9 67.10
67.11 67.12 67.13 67.14 67.15 67.16 67.17 67.18 67.19 67.20 67.21 67.22 67.23 67.24 67.25 67.26 67.27
67.28 67.29 67.30 67.31 67.32 67.33 68.1 68.2 68.3 68.4 68.5 68.6 68.7 68.8 68.9 68.10 68.11 68.12
68.13 68.14 68.15 68.16 68.17 68.18 68.19 68.20 68.21 68.22 68.23 68.24 68.25 68.26 68.27 68.28 68.29 68.30
68.31 68.32
69.1 69.2 69.3 69.4 69.5 69.6 69.7 69.8 69.9 69.10 69.11 69.12 69.13
69.14 69.15 69.16 69.17 69.18 69.19 69.20 69.21 69.22 69.23 69.24 69.25 69.26 69.27 69.28 69.29 69.30 69.31 69.32 69.33 69.34 69.35 70.1 70.2 70.3 70.4 70.5
70.6
70.7 70.8
70.9 70.10 70.11 70.12 70.13 70.14 70.15 70.16 70.17 70.18 70.19 70.20
70.21 70.22 70.23 70.24 70.25 70.26 70.27 70.28 70.29 70.30 70.31 70.32
71.1 71.2 71.3 71.4 71.5 71.6 71.7 71.8 71.9 71.10 71.11 71.12 71.13 71.14 71.15 71.16 71.17 71.18 71.19 71.20 71.21 71.22 71.23 71.24 71.25
71.26 71.27 71.28 71.29 71.30 71.31 71.32 71.33 71.34 72.1 72.2
72.3 72.4 72.5 72.6 72.7 72.8 72.9 72.10 72.11 72.12 72.13 72.14 72.15 72.16 72.17 72.18 72.19 72.20 72.21 72.22 72.23 72.24 72.25 72.26 72.27 72.28 72.29 72.30 72.31 72.32 72.33 72.34 72.35 72.36 72.37 72.38 73.1 73.2 73.3 73.4 73.5 73.6 73.7 73.8 73.9 73.10 73.11 73.12 73.13 73.14 73.15 73.16 73.17 73.18 73.19 73.20 73.21 73.22 73.23 73.24 73.25 73.26 73.27 73.28 73.29 73.30 73.31 73.32 73.33 73.34 73.35 73.36 73.37 73.38 73.39 74.1 74.2 74.3 74.4 74.5 74.6 74.7 74.8 74.9 74.10 74.11 74.12 74.13 74.14 74.15 74.16 74.17
74.18 74.19 74.20 74.21 74.22
74.23 74.24 74.25 74.26 74.27 74.28 74.29 74.30 74.31 74.32 74.33 74.34 75.1 75.2 75.3 75.4 75.5 75.6 75.7 75.8 75.9 75.10 75.11 75.12 75.13 75.14 75.15 75.16 75.17 75.18 75.19 75.20 75.21 75.22 75.23 75.24 75.25 75.26 75.27 75.28 75.29 75.30 75.31 75.32 75.33 75.34 75.35 75.36 76.1 76.2 76.3 76.4 76.5 76.6 76.7 76.8 76.9 76.10 76.11 76.12 76.13 76.14 76.15 76.16 76.17 76.18 76.19 76.20 76.21 76.22 76.23 76.24 76.25 76.26 76.27 76.28 76.29 76.30 76.31 76.32 76.33 76.34 77.1 77.2 77.3 77.4 77.5
77.6 77.7 77.8 77.9 77.10 77.11 77.12
77.13 77.14 77.15 77.16 77.17 77.18 77.19 77.20 77.21 77.22 77.23 77.24 77.25 77.26 77.27 77.28 77.29 77.30 77.31
77.32 78.1 78.2 78.3 78.4 78.5 78.6 78.7 78.8 78.9 78.10 78.11 78.12 78.13 78.14 78.15 78.16 78.17 78.18 78.19 78.20 78.21 78.22 78.23 78.24 78.25 78.26 78.27 78.28 78.29 78.30 78.31 78.32 78.33 78.34 78.35 79.1 79.2 79.3 79.4 79.5 79.6 79.7 79.8 79.9 79.10 79.11 79.12 79.13 79.14 79.15 79.16 79.17 79.18 79.19 79.20 79.21 79.22 79.23 79.24 79.25 79.26 79.27 79.28 79.29 79.30 79.31 79.32 79.33 79.34 79.35 79.36 80.1 80.2 80.3 80.4 80.5 80.6 80.7 80.8 80.9 80.10 80.11 80.12 80.13 80.14 80.15 80.16 80.17 80.18 80.19 80.20 80.21
80.22 80.23 80.24 80.25 80.26 80.27 80.28 80.29 80.30 80.31 80.32 80.33 80.34 81.1 81.2 81.3 81.4 81.5 81.6 81.7 81.8 81.9 81.10
81.11 81.12 81.13 81.14 81.15 81.16 81.17 81.18 81.19 81.20 81.21 81.22 81.23 81.24 81.25 81.26
81.27 81.28 81.29 81.30 81.31 81.32 81.33 82.1 82.2 82.3 82.4 82.5 82.6 82.7 82.8 82.9 82.10 82.11 82.12 82.13 82.14 82.15 82.16 82.17 82.18 82.19 82.20 82.21 82.22 82.23 82.24 82.25 82.26 82.27 82.28 82.29 82.30 82.31 82.32 82.33 82.34 82.35 82.36 82.37 82.38 82.39 82.40 82.41 82.42 83.1 83.2 83.3 83.4 83.5 83.6 83.7 83.8 83.9 83.10 83.11 83.12 83.13 83.14 83.15 83.16 83.17 83.18 83.19 83.20 83.21 83.22 83.23 83.24 83.25 83.26 83.27 83.28 83.29 83.30 83.31 83.32 83.33 83.34 83.35 83.36 83.37 83.38 83.39 83.40 83.41 84.1 84.2 84.3 84.4 84.5 84.6 84.7 84.8 84.9 84.10 84.11 84.12 84.13 84.14 84.15 84.16 84.17 84.18 84.19 84.20 84.21 84.22 84.23 84.24 84.25 84.26 84.27 84.28 84.29 84.30 84.31 84.32 84.33 84.34 84.35 84.36 84.37 84.38 84.39 85.1 85.2 85.3 85.4 85.5 85.6 85.7 85.8 85.9 85.10 85.11 85.12 85.13 85.14 85.15 85.16 85.17 85.18 85.19 85.20 85.21 85.22 85.23 85.24 85.25 85.26 85.27 85.28 85.29 85.30 85.31 85.32 85.33 85.34 85.35 85.36 85.37 85.38 85.39 85.40 85.41 85.42 85.43 86.1 86.2 86.3 86.4 86.5 86.6 86.7 86.8 86.9 86.10 86.11 86.12 86.13 86.14 86.15 86.16 86.17 86.18 86.19 86.20 86.21 86.22 86.23 86.24 86.25 86.26 86.27 86.28 86.29 86.30 86.31 86.32 86.33 86.34 86.35 86.36 86.37 86.38 86.39 86.40 86.41 86.42 86.43 87.1 87.2 87.3 87.4 87.5 87.6 87.7 87.8 87.9 87.10 87.11 87.12 87.13 87.14 87.15 87.16 87.17 87.18 87.19 87.20 87.21 87.22 87.23 87.24 87.25 87.26 87.27 87.28 87.29 87.30 87.31 87.32 87.33 87.34 87.35 87.36 87.37
87.38 88.1 88.2 88.3 88.4 88.5 88.6 88.7 88.8 88.9 88.10 88.11 88.12 88.13 88.14 88.15 88.16 88.17 88.18 88.19 88.20 88.21 88.22 88.23 88.24 88.25 88.26 88.27 88.28 88.29 88.30 88.31 88.32 88.33 88.34 88.35 88.36 89.1 89.2 89.3 89.4 89.5 89.6 89.7 89.8 89.9 89.10 89.11 89.12 89.13 89.14 89.15 89.16 89.17 89.18 89.19 89.20 89.21 89.22 89.23 89.24 89.25 89.26 89.27 89.28 89.29 89.30 89.31 89.32 89.33 89.34 89.35 90.1 90.2 90.3 90.4 90.5 90.6 90.7 90.8 90.9 90.10 90.11 90.12 90.13 90.14 90.15 90.16 90.17 90.18 90.19 90.20 90.21 90.22 90.23 90.24 90.25 90.26 90.27 90.28 90.29 90.30 90.31 90.32 90.33 90.34 90.35 90.36
91.1 91.2 91.3 91.4 91.5 91.6 91.7 91.8 91.9 91.10 91.11 91.12 91.13 91.14 91.15 91.16 91.17 91.18 91.19 91.20
91.21 91.22 91.23 91.24 91.25 91.26 91.27 91.28 91.29 91.30 91.31 91.32 91.33 91.34 92.1 92.2 92.3 92.4
92.5 92.6 92.7 92.8 92.9 92.10 92.11 92.12 92.13
92.14 92.15 92.16
92.17 92.18 92.19
92.20 92.21
92.22 92.23 92.24 92.25 92.26 92.27 92.28 92.29 92.30 92.31 92.32 93.1 93.2 93.3 93.4 93.5
93.6
93.7 93.8 93.9 93.10 93.11 93.12 93.13 93.14 93.15 93.16 93.17 93.18 93.19 93.20 93.21 93.22 93.23 93.24
93.25
93.26 93.27 93.28 93.29 93.30 93.31 93.32 93.33 94.1 94.2 94.3 94.4 94.5 94.6 94.7 94.8 94.9 94.10 94.11 94.12 94.13 94.14 94.15 94.16 94.17 94.18 94.19 94.20 94.21 94.22 94.23 94.24 94.25 94.26 94.27 94.28 94.29 94.30 94.31 94.32 94.33 94.34 94.35 94.36 95.1 95.2 95.3 95.4 95.5 95.6 95.7 95.8 95.9 95.10 95.11 95.12 95.13 95.14 95.15 95.16 95.17 95.18 95.19 95.20 95.21 95.22 95.23 95.24 95.25 95.26 95.27 95.28 95.29 95.30 95.31 95.32 95.33 95.34 95.35 95.36 96.1 96.2 96.3 96.4 96.5 96.6 96.7 96.8 96.9 96.10 96.11 96.12 96.13 96.14 96.15 96.16 96.17 96.18 96.19 96.20 96.21 96.22 96.23 96.24 96.25 96.26 96.27 96.28 96.29 96.30 96.31 96.32 96.33 96.34 96.35 97.1 97.2 97.3 97.4 97.5 97.6 97.7 97.8 97.9 97.10 97.11 97.12 97.13 97.14 97.15 97.16 97.17 97.18 97.19 97.20 97.21 97.22 97.23 97.24 97.25 97.26 97.27 97.28 97.29 97.30 97.31
97.32
97.33 97.34 98.1 98.2
98.3 98.4 98.5 98.6 98.7 98.8 98.9 98.10 98.11 98.12 98.13 98.14 98.15 98.16 98.17 98.18
98.19
98.20 98.21 98.22 98.23 98.24 98.25 98.26 98.27 98.28 98.29 98.30 98.31 98.32 98.33 98.34 99.1 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.6 99.7 99.8 99.9 99.10 99.11 99.12 99.13 99.14 99.15 99.16 99.17 99.18 99.19 99.20 99.21 99.22 99.23 99.24 99.25 99.26 99.27 99.28 99.29 99.30 99.31 99.32 99.33 99.34 99.35 99.36 100.1 100.2 100.3 100.4 100.5 100.6 100.7 100.8 100.9 100.10 100.11 100.12 100.13 100.14 100.15 100.16 100.17 100.18 100.19 100.20 100.21 100.22 100.23 100.24 100.25 100.26
100.27 100.28
100.29 100.30 100.31 100.32 100.33 100.34 100.35 101.1 101.2 101.3 101.4 101.5 101.6 101.7 101.8 101.9 101.10 101.11
101.12
101.13 101.14 101.15 101.16 101.17 101.18 101.19 101.20 101.21 101.22 101.23 101.24 101.25 101.26 101.27 101.28 101.29 101.30 101.31 101.32 101.33 101.34 101.35 102.1 102.2 102.3 102.4 102.5 102.6 102.7 102.8 102.9 102.10 102.11 102.12 102.13 102.14 102.15 102.16 102.17 102.18 102.19 102.20 102.21 102.22 102.23 102.24 102.25 102.26 102.27 102.28 102.29 102.30 102.31 102.32 102.33 102.34 102.35 102.36 103.1 103.2 103.3 103.4 103.5 103.6 103.7 103.8 103.9 103.10 103.11 103.12 103.13
103.14
103.15 103.16 103.17 103.18 103.19 103.20 103.21 103.22 103.23 103.24 103.25 103.26 103.27 103.28 103.29 103.30 103.31 103.32 103.33 103.34 103.35 104.1 104.2 104.3 104.4
104.5
104.6 104.7 104.8 104.9 104.10 104.11 104.12 104.13 104.14 104.15 104.16
104.17
104.18 104.19 104.20 104.21 104.22 104.23 104.24
104.25
104.26 104.27 104.28 104.29 104.30 104.31 104.32
105.1
105.2 105.3 105.4
105.5 105.6 105.7 105.8 105.9 105.10 105.11 105.12 105.13 105.14 105.15 105.16 105.17 105.18 105.19 105.20 105.21 105.22 105.23 105.24
105.25
105.26 105.27 105.28
105.29 105.30 105.31 105.32 105.33 106.1 106.2 106.3 106.4 106.5 106.6 106.7 106.8 106.9 106.10 106.11 106.12 106.13 106.14 106.15 106.16 106.17 106.18 106.19 106.20 106.21 106.22 106.23 106.24 106.25 106.26 106.27 106.28 106.29 106.30 106.31 106.32 106.33 106.34 106.35 106.36 106.37 106.38 107.1 107.2 107.3
107.4
107.5 107.6 107.7 107.8 107.9 107.10 107.11
107.12
107.13 107.14 107.15 107.16 107.17 107.18 107.19 107.20 107.21 107.22 107.23 107.24 107.25 107.26 107.27 107.28 107.29 107.30 107.31 107.32 107.33 107.34 107.35 107.36 108.1 108.2 108.3 108.4 108.5 108.6 108.7 108.8
108.9
108.10 108.11 108.12 108.13 108.14 108.15 108.16 108.17 108.18 108.19 108.20 108.21 108.22 108.23 108.24 108.25 108.26 108.27 108.28 108.29 108.30 108.31 108.32 108.33 108.34 108.35 108.36 108.37 109.1 109.2 109.3 109.4 109.5 109.6 109.7 109.8 109.9 109.10 109.11 109.12 109.13 109.14 109.15 109.16 109.17 109.18 109.19 109.20 109.21 109.22 109.23 109.24 109.25 109.26 109.27
109.28
109.29 109.30 109.31 109.32 109.33 109.34 109.35 109.36 109.37 109.38 110.1 110.2 110.3 110.4 110.5 110.6 110.7 110.8 110.9 110.10 110.11 110.12 110.13 110.14 110.15 110.16 110.17 110.18 110.19 110.20 110.21 110.22 110.23 110.24 110.25 110.26 110.27 110.28 110.29 110.30 110.31 110.32 110.33 110.34 110.35 110.36 110.37 110.38 110.39 110.40 110.41 111.1 111.2 111.3 111.4 111.5 111.6 111.7 111.8 111.9 111.10 111.11 111.12 111.13 111.14 111.15 111.16 111.17 111.18 111.19 111.20 111.21 111.22 111.23 111.24 111.25 111.26 111.27 111.28 111.29 111.30 111.31 111.32 111.33 111.34 111.35 112.1 112.2
112.3
112.4 112.5 112.6 112.7 112.8 112.9 112.10 112.11 112.12 112.13 112.14 112.15 112.16 112.17 112.18 112.19 112.20
112.21
112.22 112.23 112.24 112.25 112.26 112.27 112.28 112.29 112.30 112.31 112.32 112.33 112.34 113.1 113.2 113.3 113.4 113.5 113.6 113.7 113.8 113.9 113.10 113.11 113.12 113.13 113.14 113.15 113.16 113.17 113.18 113.19 113.20 113.21 113.22 113.23 113.24 113.25 113.26
113.27
113.28 113.29 113.30 113.31 113.32 113.33 113.34 113.35 113.36 113.37 113.38 114.1 114.2 114.3 114.4 114.5 114.6 114.7 114.8 114.9 114.10 114.11 114.12 114.13 114.14 114.15 114.16 114.17 114.18 114.19 114.20 114.21 114.22 114.23 114.24 114.25 114.26 114.27 114.28 114.29 114.30 114.31 114.32 114.33 114.34 114.35 114.36 114.37 114.38 114.39 114.40 114.41 115.1 115.2 115.3 115.4 115.5 115.6 115.7 115.8 115.9
115.10
115.11 115.12 115.13 115.14 115.15 115.16 115.17 115.18 115.19 115.20 115.21 115.22 115.23 115.24 115.25 115.26 115.27 115.28 115.29 115.30 115.31 115.32 115.33 115.34 115.35
116.1
116.2 116.3 116.4 116.5 116.6 116.7 116.8 116.9 116.10 116.11 116.12 116.13 116.14 116.15 116.16 116.17 116.18 116.19 116.20 116.21 116.22 116.23 116.24 116.25 116.26
116.27
116.28 116.29 116.30 116.31 116.32 116.33 116.34 117.1 117.2 117.3 117.4 117.5 117.6 117.7 117.8 117.9 117.10 117.11 117.12 117.13
117.14
117.15 117.16 117.17 117.18
117.19
117.20 117.21 117.22
117.23 117.24 117.25 117.26 117.27 117.28 117.29 117.30 117.31 117.32 117.33 118.1 118.2 118.3 118.4 118.5 118.6 118.7 118.8 118.9 118.10 118.11 118.12 118.13 118.14 118.15 118.16 118.17 118.18 118.19 118.20 118.21 118.22 118.23 118.24
118.25 118.26
118.27 118.28 118.29 118.30 118.31 118.32 118.33 118.34 118.35 119.1 119.2 119.3 119.4
119.5
119.6 119.7 119.8 119.9 119.10 119.11 119.12 119.13 119.14 119.15 119.16 119.17 119.18 119.19 119.20 119.21 119.22 119.23 119.24 119.25 119.26 119.27 119.28 119.29 119.30 119.31 119.32 119.33 119.34 120.1 120.2 120.3 120.4 120.5 120.6 120.7 120.8 120.9 120.10 120.11 120.12 120.13 120.14 120.15 120.16 120.17 120.18 120.19 120.20 120.21 120.22 120.23 120.24 120.25 120.26 120.27 120.28 120.29 120.30 120.31 120.32 120.33 120.34 120.35 120.36 121.1 121.2 121.3
121.4
121.5 121.6 121.7 121.8 121.9 121.10 121.11 121.12 121.13 121.14 121.15 121.16 121.17 121.18
121.19
121.20 121.21 121.22 121.23 121.24 121.25 121.26 121.27 121.28 121.29 121.30 121.31 121.32 121.33 122.1 122.2 122.3 122.4 122.5 122.6 122.7 122.8 122.9 122.10 122.11 122.12 122.13 122.14 122.15 122.16 122.17 122.18 122.19 122.20 122.21 122.22 122.23 122.24 122.25 122.26 122.27 122.28 122.29 122.30 122.31 122.32 122.33 122.34 123.1 123.2 123.3 123.4 123.5 123.6 123.7 123.8 123.9 123.10 123.11 123.12 123.13 123.14 123.15 123.16 123.17 123.18 123.19 123.20 123.21 123.22 123.23 123.24 123.25 123.26 123.27 123.28 123.29 123.30 123.31 123.32 123.33 123.34 123.35 123.36 124.1 124.2 124.3 124.4 124.5 124.6 124.7 124.8 124.9 124.10 124.11 124.12 124.13 124.14 124.15 124.16 124.17 124.18 124.19 124.20 124.21 124.22 124.23 124.24 124.25 124.26 124.27 124.28 124.29 124.30 124.31 124.32 124.33 124.34 124.35 124.36 125.1 125.2 125.3 125.4 125.5 125.6 125.7 125.8 125.9 125.10 125.11 125.12 125.13 125.14 125.15 125.16
125.17
125.18 125.19 125.20 125.21 125.22 125.23 125.24 125.25 125.26 125.27 125.28 125.29 125.30 125.31 125.32 125.33 125.34 125.35 126.1 126.2 126.3 126.4 126.5
126.6
126.7 126.8 126.9 126.10
126.11
126.12 126.13 126.14 126.15 126.16 126.17 126.18 126.19
126.20
126.21 126.22 126.23 126.24 126.25 126.26 126.27 126.28 126.29 126.30 126.31 126.32 127.1 127.2 127.3 127.4 127.5 127.6 127.7 127.8 127.9 127.10 127.11 127.12 127.13 127.14 127.15 127.16 127.17 127.18 127.19 127.20 127.21 127.22 127.23 127.24 127.25 127.26 127.27 127.28 127.29 127.30 127.31 127.32 127.33 127.34 127.35 127.36 127.37 127.38 127.39 127.40 127.41 128.1 128.2 128.3 128.4 128.5 128.6 128.7 128.8 128.9 128.10 128.11 128.12 128.13 128.14 128.15 128.16 128.17 128.18 128.19 128.20 128.21 128.22 128.23 128.24 128.25 128.26 128.27 128.28 128.29 128.30 128.31 128.32 128.33 128.34 128.35 128.36 128.37 128.38 128.39 128.40 128.41 128.42 128.43 129.1 129.2 129.3 129.4 129.5 129.6 129.7 129.8 129.9 129.10 129.11 129.12 129.13 129.14 129.15 129.16 129.17 129.18 129.19 129.20 129.21 129.22 129.23 129.24 129.25 129.26 129.27 129.28 129.29 129.30 129.31 129.32 129.33 129.34 129.35 129.36 129.37 129.38 129.39 129.40 129.41 129.42 129.43 130.1 130.2 130.3 130.4 130.5 130.6 130.7 130.8 130.9 130.10 130.11 130.12 130.13 130.14 130.15 130.16 130.17 130.18 130.19 130.20 130.21 130.22 130.23 130.24 130.25 130.26 130.27 130.28 130.29 130.30 130.31 130.32 130.33 130.34 130.35 130.36 130.37 130.38 130.39 130.40 130.41 130.42 131.1 131.2 131.3 131.4 131.5 131.6 131.7 131.8 131.9 131.10 131.11 131.12 131.13 131.14 131.15 131.16 131.17 131.18 131.19 131.20 131.21 131.22 131.23 131.24 131.25 131.26 131.27 131.28 131.29 131.30 131.31 131.32 131.33 131.34 131.35 131.36 131.37 131.38 131.39 131.40 131.41 131.42 131.43 132.1 132.2 132.3 132.4 132.5 132.6 132.7 132.8 132.9 132.10 132.11 132.12 132.13 132.14 132.15 132.16 132.17 132.18 132.19 132.20 132.21 132.22 132.23 132.24 132.25 132.26 132.27 132.28 132.29 132.30 132.31 132.32 132.33 132.34 132.35 132.36 132.37 132.38 132.39 132.40 132.41 132.42 132.43 133.1 133.2 133.3 133.4 133.5 133.6 133.7 133.8 133.9 133.10 133.11 133.12 133.13 133.14 133.15 133.16 133.17 133.18 133.19 133.20 133.21 133.22 133.23 133.24 133.25 133.26 133.27 133.28 133.29
133.30 133.31 133.32 133.33 133.34 133.35 133.36 134.1 134.2 134.3 134.4 134.5 134.6 134.7 134.8 134.9 134.10 134.11 134.12 134.13 134.14 134.15 134.16 134.17 134.18 134.19 134.20 134.21 134.22 134.23 134.24 134.25 134.26 134.27 134.28 134.29 134.30 134.31 134.32 134.33 134.34 134.35 134.36 135.1 135.2 135.3 135.4 135.5 135.6 135.7 135.8 135.9 135.10 135.11 135.12 135.13
135.14
135.15 135.16 135.17 135.18 135.19 135.20 135.21 135.22 135.23 135.24 135.25 135.26 135.27 135.28 135.29 135.30 135.31 135.32 135.33 135.34 135.35 136.1 136.2 136.3 136.4 136.5 136.6 136.7 136.8 136.9 136.10
136.11
136.12 136.13 136.14 136.15 136.16 136.17 136.18 136.19 136.20 136.21 136.22 136.23 136.24 136.25 136.26 136.27 136.28 136.29 136.30 136.31 136.32 136.33 136.34 136.35
137.1
137.2 137.3 137.4 137.5 137.6 137.7 137.8 137.9 137.10 137.11 137.12 137.13 137.14 137.15 137.16 137.17 137.18 137.19 137.20 137.21 137.22 137.23 137.24 137.25 137.26 137.27 137.28 137.29 137.30 137.31 137.32 137.33 137.34 137.35 138.1 138.2 138.3 138.4 138.5 138.6 138.7 138.8 138.9 138.10 138.11 138.12 138.13 138.14 138.15 138.16
138.17
138.18 138.19 138.20 138.21 138.22 138.23 138.24 138.25 138.26 138.27 138.28 138.29 138.30 138.31 138.32 138.33 138.34 138.35 139.1 139.2 139.3 139.4 139.5 139.6 139.7 139.8
139.9 139.10 139.11 139.12 139.13 139.14 139.15 139.16 139.17 139.18 139.19 139.20 139.21 139.22 139.23 139.24 139.25 139.26 139.27 139.28 139.29 139.30 139.31 139.32 139.33 139.34 139.35 139.36
140.1 140.2
140.3 140.4 140.5 140.6 140.7 140.8 140.9 140.10 140.11 140.12 140.13 140.14 140.15 140.16 140.17 140.18 140.19
140.20
140.21 140.22
140.23 140.24 140.25 140.26 140.27 140.28 140.29 140.30 140.31 140.32 141.1 141.2 141.3 141.4 141.5 141.6 141.7 141.8 141.9 141.10 141.11 141.12 141.13 141.14 141.15 141.16 141.17 141.18 141.19 141.20 141.21 141.22 141.23 141.24 141.25 141.26 141.27 141.28 141.29 141.30 141.31 141.32 141.33 141.34 141.35 141.36 142.1 142.2 142.3 142.4 142.5 142.6 142.7 142.8
142.9
142.10 142.11 142.12 142.13 142.14 142.15 142.16 142.17 142.18 142.19 142.20 142.21 142.22 142.23 142.24 142.25 142.26 142.27 142.28 142.29 142.30 142.31 142.32 142.33 142.34 142.35 143.1 143.2 143.3 143.4 143.5 143.6 143.7 143.8
143.9 143.10
143.11 143.12 143.13 143.14 143.15 143.16 143.17 143.18 143.19 143.20 143.21 143.22 143.23 143.24 143.25 143.26 143.27 143.28 143.29 143.30 143.31 143.32 143.33 143.34 143.35 144.1 144.2 144.3 144.4 144.5 144.6 144.7 144.8 144.9 144.10 144.11 144.12 144.13 144.14 144.15 144.16 144.17 144.18 144.19 144.20 144.21 144.22 144.23 144.24 144.25 144.26 144.27 144.28 144.29 144.30 144.31 144.32 144.33 144.34 144.35 144.36 145.1 145.2 145.3 145.4 145.5 145.6 145.7 145.8 145.9 145.10 145.11 145.12 145.13
145.14
145.15 145.16 145.17 145.18 145.19 145.20 145.21 145.22 145.23 145.24 145.25 145.26 145.27 145.28 145.29 145.30 145.31 145.32 145.33 145.34 145.35 146.1 146.2 146.3 146.4 146.5 146.6 146.7 146.8 146.9 146.10 146.11 146.12 146.13 146.14 146.15 146.16 146.17 146.18 146.19 146.20 146.21 146.22 146.23 146.24 146.25 146.26 146.27 146.28 146.29 146.30 146.31 146.32 146.33
146.34
147.1 147.2 147.3 147.4 147.5 147.6 147.7 147.8 147.9 147.10 147.11 147.12 147.13 147.14 147.15 147.16 147.17 147.18 147.19 147.20 147.21 147.22 147.23 147.24 147.25 147.26 147.27 147.28 147.29 147.30 147.31 147.32 147.33
147.34 147.35
148.1 148.2 148.3 148.4 148.5 148.6 148.7 148.8 148.9 148.10 148.11 148.12 148.13 148.14 148.15 148.16 148.17 148.18
148.19
148.20 148.21 148.22 148.23 148.24 148.25 148.26 148.27 148.28 148.29 148.30 148.31 148.32 148.33 148.34 148.35 149.1 149.2 149.3 149.4 149.5 149.6 149.7 149.8 149.9 149.10
149.11
149.12 149.13 149.14 149.15 149.16 149.17 149.18 149.19 149.20 149.21 149.22 149.23 149.24 149.25 149.26 149.27 149.28 149.29 149.30 149.31 149.32 149.33 149.34 149.35 150.1 150.2 150.3 150.4 150.5 150.6 150.7 150.8 150.9 150.10 150.11 150.12 150.13 150.14 150.15 150.16 150.17 150.18 150.19 150.20 150.21 150.22 150.23
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150.25 150.26 150.27 150.28 150.29 150.30 150.31 150.32 150.33 151.1 151.2 151.3 151.4 151.5 151.6 151.7 151.8 151.9 151.10 151.11 151.12 151.13 151.14 151.15 151.16 151.17 151.18 151.19 151.20 151.21 151.22 151.23 151.24 151.25
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151.27 151.28 151.29 151.30 151.31 151.32 151.33 151.34 151.35 151.36 152.1 152.2 152.3 152.4 152.5 152.6 152.7 152.8 152.9 152.10 152.11 152.12
152.13 152.14 152.15
152.16 152.17 152.18 152.19 152.20 152.21 152.22 152.23 152.24 152.25 152.26 152.27 152.28 152.29 152.30 152.31 152.32 152.33 152.34 152.35 153.1 153.2 153.3 153.4 153.5 153.6 153.7 153.8 153.9 153.10
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153.12 153.13
153.14 153.15 153.16 153.17 153.18 153.19 153.20 153.21 153.22 153.23 153.24 153.25 153.26 153.27
153.28

A bill for an act
 relating to retirement; various retirement plans; adding two employment
positions to the correctional state employees retirement plan; including certain
departments of the Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar and the Worthington
Regional Hospital in privatized public employee retirement coverage; providing
for the potential dissolution of the Minnesota Post Retirement Investment Fund;
increasing teacher retirement plan reemployed annuitant earnings limitations;
temporarily exempting Metropolitan Airports Commission police officers from
reemployed annuitant earnings limits; mandating joint and survivor optional
annuities rather than single life annuities as basic annuity form; making various
changes in retirement plan administrative provisions; clarifying general state
employee retirement plan alternative coverage elections by certain unclassified
state employees retirement program participants; clarifying direct state aid
for the teacher retirement associations; clarifying the handling of unclaimed
retirement accounts in the individual retirement account plan; providing for a
study of certain Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System tenure track
faculty members; modifying the manner in which official actuarial work for
public pension plans is performed; allowing pension plans greater latitude in
setting salary and payroll assumptions; extending amortization target dates for
various retirement plans; making the number and identity of tax-sheltered annuity
vendors a mandatory bargaining item for school districts and their employees;
allowing a certain firefighter relief association certain benefit increases; providing
for certain teacher retirement benefit and contribution increases; allowing security
broker-dealers to directly hold local pension plan assets; increasing upmost
flexible service pension maximum amounts for volunteer firefighters; creating a
voluntary statewide volunteer firefighter retirement plan advisory board within
the Public Employees Retirement Association; allowing various retirement plans
to accept labor union retired member dues deduction authorizations; authorizing
various prior service credit purchases; authorizing certain service credit and
coverage transfers; authorizing a disability benefit application to be rescinded;
authorizing a retirement coverage termination; providing an additional benefit to
certain injured Minneapolis bomb squad officers; allowing certain Independent
School District No. 625 school board members to make back defined contribution
retirement plan contributions; revising post-2009 additional amortization state aid
allocations; modifying PERA-P&F duty disability benefit amounts; authorizing a
PERA prior military service credit purchase; revising the administrative duties of
the board and the executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System;
increasing pension commission membership; appropriating money; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 3.85, subdivision 3; 6.67; 11A.18, subdivision
9, by adding subdivisions; 16A.055, subdivision 5; 43A.346, subdivisions 4,
5, 6, 7; 69.011, subdivision 1; 123B.02, subdivision 15; 127A.50, subdivision
1; 352.03, subdivisions 4, 5; 352.12, subdivision 2; 352.22, subdivision 10;
352.931, subdivision 1; 352.97; 352.98, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 352D.075,
subdivision 2a; 353.01, subdivisions 10, 11a, by adding a subdivision; 353.27,
by adding a subdivision; 353.30, subdivision 3; 353.33, subdivision 5; 353.64,
subdivision 11; 353.656, subdivision 2; 353D.05, subdivision 2; 353D.12,
subdivision 4; 353E.07, subdivision 7; 354.05, subdivisions 37, 38; 354.33,
subdivision 5; 354.42, subdivisions 2, 3; 354.44, subdivision 5; 354A.011,
subdivision 15a; 354A.12, subdivisions 1, 2a, 3a; 354A.31, subdivisions 3, 4,
4a, 7; 354B.20, by adding a subdivision; 354B.25, subdivision 5, by adding a
subdivision; 354C.165; 356.20, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a; 356.214, subdivisions
1, 3, by adding a subdivision; 356.215, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 8, 11, 18; 356.24,
subdivision 1; 356.315, by adding a subdivision; 356.41; 356.46, as amended;
356.47, subdivision 3; 356.551, subdivision 2; 356.611, subdivision 2, by adding
a subdivision; 356A.06, subdivisions 1, 7, 8b; 356B.10, subdivision 3; 363A.36,
subdivision 1; 383B.914, subdivision 7; 423A.02, subdivision 1b; 424A.001,
subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 424A.02, subdivisions 3, 7, 9; 424A.05,
subdivision 3; 518.003, subdivision 8; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement,
sections 43A.346, subdivisions 1, 2; 352.01, subdivision 2a; 352.017, subdivision
2; 352.91, subdivision 3d; 352.955, subdivisions 3, 5; 352D.02, subdivisions
1, 3; 353.01, subdivision 2b; 353.0161, subdivision 2; 353.27, subdivision
14; 353.32, subdivision 1a; 353.656, subdivision 1; 353.657, subdivision 2a;
353F.02, subdivision 4; 354.096, subdivision 2; 354.44, subdivision 6; 354.72,
subdivision 2; 354A.12, subdivision 3c; 354C.12, subdivision 4; 356.96,
subdivision 1; 422A.06, subdivision 8; Laws 2002, chapter 392, article 2, section
4; Laws 2006, chapter 271, article 5, section 5; proposing coding for new law
in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 11A; 352; 353D; 353F; 354; 354C; 356; 423A;
repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 352.96; 354.44, subdivision 6a;
354.465; 354.51, subdivision 4; 354.55, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 12, 15; 354A.091,
subdivisions 1a, 1b; 354A.12, subdivision 3a; 355.629; 356.214, subdivision 2;
356.215, subdivision 2a; Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 354A.12,
subdivisions 3b, 3c; Laws 1965, chapter 592, sections 3, as amended; 4, as
amended; Laws 1967, chapter 575, sections 2, as amended; 3; 4; Laws 1969,
chapter 352, section 1, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6; Laws 1969, chapter 526, sections
3; 4; 5, as amended; 7, as amended; Laws 1971, chapter 140, sections 2, as
amended; 3, as amended; 4, as amended; 5, as amended; Laws 1971, chapter
214, section 1, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Laws 1973, chapter 304, section 1,
subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Laws 1973, chapter 472, section 1, as amended;
Laws 1975, chapter 185, section 1; Laws 1985, chapter 261, section 37, as
amended; Laws 1991, chapter 125, section 1; Laws 1993, chapter 244, article
4, section 1; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section
23; Minnesota Rules, parts 7905.0100; 7905.0200; 7905.0300; 7905.0400;
7905.0500; 7905.0600; 7905.0700; 7905.0800; 7905.0900; 7905.1000;
7905.1100; 7905.1200; 7905.1300; 7905.1400; 7905.1500; 7905.1600;
7905.1700; 7905.1800; 7905.1900; 7905.2000; 7905.2100; 7905.2200;
7905.2300; 7905.2400; 7905.2450; 7905.2500; 7905.2560; 7905.2600;
7905.2700; 7905.2800; 7905.2900.

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

ARTICLE 1

POSTRETIREMENT PROVISIONS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 11A.18, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


Subd. 2a.

Composite funded ratio.

(a) Annually, following June 30, the executive
director of the State Board of Investment shall determine the composite funded ratio
of the postretirement investment fund. The composite funded ratio must be stated as a
percentage and must be calculated using:

(1) the total fair market value of the postretirement investment fund as of June 30,
calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; divided by

(2) the total reserves required as of June 30 for the annuities or benefits payable from
the postretirement investment fund on that June 30 to all recipients of participating public
pension plans or funds, as determined by the actuary retained under section 356.214 using
the applicable assumptions in section 356.215.

(b) The executive director of the State Board of Investment shall certify the
composite funded ratio to the executive directors of the plans participating in the
Minnesota postretirement investment fund and to the executive director of the Legislative
Commission on Pensions and Retirement by November 30 annually.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective June 30, 2008.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 11A.18, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Calculation of postretirement adjustment.

(a) Annually, following June
30, the state board shall use the procedures in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) to determine
whether a postretirement adjustment under this subdivision is payable and to determine
the amount of any postretirement adjustment under this subdivision.

(b)(1) If the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers all
items index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department
of Labor increases from June 30 of the preceding year to June 30 of the current year, the
state board shall certify the percentage increase.

(2) The amount certified must not exceed the lesser of the difference between the
preretirement interest assumption and postretirement interest assumption in section
356.215, subdivision 8, paragraph (a), or 2.5 percent for the Minneapolis Employees
Retirement Fund, the amount certified must not exceed 3.5 percent.

(c) If the amount calculated under paragraph (b), clause (1), is greater than the
maximum amount allowable under paragraph (b), clause (2), in addition to any percentage
increase certified under paragraph (b), the board shall use the following procedures to
determine if a postretirement adjustment is payable under this paragraph:

(1) the state board shall determine the total fair market value of the fund on June
30 of that year;

(2) the amount of reserves required as of the current June 30 for the annuity or
benefit payable to an annuitant and benefit recipient of the participating public pension
plans or funds must be determined by the actuary retained under section 356.214. An
annuitant or benefit recipient who has been receiving an annuity or benefit for at least 12
full months as of the current June 30 is eligible to receive a full postretirement adjustment.
An annuitant or benefit recipient who has been receiving an annuity or benefit for at
least one full month, but less than 12 full months as of the current June 30, is eligible to
receive a partial postretirement adjustment. Each fund shall report separately the amount
of the reserves for those annuitants and benefit recipients who are eligible to receive
a full postretirement benefit adjustment. This amount is known as "eligible reserves."
Each fund shall also report separately the amount of the reserves for those annuitants
and benefit recipients who are not eligible to receive a postretirement adjustment. This
amount is known as "noneligible reserves." For an annuitant or benefit recipient who is
eligible to receive a partial postretirement adjustment, each fund shall report separately
as additional "eligible reserves" an amount that bears the same ratio to the total reserves
required for the annuitant or benefit recipient as the number of full months of annuity
or benefit receipt as of the current June 30 bears to 12 full months. The remainder of
the annuitant's or benefit recipient's reserves must be separately reported as additional
"noneligible reserves." The amount of "eligible" and "noneligible" required reserves
must be certified to the board by the actuary retained under section 356.214 as soon as is
practical following the current June 30;

(3) the state board shall determine the percentage increase certified under paragraph
(b) multiplied by the eligible required reserves, as adjusted for mortality gains and losses
under subdivision 11, determined under clause (2);

(4) the state board shall add the amount of reserves required for the annuities or
benefits payable to annuitants and benefit recipients of the participating public pension
plans or funds as of the current June 30 to the amount determined under clause (3);

(5) the state board shall subtract the amount determined under clause (4) from the
total fair market value of the fund determined under clause (1);

(6) the state board shall adjust the amount determined under clause (5) by the
cumulative current balance determined under clause (8) and any negative balance carried
forward under clause (9);

(7) a positive amount resulting from the calculations in clauses (1) to (6) is the
excess market value. A negative amount is the negative balance;

(8) the state board shall allocate one-fifth of the excess market value or one-fifth
of the negative balance to each of five consecutive years, beginning with the fiscal year
ending the current June 30; and

(9) to calculate the postretirement adjustment under this paragraph based on
investment performance for a fiscal year, the state board shall add together all excess
market value allocated to that year and subtract from the sum all negative balances
allocated to that year. If this calculation results in a negative number, the entire negative
balance must be carried forward and allocated to the next year. If the resulting amount is
positive, a postretirement adjustment is payable under this paragraph. The board shall
express a positive amount as a percentage of the total eligible required reserves certified to
the board under clause (2). The percentage determined under this paragraph is not payable
unless the amount calculated under paragraph (b), clause (1), is greater than 2.5 percent
and must not exceed the difference by which the amount calculated under paragraph (b),
clause (1), exceeds 2.5 percent.

(d) The state board shall determine the amount of any postretirement adjustment
which is payable using the following procedure:

(1) The total "eligible" required reserves as of the first of January next following the
end of the fiscal year for the annuitants and benefit recipients eligible to receive a full or
partial postretirement adjustment as determined by clause (2) must be certified to the state
board by the actuary retained under section 356.214. The total "eligible" required reserves
must be determined by the actuary retained under section 356.214 on the assumption that
all annuitants and benefit recipients eligible to receive a full or partial postretirement
adjustment will be alive on the January 1 in question; and

(2) The state board shall add the percentage certified under paragraph (b) to any
positive percentage calculated under paragraph (c). The board shall not subtract from the
percentage certified under paragraph (b) any negative amount calculated under paragraph
(c). The sum of these percentages must be carried to five decimal places and must be
certified to each participating public pension fund or plan as the full postretirement
adjustment percentage. The full postretirement adjustment percentage certified to each
participating public pension plan or fund must not exceed five percent. For the Minneapolis
Employees Retirement Fund, no maximum percentage adjustment is applicable.

(e) A retirement annuity payable in the event of retirement before becoming eligible
for Social Security benefits as provided in section 352.116, subdivision 3; 353.29,
subdivision 6; or 354.35 must be treated as the sum of a period certain retirement annuity
and a life retirement annuity for the purposes of any postretirement adjustment. The
period certain retirement annuity plus the life retirement annuity must be the annuity
amount payable until age 62 or 65, whichever applies. A postretirement adjustment
granted on the period certain retirement annuity must terminate when the period certain
retirement annuity terminates.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective June 30, 2008.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 11A.18, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


Subd. 9a.

Lost purchasing power increase.

(a) This subdivision applies for fiscal
years ending June 30 in which all of the following conditions exist:

(1) the composite funded ratio for the postretirement investment fund as of June 30
as certified by the executive director of the State Board of Investment under subdivision
2a is more than 90 percent;

(2) the State Board of Investment determines that the time-weighted total rate of
return on investment of assets in the postretirement investment fund for the fiscal year
ending June 30 exceeds 8.5 percent; and

(3) the postretirement adjustment percentage certified under subdivision 9, paragraph
(b), is less than 2.5 percent.

(b) The lost purchasing power postretirement increase is payable the following
January 1.

(c) Each participating public pension plan must annually calculate:

(1) the cumulative postretirement adjustment percentage applied to the annuity or
benefit paid to each eligible annuitant and benefit recipient since the person first received a
postretirement adjustment; and

(2) the increase in the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical
workers all items index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United
States Department of Labor from June 30 of the year before the person first received a
postretirement adjustment to June 30 of the current year. If a person received a prorated
increase under subdivision 9, paragraph (c), clause (2), the same ratio of the number
of months receiving a monthly benefit to 12 months must be applied to the inflation
calculation for the fiscal year used to calculate the prorated amount of lost purchasing
power for that period.

(d) If the percentage in paragraph (c), clause (2), is greater than the percentage in
paragraph (c), clause (1), with respect to an eligible annuitant or benefit recipient, and
the conditions in paragraph (a) exist, that person is eligible to receive an increase under
this subdivision.

(e) The percentage increase payable to an eligible annuitant or benefit recipient
under this subdivision may not exceed the difference between 2.5 percent and the amount
certified under subdivision 9 or the amount calculated under paragraph (c), whichever is
lower. The percentage increase otherwise payable under this subdivision must be reduced
as provided in paragraph (f).

(f) The actuary retained under section 356.214 must determine:

(1) the reserves that would be required to pay in full the adjustments determined
under paragraph (c); and

(2) the excess market value necessary to maintain the accrued liability composite
funding ratio determined under subdivision 2a is at least 90 percent. If the calculated
result under clause (1) is greater than the calculated result under this clause, the increase
payable to each eligible annuitant or benefit recipient under this subdivision must be
reduced to that portion of the full potential increase amount that equals the ratio that the
calculated result under this clause bears to the calculated result under clause (1).

(g) A percentage increase certified under this subdivision must be added to the
percentage certified under subdivision 9 and the total resulting percentage must be certified
to each participating public pension plan as the full postretirement adjustment percentage.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective June 30, 2008.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 11A.18, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


Subd. 9b.

Excess assets trigger.

If the composite funded ratio of the postretirement
investment fund determined under subdivision 2a is 115 percent or greater as of June 30 of
any year, the governing bodies of the retirement plans participating in the postretirement
investment fund must jointly report to the Legislative Commission on Pensions and
Retirement by the next January 15. The report must evaluate and make recommendations
with respect to the overall benefits and funding of the retirement funds for both active
employees and benefit recipients.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective June 30, 2008.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.41, is amended to read:


356.41 BENEFIT ADJUSTMENTS FOR CERTAIN DISABILITY AND
SURVIVOR BENEFITS.

(a) Disability benefits payable to a disabilitant, if not otherwise included in the
participation in the Minnesota postretirement investment fund, and survivor benefits
payable to a survivor from any public pension plan which participates in the Minnesota
postretirement investment fund must be adjusted in the same manner, at the same times
and in the same amounts as are benefits payable from the Minnesota postretirement
investment fund to comparable eligible benefit recipients of that public pension plan.

(b) If a disability benefit is not included in the participation in the Minnesota
postretirement investment fund, the disability benefit is recomputed as a retirement
annuity and the recipient would have been eligible for an adjustment under this section if
the disability benefit was not recomputed, the recipient remains eligible for the adjustment
under this section after the recomputation.

(c) For the survivor of a deceased annuitant who receives a survivor benefit
calculated under a prior law rather than the second portion of a joint and survivor
annuity, any period of receipt of a retirement annuity by the annuitant must be utilized in
determining the period of receipt for eligibility to receive an adjustment under this section.

(d) No recipient, however, is entitled to more than one adjustment under this section
or section 11A.18 applicable to one benefit at one time during a year by reason of this
section.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective June 30, 2008.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 422A.06, subdivision 8, is
amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Retirement benefit fund.

(a) The retirement benefit fund consists of
amounts held for payment of retirement allowances for members retired under this chapter,
including any transfer amount payable under subdivision 3, paragraph (c).

(b) Unless subdivision 3, paragraph (c), applies, assets equal to the required
reserves for retirement allowances under this chapter determined in accordance with the
appropriate mortality table adopted by the board of trustees based on the experience of the
fund as recommended by the actuary retained under section 356.214 must be transferred
from the deposit accumulation fund to the retirement benefit fund as of the last business
day of the month in which the retirement allowance begins. The income from investments
of these assets must be allocated to this fund and any interest charge under subdivision
3, paragraph (c), must be credited to the fund. There must be paid from this fund the
retirement annuities authorized by law. A required reserve calculation for the retirement
benefit fund must be made by the actuary retained under section 356.214 and must be
certified to the retirement board by the actuary retained under section 356.214.

(c) The retirement benefit fund must be governed by the applicable laws governing
the accounting and audit procedures, investment, actuarial requirements, calculation and
payment of postretirement benefit adjustments, discharge of any deficiency in the assets
of the fund when compared to the actuarially determined required reserves, and other
applicable operations and procedures regarding the Minnesota postretirement investment
fund in effect on June 30, 1997, established under Minnesota Statutes 1996, section
11A.18, and any legal or administrative interpretations of those laws of the State Board
of Investment, the legal advisor to the Board of Investment and the executive director of
the State Board of Investment in effect on June 30, 1997. If a deferred yield adjustment
account is established for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund before June 30,
1997, under Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 11A.18, subdivision 5, the retirement board
shall also establish and maintain a deferred yield adjustment account within this fund.

(c) There is established a deferred yield adjustment account which must be increased
by the sale or disposition of any debt securities at less than book value and must be
decreased by the sale or disposition of debt securities at more than book value. At the
end of each fiscal year, a portion of the balance of this account must be offset against the
investment income for that year. The annual portion of the balance to be offset must be
proportional to the reciprocal of the average remaining life of the bonds sold, unless the
amounts are offset by gains on the future sales of these securities. The amount of this
account must be included in the recognized value of assets other than corporate stocks
and all other equity investments. In any fiscal year in which the gains on the sales of debt
securities exceed the discounts realized on the sales of such securities, the excess must
be used to reduce the balance of the account. If the realized capital gains are sufficient
to reduce the balance of the account to zero, any excess gains must be available for the
calculation of postretirement adjustments.

(d)(1) Annually, following June 30, the board shall use the procedures in clauses (2),
(3), and (4), to determine whether a postretirement adjustment is payable and to determine
the amount of any postretirement adjustment.

(2) If the Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers all
items index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department
of Labor increases from June 30 of the preceding year to June 30 of the current year, the
board shall certify the percentage increase. The amount certified must not exceed the
lesser of the difference between the preretirement interest assumption and postretirement
interest assumption in section 356.215, subdivision 8, paragraph (a), or 3.5 percent.

(3) In addition to any percentage increase certified under paragraph (b), the board
shall use the following procedures to determine if a postretirement adjustment is payable
under this paragraph:

(i) the board shall determine the market value of the fund on June 30 of that year;

(ii) the amount of reserves required as of the current June 30 for the annuity or
benefit payable to an annuitant and benefit recipient must be determined by the actuary
retained under section 356.214. An annuitant or benefit recipient who has been receiving
an annuity or benefit for at least 12 full months as of the current June 30 is eligible to
receive a full postretirement adjustment. An annuitant or benefit recipient who has been
receiving an annuity or benefit for at least one full month, but less than 12 full months as of
the current June 30, is eligible to receive a partial postretirement adjustment. The amount
of the reserves for those annuitants and benefit recipients who are eligible to receive a
full postretirement benefit adjustment is known as "eligible reserves." The amount of
the reserves for those annuitants and benefit recipients who are not eligible to receive a
postretirement adjustment is known as "noneligible reserves." For an annuitant or benefit
recipient who is eligible to receive a partial postretirement adjustment, additional "eligible
reserves" is an amount that bears the same ratio to the total reserves required for the
annuitant or benefit recipient as the number of full months of annuity or benefit receipt as
of the current June 30 bears to 12 full months. The remainder of the annuitant's or benefit
recipient's reserves are "noneligible reserves";

(iii) the board shall determine the percentage increase certified under clause (2)
multiplied by the eligible required reserves, as adjusted for mortality gains and losses,
determined under item (ii);

(iv) the board shall add the amount of reserves required for the annuities or benefits
payable to annuitants and benefit recipients of the participating public pension plans or
funds as of the current June 30 to the amount determined under item (iii);

(v) the board shall subtract the amount determined under item (iv) from the market
value of the fund determined under item (i);

(vi) the board shall adjust the amount determined under item (v) by the cumulative
current balance determined under item (viii) and any negative balance carried forward
under item (ix);

(vii) a positive amount resulting from the calculations in items (i) to (vi) is the excess
market value. A negative amount is the negative balance;

(viii) the board shall allocate one-fifth of the excess market value or one-fifth of the
negative balance to each of five consecutive years, beginning with the fiscal year ending
the current June 30; and

(ix) to calculate the postretirement adjustment under this paragraph based on
investment performance for a fiscal year, the board shall add together all excess market
value allocated to that year and subtract from the sum all negative balances allocated to
that year. If this calculation results in a negative number, the entire negative balance must
be carried forward and allocated to the next year. If the resulting amount is positive, a
postretirement adjustment is payable under this paragraph. The board shall express a
positive amount as a percentage of the total eligible required reserves certified to the
board under item (ii).

(4) The board shall determine the amount of any postretirement adjustment which
is payable using the following procedure:

(i) the total "eligible" required reserves as of the first of January next following the
end of the fiscal year for the annuitants and benefit recipients eligible to receive a full or
partial postretirement adjustment as determined by item (ii) must be certified to the board
by the actuary retained under section 356.214. The total "eligible" required reserves
must be determined by the actuary retained under section 356.214 on the assumption that
all annuitants and benefit recipients eligible to receive a full or partial postretirement
adjustment will be alive on the January 1 in question; and

(ii) the board shall add the percentage certified under clause (2) to any positive
percentage calculated under clause (3). The board shall not subtract from the percentage
certified under paragraph (b) any negative amount calculated under clause (3). The sum
of these percentages must be carried to five decimal places and must be certified as the
full postretirement adjustment percentage.

(e) The board shall determine the amount of the postretirement adjustment payable
to each eligible annuitant and benefit recipient. The dollar amount of the postretirement
adjustment must be calculated by applying the certified postretirement adjustment
percentage to the amount of the monthly annuity or benefit payable to each eligible
annuitant or benefit recipient eligible for a full adjustment.

The dollar amount of the partial postretirement adjustment payable to each annuitant
or benefit recipient eligible for a partial adjustment must be calculated by first determining
a partial percentage amount that bears the same ratio to the certified full adjustment
percentage amount as the number of full months of annuity or benefit receipt as of the
current June 30 bears to 12 full months. The partial percentage amount determined
must then be applied to the amount of the monthly annuity or benefit payable to each
annuitant or benefit recipient eligible to receive a partial postretirement adjustment. The
postretirement adjustments are payable on January 1 following the calculations required
under this section and must thereafter be included in the monthly annuity or benefit paid to
the recipient. Any adjustments under this section must be paid automatically unless the
intended recipient files a written notice with the applicable participating public pension
fund or plan requesting that the adjustment not be paid.

(f) As of June 30 annually, the actuary retained under section 356.214 shall calculate
the amount of required reserves representing any mortality gains and any mortality losses
incurred during the fiscal year and report the results of those calculations to the plan.
The actuary shall report separately the amount of the reserves for annuitants and benefit
recipients who are eligible for a postretirement benefit adjustment and the amount of
reserves for annuitants and benefit recipients who are not eligible for a postretirement
benefit adjustment. If the net amount of required reserves represents a mortality gain,
the board shall sell sufficient securities or transfer sufficient available cash to equal the
amount. If the amount of required reserves represents a mortality loss, the plan shall
transfer an amount equal to the amount of the net mortality loss. The amount of the
transfers must be determined before any postretirement benefit adjustments have been
made. All transfers resulting from mortality adjustments must be completed annually
by December 31 for the preceding June 30. Interest is payable on any transfers after
December 31 based upon the preretirement interest assumption for the participating plan
or fund as specified in section 356.215, subdivision 8, stated as a monthly rate. Book
values of the assets of the fund must be determined only after all adjustments for mortality
gains and losses for the fiscal year have been made.

(g) All money necessary to meet the requirements of the certification of withdrawals
and all money necessary to pay postretirement adjustments under this section are hereby
and from time to time appropriated from the postretirement investment fund to the board.

(d) (h) Annually, following the calculation of any postretirement adjustment
payable from the retirement benefit fund, the board of trustees shall submit a report to
the executive director of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement and
to the commissioner of finance indicating the amount of any postretirement adjustment
and the underlying calculations on which that postretirement adjustment amount is based,
including the amount of dividends, the amount of interest, and the amount of net realized
capital gains or losses utilized in the calculations.

(e) (i) With respect to a former contributing member who began receiving a
retirement annuity or disability benefit under section 422A.151, paragraph (a), clause (2),
after June 30, 1997, or with respect to a survivor of a former contributing member who
began receiving a survivor benefit under section 422A.151, paragraph (a), clause (2),
after June 30, 1997, the reserves attributable to the one percent lower amount of the
cost-of-living adjustment payable to those annuity or benefit recipients annually must
be transferred back to the deposit accumulation fund to the credit of the Metropolitan
Airports Commission. The calculation of this annual reduced cost-of-living adjustment
reserve transfer must be reviewed by the actuary retained under section 356.214.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective June 30, 2008.

ARTICLE 2

MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION

Section 1.

[11A.181] DISSOLUTION OF MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT
INVESTMENT FUND.

Subdivision 1.

Conditions for dissolution.

The postretirement investment fund
established in section 11A.18 must be dissolved according to the schedule in subdivision 2
if the composite funded ratio calculated as of June 30 of that year under section 11A.18,
subdivision 2a, is:

(1) less than 85 percent and was less than 85 percent as of June 30 of the immediately
preceding year; or

(2) less than 80 percent.

Subd. 2.

Transition.

If conditions for dissolution of the postretirement investment
fund under subdivision 1 apply:

(1) the retirement plans shall not transfer reserves as required under sections 11A.18,
subdivision 6; 352.119, subdivision 2; 352B.26, subdivision 3; 353.271, subdivision 2;
354.63, subdivision 2; and 490.123, subdivision 1e, to the postretirement investment
fund after December 31 of the calendar year in which conditions for dissolution under
subdivision 1 occur;

(2) the retirement plans shall not transfer additional funds to the Minnesota
postretirement investment fund as a result of the calculation by the actuary retained under
section 356.214 of net mortality losses under section 11A.18, subdivision 11;

(3) the assets of the postretirement investment fund must be transferred back to each
participating public retirement plan on June 30 of the year following the year in which
conditions for dissolution under subdivision 1 occur. The assets to be transferred to each
public retirement plan must be based on each plan's participation in the postretirement
fund as determined under section 11A.18, subdivision 7, on the June 30 when the transfer
back to the plan occurs; and

(4) the postretirement investment fund ceases to exist upon the transfer of all assets
as required in clause (3).

Subd. 3.

Postretirement adjustments.

(a) Notwithstanding section 11A.18 or any
other law to the contrary, if the postretirement investment fund is dissolved, postretirement
adjustments are payable only as follows:

(1) a postretirement increase of 2.5 percent must be applied each year, effective
January 1, to the monthly annuity or benefit of each annuitant and benefit recipient who
has been receiving an annuity or a benefit for at least 12 full months as of the prior
January 1; and

(2) for each annuitant or benefit recipient who has been receiving an annuity or a
benefit for at least one full month, an annual postretirement increase of 1/12 of 2.5 percent
for each month the person has been receiving an annuity or benefit must be applied,
effective January 1 of the year in which the person has been retired for less than 12 months.

(b) The increases provided by this subdivision commence on the first January 1
occurring after the postretirement fund is dissolved under subdivision 2.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective June 30, 2008.

Sec. 2. PROPOSED STATUTORY CHANGES.

By November 30 of the year in which conditions for dissolution of the postretirement
investment fund first occur, the executive directors of the retirement systems that
participate in the postretirement investment fund must report to the Legislative
Commission on Pensions and Retirement a draft of proposed legislation that would make
changes in statute necessary to conform with dissolution of the postretirement investment
fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective June 30, 2008.

ARTICLE 3

PHASED RETIREMENT OR
RETURN TO EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 43A.346, subdivision 1,
is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Definition.

For purposes of this section, "terminated state employee"
means a person currently occupying who occupied a civil service position in the executive
or legislative branch of state government, the Minnesota State Retirement System, the
Public Employees Retirement Association, or the Office of the Legislative Auditor, or a
person who was employed by the Metropolitan Council.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 43A.346, subdivision 2, is
amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Eligibility.

(a) This section applies to a terminated state or Metropolitan
Council employee who:

(1) for at least the five years immediately preceding separation under clause (2), has
been was regularly scheduled to work 1,044 or more hours per year in a position covered
by a pension plan administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System or the Public
Employees Retirement Association;

(2) terminates terminated state or Metropolitan Council employment;

(3) at the time of termination under clause (2), meets met the age and service
requirements necessary to receive an unreduced retirement annuity from the plan and
satisfies satisfied requirements for the commencement of the retirement annuity or, for
an a terminated employee under the unclassified employees retirement plan, meets met
the age and service requirements necessary to receive an unreduced retirement annuity
from the plan and satisfies satisfied requirements for the commencement of the retirement
annuity or elects elected a lump-sum payment; and

(4) agrees to accept a postretirement option position with the same or a different
appointing authority, working a reduced schedule that is both (i) a reduction of at least 25
percent from the employee's number of previously regularly scheduled work hours; and
(ii) 1,044 hours or less in state or Metropolitan Council service.

(b) For purposes of this section, an unreduced retirement annuity includes a
retirement annuity computed under a provision of law which permits retirement, without
application of an earlier retirement reduction factor, whenever age plus years of allowable
service total at least 90.

(c) For purposes of this section, as it applies to staff of the Public Employees
Retirement Association who are at least age 62, the length of separation requirement and
termination of service requirement prohibiting return to work agreements under section
353.01, subdivisions 11a and 28, are not applicable.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.346, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Annuity reduction not applicable.

Notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, when an eligible state employee in a postretirement option position under this
section commences receipt of the annuity, the provisions of section 352.115, subdivision
10, or 353.37 governing annuities of reemployed annuitants, shall not apply for the
duration of a terminated state employee's employment in the a postretirement option
position.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.346, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Appointing authority discretion.

The appointing authority has sole
discretion to determine if and the extent to which a postretirement option position under
this section is available to a terminated state employee. Any offer of such a position
must be made in writing to the employee person by the appointing authority on a form
prescribed by the Department of Employee Relations and the Minnesota State Retirement
System or the Public Employees Retirement Association. If the person is under age 62, an
offer of a postretirement option position and any related verbal offer or agreement must
not be made until at least 30 days after the person terminated employment. The appointing
authority may not require a person to waive any rights under a collective bargaining
agreement or unrepresented employee compensation plan as a condition of participation.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.346, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Duration.

Postretirement option employment shall be for an initial
period not to exceed one year. During that period, the appointing authority may not
modify the conditions specified in the written offer without the employee's agreement
person's consent, except as required by law or by the collective bargaining agreement or
compensation plan applicable to the employee person. At the end of the initial period,
the appointing authority has sole discretion to determine if the offer of a postretirement
option position will be renewed, renewed with modifications, or terminated. If the person
is under age 62, an offer of renewal and any related verbal offer or agreement must not
be made until at least 30 days after termination of the person's previous postretirement
option employment. Postretirement option employment may be renewed for periods of
up to one year, not to exceed a total duration of five years. No person shall be employed
in one or a combination of postretirement option positions under this section for a total
of more than five years.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.346, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Copy to fund.

The appointing authority shall provide the Minnesota
State Retirement System or the Public Employees Retirement Association with a copy of
the offer, the terminated state employee's acceptance of the terms, and any subsequent
renewal agreement.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354.05, subdivision 37, is amended to read:


Subd. 37.

Termination of teaching service.

"Termination of teaching service"
means the withdrawal of a member from active teaching service by resignation or the
termination of the member's teaching contract by the employer. A member is not
considered to have terminated teaching service, if before the age of 62, and before the
effective date of the termination or retirement, the member has entered into a contract to
resume teaching service with an employing unit covered by the provisions of this chapter.
A contract to return to work after retirement for an active member who has attained age
62 must comply with the provisions of section 354.444.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354.44, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Resumption of teaching service after retirement.

(a) Any person who
retired under the provisions of this chapter and has thereafter resumed teaching in any
employer unit to which this chapter applies is eligible to continue to receive payments in
accordance with the annuity except that all or a portion of the annuity payments must be
reduced deferred during the calendar year immediately following any calendar year in
which the person's income salary from the teaching service is in an amount greater than the
annual maximum earnings allowable for that age for the continued receipt of full benefit
amounts monthly under the federal old age, survivors and disability insurance program
as set by the secretary of health and human services under United States Code, title 42,
section 403 $46,000. The amount of the reduction must be annuity deferral is one-half of
the salary amount in excess of the applicable reemployment income maximum specified in
this subdivision $46,000 and must be deducted from the annuity payable for the calendar
year immediately following the calendar year in which the excess amount was earned. If
the person has not yet reached the minimum age for the receipt of Social Security benefits,
the maximum earnings for the person must be equal to the annual maximum earnings
allowable for the minimum age for the receipt of Social Security benefits.

(b) If the person is retired for only a fractional part of the calendar year during
the initial year of retirement, the maximum reemployment income salary exempt from
triggering a deferral as specified in this subdivision must be prorated for that calendar year.

(c) After a person has reached the Social Security full normal retirement age, no
reemployment income maximum deferral requirement is applicable regardless of the
amount of income salary.

(d) The amount of the retirement annuity reduction deferral must be handled or
disposed of as provided in section 356.47.

(e) For the purpose of this subdivision, income salary from teaching service includes,
but is not limited to:

(1) all income for services performed as a consultant or an independent contractor
for an employer unit covered by the provisions of this chapter; and

(2) the greater of either the income received or an amount based on the rate paid
with respect to an administrative position, consultant, or independent contractor in an
employer unit with approximately the same number of pupils and at the same level as the
position occupied by the person who resumes teaching service.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2008.

Sec. 9.

[354.444] RETURN TO WORK AGREEMENT.

Subdivision 1.

Authorization.

Notwithstanding any other provisions in this chapter,
an eligible person as specified in subdivision 2 is authorized to commence receipt of a
retirement annuity from the association and enter into an agreement to return to work.
This provision must be administered in accordance with the federal Internal Revenue
Code and applicable rulings.

Subd. 2.

Eligibility.

An eligible person is a person who:

(1) is a teacher as defined by section 354.05, subdivision 2, who is at least age 62;

(2) enters into a written agreement with the employing unit to return to work; and

(3) retires under the provisions of section 354.44 and begins to draw an annuity
from the Teachers Retirement Association.

Subd. 3.

Work agreement.

Participation, the amount of time worked, and
the duration of participation under this section must be mutually agreed upon by the
employing unit and the employee. The employing unit may require up to a one-year notice
of intent to participate in the program as a condition of participation. The employing unit
shall determine the time of year the employee shall work. Unless otherwise specified in
this section, the employing unit may not require a person to waive any rights under a
collective bargaining agreement as a condition of participation under this section.

Subd. 4.

Exclusion.

For purposes of this section, "employing unit" does not include
the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.

Subd. 5.

No service credit or contribution.

Notwithstanding any law to the
contrary, an eligible person under this section may not, based on employment to which
this section applies, contribute to or earn further service credit in the Teachers Retirement
Association.

Subd. 6.

Annuity application procedure.

A participant in the program specified in
this section must apply for a retirement annuity under the application procedure specified
in section 354.44, subdivisions 3 and 4. A copy of the written agreement with the
employing unit must be included with the person's retirement annuity application. This
written agreement must include the termination date and reemployment date. The filing
of the initial executed agreement must occur before reemployment under the agreement
commences. The reemployment date must be after the member's accrual date.

Subd. 7.

Annuity treatment.

For purposes of the annuity deferral under section
354.44, subdivision 5, an eligible person under this section is a reemployed annuitant.

Subd. 8.

Continuing rights.

A person who returns to work under this section is a
member of the appropriate bargaining unit and is covered by the appropriate collective
bargaining contract. Except as provided in this section, the person's coverage is subject to
any part of the contract limiting rights of part-time employees.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354A.31, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Resumption of teaching after commencement of a retirement annuity.

(a) Any person who retired and is receiving a coordinated program retirement annuity
under the provisions of sections 354A.31 to 354A.41 or any person receiving a basic
program retirement annuity under the governing sections in the articles of incorporation
or bylaws and who has resumed teaching service for the school district in which the
teachers retirement fund association exists is entitled to continue to receive retirement
annuity payments, except that all or a portion of the annuity payments must be reduced
deferred during the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the
person's income salary from the teaching service is in an amount greater than the annual
maximum earnings allowable for that age for the continued receipt of full benefit amounts
monthly under the federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance program as set by
the secretary of health and human services under United States Code, title 42, section 403
$46,000. The amount of the reduction must be annuity deferral is one-third the salary
amount in excess of the applicable reemployment income maximum specified in this
subdivision $46,000 and must be deducted from the annuity payable for the calendar year
immediately following the calendar year in which the excess amount was earned. If the
person has not yet reached the minimum age for the receipt of Social Security benefits,
the maximum earnings for the person must be equal to the annual maximum earnings
allowable for the minimum age for the receipt of Social Security benefits.

(b) If the person is retired for only a fractional part of the calendar year during
the initial year of retirement, the maximum reemployment income salary exempt from
triggering a deferral as specified in this subdivision must be prorated for that calendar year.

(c) After a person has reached the Social Security normal retirement age of 70, no
reemployment income maximum deferral requirement is applicable regardless of the
amount of any compensation received for teaching service for the school district in which
the teachers retirement fund association exists.

(d) The amount of the retirement annuity reduction deferral must be handled or
disposed of as provided in section 356.47.

(e) For the purpose of this subdivision, income salary from teaching service
includes: (i) all income for services performed as a consultant or independent contractor;
or income resulting from working with the school district in any capacity; and (ii) the
greater of either the income received or an amount based on the rate paid with respect to
an administrative position, consultant, or independent contractor in the school district in
which the teachers retirement fund association exists and at the same level as the position
occupied by the person who resumes teaching service.

(f) On or before February 15 of each year, each applicable employing unit shall
report to the teachers retirement fund association the amount of postretirement income
salary as defined in this subdivision, earned as a teacher, consultant, or independent
contractor during the previous calendar year by each retiree of the teachers retirement
fund association for teaching service performed after retirement. The report must be in
a format approved by the executive secretary or director.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2008.

Sec. 11. PERA POLICE AND FIRE; TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM
REEMPLOYED ANNUITANT EARNINGS LIMITATIONS.

Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes, section 353.37, to the
contrary, a person who is receiving a retirement annuity from the public employees
police and fire plan and who is employed as a sworn peace officer by the Metropolitan
Airports Commission is exempt from the limitation on reemployed annuitant exempt
earnings under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.37, for the period January 1, 2008, until
December 31, 2009.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 12. BYLAW REVISION AUTHORIZATION.

Consistent with Minnesota Statutes, sections 354A.12, subdivisions 3 and 4, and
354A.31, subdivision 3, the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association and the
Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association are authorized to revise their bylaws or
articles of incorporation to specify that a person receiving a basic program retirement
annuity or an old law coordinated program annuity under the governing sections in the
articles of incorporation or bylaws who has resumed teaching service for the school
district is entitled to continue receiving retirement annuity payments, except that all or a
portion of the annuity payments must be deferred during the calendar year immediately
following the calendar year in which the person's salary from the reemployment exceeds
$46,000. The amount of the annuity deferral is one-third of the salary amount in excess of
$46,000. After a person has reached Social Security normal retirement age, the deferral
requirement no longer applies. Any deferral amounts must be treated as specified in
Minnesota Statutes, section 356.47.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

ARTICLE 4

MANDATORY JOINT AND SURVIVOR BENEFIT FORM

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Surviving spouse benefit.

(a) If an employee or former employee has
credit for at least three years allowable service and dies before an annuity or disability
benefit has become payable, notwithstanding any designation of beneficiary to the contrary,
the surviving spouse of the employee may elect to receive, in lieu of the refund with
interest under subdivision 1, an annuity equal to the joint and 100 percent survivor annuity
which the employee or former employee could have qualified for on the date of death.

(b) If the employee was under age 55 and has credit for at least 30 years of allowable
service on the date of death, the surviving spouse may elect to receive a 100 percent joint
and survivor annuity based on the age of the employee and surviving spouse on the date
of death. The annuity is payable using the full early retirement reduction under section
352.116, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), to age 55 and one-half of the early retirement
reduction from age 55 to the age payment begins.

(c) If the employee was under age 55 and has credit for at least three years of
allowable service credit on the date of death but did not yet qualify for retirement, the
surviving spouse may elect to receive a 100 percent joint and survivor annuity based on
the age of the employee and surviving spouse at the time of death. The annuity is payable
using the full early retirement reduction under section 352.116, subdivision 1 or 1a, to age
55 and one-half of the early retirement reduction from age 55 to the age payment begins.

(d) The surviving spouse eligible for benefits under paragraph (a) may apply for the
annuity at any time after the date on which the employee or former employee would
have attained the required age for retirement based on the allowable service earned.
The surviving spouse eligible for surviving spouse benefits under paragraph (b) or (c)
may apply for the annuity at any time after the employee's death. The annuity must be
computed under sections 352.115, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3, and 352.116, subdivisions 1,
1a, and 3. Sections 352.22, subdivision 3, and 352.72, subdivision 2, apply to a deferred
annuity or surviving spouse benefit payable under this subdivision. The annuity must cease
with the last payment received by the surviving spouse in the lifetime of the surviving
spouse, or upon expiration of a term certain benefit payment to a surviving spouse under
subdivision 2a. An amount equal to the excess, if any, of the accumulated contributions
credited to the account of the deceased employee in excess of the total of the benefits paid
and payable to the surviving spouse must be paid to the deceased employee's or former
employee's last designated beneficiary or, if none, as specified under subdivision 1.

(e) Any employee or former employee may request in writing, with the signed
consent of the spouse, that this subdivision not apply and that payment be made only to a
designated beneficiary as otherwise provided by this chapter.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.931, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Surviving spouse benefit.

(a) If the correctional employee was at
least age 50, has credit for at least three years of allowable service, and dies before an
annuity or disability benefit has become payable, notwithstanding any designation of
beneficiary to the contrary, the surviving spouse of the employee may elect to receive,
in lieu of the refund under section 352.12, subdivision 1, an annuity for life equal to the
joint and 100 percent survivor annuity which the employee could have qualified for had
the employee terminated service on the date of death. The election may be made at any
time after the date of death of the employee. The surviving spouse benefit begins to
accrue as of the first of the month next following the date on which the application for
the benefit was filed.

(b) If the employee was under age 50, dies, and had credit for at least three years of
allowable service credit on the date of death but did not yet qualify for retirement, the
surviving spouse may elect to receive a 100 percent joint and survivor annuity based on
the age of the employee and surviving spouse at the time of death. The annuity is payable
using the early retirement reduction under section 352.93, subdivision 2a, to age 50, and
one-half of the early retirement reduction from age 50 to the age payment begins. The
surviving spouse eligible for surviving spouse benefits under this paragraph may apply
for the annuity at any time after the employee's death. Sections 352.22, subdivision 3,
and 352.72, subdivision 2, apply to a deferred annuity or surviving spouse benefit payable
under this subdivision.

(c) The annuity must cease with the last payment received by the surviving spouse
in the lifetime of the surviving spouse. Any employee may request in writing, with the
signed consent of the spouse, that this subdivision not apply and that payment be made
only to a designated beneficiary as otherwise provided by this chapter.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353.30, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Optional retirement annuity forms.

The board of trustees shall establish
optional annuities which shall take the form of a joint and survivor annuity. Except as
provided in subdivision 3a, the optional annuity forms shall be actuarially equivalent to
the forms provided in section 353.29 and subdivisions 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, and 5. In establishing
those optional forms, the board shall obtain the written recommendation of the actuary
retained under section 356.214. The recommendations shall be a part of the permanent
records of the board. A member or former member may select an optional form of
annuity, subject to the provisions of section 356.46, in lieu of accepting any other form of
annuity which might otherwise be available.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2009.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 353.32, subdivision 1a, is
amended to read:


Subd. 1a.

Surviving spouse optional annuity.

(a) If a member or former member
who has credit for not less than three years of allowable service and dies before the
annuity or disability benefit begins to accrue under section 353.29, subdivision 7, or
353.33, subdivision 2, notwithstanding any designation of beneficiary to the contrary, the
surviving spouse may elect to receive, instead of a refund with interest under subdivision
1, or surviving spouse benefits otherwise payable under section 353.31, an annuity equal
to a 100 percent joint and survivor annuity computed consistent with section 353.30,
subdivision 1a, 1c, or 5, whichever is applicable.

(b) If a member first became a public employee or a member of a pension fund listed
in section 356.30, subdivision 3, before July 1, 1989, and has credit for at least 30 years
of allowable service on the date of death, the surviving spouse may elect to receive a
100 percent joint and survivor annuity computed using section 353.30, subdivision 1b,
except that the early retirement reduction under that provision will be applied from age
62 back to age 55 and one-half of the early retirement reduction from age 55 back to
the age payment begins.

(c) If a member who was under age 55 and has credit for at least three years
of allowable service dies, but did not qualify for retirement on the date of death, the
surviving spouse may elect to receive a 100 percent joint and survivor annuity computed
using section 353.30, subdivision 1c or 5, as applicable, except that the early retirement
reduction specified in the applicable subdivision will be applied to age 55 and one-half of
the early retirement reduction from age 55 back to the age payment begins.

(d) Notwithstanding the definition of surviving spouse in section 353.01, subdivision
20, a former spouse of the member, if any, is entitled to a portion of the monthly surviving
spouse optional annuity if stipulated under the terms of a marriage dissolution decree filed
with the association. If there is no surviving spouse or child or children, a former spouse
may be entitled to a lump-sum refund payment under subdivision 1, if provided for in a
marriage dissolution decree, but not a monthly surviving spouse optional annuity, despite
the terms of a marriage dissolution decree filed with the association.

(e) The surviving spouse eligible for surviving spouse benefits under paragraph (a)
may apply for the annuity at any time after the date on which the deceased employee
would have attained the required age for retirement based on the employee's allowable
service. The surviving spouse eligible for surviving spouse benefits under paragraph (b) or
(c) may apply for an annuity any time after the member's death.

(f) Sections 353.34, subdivision 3, and 353.71, subdivision 2, apply to a deferred
annuity or surviving spouse benefit payable under this subdivision.

(g) An amount equal to any excess of the accumulated contributions that were
credited to the account of the deceased employee over and above the total of the annuities
paid and payable to the surviving spouse must be paid to the surviving spouse's estate.

(h) A member may specify in writing, with the signed consent of the spouse, that
this subdivision does not apply and that payment may be made only to the designated
beneficiary as otherwise provided by this chapter. The waiver of a surviving spouse
annuity under this section does not make a dependent child eligible for benefits under
subdivision 1c.

(i) If the deceased member or former member first became a public employee or a
member of a public pension plan listed in section 356.30, subdivision 3, on or after July
1, 1989, a survivor annuity computed under paragraph (a) or (c) must be computed as
specified in section 353.30, subdivision 5, except for the revised early retirement reduction
specified in paragraph (c), if paragraph (c) is the applicable provision.

(j) For any survivor annuity determined under this subdivision, the payment is to be
based on the total allowable service that the member had accrued as of the date of death
and the age of the member and surviving spouse on that date.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 353.657, subdivision 2a, is
amended to read:


Subd. 2a.

Death while eligible survivor benefit.

(a) If a member or former
member who has attained the age of at least 50 years and has credit for not less than
three years allowable service or who has credit for at least 30 years of allowable service,
regardless of age attained, dies before the annuity or disability benefit becomes payable,
notwithstanding any designation of beneficiary to the contrary, the surviving spouse may
elect to receive a death while eligible survivor benefit.

(b) Notwithstanding the definition of surviving spouse in section 353.01, subdivision
20, a former spouse of the member, if any, is entitled to a portion of the death while
eligible survivor benefit if stipulated under the terms of a marriage dissolution decree
filed with the association. If there is no surviving spouse or child or children, a former
spouse may be entitled to a lump-sum refund payment under section 353.32, subdivision
1, if provided for in a marriage dissolution decree but not a death while eligible survivor
benefit despite the terms of a marriage dissolution decree filed with the association.

(c) The benefit may be elected instead of a refund with interest under section 353.32,
subdivision 1, or surviving spouse benefits otherwise payable under subdivisions 1 and
2. The benefit must be an annuity equal to the 100 percent joint and survivor annuity
which the member could have qualified for on the date of death, computed as provided in
sections 353.651, subdivisions 2 and 3, and 353.30, subdivision 3.

(d) The surviving spouse may apply for the annuity at any time after the date
on which the deceased employee would have attained the required age for retirement
based on the employee's allowable service. Sections 353.34, subdivision 3, and 353.71,
subdivision 2, apply to a deferred annuity payable under this subdivision.

(e) No payment accrues beyond the end of the month in which entitlement to
such annuity has terminated. An amount equal to the excess, if any, of the accumulated
contributions which were credited to the account of the deceased employee over and
above the total of the annuities paid and payable to the surviving spouse must be paid to
the deceased member's last designated beneficiary or, if none, to the legal representative of
the estate of such deceased member.

(f) Any member may request in writing, with the signed consent of the spouse, that
this subdivision not apply and that payment be made only to the designated beneficiary, as
otherwise provided by this chapter.

(g) For a member who is employed as a full-time firefighter by the Department of
Military Affairs of the state of Minnesota, allowable service as a full-time state Military
Affairs Department firefighter credited by the Minnesota State Retirement System may be
used in meeting the minimum allowable service requirement of this subdivision.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353E.07, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Election that section does not apply.

A member may specify in writing,
with the signed consent of the spouse, that this section does not apply and that payment
must be made only to the designated beneficiary, as otherwise provided by this chapter.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.46, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter
134, article 2, section 44, is amended to read:


356.46 APPLICATION FOR RETIREMENT ANNUITY; PROCEDURE
FOR ELECTING ANNUITY FORM; MANDATORY JOINT AND SURVIVOR
OPTIONAL ANNUITY FORM.

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

As used in this section, each of the following terms shall
have the meaning given.

(a) "Annuity form" means the payment procedure and duration of a retirement
annuity or disability benefit available to a member of a public pension fund plan, based on
the period over which a retirement annuity or disability benefit is payable, determined by
the number of persons to whom the retirement annuity or disability benefit is payable, and
the amount of the retirement annuity or disability benefit which is payable to each person.

(b) "Joint and survivor optional annuity" means an optional annuity form which
provides a retirement annuity or disability benefit to a retired member or disabilitant
and the spouse of the member or disabilitant on a joint basis during the lifetime of the
retired member or disabilitant and all or a portion of the original retirement annuity or
disability benefit amount to the surviving spouse in the event of the death of the retired
member or disabilitant.

(c) "Optional annuity form" means an annuity form which is elected by a member
and is not provided automatically as the standard annuity form of the public pension plan.

(d) "Public pension plan" means a public pension plan as defined under section
356.63, paragraph (b).

(e) "Retirement annuity" means a series of monthly payments to which a former or
retired member of a public pension fund plan is entitled due to attaining a specified age
and acquiring credit for a specified period of service, which includes a retirement annuity,
retirement allowance, or service pension.

(f) "Disability benefit" means a series of monthly payments to which a former or
disabled member of a public pension fund plan is entitled due to a physical or mental
inability to engage in specified employment.

Subd. 2.

Provision of information on annuity forms.

(a) Every public pension
plan which provides for an annuity form other than a single life retirement annuity as an
option which can be elected by an active, disabled, or retiring member shall provide as a
part of, or accompanying the annuity application form, a written statement summarizing
the optional annuity forms which are available, a general indication of the consequences
of selecting one annuity form over another, a calculation of the actuarial reduction in the
amount of the retirement annuity which would be required for each optional annuity
form, and the procedure to be followed to obtain more information from the public
pension fund plan administration concerning the optional all annuity forms provided by
the plan. If the public pension plan offers joint and survivor optional annuity forms, the
annuity application and accompanying information must include a statement informing
the member and the member's spouse that, notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
unless the spouse waives any rights to an optional annuity by a notarized statement on
the annuity application or other form provided by the pension plan administration, the
public pension plan administration shall assume that the member selected the 50 percent
joint and survivor optional annuity form.

(b) In lieu of the notarized statement requirement referred to in paragraph (a), the
pension plan administration may accept a statement which has been verified, including
electronic verification, by administrators of the pension plan.

Subd. 3.

Requirement of notice to member's spouse.

(a) Except as specified
in paragraph (c), if a Every public pension plan administration that provides optional
retirement annuity forms which include for a joint and survivor optional retirement or
disability annuity form potentially applicable to the surviving spouse of a member, the
executive director of the public pension plan shall send a copy of the written statement
required by subdivision 2 to the spouse of the member before the member's election
selection of a retirement annuity the form of retirement or disability benefit.

(b) Following the election selection of a retirement or disability annuity by the
member, a copy of the completed retirement annuity application and retirement annuity
beneficiary form, if applicable, must be sent by the executive director of the public
pension plan to the spouse of the retiring or disabled member. A signed acknowledgment
must be required from the spouse confirming receipt of a copy of the completed retirement
annuity application and retirement annuity beneficiary form, unless the spouse's signature
confirming acknowledging the receipt annuity form selected is on the annuity application
or other form as designated by the plan. If the required signed acknowledgment is public
pension plan administration has not received from the spouse within 30 days, a signed
acknowledgment, because the annuity application or other form as designated by the public
pension plan administration did not include the spouse's signature, the executive director
of the public pension plan must send another copy of the completed retirement annuity
application notify the member and retirement annuity beneficiary form, if applicable, to
the member's spouse that the 50 percent joint and survivor annuity form, or a higher joint
and survivor form if selected, shall be paid if the spouse does not acknowledge the annuity
form selected by the member by responding to the second notice sent to the spouse within
30 days. The second notice must be sent by certified mail with restricted delivery.

(c) If a public pension plan administration receives notice that the provisions of
this section have not been complied with, or if a member selects a benefit form without
the valid consent of the member's spouse, the executive director of the public pension
plan shall suspend the payment of monthly benefits and shall take all actions necessary
to comply with this subdivision.

(d) For the Teachers Retirement Association, the statement to the spouse that is
required under paragraph (a) must be sent before or upon the member's election of an
annuity.

Subd. 4.

Plan exclusions.

This section does not apply to:

(1) any volunteer fire relief association to which sections 69.771 to 69.776 apply; and

(2) any plan under which the applicable surviving spouse would receive automatic
surviving spouse coverage if a joint and survivor annuity were not elected.

Subd. 5.

Disabilitant survivor treatment.

This section should not be interpreted as
prohibiting payment of a survivor annuity to the spouse of a deceased disabilitant, in lieu of
any other annuity, if laws specific to the plan provide for a higher surviving spouse annuity.

Subd. 6.

Limitations due to marriage dissolution.

The requirement to pay a 50
percent joint and survivor annuity is void if there is a court order to the contrary.

Subd. 7.

Liability waiver.

The pension fund and plan, its employees, and any agent
working on behalf of the plan administration are not liable for harm caused by any act of
fraud committed by the retiring member or current or previous spouse, or any information
withheld from, or incorrect information supplied to the plan administration.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2009, and applies to
annuities that are elected and commence on or after that date.

ARTICLE 5

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 352.01, subdivision 2a,
is amended to read:


Subd. 2a.

Included employees.

(a) "State employee" includes:

(1) employees of the Minnesota Historical Society;

(2) employees of the State Horticultural Society;

(3) employees of the Minnesota Crop Improvement Association;

(4) employees of the adjutant general who are paid from federal funds and who are
not covered by any federal civilian employees retirement system;

(5) employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities employed under the
university or college activities program;

(6) currently contributing employees covered by the system who are temporarily
employed by the legislature during a legislative session or any currently contributing
employee employed for any special service as defined in subdivision 2b, clause (8);

(7) employees of the legislature appointed without a limit on the duration of their
employment and persons employed or designated by the legislature or by a legislative
committee or commission or other competent authority to conduct a special inquiry,
investigation, examination, or installation;

(8) trainees who are employed on a full-time established training program
performing the duties of the classified position for which they will be eligible to receive
immediate appointment at the completion of the training period;

(9) employees of the Minnesota Safety Council;

(10) any employees on authorized leave of absence from the Transit Operating
Division of the former Metropolitan Transit Commission who are employed by the
labor organization which is the exclusive bargaining agent representing employees of
the Transit Operating Division;

(11) employees of the Metropolitan Council, Metropolitan Parks and Open Space
Commission, Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, Metropolitan Mosquito Control
Commission, or Metropolitan Radio Board unless excluded or covered by another public
pension fund or plan under section 473.415, subdivision 3;

(12) judges of the Tax Court;

(13) personnel employed on June 30, 1992, by the University of Minnesota in the
management, operation, or maintenance of its heating plant facilities, whose employment
transfers to an employer assuming operation of the heating plant facilities, so long as the
person is employed at the University of Minnesota heating plant by that employer or by its
successor organization;

(14) seasonal help in the classified service employed by the Department of Revenue;

(15) persons employed by the Department of Commerce as a peace officer in
the Insurance Fraud Prevention Division under section 45.0135 who have attained the
mandatory retirement age specified in section 43A.34, subdivision 4;

(16) employees of the University of Minnesota unless excluded under subdivision
2b, clause (3); and

(17) employees of the Middle Management Association whose employment began
after July 1, 2007, and to whom section 352.029 does not apply.; and

(18) employees of the Minnesota Government Engineers Council to whom section
352.029 does not apply.

(b) Employees specified in paragraph (a), clause (13), are included employees under
paragraph (a) if employer and employee contributions are made in a timely manner in the
amounts required by section 352.04. Employee contributions must be deducted from
salary. Employer contributions are the sole obligation of the employer assuming operation
of the University of Minnesota heating plant facilities or any successor organizations to
that employer.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 352.017, subdivision 2, is
amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Purchase procedure.

(a) An employee covered by a plan specified in
this chapter may purchase credit for allowable service in that plan for a period specified
in subdivision 1 if the employee makes a payment as specified in paragraph (b) or (c),
whichever applies. The employing unit, at its option, may pay the employer portion of the
amount specified in paragraph (b) on behalf of its employees.

(b) If payment is received by the executive director within one year from the end of
date the employee returned to work following the authorized leave, the payment amount is
equal to the employee and employer contribution rates specified in law for the applicable
plan at the end of the leave period multiplied by the employee's hourly rate of salary on
the date of return from the leave of absence and by the days and months of the leave of
absence for which the employee wants is eligible for allowable service credit. Payments
made under this paragraph The payment must include compound interest at a monthly
rate of 0.71 percent from the last day of the leave period until the last day of the month in
which payment is received. If payment is received by the executive director after one year,
the payment amount is the amount determined under section 356.551. Payment under this
paragraph must be made before the date of termination from public employment covered
under this chapter.

(c) If payment is received by the executive director after one year, the payment
amount is the amount determined under section 356.551. If the employee terminates
employment covered by this chapter during the leave or following the leave rather than
returning to covered employment, payment must be received by the executive director
within 30 days after the termination date. The payment amount is equal to the employee
and employer contribution rates specified in law for the applicable plan on the day prior to
the termination date, multiplied by the employee's hourly rate of salary on that date and by
the days and months of the leave of absence prior to termination.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2007.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Duties and powers of board of directors.

(a) The board shall:

(1) elect a chair;

(2) appoint an executive director;

(3) establish rules to administer this chapter and chapters 3A, 352B, 352C, 352D,
and 490 and transact the business of the system, subject to the limitations of law;

(4) consider and dispose of, or take any other action the board of directors deems
appropriate concerning denials of applications for annuities or disability benefits under
this chapter, and complaints of employees and others pertaining to the retirement of
employees and the operation of the system;

(5) advise the director on any matters relating to the system and carrying out
functions and purposes of this chapter. The board's advice shall control; and

(6) (5) oversee the administration of the state deferred compensation plan established
in section 352.96; and

(6) oversee the administration of the health care savings plan established in section
352.98.

The director and assistant director must be in the unclassified service but appointees
may be selected from civil service lists if desired. The salary of the executive director
must be as provided by section 15A.0815. The salary of the assistant director must be set
in accordance with section 43A.18, subdivision 3.

(b) The board shall advise the director on any matters relating to the system and
carrying out functions and purposes of this chapter. The board's advice shall control.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day after final enactment.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Executive director; assistant director.

(a) The executive director, in this
chapter called the director, of the system must be appointed by the board on the basis of
fitness, experience in the retirement field, and leadership ability. The director must have
had at least five years' experience on the administrative staff of a major retirement system.

(b) The executive director and assistant director must be in the unclassified service
but appointees may be selected from civil service lists if desired. The salary of the
executive director must be as provided by section 15A.0815. The salary of the assistant
director must be set in accordance with section 43A.18, subdivision 3.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day after final enactment.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.22, subdivision 10, is amended to read:


Subd. 10.

Other refunds.

Former employees covered by the system are entitled
to apply for refunds if they are or become members of the State Patrol retirement fund,
the state Teachers Retirement Association, or employees of the University of Minnesota
excluded from coverage under the system by action of the Board of Regents; or employees
of the adjutant general who under federal law effectually elect membership in a federal
retirement system; or officers or employees of the senate or house of representatives,
excluded from coverage under section 352.01, subdivision 2b, clause (7). The refunds
must include accumulated contributions plus interest as provided in subdivision 2. These
employees may apply for a refund once 30 days or more have elapsed after their coverage
ceases, even if they continue in state service but in positions not covered by this chapter.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 352.955, subdivision 3, is
amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Payment of additional equivalent contributions; post-June 30, 2007,
coverage transfers.

(a) An eligible employee who was is transferred to plan coverage
after June 30, 2007, and who elects to transfer past service credit under this section must
pay an additional member contribution for that prior service period. The additional
member contribution is (1) the difference between the member contribution rate or rates
for the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System
for the period of employment covered by the service credit to be transferred and the
member contribution rate or rates for the correctional state employees retirement plan
for the most recent 12 month period of employment covered by the service credit to be
transferred, plus annual compound interest at the rate of 8.5 percent, and (2) the amount
computed under paragraph (b), plus the greater of the amount computed under paragraph
(c), or 40 percent of the unfunded actuarial accrued liability attributable to the past service
credit transfer. The unfunded actuarial accrued liability attributable to the past service
credit transfer is the present value of the benefit obtained by the transfer of the service
credit to the correctional state employees retirement plan reduced by the amount of the
asset transfer under subdivision 4, by the amount of the member contribution equivalent
payment under clause (1), and by the amount of the employer contribution equivalent
payment under paragraph (c), clause (1).

(b) The executive director shall compute, for the most recent 12 months of service
credit eligible for transfer, or for the entire period eligible for transfer if less than 12
months, the difference between the employee contribution rate or rates for the general state
employees retirement plan and the employee contribution rate or rates for the correctional
state employees retirement plan applied to the eligible employee's salary during that
transfer period, plus compound interest at a monthly rate of 0.71 percent.

(c) The executive director shall compute, for any service credit being transferred
on behalf of the eligible employee and not included under paragraph (b), the difference
between the employee contribution rate or rates for the general state employees retirement
plan and the employee contribution rate or rates for the correctional state employees
retirement plan applied to the eligible employee's salary during that transfer period, plus
compound interest at a monthly rate of 0.71 percent.

(d) The executive director shall compute an amount using the process specified in
paragraph (b), but based on differences in employer contribution rates between the general
state employees retirement plan and the correctional state employees retirement plan
rather than employee contribution rates.

(e) The executive director shall compute an amount using the process specified in
paragraph (c), but based on differences in employer contribution rates between the general
state employees retirement plan and the correctional state employees retirement plan
rather than employee contribution rates.

(f) The additional equivalent member contribution under this subdivision must be
paid in a lump sum. Payment must accompany the election to transfer the prior service
credit. No transfer election or additional equivalent member contribution payment may be
made by a person or accepted by the executive director after the one year anniversary date
of the effective date of the retirement coverage transfer, or the date on which the eligible
employee terminates state employment, whichever is earlier.

(c) (g) If an eligible employee elects to transfer past service credit under this section
and pays the additional equivalent member contribution amount under subdivision 2
paragraph (a), the applicable department shall pay an additional equivalent employer
contribution amount. The additional employer contribution is (1) the difference between
the employer contribution rate or rates for the general state employees retirement plan
for the period of employment covered by the service credit to be transferred and the
employer contribution rate or rates for the correctional state employees retirement
plan for the period of employment covered by the service credit to be transferred, plus
annual compound interest at the rate of 8.5 percent, and (2) the amount computed under
paragraph (d), plus the greater of the amount computed under paragraph (e), or 60 percent
of the unfunded actuarial accrued liability attributable to the past service credit transfer
calculated as provided in paragraph (a), clause (2).

(h) The unfunded actuarial accrued liability attributable to the past service credit
transfer is the present value of the benefit obtained by the transfer of the service credit
to the correctional state employees retirement plan reduced by the amount of the asset
transfer under subdivision 4, by the amount of the member contribution equivalent
payment computed under paragraph (b), and by the amount of the employer contribution
equivalent payment computed under paragraph (d).

(d) (i) The additional equivalent employer contribution under this subdivision must
be paid in a lump sum and must be paid within 30 days of the date on which the executive
director of the Minnesota State Retirement System certifies to the applicable department
that the employee paid the additional equivalent member contribution.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 352.955, subdivision 5, is
amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Effect of the asset transfer.

Upon the transfer of assets under subdivision
4, the service credit in the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State
Retirement System related to the period being transferred is forfeited and may not be
reinstated. The transferred service credit and the transferred assets must be credited to the
correctional state employees retirement plan and fund, respectively.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.98, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Plan created.

This section must be administered by the executive
director of the system with the advice and consent of the board of directors. The Minnesota
State Retirement System executive director shall establish a plan or plans, known as health
care savings plans, through which public employers and employees an officer or employee
of the state or of a political subdivision, including officers or employees covered by a plan
or fund specified in chapter 353D, 354B, 354D, 424A, or section 356.20, subdivision 2,
may save to cover health care costs. For purposes of this section, a volunteer firefighter
is an employee. The Minnesota State Retirement System executive director shall make
available one or more trusts, including a governmental trust or governmental trusts,
authorized under the Internal Revenue Code to be eligible for tax-preferred or tax-free
treatment through which employers and employees can save to cover health care costs.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.98, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Contracting authorized.

The Minnesota State Retirement System is
authorized to executive director shall administer the plan and to contract with public and
private entities to provide investment services, record keeping, benefit payments, and other
functions necessary for the administration of the plan. If allowed by the Minnesota State
Board of Investment, the Minnesota State Board of Investment supplemental investment
funds may be offered as investment options under the health care savings plan or plans.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.98, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Contributions.

(a) Contributions to the plan must be determined through
defined in a personnel policy or in a collective bargaining agreement of a public employer
with the exclusive representative of the covered employees in an appropriate unit or
political subdivision. The Minnesota State Retirement System executive director may
offer different types of trusts permitted under the Internal Revenue Code to best meet the
needs of different employee employer units.

(b) Contributions to the plan by or on behalf of the employee participant must
be held in trust for reimbursement of employee and dependent eligible health-related
expenses for participants and their dependents following retirement termination from
public employment or during active employment. The Minnesota State Retirement
System executive director shall maintain a separate account of the contributions made by
or on behalf of each participant and the earnings thereon. The Minnesota State Retirement
System executive director shall make available a limited range of investment options,
and each employee participant may direct the investment of the accumulations in the
employee's participant's account among the investment options made available by the
Minnesota State Retirement System executive director. At the request of a participating
employer and employee group, the Minnesota State Retirement System may determine
how the assets of the affected employer and employee group should be invested.

(c) This section does not obligate a public employer to meet and negotiate in good
faith with the exclusive bargaining representative of any public employee group regarding
an employer contribution to a postretirement or active employee health care savings plan
authorized by this section and section 356.24, subdivision 1, clause (7). It is not the intent
of the legislature to authorize the state to incur new funding obligations for the costs of
retiree health care or the costs of administering retiree health care plans or accounts.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.98, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Reimbursement for health-related expenses.

The Minnesota State
Retirement System executive director shall reimburse employees participants at least
quarterly for submitted eligible health-related expenses, as required allowable by federal
and state law, until the employee participant exhausts the accumulation in the employee's
participant's account. If an employee a participant dies prior to exhausting the employee's
participant's account balance, the employee's participant's spouse or dependents are
eligible to be reimbursed for health care expenses from the account until the account
balance is exhausted. If an account balance remains after the death of a participant and
all of the participant's legal dependents, the remainder of the account must be paid to the
employee's participant's beneficiaries or, if none, to the employee's participant's estate.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.98, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Fees.

The Minnesota state retirement plan executive director is authorized
to charge uniform fees to participants to cover the ongoing cost of operating the plan.
Any fees not needed must revert to participant accounts or be used to reduce plan fees
the following year.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352D.075, subdivision 2a, is amended to
read:


Subd. 2a.

Surviving spouse coverage term certain.

In lieu of the annuity under
subdivision 2, clause (2) or (3), or in lieu of a distribution under subdivision 2, clause (1),
the surviving spouse of a deceased participant may elect to receive survivor coverage in
the form of a term certain annuity of five, six ten, 15, or 20 years, based on the value of
the remaining shares. The monthly term certain annuity must be calculated under section
352D.06, subdivision 1.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 353.01, subdivision 2b, is
amended to read:


Subd. 2b.

Excluded employees.

The following public employees are not eligible
to participate as members of the association with retirement coverage by the public
employees retirement plan, the local government correctional employees retirement plan
under chapter 353E, or the public employees police and fire retirement plan:

(1) public officers, other than county sheriffs, who are elected to a governing body,
or persons who are appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office of a governing body,
whose term of office commences on or after July 1, 2002, for the service to be rendered
in that elective position;

(2) election officers or election judges;

(3) patient and inmate personnel who perform services for a governmental
subdivision;

(4) except as otherwise specified in subdivision 12a, employees who are hired for
a temporary position as defined under subdivision 12a, and employees who resign from
a nontemporary position and accept a temporary position within 30 days in the same
governmental subdivision;

(5) employees who are employed by reason of work emergency caused by fire,
flood, storm, or similar disaster;

(6) employees who by virtue of their employment in one governmental subdivision
are required by law to be a member of and to contribute to any of the plans or funds
administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System, the Teachers Retirement
Association, the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association, the St. Paul Teachers
Retirement Fund Association, the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, or any police
or firefighters relief association governed by section 69.77 that has not consolidated
with the Public Employees Retirement Association, or any local police or firefighters
consolidation account who have not elected the type of benefit coverage provided by the
public employees police and fire fund under sections 353A.01 to 353A.10, or any persons
covered by section 353.665, subdivision 4, 5, or 6, who have not elected public employees
police and fire plan benefit coverage. This clause must not be construed to prevent a person
from being a member of and contributing to the Public Employees Retirement Association
and also belonging to and contributing to another public pension plan or fund for other
service occurring during the same period of time. A person who meets the definition of
"public employee" in subdivision 2 by virtue of other service occurring during the same
period of time becomes a member of the association unless contributions are made to
another public retirement fund on the salary based on the other service or to the Teachers
Retirement Association by a teacher as defined in section 354.05, subdivision 2;

(7) persons who are members of a religious order and are excluded from coverage
under the federal Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance Program for the
performance of service as specified in United States Code, title 42, section 410(a)(8)(A),
as amended through January 1, 1987, if no irrevocable election of coverage has been made
under section 3121(r) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended;

(8) employees of a governmental subdivision who have not reached the age of
23 and are enrolled on a full-time basis to attend or are attending classes on a full-time
basis at an accredited school, college, or university in an undergraduate, graduate, or
professional-technical program, or a public or charter high school;

(9) resident physicians, medical interns, and pharmacist residents and pharmacist
interns who are serving in a degree or residency program in public hospitals or clinics;

(10) students who are serving in an internship or residency program sponsored
by an accredited educational institution;

(11) persons who hold a part-time adult supplementary technical college license who
render part-time teaching service in a technical college;

(12) except for employees of Hennepin County or Hennepin Healthcare System,
Inc., foreign citizens working for a governmental subdivision with a work permit of less
than three years, or an H-1b visa valid for less than three years of employment. Upon
notice to the association that the work permit or visa extends beyond the three-year period,
the foreign citizens must be reported for membership from the date of the extension;

(13) public hospital employees who elected not to participate as members of the
association before 1972 and who did not elect to participate from July 1, 1988, to October
1, 1988;

(14) except as provided in section 353.86, volunteer ambulance service personnel,
as defined in subdivision 35, but persons who serve as volunteer ambulance service
personnel may still qualify as public employees under subdivision 2 and may be members
of the Public Employees Retirement Association and participants in the public employees
retirement fund or the public employees police and fire fund, whichever applies, on the
basis of compensation received from public employment service other than service as
volunteer ambulance service personnel;

(15) except as provided in section 353.87, volunteer firefighters, as defined in
subdivision 36, engaging in activities undertaken as part of volunteer firefighter duties;
provided that a person who is a volunteer firefighter may still qualify as a public
employee under subdivision 2 and may be a member of the Public Employees Retirement
Association and a participant in the public employees retirement fund or the public
employees police and fire fund, whichever applies, on the basis of compensation received
from public employment activities other than those as a volunteer firefighter;

(16) pipefitters and associated trades personnel employed by Independent School
District No. 625, St. Paul, with coverage under a collective bargaining agreement by the
pipefitters local 455 pension plan who were either first employed after May 1, 1997, or,
if first employed before May 2, 1997, elected to be excluded under Laws 1997, chapter
241, article 2, section 12;

(17) electrical workers, plumbers, carpenters, and associated trades personnel
employed by Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, or the city of St. Paul,
who have retirement coverage under a collective bargaining agreement by the Electrical
Workers Local 110 pension plan, the United Association Plumbers Local 34 pension plan,
or the Carpenters Local 87 pension plan who were either first employed after May 1,
2000, or, if first employed before May 2, 2000, elected to be excluded under Laws 2000,
chapter 461, article 7, section 5;

(18) bricklayers, allied craftworkers, cement masons, glaziers, glassworkers,
painters, allied tradesworkers, and plasterers employed by the city of St. Paul or
Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, with coverage under a collective
bargaining agreement by the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 pension plan,
the Cement Masons Local 633 pension plan, the Glaziers and Glassworkers Local L-1324
pension plan, the Painters and Allied Trades Local 61 pension plan, or the Twin Cities
Plasterers Local 265 pension plan who were either first employed after May 1, 2001, or if
first employed before May 2, 2001, elected to be excluded under Laws 2001, First Special
Session chapter 10, article 10, section 6;

(19) plumbers employed by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, with coverage
under a collective bargaining agreement by the Plumbers Local 34 pension plan, who either
were first employed after May 1, 2001, or if first employed before May 2, 2001, elected to
be excluded under Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 10, article 10, section 6;

(20) employees who are hired after June 30, 2002, to fill seasonal positions under
subdivision 12b which are limited in duration by the employer to 185 consecutive calendar
days or less in each year of employment with the governmental subdivision;

(21) persons who are provided supported employment or work-study positions
by a governmental subdivision and who participate in an employment or industries
program maintained for the benefit of these persons where the governmental subdivision
limits the position's duration to three years or less, including persons participating in a
federal or state subsidized on-the-job training, work experience, senior citizen, youth, or
unemployment relief program where the training or work experience is not provided as a
part of, or for, future permanent public employment;

(22) independent contractors and the employees of independent contractors; and

(23) reemployed annuitants of the association during the course of that
reemployment.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353.01, subdivision 10, is amended to read:


Subd. 10.

Salary.

(a) Subject to the limitations of section 356.611, "salary" means:

(1) the periodic compensation of a public employee, before deductions for deferred
compensation, supplemental retirement plans, or other voluntary salary reduction
programs, and also means "wages" and includes net income from fees;

(2) for a public employee who is covered by a supplemental retirement plan under
section 356.24, subdivision 1, clause (8), (9), or (10), which require all plan contributions
be made by the employer, the contribution to the applicable supplemental retirement plan
when an agreement between the parties establishes that the contribution is from will either
result in a mandatory withholdings from reduction of employees' wages through payroll
withholdings, or be made in lieu of an amount that would otherwise be paid as wages; and

(3) for a public employee who has prior service covered by a local police or
firefighters relief association that has consolidated with the Public Employees Retirement
Association or to which section 353.665 applies and who has elected coverage either
under the public employees police and fire fund benefit plan under section 353A.08
following the consolidation or under section 353.665, subdivision 4, the rate of salary
upon which member contributions to the special fund of the relief association were made
prior to the effective date of the consolidation as specified by law and by bylaw provisions
governing the relief association on the date of the initiation of the consolidation procedure
and the actual periodic compensation of the public employee after the effective date of
consolidation.

(b) Salary does not mean:

(1) the fees paid to district court reporters, unused annual vacation or sick leave
payments, in lump-sum or periodic payments, severance payments, reimbursement of
expenses, lump-sum settlements not attached to a specific earnings period, or workers'
compensation payments;

(2) employer-paid amounts used by an employee toward the cost of insurance
coverage, employer-paid fringe benefits, flexible spending accounts, cafeteria plans, health
care expense accounts, day care expenses, or any payments in lieu of any employer-paid
group insurance coverage, including the difference between single and family rates that
may be paid to a member with single coverage and certain amounts determined by the
executive director to be ineligible;

(3) the amount equal to that which the employing governmental subdivision would
otherwise pay toward single or family insurance coverage for a covered employee when,
through a contract or agreement with some but not all employees, the employer:

(i) discontinues, or for new hires does not provide, payment toward the cost of the
employee's selected insurance coverages under a group plan offered by the employer;

(ii) makes the employee solely responsible for all contributions toward the cost of
the employee's selected insurance coverages under a group plan offered by the employer,
including any amount the employer makes toward other employees' selected insurance
coverages under a group plan offered by the employer; and

(iii) provides increased salary rates for employees who do not have any
employer-paid group insurance coverages;

(4) except as provided in section 353.86 or 353.87, compensation of any kind paid to
volunteer ambulance service personnel or volunteer firefighters, as defined in subdivision
35 or 36; and

(5) the amount of compensation that exceeds the limitation provided in section
356.611; and

(6) amounts paid by a federal or state grant for which the grant specifically
prohibits grant proceeds from being used to make pension plan contributions, unless the
contributions to the plan are made from sources other than the federal or state grant.

(c) Amounts provided to an employee by the employer through a grievance
proceeding or a legal settlement are salary only if the settlement is reviewed by the
executive director and the amounts are determined by the executive director to be
consistent with paragraph (a) and prior determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353.01, subdivision 11a, is amended to read:


Subd. 11a.

Termination of public service.

(a) "Termination of public service"
occurs (1) when a member resigns or is dismissed from public service by the employing
governmental subdivision and the employee does not, within 30 days of the date
the employment relationship ended, return to an employment position in the same
governmental subdivision; or (2) when the employer-employee relationship is severed due
to the expiration of a layoff under subdivision 12 or 12c.

(b) The termination of public service must be recorded in the association records
upon receipt of an appropriate notice from the governmental subdivision.

(c) A termination of public service does not occur if, prior to termination of service,
the member has an agreement, verbal or written, to return to a governmental subdivision
as an employee, independent contractor, or employee of an independent contractor.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353.01, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


Subd. 16b.

Uncredited military service credit purchase.

(a) A public employee
who has at least three years of allowable service with the Public Employees Retirement
Association or the public employees police and fire plan and who performed service in
the United States armed forces before becoming a public employee, or who failed to
obtain service credit for a military leave of absence under subdivision 16, paragraph (h), is
entitled to purchase allowable service credit for the initial period of enlistment, induction,
or call to active duty without any voluntary extension by making payment under section
356.551 if the public employee has not purchased service credit from any other Minnesota
defined benefit public employee pension plan for the same period of service.

(b) A public employee who desires to purchase service credit under paragraph
(a) must apply with the executive director to make the purchase. The application must
include all necessary documentation of the public employee's qualifications to make the
purchase, signed written permission to allow the executive director to request and receive
necessary verification of applicable facts and eligibility requirements, and any other
relevant information that the executive director may require.

(c) Allowable service credit for the purchase period must be granted by the Public
Employees Retirement Association or the public employees police and fire plan, whichever
applies, to the purchasing public employee upon receipt of the purchase payment amount.
Payment must be made before the effective date of retirement of the public employee.

(d) This subdivision is repealed July 1, 2013.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 353.0161, subdivision 2,
is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Purchase procedure.

(a) An employee covered by a plan specified in
subdivision 1 may purchase credit for allowable service in that plan for a period specified
in subdivision 1 if the employee makes a payment as specified in paragraph (b) or (c),
whichever applies. The employing unit, at its option, may pay the employer portion of the
amount specified in paragraph (b) on behalf of its employees.

(b) If payment is received by the executive director within one year from the end
of date the member returned to work following the authorized leave, or within 30 days
after the date of termination of public service if the member did not return to work, the
payment amount is equal to the employee and employer contribution rates specified in
law for the applicable plan at the end of the leave period, or at termination of public
service, whichever is earlier, multiplied by the employee's hourly rate of average monthly
salary on the date upon which deductions were paid during the six months, or portion
thereof, before the commencement of return from the leave of absence and by the days
and number of months of the leave of absence for which the employee wants allowable
service credit. Payments made under this paragraph must include compound interest at
a monthly rate of 0.71 percent from the last day of the leave period until the last day of
the month in which payment is received.

(c) If payment is received by the executive director after one year, the payment
amount is the amount determined under section 356.551. Payment under this paragraph
must be made before the date the person terminates public service under section 353.01,
subdivision 11a.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2007.

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353.27, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


Subd. 7c.

Limitation on additional plan coverage.

No deductions for any plan
under this chapter or chapter 353E may be taken from the salary of a person who is
employed by a governmental subdivision under section 353.01, subdivision 6, and who is
receiving disability benefit payments from any plan under this chapter or chapter 353E
unless the person waives the right to further disability benefit payments.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 353.27, subdivision 14, is
amended to read:


Subd. 14.

Treatment of periods before initial coverage date.

(a) If an entity is
determined to be a governmental subdivision due to receipt of a written notice of eligibility
from the association, that employer and its employees are subject to the requirements
of subdivision 12, effective retroactively to the date that the executive director of
the association determines that the entity first met the definition of a governmental
subdivision, if that date predates the notice of eligibility.

(b) If the retroactive time period under paragraph (a) exceeds three years, an
employee is authorized to purchase service credit in the applicable Public Employees
Retirement Association plan for the portion of the period in excess of three years, by
making payment under section 356.551. Notwithstanding section 356.551, subdivision 2,
regarding time limits on purchases, payment may be made anytime before termination of
public service.

(c) This subdivision does not apply if the applicable employment under paragraph
(a) included coverage by any public or private defined benefit or defined contribution
retirement plan, other than a volunteer firefighters relief association. If this paragraph
applies, an individual is prohibited from purchasing service credit for any period or
periods specified in paragraph (a).

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353.33, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Benefits paid under workers' compensation law.

(a) Disability benefits
paid shall be coordinated with any amounts, other than those amounts excluded under
paragraph (b), received or receivable under workers' compensation law, such as temporary
total, permanent total, temporary partial, permanent partial, or economic recovery
compensation benefits, in either periodic or lump sum payments from the employer
under applicable workers' compensation laws, after deduction of amount of attorney
fees, authorized under applicable workers' compensation laws, paid by a disabilitant. If
the total of the single life annuity actuarial equivalent disability benefit and the workers'
compensation benefit exceeds: (1) the salary the disabled member received as of the date
of the disability or (2) the salary currently payable for the same employment position or
an employment position substantially similar to the one the person held as of the date of
the disability, whichever is greater, the disability benefit must be reduced to that amount
which, when added to the workers' compensation benefits, does not exceed the greater of
the salaries described in clauses (1) and (2).

(b) Permanent partial disability payments provided for in section 176.101,
subdivision 2a, and retraining payments provided for in section 176.102, subdivision 11,
must not be offset from disability payments due under paragraph (a) if the amounts of
the permanent partial or retraining payments are reported to the executive director in a
manner specified by the executive director.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353.64, subdivision 11, is amended to read:


Subd. 11.

Pension coverage for certain tribal police officers exercising state
arrest powers.

(a) The governing body of a tribal police department which is exercising
state arrest powers under section 626.90, 626.91, 626.92, or 626.93 may request by
resolution to the executive director that its police officers be considered public employees
under section 353.01, subdivision 2, be considered a police officer under section 353.64,
subdivision 1, and become members of the public employees police and fire retirement
plan and that the tribal police department be considered a governmental subdivision under
section 353.01, subdivision 6.

(b) The executive director of the association must approve the request by a tribal
police department under paragraph (a) if a ruling made by the federal Internal Revenue
Service provides that:

(1) the tribal police department is an agency or instrumentality of the state of
Minnesota for purposes of enforcing state law; and

(2) contributions made by the tribal police department to a retirement plan on behalf
of employees of the tribal police department are contributions to a governmental plan
within the meaning of section 414(d) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.

(c) (b) Following the approval of the request by the executive director, the head of
the police department or that person's designee must immediately report for membership in
the police and fire fund a person who is employed as a full-time or part-time police officer
in a position that meets the conditions in sections 353.01, subdivision 2a, and 353.64,
subdivisions 1 and 2. The police department head or that person's designee must deduct
the employee contributions from the salary of each eligible police officer as required by
section 353.65, subdivision 2, and make the employer contributions required by section
353.65, subdivision 3. The head of the police department or that person's designee must
meet the reporting requirements in section 353.65, subdivision 4.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353.656, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Benefits paid under workers' compensation law.

(a) If a member, as
described in subdivision 1, is injured under circumstances which entitle the member to
receive benefits under the workers' compensation law, the member shall receive the same
benefits as provided in subdivision 1, with disability benefits paid reimbursed and future
benefits reduced by all periodic or lump sum amounts, other than those amounts excluded
under paragraph (b), paid to the member under the workers' compensation law, after
deduction of amount of attorney fees, authorized under applicable workers' compensation
laws, paid by a disabilitant if the total of the single life annuity actuarial equivalent
disability benefit and the workers' compensation benefit exceeds: (1) the salary the
disabled member received as of the date of the disability or (2) the salary currently payable
for the same employment position or an employment position substantially similar to the
one the person held as of the date of the disability, whichever is greater. The disability
benefit must be reduced to that amount which, when added to the workers' compensation
benefits, does not exceed the greater of the salaries described in clauses (1) and (2).

(b) Permanent partial disability payments provided for in section 176.101,
subdivision 2a, and retraining payments provided for in section 176.102, subdivision 11,
must not be offset from disability payments due under paragraph (a) if the amounts of
the permanent partial or retraining payments are reported to the executive director in a
manner specified by the executive director.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353D.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Investment options.

(a) A participant may elect to purchase shares in
the income share account, the growth share account, the international share account,
the money market account, the bond market account, the fixed interest account, or the
common stock index account established by section 11A.17, or a combination of those
accounts. The participant may elect to purchase shares in a combination of those accounts
by specifying the percentage of the total contributions to be used to purchase shares in
each of the accounts.

(b) A participant or a former participant may indicate in writing a choice of options
for subsequent purchases of shares. After a choice is made, until the participant or former
participant makes a different written indication, the executive director of the association
shall purchase shares in the supplemental investment account or accounts specified by
the participant. If no initial option is indicated by a participant or the specifications made
by the participant exceeds 100 percent to be invested in more than one account, the
executive director shall invest all contributions made by or on behalf of a participant in
the income share account. If the specifications are less than 100 percent, the executive
director shall invest the remaining percentage in the income share account. A choice of
investment options is effective the first of the month following the date of receipt of the
signed written choice of options.

(c) Shares in the fixed interest account attributable to any guaranteed investment
contract as of July 1, 1994, may not be withdrawn from the fund or transferred to another
account until the guaranteed investment contract has expired, unless the participant
qualifies for a benefit payment under section 353D.07.

(d) A participant or former participant may also change the investment options
selected for all or a portion of the individual's previously purchased shares in accounts,
subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) concerning the fixed interest account. A change
under this paragraph is effective the first of the month following the date of receipt of a
signed written choice of options.

(e) The change or selection of an investment option or the transfer of all or a portion
of the deceased or former participant's shares in the income share, growth share, common
stock index, bond market, international share, money market, or fixed interest accounts
must not be made following death of the participant or former participant.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 25.

[353D.071] FEDERAL COMPLIANCE.

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
have the meanings given them.

(b) "Designated beneficiary" means the person designated as the beneficiary under
section 353D.07, subdivision 5, and who is the designated beneficiary under section
401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code and section 1.401(a)(9)-1, Q&A-4 of the Treasury
regulations.

(c) "Distribution calendar year" means a calendar year for which a minimum
distribution is required. For distributions beginning before the member's death, the first
distribution calendar year is the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year
which contains the member's required beginning date. For distributions beginning after
the member's death, the first distribution calendar year is the calendar year in which
distributions are required to begin under subdivision 2, paragraph (c). The required
minimum distribution for the member's first distribution calendar year shall be made on or
before the member's required beginning date.

(d) "Member's account balance" means the account balance as of the last valuation
date in the valuation calendar year increased by the amount of any contributions made
and allocated to the account balance as of dates in the valuation calendar year after the
valuation date and decreased by distributions made in the valuation calendar year after
the valuation date. The account balance for the valuation calendar year includes any
amounts rolled over or transferred to the plan either in the valuation calendar year or in the
distribution calendar year if distributed or transferred in the valuation calendar year.

(e) "Required beginning date" means the later of April 1 of the calendar year
following the calendar year that the member attains age 70 years, six months, or April
1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the member terminates
employment.

(f) "Valuation calendar year" means the calendar year immediately preceding the
distribution calendar year.

Subd. 2.

Required minimum distributions.

(a) The provisions of this subdivision
shall apply for purposes of determining required minimum distributions for calendar years
beginning with the 2003 calendar year and will take precedence over any inconsistent
provisions of the plan. All distributions required under this section will be determined and
made in accordance with the treasury regulations under section 401(a)(9) of the Internal
Revenue Code, including regulations providing special rules for governmental plans, as
defined under section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, that comply with a reasonable
good faith interpretation of the minimum distribution requirements.

(b) The member's entire interest will be distributed to the member in a lump sum no
later than the member's required beginning date.

(c) If the member dies before the required minimum distribution is made, the
member's entire interest will be distributed in a lump sum no later than as follows:

(1) if the member's surviving spouse is the member's sole designated beneficiary, the
distribution must be made by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the
calendar year in which the member died, or by December 31 of the calendar year in which
the member would have attained age 70 years, six months, whichever is later;

(2) if the member's surviving spouse is not the member's sole beneficiary, or if
there is no designated beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of
the member's death, the member's entire interest shall be distributed by December 31
of the calendar year containing the fifth anniversary of the member's death as directed
under section 353D.07, subdivision 5; or

(3) if the member's surviving spouse is the member's sole designated beneficiary and
the surviving spouse dies after the member, but before the account balance is distributed
to the surviving spouse, paragraph (c), clause (2), shall apply as if the surviving spouse
were the member.

(d) For purposes of paragraph (c), unless clause (3) applies, distributions are
considered to be made on the member's required beginning date. If paragraph (c), clause
(3), applies, distributions are considered to begin on the date distributions are required to
be made to the surviving spouse under paragraph (c), clause (1).

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 353F.02, subdivision 4, is
amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Medical facility.

"Medical facility" means:

(1) Bridges Medical Services;

(2) the City of Cannon Falls Hospital;

(3) Clearwater County Memorial Hospital doing business as Clearwater Health
Services in Bagley;

(4) the Dassel Lakeside Community Home;

(5) the Fair Oaks Lodge, Wadena;

(6) the Glencoe Area Health Center;

(7) the Hutchinson Area Health Care;

(8) the Kanabec Hospital;

(9) the Lakefield Nursing Home;

(10) (9) the Lakeview Nursing Home in Gaylord;

(11) (10) the Luverne Public Hospital;

(12) the Northfield Hospital;

(13) (11) the Oakland Park Nursing Home;

(14) (12) the RenVilla Nursing Home;

(15) the Renville County Hospital in Olivia;

(16) (13) the St. Peter Community Healthcare Center; and

(17) (14) the Waconia-Ridgeview Medical Center.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 27.

[353F.025] CERTIFICATION AND DECERTIFICATION OF MEDICAL
FACILITIES AND OTHER PUBLIC EMPLOYING UNITS.

Subdivision 1.

Eligibility determination.

(a) The chief clerical officer of a
governmental subdivision may submit a resolution from the governing body to the
executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association which supports
providing coverage under this chapter for employees of that governmental subdivision
who are privatized, and which states that the governing body will pay for actuarial
calculations, as further specified in paragraph (c).

(b) The governing body must also provide a copy of any applicable purchase or
lease agreement and any other information requested by the executive director to allow the
executive director to verify that under the proposed employer change, the new employer
does not qualify as a governmental subdivision under section 353.01, subdivision 6,
making the employees ineligible for continued coverage as active members of the general
employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association.

(c) Following receipt of a resolution and a determination by the executive director
that the new employer is not a governmental subdivision, the executive director shall
direct the consulting actuary retained under section 356.214 to determine whether the
general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association is
expected to receive a net gain if privatization occurs, by determining whether the actuarial
liability of the special benefit coverage provided under this chapter, if extended to the
applicable employees under the privatization, is less than the actuarial gain otherwise to
accrue to the plan. The date of the actuarial calculations used to make this determination
must be within one year of the effective date, as defined in section 353F.02, subdivision 3.

Subd. 2.

Recommendation to legislature.

(a) If the actuarial calculations under
subdivision 1, paragraph (c), indicate that a net gain to the general employees retirement
plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association is expected due to the privatization,
the executive director shall forward a recommendation and supporting documentation to
the chair of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, the chair of the
Governmental Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections Committee of the house of
representatives, the chair of the State and Local Government Operations and Oversight
Committee of the senate, and the executive director of the Legislative Commission on
Pensions and Retirement. The recommendation must be in the form of an addition to
the definition of "medical facility" under section 353F.02, subdivision 4, or to "other
public employing unit" under section 353F.02, subdivision 5, whichever is applicable.
The recommendation must be forwarded to the legislature before January 15 for the
recommendation to be considered in that year's legislative session.

(b) If a medical facility or other public employing unit listed under section 353F.02,
subdivision 4 or 5, fails to privatize within one year of the final enactment date of the
legislation adding the entity to the applicable definition, its inclusion under this chapter
is voided, and the executive director shall include in the proposed legislation under
paragraph (a) a recommendation that the applicable entity be stricken from the definition.

Subd. 3.

Date of application.

For any privatization added to this chapter after the
effective date of this section, the first date of coverage is the effective date as defined in
section 353F.02, subdivision 3.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 354.096, subdivision 2, is
amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Payment.

(a) Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, a member who
is granted a family leave under United States Code, title 42, section 12631, may receive
allowable service credit for the leave by making payment of the employee, employer, and
additional employer contributions at the rates under section 354.42, during the leave
period as applied to the member's average full-time monthly salary rate on the date the
leave commenced under section 354.72.

(b) If payment is made after the leave terminates, section 354.72 applies.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354.33, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Retirees not eligible for federal benefits.

Notwithstanding the provisions
of section 354.55, subdivision 3, When any person retires after July 1, 1973, who (1)
has ten or more years of allowable service, and (2) does not have any retroactive Social
Security coverage by reason of the person's position in the retirement system, and (3) does
not qualify for federal old age and survivor primary benefits at the time of retirement, the
annuity must be computed under section 354.44, subdivision 2, of the law in effect on
June 30, 1969, except that accumulations after June 30, 1957, must be calculated using the
same mortality table and interest assumption as are used to transfer the required reserves
to the Minnesota postretirement investment fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 354.72, subdivision 2, is
amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Purchase procedure.

(a) A teacher may purchase credit for allowable and
formula service in the plan for a period specified in subdivision 1 if the teacher makes a
payment as specified in paragraph (b) or, (c), or (d), whichever applies. The employing
unit, at its option, may pay the employer portion of the amount specified in paragraph (b)
on behalf of its employees.

(b) If payment is received by the executive director within one year from the end
by June 30 of the fiscal year of the strike period or authorized leave included under section
354.093, 354.095, or 354.096, or payment must equal the total employee and employer
contribution rates, including amortization contribution rates if applicable, multiplied by the
member's average monthly salary rate on the date the leave or strike period commenced,
or for an extended leave under section 354.094, on the salary received during the year
immediately preceding the initial year of the leave, multiplied by the months and portions
of a month of the leave or strike period for which the teacher seeks allowable service credit.

(c) If payment is made after June 30 and before the following June 30 for a strike
period or for leaves of absence under section 354.093, 354.095, or 354.096, or for an
extended leave of absence under section 354.094, the payment must equal the total
employee and employer contributions, including amortization contributions if applicable,
given the contribution rates in section 354.42, multiplied by the member's average
monthly salary rate on the commencement of the leave or period of strike, multiplied by
the months and portions of a month of the leave of absence or period of strike for which
the teacher seeks allowable service credit. Payments made under this paragraph must
include the amount determined in paragraph (b) plus compound interest at a monthly rate
of 0.71 percent from the last day of the leave period or strike period, or from June 30 for
an extended leave of absence under section 354.094, until the last day of the month in
which payment is received.

(c) (d) If payment is received by the executive director after the applicable last
permitted date under paragraph (b) (c), the payment amount is the amount determined
under section 356.551. Notwithstanding payment deadlines specified in section 356.551,
payment under this section may be made anytime before the effective date of retirement.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2007.

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.47, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Payment.

(a) Upon the retired member attaining the age of 65 years
or upon the first day of the month next following the month occurring Beginning one
year after the termination of the reemployment withholding period ends relating to the
reemployment that gave rise to the limitation, whichever is later, and the filing of a written
application, the retired member is entitled to the payment, in a lump sum, of the value
of the person's amount under subdivision 2, plus interest at the compound annual rate
of six percent from the date that the amount was deducted from the retirement annuity
to the date of payment.

(b) The written application must be on a form prescribed by the chief administrative
officer of the applicable retirement plan.

(c) If the retired member dies before the payment provided for in paragraph (a) is
made, the amount is payable, upon written application, to the deceased person's surviving
spouse, or if none, to the deceased person's designated beneficiary, or if none, to the
deceased person's estate.

(d) In lieu of the direct payment of the person's amount under subdivision 2, on
or after the payment date under paragraph (a), if the federal Internal Revenue Code so
permits, the retired member may elect to have all or any portion of the payment amount
under this section paid in the form of a direct rollover to an eligible retirement plan as
defined in section 402(c) of the federal Internal Revenue Code that is specified by the
retired member. If the retired member dies with a balance remaining payable under this
section, the surviving spouse of the retired member, or if none, the deceased person's
designated beneficiary, or if none, the administrator of the deceased person's estate may
elect a direct rollover under this paragraph.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2008.

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.551, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Determination.

(a) Unless the minimum purchase amount set forth in
paragraph (c) applies, the prior service credit purchase amount is an amount equal to the
actuarial present value, on the date of payment, as calculated by the chief administrative
officer of the pension plan and reviewed by the actuary retained under section 356.214,
of the amount of the additional retirement annuity obtained by the acquisition of the
additional service credit in this section.

(b) Calculation of this amount must be made using the preretirement interest rate
applicable to the public pension plan specified in section 356.215, subdivision 8, and
the mortality table adopted for the public pension plan. The calculation must assume
continuous future service in the public pension plan until, and retirement at, the age at
which the minimum requirements of the fund for normal retirement or retirement with an
annuity unreduced for retirement at an early age, including section 356.30, are met with
the additional service credit purchased. The calculation must also assume a full-time
equivalent salary, or actual salary, whichever is greater, and a future salary history that
includes annual salary increases at the applicable salary increase rate for the plan specified
in section 356.215, subdivision 4d.

(c) The prior service credit purchase amount may not be less than the amount
determined by applying the current employee or member contribution rate, the employer
contribution rate, and the additional employer contribution rate, if any, to the person's
current annual salary and multiplying that result by the number of whole and fraction
years of service to be purchased.

(c) The prior service credit purchase amount may not be less than the amount
determined by applying, for each year or fraction of a year being purchased, the sum of the
employee contribution rate, the employer contribution rate, and the additional employer
contribution rate, if any, applicable during that period, to the person's annual salary during
that period, or fractional portion of a year's salary, if applicable, plus interest at the annual
rate of 8.5 percent compounded annually from the end of the year in which contributions
would otherwise have been made to the date on which the payment is received.

(d) Unless otherwise provided by statutes governing a specific plan, payment must
be made in one lump sum within one year of the prior service credit authorization or prior
to the member's effective date of retirement, whichever is earlier. Payment of the amount
calculated under this section must be made by the applicable eligible person.

(e) However, the current employer or the prior employer may, at its discretion, pay
all or any portion of the payment amount that exceeds an amount equal to the employee
contribution rates in effect during the period or periods of prior service applied to the
actual salary rates in effect during the period or periods of prior service, plus interest at the
rate of 8.5 percent a year compounded annually from the date on which the contributions
would otherwise have been made to the date on which the payment is made. If the
employer agrees to payments under this subdivision, the purchaser must make the
employee payments required under this subdivision within 90 days of the prior service
credit authorization. If that employee payment is made, the employer payment under this
subdivision must be remitted to the chief administrative officer of the public pension plan
within 60 days of receipt by the chief administrative officer of the employee payments
specified under this subdivision.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 33.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.611, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Federal compensation limits.

(a) For members of a covered pension plan
enumerated in section 356.30, subdivision 3, and of the plan established under chapter
353D, compensation in excess of the limitation specified in section 401(a)(17) of the
Internal Revenue Code, as amended, for changes in the cost of living under section
401(a)(17)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, may not be included for contribution and
benefit computation purposes.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for members specified in paragraph (a) who first
contributed to a covered plan specified in that paragraph before July 1, 1995, the annual
compensation limit specified in Internal Revenue Code 401(a)(17) on June 30, 1993,
applies if that provides a greater allowable annual compensation.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 34.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.611, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


Subd. 3a.

Maximum annual addition limitation.

The annual additions on behalf
of a member to the plan established under chapter 352D or 353D for any limitation year
beginning after December 31, 2001, shall not exceed the lesser of one hundred percent
of the member's compensation, as defined for purposes of section 415(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code; or $40,000, as adjusted by the United States secretary of the treasury under
section 415(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 35.

Laws 2002, chapter 392, article 2, section 4, is amended to read:


Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) Sections 1, 2, and 3 are effective retroactive to July 1, 2001.

(b) The authority to obtain credit for allowable service under section 1, clause (11);
and section 2, paragraph (a), clause (8); and section 3, clause (9), expires 12 months
after the date of enactment.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively without interruption
from July 1, 2002.

Sec. 36.

Laws 2006, chapter 271, article 5, section 5, is amended to read:


Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) Sections 1, 3, and 4 are effective the day following final enactment and section 3
has effect retroactively from July 25, 2005.

(b) Section 2 with respect to the Cannon Falls Hospital District is effective upon the
latter of:

(1) the day after the governing body of the Cannon Falls Hospital District and its
chief clerical officer meet the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivisions 2 and 3; and

(2) the first day of the month following certification to the Cannon Falls Hospital
District by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association that the
actuarial accrued liability of the special benefit coverage proposed for extension to the
privatized City of Cannon Falls Hospital employees under section 1 does not exceed the
actuarial gain otherwise to be accrued by the Public Employees Retirement Association, as
calculated by the consulting actuary retained under Minnesota Statutes, section 356.214.
The cost of the actuarial calculations must be borne by the current employer or by the
entity which is the employer following the privatization.

(c) Section 2, with respect to Clearwater County Memorial Hospital, is effective
upon the latter of:

(1) the day after the governing body of Clearwater County and its chief clerical
officer meet the requirements under Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2
and 3, except that the certificate of approval must be filed before January 1, 2009; and

(2) the first day of the month following certification to Clearwater County by the
executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association that the actuarial
accrued liability of the special benefit coverage proposed for extension to the privatized
Clearwater Health Services employees under section 2 does not exceed the actuarial gain
otherwise to be accrued by the Public Employees Retirement Association, as calculated by
the consulting actuary retained under Minnesota Statutes, section 356.214. The cost of
the actuarial calculations must be borne by the current employer or by the entity which is
the employer following the privatization.

(d) Section 2 with respect to the Dassel Lakeside Community Home is effective
upon the latter of:

(1) the day after the governing body of the city of Dassel and its chief clerical officer
timely complete compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2
and 3; and

(2) the first day of the month next following certification to the Dassel City
Council by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association that
the actuarial accrued liability of the special benefit coverage proposed for extension to
the privatized Dassel Lakeside Community Home employees under section 2 does not
exceed the actuarial gain otherwise to be accrued by the Public Employees Retirement
Association, as calculated by the consulting actuary retained under Minnesota Statutes,
section 356.214. The cost of the actuarial calculations must be borne by the city of Dassel
or by the entity which is the employer following the privatization.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 37. REPEALER.

(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 354.44, subdivision 6a; 354.465; 354.51,
subdivision 4; and 354.55, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 12, and 15, are repealed effective July
1, 2008.

(b) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 354A.091, subdivisions 1a and 1b; and
355.629, are repealed effective July 1, 2008.

(c) Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 23, is repealed
retroactively from July 26, 2005.

ARTICLE 6

MSRS-CORRECTIONAL PLAN COVERAGE EXPANSION

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 352.91, subdivision 3d,
is amended to read:


Subd. 3d.

Other correctional personnel.

(a) "Covered correctional service" means
service by a state employee in one of the employment positions at a correctional facility or
at the Minnesota Security Hospital specified in paragraph (b) if at least 75 percent of the
employee's working time is spent in direct contact with inmates or patients and the fact of
this direct contact is certified to the executive director by the appropriate commissioner.

(b) The employment positions are as follows:

(1) baker;

(2) central services administrative specialist, intermediate;

(3) central services administrative specialist, principal;

(4) chaplain;

(5) chief cook;

(6) cook;

(7) cook coordinator;

(8) corrections program therapist 1;

(9) corrections program therapist 2;

(10) corrections program therapist 3;

(11) corrections program therapist 4;

(12) corrections inmate program coordinator;

(13) corrections transitions program coordinator;

(14) corrections security caseworker;

(15) corrections security caseworker career;

(16) corrections teaching assistant;

(17) delivery van driver;

(18) dentist;

(19) electrician supervisor;

(20) general maintenance worker lead;

(21) general repair worker;

(22) library/information research services specialist;

(23) library/information research services specialist senior;

(24) library technician;

(25) painter lead;

(26) plant maintenance engineer lead;

(27) plumber supervisor;

(28) psychologist 1;

(29) psychologist 3;

(30) recreation therapist;

(31) recreation therapist coordinator;

(32) recreation program assistant;

(33) recreation therapist senior;

(34) sports medicine specialist;

(35) work therapy assistant;

(36) work therapy program coordinator; and

(37) work therapy technician.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2. COVERAGE TRANSFER DATES.

(a) The coverage transfer under Minnesota Statutes, section 352.91, subdivision 3d,
paragraph (b), clause (20), also covers employment in that position after December 11,
2007, for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 352.955, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

(b) The coverage change under Minnesota Statutes, section 352.91, subdivision 3d,
paragraph (b), clause (25), is prospective only.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

ARTICLE 7

MSRS-UNCLASSIFIED RETIREMENT PROGRAM CHANGES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 352D.02, subdivision 1,
is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Coverage.

(a) Except as specified in paragraph (b), employees
enumerated in paragraph (c), clauses (2), (3), (4), (6) to (14), and (16) to (18), if they are
an elected official or in the unclassified service of the state or Metropolitan Council and
are eligible for coverage under the general state employees retirement plan under chapter
352, are participants in the unclassified program under this chapter unless the employee
gives notice to the executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System within
one year following the commencement of employment in the unclassified service that the
employee desires coverage under the general state employees retirement plan. For the
purposes of this chapter, an employee who does not file notice with the executive director
is deemed to have exercised the option to participate in the unclassified program.

(b) Persons referenced in paragraph (c), clause (5), are participants in the unclassified
program under this chapter unless the person was eligible to elect different coverage under
section 3A.07 and elected retirement coverage by the applicable alternative retirement
plan. Persons referenced in paragraph (c), clause (15), are participants in the unclassified
program under this chapter for judicial employment in excess of the service credit limit in
section 490.121, subdivision 22, and are not eligible for the choice of coverage specified
in paragraph (a).

(c) Enumerated employees and referenced persons are:

(1) the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the state auditor,
and the attorney general;

(2) an employee in the Office of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary
of State, State Auditor, Attorney General;

(3) an employee of the State Board of Investment;

(4) the head of a department, division, or agency created by statute in the unclassified
service, an acting department head subsequently appointed to the position, or an employee
enumerated in section 15A.0815 or 15A.083, subdivision 4;

(5) a member of the legislature;

(6) a full-time unclassified employee of the legislature or a commission or agency of
the legislature who is appointed without a limit on the duration of the employment or a
temporary legislative employee having shares in the supplemental retirement fund as a
result of former employment covered by this chapter, whether or not eligible for coverage
under the Minnesota State Retirement System;

(7) a person who is employed in a position established under section 43A.08,
subdivision 1, clause (3), or in a position authorized under a statute creating or establishing
a department or agency of the state, which is at the deputy or assistant head of department
or agency or director level;

(8) the regional administrator, or executive director of the Metropolitan Council,
general counsel, division directors, operations managers, and other positions as designated
by the council, all of which may not exceed 27 positions at the council and the chair;

(9) the executive director, associate executive director, and not to exceed nine
positions of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education in the unclassified service, as
designated by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education before January 1, 1992, or
subsequently redesignated with the approval of the board of directors of the Minnesota
State Retirement System, unless the person has elected coverage by the individual
retirement account plan under chapter 354B;

(10) the clerk of the appellate courts appointed under article VI, section 2, of the
Constitution of the state of Minnesota, the state court administrator and judicial district
administrators;

(11) the chief executive officers of correctional facilities operated by the Department
of Corrections and of hospitals and nursing homes operated by the Department of Human
Services;

(12) an employee whose principal employment is at the state ceremonial house;

(13) an employee of the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute;

(14) an employee of the State Lottery who is covered by the managerial plan
established under section 43A.18, subdivision 3;

(15) a judge who has exceeded the service credit limit in section 490.121,
subdivision 22;

(16) an employee of Minnesota Technology Incorporated;

(17) a person employed by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities as faculty
or in an eligible unclassified administrative position as defined in section 354B.20,
subdivision 6, who was employed by the former state university or the former community
college system before May 1, 1995, and elected unclassified program coverage prior to
May 1, 1995; and

(18) a person employed by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities who
was employed in state service before July 1, 1995, who subsequently is employed in an
eligible unclassified administrative position as defined in section 354B.20, subdivision
6, and who elects coverage by the unclassified program.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 6, 2009.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 352D.02, subdivision 3, is
amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Transfer to general plan.

(a) An employee, other than a judge as
specified in subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (15), credited with employee shares in the
unclassified program, after acquiring credit for ten years of allowable service and not later
than one month following the termination of covered employment, may elect to terminate
participation in the unclassified program and be covered by the general plan by filing a
written election with the executive director. The executive director shall then redeem the
employee's total shares and shall credit to the employee's account in the general plan the
amount of contributions that would have been so credited had the employee been covered
by the general plan during the employee's entire covered employment or elective state
service. The balance of money so redeemed and not credited to the employee's account
shall be transferred to the general plan retirement fund, except that (1) the employee
contribution paid to the unclassified program must be compared to (2) the employee
contributions that would have been paid to the general plan for the comparable period, if
the individual had been covered by that plan. If clause (1) is greater than clause (2), the
difference must be refunded to the employee as provided in section 352.22. If clause (2) is
greater than clause (1), the difference must be paid by the employee within six months
of electing general plan coverage or before the effective date of the annuity, whichever
is sooner.

(b) An election under paragraph (a) to transfer coverage to the general plan is
irrevocable during any period of covered employment.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 6, 2009.

ARTICLE 8

PERA BENEFITS FOLLOWING PRIVATIZATIONS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 353F.02, subdivision 4,
is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Medical facility.

"Medical facility" means:

(1) Bridges Medical Services;

(2) the City of Cannon Falls Hospital;

(3) Clearwater County Memorial Hospital doing business as Clearwater Health
Services in Bagley;

(4) the Dassel Lakeside Community Home;

(5) the Fair Oaks Lodge, Wadena;

(6) the Glencoe Area Health Center;

(7) the Hutchinson Area Health Care;

(8) the Kanabec Hospital;

(9) the Lakefield Nursing Home;

(10) the Lakeview Nursing Home in Gaylord;

(11) the Luverne Public Hospital;

(12) the Northfield Hospital;

(13) the Oakland Park Nursing Home;

(14) the RenVilla Nursing Home;

(15) the Renville County Hospital in Olivia;

(16) the Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, with respect to the Department of
Radiology and the Department of Radiation/Oncology;

(17) the St. Peter Community Healthcare Center; and

(17) (18) the Waconia-Ridgeview Medical Center; and

(19) the Worthington Regional Hospital.

Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) Minnesota Statutes, section 353F.02, subdivision 4, clause (16), is effective the
day after the governing body of the city of Willmar and its chief clerical officer timely
comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

(b) Minnesota Statutes, section 353F.02, subdivision 4, clause (19), is effective the
day after the governing body of the city of Worthington and its chief clerical officer timely
comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

ARTICLE 9

RETIREMENT RELATED STATE AID PROGRAMS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354A.12, subdivision 3a, is amended to
read:


Subd. 3a.

Special direct state aid to first class city teachers retirement fund
associations.

(a) In fiscal year 1998, The state shall pay $4,827,000 to the St. Paul
Teachers Retirement Fund Association, $17,954,000 to the Minneapolis Teachers
Retirement Fund Association, and $486,000 $346,000 to the Duluth Teachers Retirement
Fund Association. In each fiscal year after fiscal year 2006, these payments to the first
class city teachers retirement fund associations must be, $2,827,000 for to the St. Paul,
$12,954,000 to the Teachers Retirement Fund Association and, for the former Minneapolis
Teachers Retirement Fund Association, and $486,000 for Duluth $12,954,000 to the
Teachers Retirement Association.

(b) The direct state aids under this subdivision are payable October 1 annually. The
commissioner of finance shall pay the direct state aid. The amount required under this
subdivision is appropriated annually from the general fund to the commissioner of finance.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) This section is effective July 1, 2009.

(b) The aid paid to the Teachers Retirement Association and to the St. Paul
Teachers Retirement Fund Association under Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354A.12,
subdivision 3a, in fiscal year 2007 is ratified. $346,000 that was payable under Minnesota
Statutes 2006, section 354A.12, subdivision 3a, in fiscal year 2008, but remains unpaid as
of the date of enactment, is payable to the Teachers Retirement Association and $140,000
that was payable under Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354A.12, subdivision 3a, in
fiscal year 2008, but remains unpaid as of the date of enactment, is payable to the St.
Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 354A.12, subdivision 3c, is
amended to read:


Subd. 3c.

Termination of supplemental contributions and direct matching
and state aid.

(a) The supplemental contributions payable to the Minneapolis Teachers
Retirement Fund Association by Special School District No. 1 and the city of Minneapolis
under section 423A.02, subdivision 3, must continue to be paid to the Teachers Retirement
Association and must continue until the current assets of the fund equal or exceed the
actuarial accrued liability of the fund as determined in the most recent actuarial report
for the fund by the actuary retained under section 356.214, or 2037, whichever occurs
earlier. The supplemental contributions payable to the St. Paul Teachers Retirement
Fund Association by Independent School District No. 625 under section 423A.02,
subdivision 3, or the direct state aids aid under subdivision 3a to the St. Paul Teachers
Retirement Fund Association terminate at the end of the fiscal year in which the accrued
liability funding ratio for that fund, as determined in the most recent actuarial report for
that fund by the actuary retained under section 356.214, equals or exceeds the accrued
liability funding ratio for the Teachers Retirement Association, as determined in the most
recent actuarial report for the Teachers Retirement Association by the actuary retained
under section 356.214.

(b) If the state direct matching, state supplemental, or state aid is terminated for a
first class city teachers retirement fund association under paragraph (a), it may not again
be received by that fund.

(c) If the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association is funded at an amount
equal to or greater than the funding ratio applicable to the Teachers Retirement Association
when the provisions of paragraph (b) become effective, then any future state aid previously
distributed to that association must be immediately transferred under subdivision 3a is
payable to the Teachers Retirement Association.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment and
applies retroactively to direct state aid paid or payable during fiscal years 2007 and 2008.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 423A.02, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:


Subd. 1b.

Additional amortization state aid.

(a) Annually, on October 1, the
commissioner of revenue shall allocate the additional amortization state aid transferred
under section 69.021, subdivision 11, to:

(1) all police or salaried firefighters relief associations governed by and in full
compliance with the requirements of section 69.77, that had an unfunded actuarial accrued
liability in the actuarial valuation prepared under sections 356.215 and 356.216 as of the
preceding December 31;

(2) all local police or salaried firefighter consolidation accounts governed by chapter
353A that are certified by the executive director of the public employees retirement
association as having for the current fiscal year an additional municipal contribution
amount under section 353A.09, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), and that have implemented
section 353A.083, subdivision 1, if the effective date of the consolidation preceded May
24, 1993, and that have implemented section 353A.083, subdivision 2, if the effective date
of the consolidation preceded June 1, 1995; and

(3) the municipalities that are required to make an additional municipal contribution
under section 353.665, subdivision 8, for the duration of the required additional
contribution.

(b) The commissioner shall allocate the state aid on the basis of the proportional share
of the relief association or consolidation account of the total unfunded actuarial accrued
liability of all recipient relief associations and consolidation accounts as of December 31,
1993, for relief associations, and as of June 30, 1994, for consolidation accounts.

(c) Beginning October 1, 2000, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall
allocate the state aid, including any state aid in excess of the limitation in subdivision
4, on the following basis:

(1) 64.5 percent to the municipalities to which section 353.665, subdivision
8, paragraph (b), or 353A.09, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), apply for distribution in
accordance with paragraph (b) and subject to the limitation in subdivision 4;

(2) 34.2 percent to the city of Minneapolis to fund any unfunded actuarial accrued
liability in the actuarial valuation prepared under sections 356.215 and 356.216 as of the
preceding December 31 for the Minneapolis Police Relief Association or the Minneapolis
Fire Department Relief Association; and

(3) 1.3 percent to the city of Virginia to fund any unfunded actuarial accrued liability
in the actuarial valuation prepared under sections 356.215 and 356.216 as of the preceding
December 31 for the Virginia Fire Department Relief Association.

If there is no unfunded actuarial accrued liability in both the Minneapolis Police
Relief Association and the Minneapolis Fire Department Relief Association as disclosed
in the most recent actuarial valuations for the relief associations prepared under sections
356.215 and 356.216, the commissioner shall allocate that 34.2 percent of the aid as
follows: 49 percent to the Teachers Retirement Association, 21 percent to the St. Paul
Teachers Retirement Fund Association, and 30 percent as additional funding to support
minimum fire state aid for volunteer firefighters relief associations. If there is no unfunded
actuarial accrued liability in the Virginia Fire Department Relief Association as disclosed
in the most recent actuarial valuation for the relief association prepared under sections
356.215 and 356.216, the commissioner shall allocate that 1.3 percent of the aid as
follows: 49 percent to the Teachers Retirement Association, 21 percent to the St. Paul
Teachers Retirement Fund Association, and 30 percent as additional funding to support
minimum fire state aid for volunteer firefighters relief associations. Upon the final
payment to municipalities required by section 353.665, subdivision 8, paragraph (b),
or 353A.09, subdivision 5, paragraph (b), the commissioner shall allocate that 64.5
percent of the aid as follows: 20 percent to the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund
Association, 20 percent to the city of Minneapolis to fund any unfunded actuarial accrued
liability in the actuarial valuation proposed under sections 356.215 and 356.216 as of the
preceding December 31 for the Minneapolis Police Relief Association or the Minneapolis
Firefighters Relief Association, 20 percent for the city of Duluth to pay for any costs
associated with the police and firefighters pensions, and 40 percent as additional funding to
support minimum fire state aid for volunteer firefighters relief associations. The allocation
must be made by the commissioner at the same time and under the same procedures
as specified in subdivision 3. With respect to the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund
Association, annually, beginning on July 1, 2005, if the applicable teacher's association
five-year average time-weighted rate of investment return does not equal or exceed the
performance of a composite portfolio assumed passively managed (indexed) invested ten
percent in cash equivalents, 60 percent in bonds and similar debt securities, and 30 percent
in domestic stock calculated using the formula under section 11A.04, clause (11), the aid
allocation to that retirement fund under this section ceases until the five-year annual rate
of investment return equals or exceeds the performance of that composite portfolio.

(d) The amounts required under this subdivision are annually appropriated to the
commissioner of revenue.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2008.

Sec. 4. REPEALER.

(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354A.12, subdivision 3a, is repealed effective
the first day of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year in which neither the Teachers
Retirement Association nor the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association has an
unfunded actuarial accrued liability as determined in the actuarial valuation prepared
under Minnesota Statutes, section 356.215, by the actuary retained under Minnesota
Statutes, section 356.214.

(b) Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 354A.12, subdivisions 3b and 3c,
are repealed effective the first day of the fiscal year next following the fiscal year in which
neither the Teachers Retirement Association nor the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund
Association has an unfunded actuarial accrued liability as determined in the actuarial
valuation prepared under Minnesota Statutes, section 356.215, by the actuary retained
under Minnesota Statutes, section 356.214.

ARTICLE 10

MNSCU-IRAP AND RELATED CHANGES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354B.20, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


Subd. 19.

Unclaimed plan account amounts.

"Unclaimed plan account amounts"
means the accounts of any plan participant who has terminated employment by the
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System or who has died, or of the surviving
spouse, beneficiary, or estate of the participant if the plan administrator is unable to
locate the applicable recipient in accordance with Internal Revenue Service due diligence
requirements.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354B.25, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Individual retirement account plan administrative expenses.

(a) The
reasonable and necessary administrative expenses of the individual retirement account
plan may be charged to plan participants by the plan sponsor in the form of an annual
fee, an asset-based fee, a percentage of the contributions to the plan, or a combination
thereof. This amount shall be offset by interest earned on both the plan reserves and
unclaimed funds account.

(b) Any administrative expense charge that is not actually needed for the
administrative expenses of the individual retirement account plan must be refunded to
member accounts.

(c) The Board of Trustees shall report annually, before October 1, to the advisory
committee created in subdivision 1a on administrative expenses of the plan. The report
must include a detailed accounting of charges for administrative expenses collected
from plan participants and expenditure of the administrative expense charges. The
administrative expense charges collected from plan participants must be kept in a separate
account from any other funds under control of the Board of Trustees and may be used only
for the necessary and reasonable administrative expenses of the plan.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354B.25, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


Subd. 6.

Disposition of abandoned public pension amounts.

(a) Any unclaimed
plan account amounts are presumed to be abandoned, but are not subject to the provisions
of sections 345.31 to 345.60. If the account remains unclaimed after five years following
the date that the plan administrator first attempts to locate the former member, surviving
spouse, or other beneficiary, the unclaimed plan account amount cancels and must be
credited to the reserve account specified in paragraph (b).

(b) The board must establish a separate account to receive unclaimed plan account
amounts. A portion of this reserve account and any investment earnings attributable to
this reserve account are to be used to offset the reasonable and necessary expenses of
the individual retirement account plan, including costs incurred in efforts to locate lost
participants, surviving spouses, or other beneficiaries.

(c) If the unclaimed plan account amount exceeded $25 and the inactive member,
surviving spouse, or beneficiary, whichever is applicable, establishes a valid claim to the
forfeited account, the forfeited account is to be reestablished in an amount equal to the
amount originally forfeited. The board must ensure that the reserve account has sufficient
assets to cover any transfers needed to reestablish accounts.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 354C.12, subdivision 4, is
amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Administrative expenses.

(a) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota
State Colleges and Universities is authorized to pay the necessary and reasonable
administrative expenses of the supplemental retirement plan and may bill participants to
recover these expenses. The administrative fees or charges may be charged to participants
as an annual fee, an asset-based fee, a percentage of contributions to the plan, or a
contribution thereof. This amount shall be offset by interest earned on both the plan
reserves and unclaimed funds account.

(b) Any recovered or assessed amounts that are not needed for the necessary and
reasonable administrative expenses of the plan must be refunded to member accounts.

(c) The Board of Trustees shall report annually, before October 1, to the legislature
on administrative expenses of the plan. The report must include a detailed accounting of
charges for administrative expenses collected from plan participants and expenditure
of the administrative expense charges. The administrative expense charges collected
from plan participants must be kept in a separate account from any other funds under
control of the Board of Trustees and may be used only for the necessary and reasonable
administrative expenses of the plan.

Sec. 5.

[354C.155] UNCLAIMED PLAN ACCOUNT AMOUNTS.

Section 354B.25, subdivision 6, applies to the supplemental retirement plan.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354C.165, is amended to read:


354C.165 PROHIBITION ON LOANS OR PRETERMINATION
DISTRIBUTIONS.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), No participant may obtain a loan or any
distribution from the plan before the participant terminates the employment that gave
rise to plan coverage.

(b) No amounts to the credit of the plan are assignable either in law or in equity, or
are subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, except as
provided in section 518.58, 518.581, or 518A.53.

(c) MS 2002 [Expired]

(d) Except for a participant in a phased retirement program that is part of an approved
collective bargaining agreement, no participant may obtain a distribution from the plan at a
time before the participant terminates the employment that gave rise to the plan coverage.

Sec. 7. ACTUARIAL IMPACT STUDY; MNSCU-TENURED FACULTY
RETIREMENT PLAN COVERAGE CHANGE.

(a) The Teachers Retirement Association shall have the actuary retained under
Minnesota Statutes, section 356.214, conduct a study of the likely actuarial impact on the
Teachers Retirement Association of potentially permitting current tenure-track faculty
members employed by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System who have
not yet attained tenure or its equivalent to elect retroactive and prospective retirement
coverage by the Teachers Retirement Association within one year of attaining tenure or
its equivalent, with the retroactive coverage effected by a service credit purchase under
Minnesota Statutes, section 356.551.

(b) The actuarial study must include an assessment of the likelihood that tenure-track
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System faculty members would elect retirement
coverage by the Teachers Retirement Association that underlies any election assumption
used in the study based on the experience of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
System faculty members employed during the most recent ten years. The Minnesota State
Colleges and Universities System shall provide the Teachers Retirement Association with
the data on its faculty members necessary to conduct the study.

(c) The actuarial study must assess the actuarial accrued liability that could be
assumed by the Teachers Retirement Association from potential service credit purchases
by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System faculty members attaining tenure
or its equivalent, the likely purchase payments related to those potential Minnesota State
Colleges and Universities System faculty member service credit purchases, and the effect
on the Teachers Retirement Association normal cost rate of the potential prospective
inclusion of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System faculty members upon
attaining tenure.

(d) The report required under this section must be filed with the executive director of
the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement on or before January 15, 2009.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

ARTICLE 11

FINANCIAL AND ACTUARIAL REPORTING

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.055, subdivision 5, is amended to
read:


Subd. 5.

Retirement fund reporting.

(a) The commissioner may not require a
public retirement fund to use financial or actuarial reporting practices or procedures
different from those required by section 356.20 or 356.215.

(b) The commissioner may contract with the consulting actuary retained under
section 356.214 for the preparation of quadrennial projection valuations as required
under section 356.215, subdivisions 2 and 2a. The initial projection valuation under
this paragraph, if any, is due on May 1, 2003, and subsequent projection valuations are
due on May 1 each fourth year thereafter. The commissioner of finance shall assess the
applicable statewide and major local retirement plan or plans the cost of the quadrennial
projection valuation.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Report required.

(a) The governing or managing board or the
chief administrative officials officer of the each public pension and retirement funds plan
enumerated in subdivision 2 shall annually prepare and file a financial report following the
close of each fiscal year.

(b) This requirement also applies to any plan or fund which may be a successor to any
organization so enumerated or to any newly formed retirement plan, fund or association
operating under the control or supervision of any public employee group, governmental
unit, or institution receiving a portion of its support through legislative appropriations.

(c) The report must be prepared under the supervision and at the direction of
the management of each fund plan and must be signed by the presiding officer of the
managing board of the fund plan and the chief administrative official of the fund plan.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Covered public pension plans and funds.

This section applies to the
following public pension plans:

(1) the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement
System;

(2) the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement
Association;

(3) the Teachers Retirement Association;

(4) the State Patrol retirement plan;

(5) the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association;

(6) the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association;

(7) the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund;

(8) the University of Minnesota faculty retirement plan;

(9) the University of Minnesota faculty supplemental retirement plan;

(10) the judges retirement fund;

(11) a police or firefighter's relief association specified or described in section 69.77,
subdivision 1a, or;

(12) a volunteer firefighter relief association governed by section 69.771, subdivision
1;

(12) (13) the public employees police and fire plan of the Public Employees
Retirement Association;

(13) (14) the correctional state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State
Retirement System; and

(14) (15) the local government correctional service retirement plan of the Public
Employees Retirement Association.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Filing requirement.

The financial report is a public record. A copy of the
report or a synopsis of the report containing the information required by this section must
be distributed made available annually to each member of the fund and to the governing
body of each governmental subdivision of the state which makes employers contributions
thereto or in whose behalf taxes are levied for the employers' contribution. A signed copy
of the report must be delivered to the executive director of the Legislative Commission
on Pensions and Retirement and to the Legislative Reference Library not later than six
months after the close of each fiscal year or one month following the completion and
delivery to the retirement fund of the actuarial valuation report of the fund by the actuary
retained under section 356.214, if applicable, whichever is later.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Contents of financial report.

(a) The financial report required by
this section must contain financial statements and disclosures that indicate the financial
operations and position of the retirement plan and fund. The report must conform with
generally accepted governmental accounting principles, applied on a consistent basis. The
report must be audited.

(b) The report must include, as part of its exhibits or its footnotes, an actuarial
disclosure item based on the actuarial valuation calculations prepared by the actuary
retained under section 356.214 or by the actuary retained by the retirement fund or
plan, whichever applies, according to applicable actuarial requirements enumerated in
section 356.215, and specified in the most recent standards for actuarial work adopted
by the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement. The accrued actuarial value
of assets, the actuarial accrued liabilities, including accrued reserves, and the unfunded
actuarial accrued liability of the fund or plan must be disclosed. The disclosure item
must contain a declaration by the actuary retained under section 356.214 or the actuary
retained by the fund or plan, whichever applies, specifying that the required reserves
for any retirement, disability, or survivor benefits provided under a benefit formula are
computed in accordance with the entry age actuarial cost method and in accordance
with the most recent applicable standards for actuarial work adopted by the Legislative
Commission on Pensions and Retirement.

(b) Assets of the fund or plan contained in the disclosure item must include the
following statement of the actuarial value of current assets as defined in section 356.215,
subdivision 1:

Value at
cost
 		Value at
market
Cash, cash equivalents, and
short-term securities
 		.
.
Accounts receivable
 		.
.
Accrued investment income
 		.
.
Fixed income investments
 		.
.
Equity investments other
than real estate
 		.
.
Real estate investments
 		.
.
Equipment
 		.
.
Participation in the Minnesota
postretirement investment
fund or the retirement
benefit fund
 		.
.
Other
 		.
.
Total assets
Value at cost
 		.
Value at market
 		.
Actuarial value of current
assets
 		.

(c) The unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the fund or plan contained in the
disclosure item must include the following measures of unfunded actuarial accrued
liability, using the actuarial value of current assets:

(1) the unfunded actuarial accrued liability, determined by subtracting the current
assets and the present value of future normal costs from the total current and expected
future benefit obligations; and

(2) the unfunded pension benefit obligation, determined by subtracting the current
assets from the actuarial present value of credited projected benefits.

If the current assets of the fund or plan exceed the actuarial accrued liabilities, the
excess must be disclosed and indicated as a surplus.

(d) The pension benefit obligations schedule included in the disclosure must contain
the following information on the benefit obligations:

(1) the pension benefit obligation, determined as the actuarial present value of
credited projected benefits on account of service rendered to date, separately identified
as follows:

(i)
 		for annuitants,
retirement annuities,
disability benefits,
surviving spouse and child benefits;
(ii)
 		for former members without vested
rights;
(iii)
 		for deferred annuitants' benefits,
including any augmentation;
(iv)
 		for active employees,
accumulated employee contributions,
including allocated investment income,
employer-financed benefits vested,
employer-financed benefits nonvested,
total pension benefit obligation; and

(2) if there are additional benefits not appropriately covered by the foregoing items
of benefit obligations, a separate identification of the obligation.

(e) (c) The report must contain an itemized exhibit describing the administrative
expenses of the plan, including, but not limited to, the following items, classified on a
consistent basis from year to year, and with any further meaningful detail:

(1) personnel expenses;

(2) communication-related expenses;

(3) office building and maintenance expenses;

(4) professional services fees; and

(5) other expenses.

(f) (d) The report must contain an itemized exhibit describing the investment
expenses of the plan, including, but not limited to, the following items, classified on a
consistent basis from year to year, and with any further meaningful detail:

(1) internal investment-related expenses; and

(2) external investment-related expenses.

(g) (e) Any additional statements or exhibits or more detailed or subdivided
itemization of a disclosure item that will enable the management of the fund plan to
portray a true interpretation of the fund's plan's financial condition must be included in the
additional statements or exhibits.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.20, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:


Subd. 4a.

Financial report for police or firefighters relief association.

For any
police or firefighter's relief association referred to in subdivision 2, clause (11) or (12), a
financial report that is duly filed and meeting that meets the requirements of section 69.051
must be is deemed to have met the requirements of subdivision 4.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.214, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Joint Actuary retention.

(a) The chief administrative officers of the
Minnesota State Retirement System, the Public Employees Retirement Association, the
Teachers Retirement Association, the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association, the
Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, and the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund
Association, jointly, on behalf of the state, its employees, its taxpayers, and its various
public pension plans, governing board or managing or administrative official of each
public pension plan and retirement fund or plan enumerated in paragraph (b) shall contract
with an established actuarial consulting firm to conduct annual actuarial valuations and
related services for the retirement plans named in paragraph (b). The principal from
the actuarial consulting firm on the contract must be an approved actuary under section
356.215, subdivision 1, paragraph (c). Prior to becoming effective, the contract under this
section is subject to a review and approval by the Legislative Commission on Pensions
and Retirement.

(b) The contract for Actuarial services must include the preparation of actuarial
valuations and related actuarial work for the following retirement plans:

(1) the teachers retirement plan, Teachers Retirement Association;

(2) the general state employees retirement plan, Minnesota State Retirement System;

(3) the correctional employees retirement plan, Minnesota State Retirement System;

(4) the State Patrol retirement plan, Minnesota State Retirement System;

(5) the judges retirement plan, Minnesota State Retirement System;

(6) the Minneapolis employees retirement plan, Minneapolis Employees Retirement
Fund;

(7) the public employees retirement plan, Public Employees Retirement Association;

(8) the public employees police and fire plan, Public Employees Retirement
Association;

(9) the Duluth teachers retirement plan, Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund
Association;

(10) the St. Paul teachers retirement plan, St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund
Association;

(11) the legislators retirement plan, Minnesota State Retirement System;

(12) the elective state officers retirement plan, Minnesota State Retirement System;
and

(13) local government correctional service retirement plan, Public Employees
Retirement Association.

(c) The contract contracts must require completion of the annual actuarial valuation
calculations on a fiscal year basis, with the contents of the actuarial valuation calculations
as specified in section 356.215, and in conformity with the standards for actuarial work
adopted by the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement.

The contract contracts must require completion of annual experience data collection
and processing and a quadrennial published experience study for the plans listed in
paragraph (b), clauses (1), (2), and (7), as provided for in the standards for actuarial work
adopted by the commission. The experience data collection, processing, and analysis
must evaluate the following:

(1) individual salary progression;

(2) the rate of return on investments based on the current asset value;

(3) payroll growth;

(4) mortality;

(5) retirement age;

(6) withdrawal; and

(7) disablement.

The contract must include provisions for the preparation of cost analyses by the
jointly retained actuary for proposed legislation that include changes in benefit provisions
or funding policies prior to their consideration by the Legislative Commission on Pensions
and Retirement.

(d) The actuary retained by the joint retirement systems shall annually prepare a
report to the governing or managing board or administrative official and the legislature,
including a commentary on the actuarial valuation calculations for the plans named in
paragraph (b) and summarizing the results of the actuarial valuation calculations. The
actuary shall include with the report the actuary's any recommendations to the legislature
concerning the appropriateness of the support rates to achieve proper funding of the
retirement plans by the required funding dates. The actuary shall, as part of the quadrennial
experience study, include recommendations to the legislature on the appropriateness of the
actuarial valuation assumptions required for evaluation in the study.

(e) If the actuarial gain and loss analysis in the actuarial valuation calculations
indicates a persistent pattern of sizable gains or losses, as directed by the joint retirement
systems or as requested by the chair of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and
Retirement, the governing or managing board or administrative official shall direct the
actuary shall to prepare a special experience study for a plan listed in paragraph (b),
clause (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), or (13), in the manner provided for in the
standards for actuarial work adopted by the commission.

(f) The term of the contract between the joint retirement systems and the actuary
retained may not exceed five years. The joint retirement system administrative officers
shall establish procedures for the consideration and selection of contract bidders and
the requirements for the contents of an actuarial services contract under this section.
The procedures and requirements must be submitted to the Legislative Commission on
Pensions and Retirement for review and comment prior to final approval by the joint
administrators. The contract is subject to the procurement procedures under chapter 16C.
The consideration of bids and the selection of a consulting actuarial firm by the chief
administrative officers must occur at a meeting that is open to the public and reasonable
timely public notice of the date and the time of the meeting and its subject matter must
be given.

(g) The actuarial services contract may not limit the ability of the Minnesota
legislature and its standing committees and commissions to rely on the actuarial results
of the work prepared under the contract.

(h) The joint retirement systems shall designate one of the retirement system
executive directors as the actuarial services contract manager.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.214, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Reporting to commission.

A copy of the actuarial valuations, and
experience studies, and actuarial cost analyses prepared by the actuary retained by the
joint retirement systems under the a contract provided for in this section must be filed with
the executive director of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement at the
same time that the document is transmitted to the actuarial services contract manager or
to any other document recipient.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.214, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


Subd. 4.

Commission to contract with auditing actuary.

(a) The Legislative
Commission on Pensions and Retirement may contract with an established actuarial
consulting firm to audit or review the actuarial valuations, experience studies, and actuarial
cost analyses prepared by the actuary retained by the governing or managing boards, or
administrative officials of each of the plans or funds listed in subdivision 1, paragraph
(b). The principal representative from the actuarial consulting firm so engaged must be an
approved actuary under section 356.215, subdivision 1, paragraph (c).

(b) Any actuarial consulting firm retained under paragraph (a) will, according to a
schedule determined under an agreement with the Legislative Commission on Pensions
and Retirement, audit the valuation reports submitted by the actuary retained by each
governing or managing board or administrative official, and provide an assessment of the
reasonableness, reliability, and areas of concern or potential improvement in the specific
reports reviewed, the procedures utilized by any particular reporting actuary, or general
modifications to standards, procedures, or assumptions that the commission may wish to
consider. Actuarial firms retained by the retirement funds must cooperate fully and make
available any data or other materials necessary for the commission-retained actuary to
conduct an adequate review and to render advice to the commission.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.215, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For the purposes of sections 3.85 and 356.20 to
356.23, each of the terms in the following paragraphs has the meaning given.

(b) "Actuarial valuation" means a set of calculations prepared by the an actuary
retained under section 356.214 if so required under section 3.85, or otherwise, by an
approved actuary, to determine the normal cost and the accrued actuarial liabilities of
a benefit plan, according to the entry age actuarial cost method and based upon stated
assumptions including, but not limited to rates of interest, mortality, salary increase,
disability, withdrawal, and retirement and to determine the payment necessary to amortize
over a stated period any unfunded accrued actuarial liability disclosed as a result of the
actuarial valuation of the benefit plan.

(c) "Approved actuary" means a person who is regularly engaged in the business
of providing actuarial services and who has at least 15 years of service to major public
employee pension or retirement funds or who is a fellow in the Society of Actuaries.

(d) "Entry age actuarial cost method" means an actuarial cost method under which
the actuarial present value of the projected benefits of each individual currently covered
by the benefit plan and included in the actuarial valuation is allocated on a level basis over
the service of the individual, if the benefit plan is governed by section 69.773, or over the
earnings of the individual, if the benefit plan is governed by any other law, between the
entry age and the assumed exit age, with the portion of the actuarial present value which is
allocated to the valuation year to be the normal cost and the portion of the actuarial present
value not provided for at the valuation date by the actuarial present value of future normal
costs to be the actuarial accrued liability, with aggregation in the calculation process to be
the sum of the calculated result for each covered individual and with recognition given to
any different benefit formulas which may apply to various periods of service.

(e) "Experience study" means a report providing experience data and an actuarial
analysis of the adequacy of the actuarial assumptions on which actuarial valuations are
based.

(f) "Current "Actuarial value of assets" means:

(1) for the July 1, 2001, actuarial valuation, the market value of all assets as of
June 30, 2001, reduced by:

(i) 30 percent of the difference between the market value of all assets as of June 30,
1999, and the actuarial value of assets used in the July 1, 1999, actuarial valuation;

(ii) 60 percent of the difference between the actual net change in the market value of
assets between June 30, 1999, and June 30, 2000, and the computed increase in the market
value of assets between June 30, 1999, and June 30, 2000, if the assets had increased at
the percentage preretirement interest rate assumption used in the July 1, 1999, actuarial
valuation; and

(iii) 80 percent of the difference between the actual net change in the market value
of assets between June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and the computed increase in
the market value of assets between June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, if the assets had
increased at the percentage preretirement interest rate assumption used in the July 1,
2000, actuarial valuation;

(2) for the July 1, 2002, actuarial valuation, the market value of all assets as of
June 30, 2002, reduced by:

(i) ten percent of the difference between the market value of all assets as of June 30,
1999, and the actuarial value of assets used in the July 1, 1999, actuarial valuation;

(ii) 40 percent of the difference between the actual net change in the market value of
assets between June 30, 1999, and June 30, 2000, and the computed increase in the market
value of assets between June 30, 1999, and June 30, 2000, if the assets had increased at
the percentage preretirement interest rate assumption used in the July 1, 1999, actuarial
valuation;

(iii) 60 percent of the difference between the actual net change in the market value
of assets between June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and the computed increase in
the market value of assets between June 30, 2000, and June 30, 2001, if the assets had
increased at the percentage preretirement interest rate assumption used in the July 1, 2000,
actuarial valuation; and

(iv) 80 percent of the difference between the actual net change in the market value of
assets between June 30, 2001, and June 30, 2002, and the computed increase in the market
value of assets between June 30, 2001, and June 30, 2002, if the assets had increased at
the percentage preretirement interest rate assumption used in the July 1, 2001, actuarial
valuation; or

(3) for any actuarial valuation after July 1, 2002, the market value of all assets
as of the preceding June 30, reduced by:

(i) (1) 20 percent of the difference between the actual net change in the market value
of assets between the June 30 that occurred three years earlier and the June 30 that occurred
four years earlier and the computed increase in the market value of assets over that
fiscal year period if the assets had increased at the percentage preretirement interest rate
assumption used in the actuarial valuation for the July 1 that occurred four years earlier;

(ii) (2) 40 percent of the difference between the actual net change in the market value
of assets between the June 30 that occurred two years earlier and the June 30 that occurred
three years earlier and the computed increase in the market value of assets over that
fiscal year period if the assets had increased at the percentage preretirement interest rate
assumption used in the actuarial valuation for the July 1 that occurred three years earlier;

(iii) (3) 60 percent of the difference between the actual net change in the market
value of assets between the June 30 that occurred one year earlier and the June 30 that
occurred two years earlier and the computed increase in the market value of assets over
that fiscal year period if the assets had increased at the percentage preretirement interest
rate assumption used in the actuarial valuation for the July 1 that occurred two years
earlier; and

(iv) (4) 80 percent of the difference between the actual net change in the market
value of assets between the immediately prior June 30 and the June 30 that occurred one
year earlier and the computed increase in the market value of assets over that fiscal year
period if the assets had increased at the percentage preretirement interest rate assumption
used in the actuarial valuation for the July 1 that occurred one year earlier.

(g) "Unfunded actuarial accrued liability" means the total current and expected
future benefit obligations, reduced by the sum of current the actuarial value of assets and
the present value of future normal costs.

(h) "Pension benefit obligation" means the actuarial present value of credited
projected benefits, determined as the actuarial present value of benefits estimated to be
payable in the future as a result of employee service attributing an equal benefit amount,
including the effect of projected salary increases and any step rate benefit accrual rate
differences, to each year of credited and expected future employee service.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.215, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Requirements.

(a) It is the policy of the legislature that it is necessary
and appropriate to determine annually the financial status of tax supported retirement and
pension plans for public employees. To achieve this goal:,

(1) the actuary retained under section 356.214 shall prepare annual actuarial
valuations of the retirement plans enumerated in section 356.214, subdivision 1, paragraph
(b), and quadrennial experience studies of the retirement plans enumerated in section
356.214, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clauses (1), (2), and (7); and.

(2) the commissioner of finance may have prepared by the actuary retained by the
commission, two years after each set of quadrennial experience studies, quadrennial
projection valuations of at least one of the retirement plans enumerated in section 6,
subdivision 1, paragraph (b), for which the commissioner determines that the analysis
may be beneficial.

(b) The governing or managing board or administrative officials of each public
pension and retirement fund or plan enumerated in section 356.20, subdivision 2, clauses
(9), (10) (11), and (12), shall have prepared by an approved actuary annual actuarial
valuations of their respective funds as provided in this section. This requirement also
applies to any fund or plan that is the successor to any organization enumerated in section
356.20, subdivision 2, or to the governing or managing board or administrative officials
of any newly formed retirement fund, plan, or association operating under the control or
supervision of any public employee group, governmental unit, or institution receiving a
portion of its support through legislative appropriations, and any local police or fire fund
relief association to which section 356.216 applies.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.215, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Reports.

(a) The actuarial valuations required annually must be made as of
the beginning of each fiscal year.

(b) Two copies of the completed valuation must be delivered to the executive
director of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, to the commissioner
of finance, and to the Legislative Reference Library, not later than the first day of the sixth
month occurring after the end of the previous fiscal year.

(c) Two copies of a quadrennial experience study must be filed with the
executive director of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, with the
commissioner of finance, and with the Legislative Reference Library, not later than the
first day of the 11th month occurring after the end of the last fiscal year of the four-year
period which the experience study covers.

(d) For actuarial valuations and experience studies prepared at the direction of the
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, two copies of the document must be
delivered to the governing or managing board or administrative officials of the applicable
public pension and retirement fund or plan.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.215, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Interest and salary assumptions.

(a) The actuarial valuation must use
the applicable following preretirement interest assumption and the applicable following
postretirement interest assumption:

preretirement
 postretirement
interest rate
 interest rate
plan
 assumption
 assumption
general state employees retirement plan
 8.5%
 6.0%
correctional state employees retirement
plan
 8.5
 6.0
State Patrol retirement plan
 8.5
 6.0
legislators retirement plan
 8.5
 6.0
elective state officers retirement plan
 8.5
 6.0
judges retirement plan
 8.5
 6.0
general public employees retirement
plan
 8.5
 6.0
public employees police and fire
retirement plan
 8.5
 6.0
local government correctional service
retirement plan
 8.5
 6.0
teachers retirement plan
 8.5
 6.0
Minneapolis employees retirement plan
 6.0
 5.0
Duluth teachers retirement plan
 8.5
 8.5
St. Paul teachers retirement plan
 8.5
 8.5
Minneapolis Police Relief Association
 6.0
 6.0
Fairmont Police Relief Association
 5.0
 5.0
Minneapolis Fire Department Relief
Association
 6.0
 6.0
Virginia Fire Department Relief
Association
 5.0
 5.0
Bloomington Fire Department Relief
Association
 6.0
 6.0
local monthly benefit volunteer
firefighters relief associations
 5.0
 5.0

(b) Before July 1, 2010, the actuarial valuation must use the applicable following
single rate future salary increase assumption, the applicable following modified single
rate future salary increase assumption, or the applicable following graded rate future
salary increase assumption:

(1) single rate future salary increase assumption

future salary
plan
 increase assumption
legislators retirement plan
 5.0%
elective state officers retirement plan
 		5.0
judges retirement plan
 5.0
4.0
Minneapolis Police Relief Association
 4.0
Fairmont Police Relief Association
 3.5
Minneapolis Fire Department Relief
Association
 4.0
Virginia Fire Department Relief Association
 3.5
Bloomington Fire Department Relief
Association
 4.0

(2) modified single rate future salary increase assumption

future salary
plan
 increase assumption
Minneapolis employees
retirement plan
 the prior calendar year amount
increased first by 1.0198 percent to
prior fiscal year date and then increased
by 4.0 percent annually for each future
year

(3) select and ultimate future salary increase assumption or graded rate future salary
increase assumption

future salary
plan
 increase assumption
general state employees
retirement plan
 select calculation and assumption A
correctional state employees
retirement plan
 assumption GH
State Patrol retirement plan
 assumption G
general public employees
retirement plan
 select calculation and assumption B
public employees police and fire
fund retirement plan
 assumption C
local government correctional
service retirement plan
 assumption G
teachers retirement plan
 assumption D
Duluth teachers retirement plan
 assumption E
St. Paul teachers retirement plan
 assumption F

The select calculation is: during the ten-year
designated select period, a designated
percent percentage rate is multiplied by the
result of ten the designated integer minus T,
where T is the number of completed years
of service, and is added to the applicable
future salary increase assumption. The
designated select period is five years and
the designated integer is five for the general
state employees retirement plan and the
general public employees retirement plan.
The designated select period is ten years and
the designated integer is ten for all other
retirement plans covered by this clause. The
designated percent percentage rate is: (1) 0.2
percent for the correctional state employees
retirement plan, the State Patrol retirement
plan, the public employees police and fire
plan, and the local government correctional
service plan; and 0.3 (2) 0.6 percent for
the general state employees retirement
plan, and the general public employees
retirement plan,; and (3) 0.3 percent for the
teachers retirement plan, the Duluth Teachers
Retirement Fund Association, and the St.
Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association.
The select calculation for the Duluth Teachers
Retirement Fund Association is 8.00 percent
per year for service years one through seven,
7.25 percent per year for service years seven
and eight, and 6.50 percent per year for
service years eight and nine.

The ultimate future salary increase assumption is:

age
 		A
 		B
 		C
 		D
 		E
 		F
 		G
16
 		6.95%
 		6.95%
 		11.50%
 		8.20%
 		8.00%
 		6.90%
 		7.7500%
17
 		6.90
 		6.90
 		11.50
 		8.15
 		8.00
 		6.90
 		7.7500
18
 		6.85
 		6.85
 		11.50
 		8.10
 		8.00
 		6.90
 		7.7500
19
 		6.80
 		6.80
 		11.50
 		8.05
 		8.00
 		6.90
 		7.7500
20
 		6.75
 		6.40
 		11.50
 		6.00
 		6.90
 		6.90
 		7.7500
21
 		6.75
 		6.40
 		11.50
 		6.00
 		6.90
 		6.90
 		7.1454
22
 		6.75
 		6.40
 		11.00
 		6.00
 		6.90
 		6.90
 		7.0725
23
 		6.75
 		6.40
 		10.50
 		6.00
 		6.85
 		6.85
 		7.0544
24
 		6.75
 		6.40
 		10.00
 		6.00
 		6.80
 		6.80
 		7.0363
25
 		6.75
 		6.40
 		9.50
 		6.00
 		6.75
 		6.75
 		7.0000
26
 		6.75
 		6.36
 		9.20
 		6.00
 		6.70
 		6.70
 		7.0000
27
 		6.75
 		6.32
 		8.90
 		6.00
 		6.65
 		6.65
 		7.0000
28
 		6.75
 		6.28
 		8.60
 		6.00
 		6.60
 		6.60
 		7.0000
29
 		6.75
 		6.24
 		8.30
 		6.00
 		6.55
 		6.55
 		7.0000
30
 		6.75
 		6.20
 		8.00
 		6.00
 		6.50
 		6.50
 		7.0000
31
 		6.75
 		6.16
 		7.80
 		6.00
 		6.45
 		6.45
 		7.0000
32
 		6.75
 		6.12
 		7.60
 		6.00
 		6.40
 		6.40
 		7.0000
33
 		6.75
 		6.08
 		7.40
 		6.00
 		6.35
 		6.35
 		7.0000
34
 		6.75
 		6.04
 		7.20
 		6.00
 		6.30
 		6.30
 		7.0000
35
 		6.75
 		6.00
 		7.00
 		6.00
 		6.25
 		6.25
 		7.0000
36
 		6.75
 		5.96
 		6.80
 		6.00
 		6.20
 		6.20
 		6.9019
37
 		6.75
 		5.92
 		6.60
 		6.00
 		6.15
 		6.15
 		6.8074
38
 		6.75
 		5.88
 		6.40
 		5.90
 		6.10
 		6.10
 		6.7125
39
 		6.75
 		5.84
 		6.20
 		5.80
 		6.05
 		6.05
 		6.6054
40
 		6.75
 		5.80
 		6.00
 		5.70
 		6.00
 		6.00
 		6.5000
41
 		6.75
 		5.76
 		5.90
 		5.60
 		5.90
 		5.95
 		6.3540
42
 		6.75
 		5.72
 		5.80
 		5.50
 		5.80
 		5.90
 		6.2087
43
 		6.65
 		5.68
 		5.70
 		5.40
 		5.70
 		5.85
 		6.0622
44
 		6.55
 		5.64
 		5.60
 		5.30
 		5.60
 		5.80
 		5.9048
45
 		6.45
 		5.60
 		5.50
 		5.20
 		5.50
 		5.75
 		5.7500
46
 		6.35
 		5.56
 		5.45
 		5.10
 		5.40
 		5.70
 		5.6940
47
 		6.25
 		5.52
 		5.40
 		5.00
 		5.30
 		5.65
 		5.6375
48
 		6.15
 		5.48
 		5.35
 		5.00
 		5.20
 		5.60
 		5.5822
49
 		6.05
 		5.44
 		5.30
 		5.00
 		5.10
 		5.55
 		5.5404
50
 		5.95
 		5.40
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.50
 		5.5000
51
 		5.85
 		5.36
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.45
 		5.4384
52
 		5.75
 		5.32
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.40
 		5.3776
53
 		5.65
 		5.28
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.35
 		5.3167
54
 		5.55
 		5.24
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.30
 		5.2826
55
 		5.45
 		5.20
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.2500
56
 		5.35
 		5.16
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.20
 		5.2500
57
 		5.25
 		5.12
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.15
 		5.2500
58
 		5.25
 		5.08
 		5.25
 		5.10
 		5.00
 		5.10
 		5.2500
59
 		5.25
 		5.04
 		5.25
 		5.20
 		5.00
 		5.05
 		5.2500
60
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.30
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
61
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.40
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
62
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.50
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
63
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.60
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
64
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.70
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
65
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.70
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
66
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.70
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
67
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.70
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
68
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.70
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
69
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.70
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
70
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.25
 		5.70
 		5.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
71
 		5.25
 		5.00
 		5.70
age
 		A
 		B
 		C
 		D
 		E
 		F
 		G
 		H
16
 		5.95%
 		5.95%
 		11.00%
 		7.70%
 		8.00%
 		6.90%
 		7.7500%
 		7.2500%
17
 		5.90
 		5.90
 		11.00
 		7.65
 		8.00
 		6.90
 		7.7500
 		7.2500
18
 		5.85
 		5.85
 		11.00
 		7.60
 		8.00
 		6.90
 		7.7500
 		7.2500
19
 		5.80
 		5.80
 		11.00
 		7.55
 		8.00
 		6.90
 		7.7500
 		7.2500
20
 		5.75
 		5.40
 		11.00
 		5.50
 		6.90
 		6.90
 		7.7500
 		7.2500
21
 		5.75
 		5.40
 		11.00
 		5.50
 		6.90
 		6.90
 		7.1454
 		6.6454
22
 		5.75
 		5.40
 		10.50
 		5.50
 		6.90
 		6.90
 		7.0725
 		6.5725
23
 		5.75
 		5.40
 		10.00
 		5.50
 		6.85
 		6.85
 		7.0544
 		6.5544
24
 		5.75
 		5.40
 		9.50
 		5.50
 		6.80
 		6.80
 		7.0363
 		6.5363
25
 		5.75
 		5.40
 		9.00
 		5.50
 		6.75
 		6.75
 		7.0000
 		6.5000
26
 		5.75
 		5.36
 		8.70
 		5.50
 		6.70
 		6.70
 		7.0000
 		6.5000
27
 		5.75
 		5.32
 		8.40
 		5.50
 		6.65
 		6.65
 		7.0000
 		6.5000
28
 		5.75
 		5.28
 		8.10
 		5.50
 		6.60
 		6.60
 		7.0000
 		6.5000
29
 		5.75
 		5.24
 		7.80
 		5.50
 		6.55
 		6.55
 		7.0000
 		6.5000
30
 		5.75
 		5.20
 		7.50
 		5.50
 		6.50
 		6.50
 		7.0000
 		6.5000
31
 		5.75
 		5.16
 		7.30
 		5.50
 		6.45
 		6.45
 		7.0000
 		6.5000
32
 		5.75
 		5.12
 		7.10
 		5.50
 		6.40
 		6.40
 		7.0000
 		6.5000
33
 		5.75
 		5.08
 		6.90
 		5.50
 		6.35
 		6.35
 		7.0000
 		6.5000
34
 		5.75
 		5.04
 		6.70
 		5.50
 		6.30
 		6.30
 		7.0000
 		6.5000
35
 		5.75
 		5.00
 		6.50
 		5.50
 		6.25
 		6.25
 		7.0000
 		6.5000
36
 		5.75
 		4.96
 		6.30
 		5.50
 		6.20
 		6.20
 		6.9019
 		6.4019
37
 		5.75
 		4.92
 		6.10
 		5.50
 		6.15
 		6.15
 		6.8074
 		6.3074
38
 		5.75
 		4.88
 		5.90
 		5.40
 		6.10
 		6.10
 		6.7125
 		6.2125
39
 		5.75
 		4.84
 		5.70
 		5.30
 		6.05
 		6.05
 		6.6054
 		6.1054
40
 		5.75
 		4.80
 		5.50
 		5.20
 		6.00
 		6.00
 		6.5000
 		6.0000
41
 		5.75
 		4.76
 		5.40
 		5.10
 		5.90
 		5.95
 		6.3540
 		5.8540
42
 		5.75
 		4.72
 		5.30
 		5.00
 		5.80
 		5.90
 		6.2087
 		5.7087
43
 		5.65
 		4.68
 		5.20
 		4.90
 		5.70
 		5.85
 		6.0622
 		5.5622
44
 		5.55
 		4.64
 		5.10
 		4.80
 		5.60
 		5.80
 		5.9048
 		5.4078
45
 		5.45
 		4.60
 		5.00
 		4.70
 		5.50
 		5.75
 		5.7500
 		5.2500
46
 		5.35
 		4.56
 		4.95
 		4.60
 		5.40
 		5.70
 		5.6940
 		5.1940
47
 		5.25
 		4.52
 		4.90
 		4.50
 		5.30
 		5.65
 		5.6375
 		5.1375
48
 		5.15
 		4.48
 		4.85
 		4.50
 		5.20
 		5.60
 		5.5822
 		5.0822
49
 		5.05
 		4.44
 		4.80
 		4.50
 		5.10
 		5.55
 		5.5404
 		5.0404
50
 		4.95
 		4.40
 		4.75
 		4.50
 		5.00
 		5.50
 		5.5000
 		5.0000
51
 		4.85
 		4.36
 		4.75
 		4.50
 		4.90
 		5.45
 		5.4384
 		4.9384
52
 		4.75
 		4.32
 		4.75
 		4.50
 		4.80
 		5.40
 		5.3776
 		4.8776
53
 		4.65
 		4.28
 		4.75
 		4.50
 		4.70
 		5.35
 		5.3167
 		4.8167
54
 		4.55
 		4.24
 		4.75
 		4.50
 		4.60
 		5.30
 		5.2826
 		4.7826
55
 		4.45
 		4.20
 		4.75
 		4.50
 		4.50
 		5.25
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
56
 		4.35
 		4.16
 		4.75
 		4.50
 		4.40
 		5.20
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
57
 		4.25
 		4.12
 		4.75
 		4.50
 		4.30
 		5.15
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
58
 		4.25
 		4.08
 		4.75
 		4.60
 		4.20
 		5.10
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
59
 		4.25
 		4.04
 		4.75
 		4.70
 		4.10
 		5.05
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
60
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		4.75
 		4.80
 		4.00
 		5.00
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
61
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		4.75
 		4.90
 		3.90
 		5.00
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
62
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		4.75
 		5.00
 		3.80
 		5.00
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
63
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		4.75
 		5.10
 		3.70
 		5.00
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
64
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		4.75
 		5.20
 		3.60
 		5.00
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
65
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		4.75
 		5.20
 		3.50
 		5.00
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
66
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		4.75
 		5.20
 		3.50
 		5.00
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
67
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		4.75
 		5.20
 		3.50
 		5.00
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
68
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		4.75
 		5.20
 		3.50
 		5.00
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
69
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		4.75
 		5.20
 		3.50
 		5.00
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
70
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		4.75
 		5.20
 		3.50
 		5.00
 		5.2500
 		4.7500
71
 		4.25
 		4.00
 		5.20

(c) Before July 2, 2010, the actuarial valuation must use the applicable following
payroll growth assumption for calculating the amortization requirement for the unfunded
actuarial accrued liability where the amortization retirement is calculated as a level
percentage of an increasing payroll:

payroll growth
plan
 assumption
general state employees retirement plan
 5.004.50%
correctional state employees retirement plan
 5.00 4.50
State Patrol retirement plan
 5.00 4.50
legislators retirement plan
 5.00 4.50
elective state officers retirement plan
 		5.00
judges retirement plan
 5.00 4.00
general public employees retirement plan
 6.00 4.50
public employees police and fire retirement
plan
 6.00 4.50
local government correctional service
retirement plan
 6.00 4.50
teachers retirement plan
 5.00 4.50
Duluth teachers retirement plan
 5.00 4.50
St. Paul teachers retirement plan
 5.00

(d) After July 1, 2010, the assumptions set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) continue to
apply, unless a different salary assumption or a different payroll increase assumption:

(1) has been proposed by the governing board of the applicable retirement plan;

(2) is accompanied by the concurring recommendation of the actuary retained under
section 356.214, subdivision 1, if applicable, or by the approved actuary preparing the
most recent actuarial valuation report if section 356.214 does not apply; and

(3) has been approved or deemed approved under subdivision 18.

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.215, subdivision 11, is amended to read:


Subd. 11.

Amortization contributions.

(a) In addition to the exhibit indicating the
level normal cost, the actuarial valuation of the retirement plan must contain an exhibit
for financial reporting purposes indicating the additional annual contribution sufficient
to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability and must contain an exhibit for
contribution determination purposes indicating the additional contribution sufficient to
amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability. For funds governed by chapters 3A,
352, 352B, 352C, 353, 354, 354A, and 490 the retirement plans listed in subdivision 8,
paragraph (c), the additional contribution must be calculated on a level percentage of
covered payroll basis by the established date for full funding in effect when the valuation
is prepared. For funds governed by chapter 3A, sections 352.90 through 352.951, chapters
352B, 352C, sections 353.63 through 353.68, and chapters 353C, 354A, and 490, the level
percent additional contribution must be calculated, assuming annual payroll growth of 6.5
percent. For funds governed by sections 352.01 through 352.86 and chapter 354, the level
percent additional contribution must be calculated assuming an annual payroll growth of
five percent. For the fund governed by sections 353.01 through 353.46, the level percent
additional contribution must be calculated assuming an annual payroll growth of six
percent at the applicable percentage rate set forth in subdivision 8, paragraph (c). For all
other funds retirement plans, the additional annual contribution must be calculated on a
level annual dollar amount basis.

(b) For any fund retirement plan other than the Minneapolis Employees Retirement
Fund and, the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement
Association general plan, and the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association, if
there has not been a change in the actuarial assumptions used for calculating the actuarial
accrued liability of the fund, a change in the benefit plan governing annuities and benefits
payable from the fund, a change in the actuarial cost method used in calculating the
actuarial accrued liability of all or a portion of the fund, or a combination of the three,
which change or changes by itself or by themselves without inclusion of any other items
of increase or decrease produce a net increase in the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of
the fund, the established date for full funding is the first actuarial valuation date occurring
after June 1, 2020.

(c) For any fund or retirement plan other than the Minneapolis Employees
Retirement Fund and the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees
Retirement Association general plan, if there has been a change in any or all of the
actuarial assumptions used for calculating the actuarial accrued liability of the fund, a
change in the benefit plan governing annuities and benefits payable from the fund, a
change in the actuarial cost method used in calculating the actuarial accrued liability of all
or a portion of the fund, or a combination of the three, and the change or changes, by itself
or by themselves and without inclusion of any other items of increase or decrease, produce
a net increase in the unfunded actuarial accrued liability in the fund, the established date
for full funding must be determined using the following procedure:

(i) the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the fund must be determined in
accordance with the plan provisions governing annuities and retirement benefits and the
actuarial assumptions in effect before an applicable change;

(ii) the level annual dollar contribution or level percentage, whichever is applicable,
needed to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability amount determined under item
(i) by the established date for full funding in effect before the change must be calculated
using the interest assumption specified in subdivision 8 in effect before the change;

(iii) the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the fund must be determined in
accordance with any new plan provisions governing annuities and benefits payable from
the fund and any new actuarial assumptions and the remaining plan provisions governing
annuities and benefits payable from the fund and actuarial assumptions in effect before
the change;

(iv) the level annual dollar contribution or level percentage, whichever is applicable,
needed to amortize the difference between the unfunded actuarial accrued liability amount
calculated under item (i) and the unfunded actuarial accrued liability amount calculated
under item (iii) over a period of 30 years from the end of the plan year in which the
applicable change is effective must be calculated using the applicable interest assumption
specified in subdivision 8 in effect after any applicable change;

(v) the level annual dollar or level percentage amortization contribution under item
(iv) must be added to the level annual dollar amortization contribution or level percentage
calculated under item (ii);

(vi) the period in which the unfunded actuarial accrued liability amount determined
in item (iii) is amortized by the total level annual dollar or level percentage amortization
contribution computed under item (v) must be calculated using the interest assumption
specified in subdivision 8 in effect after any applicable change, rounded to the nearest
integral number of years, but not to exceed 30 years from the end of the plan year in
which the determination of the established date for full funding using the procedure set
forth in this clause is made and not to be less than the period of years beginning in the
plan year in which the determination of the established date for full funding using the
procedure set forth in this clause is made and ending by the date for full funding in effect
before the change; and

(vii) the period determined under item (vi) must be added to the date as of which
the actuarial valuation was prepared and the date obtained is the new established date
for full funding.

(d) For the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, the established date for full
funding is June 30, 2020.

(e) For the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement
Association, the established date for full funding is June 30, 2031.

(f) For the Teachers Retirement Association, the established date for full funding is
June 30, 2037.

(g) For the correctional state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State
Retirement System, the established date for full funding is June 30, 2038.

(h) For the judges retirement plan, the established date for full funding is June
30, 2038.

(i) For the public employees police and fire retirement plan, the established date
for full funding is June 30, 2038.

(j) For the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association, the established date for
full funding is June 30 of the 25th year from the valuation date. In addition to other
requirements of this chapter, the annual actuarial valuation shall contain an exhibit
indicating the funded ratio and the deficiency or sufficiency in annual contributions when
comparing liabilities to the market value of the assets of the fund as of the close of the
most recent fiscal year.

(g) (k) For the retirement plans for which the annual actuarial valuation indicates
an excess of valuation assets over the actuarial accrued liability, the valuation assets in
excess of the actuarial accrued liability must be recognized as a reduction in the current
contribution requirements by an amount equal to the amortization of the excess expressed
as a level percentage of pay over a 30-year period beginning anew with each annual
actuarial valuation of the plan.

(l) In addition to calculating the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the retirement
plan for financial reporting purposes under paragraphs (a) to (j), the actuarial valuation
of the retirement plan must also include a calculation of the unfunded actuarial accrued
liability of the retirement plan for purposes of determining the amortization contribution
sufficient to amortize the unfunded actuarial liability of the Minnesota Post Retirement
Investment Fund. For this exhibit, the calculation must be the unfunded actuarial accrued
liability net of the postretirement adjustment liability funded from the investment
performance of the Minnesota Post Retirement Investment Fund or the retirement benefit
fund.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.215, subdivision 18, is amended to read:


Subd. 18.

Establishment of actuarial assumptions.

(a) Before July 2, 2010, the
actuarial assumptions used for the preparation of actuarial valuations under this section
that are other than those set forth in this section preretirement interest, postretirement
interest, salary increase, and payroll increase may be changed only with the approval of
the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement or after a period of one year has
elapsed since the date on which the proposed assumption change or changes were received
by the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement without commission action.

(b) After July 1, 2010, the actuarial assumptions used for the preparation of actuarial
valuations under this section that are other than postretirement interest and preretirement
interest may be changed only with the approval of the Legislative Commission on
Pensions and Retirement or after a period of one year has elapsed since the date on which
the proposed assumption change or changes were received by the Legislative Commission
on Pensions and Retirement without commission action.

(b) (c) A change in the applicable actuarial assumptions may be proposed by the
governing board of the applicable pension fund or relief association, by the actuary
retained by the joint retirement systems under section 356.214, by the actuarial advisor to
a pension fund governed by chapter 352, 353, 354, or 354A, or by the actuary retained by
a local police or firefighters relief association governed by sections 69.77 or 69.771 to
69.776, if one is retained.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 356.96, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) Unless the language or context clearly indicates that
a different meaning is intended, for the purpose of this section, the terms in paragraphs
(b) to (e) have the meanings given them.

(b) "Chief administrative officer" means the executive director of a covered pension
plan or the executive director's designee or representative.

(c) "Covered pension plan" means a plan enumerated in section 356.20, subdivision
2, clauses (1) to (4), (10), and (12) to (14) (13) to (15), but does not mean the deferred
compensation plan administered under sections 352.96 and 352.97 or to the postretirement
health care savings plan administered under section 352.98.

(d) "Governing board" means the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees
Retirement Association, the Board of Trustees of the Teachers Retirement Association, or
the Board of Directors of the Minnesota State Retirement System.

(e) "Person" includes an active, retired, deferred, or nonvested inactive participant in
a covered pension plan or a beneficiary of a participant, or an individual who has applied
to be a participant or who is or may be a survivor of a participant, or a state agency or
other governmental unit that employs active participants in a covered pension plan.

Sec. 17. APPROPRIATION; LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON PENSIONS
AND RETIREMENT.

$140,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Legislative Commission on
Pensions and Retirement in fiscal year 2009 in order to cover the costs of any contract
authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 356.214, subdivision 4. The commissioner
of finance must include these funds in the base level funding for the commission when
preparing forecasts of general fund spending and revenue and initial budget estimates
each biennium, as long as an actuary remains under contract to the commission under
Minnesota Statutes, section 356.214, subdivision 4.

Sec. 18. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 356.214, subdivision 2; and 356.215, subdivision
2a, are repealed.

Sec. 19. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Sections 1 to 18 are effective June 30, 2008, and apply to annual financial reports
and actuarial valuations prepared after June 1, 2008.

ARTICLE 12

RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAMS

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.02, subdivision 15, is amended to
read:


Subd. 15.

Annuity contract; payroll allocation.

At the request of an employee
and as part of the employee's compensation arrangement, the board may purchase an
individual annuity contract for an employee for retirement or other purposes and may
make payroll allocations in accordance with such arrangement for the purpose of paying
the entire premium due and to become due under such contract. The allocation must be
made in a manner which will qualify the annuity premiums, or a portion thereof, for
the benefit afforded under section 403(b) of the current Federal Internal Revenue Code
or any equivalent provision of subsequent federal income tax law. The employee shall
own such contract and the employee's rights under the contract shall be nonforfeitable
except for failure to pay premiums. Section 122A.40 shall not be applicable hereto and the
board shall have no liability thereunder because of its purchase of any individual annuity
contracts. This statute shall be applied in a nondiscriminatory manner to employees of the
school district. The identity and number of the available vendors under section 403(b) of
the Internal Revenue Code is a term and condition of employment under section 179A.03.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2008.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Duties and powers of board of directors.

The board shall:

(1) elect a chair;

(2) appoint an executive director;

(3) establish rules to administer this chapter and chapters 3A, 352B, 352C, 352D,
and 490 and transact the business of the system, subject to the limitations of law;

(4) consider and dispose of, or take any other action the board of directors deems
appropriate concerning denials of applications for annuities or disability benefits under
this chapter, and complaints of employees and others pertaining to the retirement of
employees and the operation of the system;

(5) advise the director on any matters relating to the system and carrying out
functions and purposes of this chapter. The board's advice shall control; and

(6) oversee the administration of the state deferred compensation plan established in
section .

The director and assistant director must be in the unclassified service but appointees
may be selected from civil service lists if desired. The salary of the executive director
must be as provided by section 15A.0815. The salary of the assistant director must be set
in accordance with section 43A.18, subdivision 3.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2008.

Sec. 3.

[352.965] MINNESOTA STATE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN.

Subdivision 1.

Establishment.

(a) The Minnesota state deferred compensation plan
is established. For purposes of this section, "plan" means the Minnesota state deferred
compensation plan, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The Minnesota State
Retirement System shall administer the plan.

(b) The purpose of the plan is to provide a means for a public employee to contribute
a portion of the employee's compensation to a tax-deferred investment account. The plan
is an eligible tax-deferred compensation plan under section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code, United States Code, title 26, section 457(b), and the applicable regulations under
Code of Federal Regulations, title 26, parts 1.457-3 to 1.457-10.

(c) The board of directors of the Minnesota State Retirement System is the plan
trustee and the board's executive director is the plan administrator. Fiduciary activities of
the plan must be undertaken in a manner consistent with chapter 356A.

(d) The executive director, with the approval of the board of directors, shall
adopt and amend, as required to maintain tax-qualified status, a written plan document
specifying the material terms and conditions for eligibility, benefits, applicable limitations,
and the time and form under which benefit distributions can be made. With the approval
of the board of directors, the executive director may also establish policies and procedures
necessary for the administration of the deferred compensation plan.

(e) The plan document shall include provisions that are necessary to cause the plan
to be an eligible deferred compensation plan within the meaning of section 457(b) of
the Internal Revenue Code. The plan document may provide additional administrative
and substantive provisions consistent with state law, provided those provisions will not
cause the plan to fail to be an eligible deferred compensation plan within the meaning
of section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code and may include provisions for certain
optional features and services.

(f) The board of directors may authorize the executive director to establish and
administer a Roth 457 plan if authorized by the Internal Revenue Code or a Roth
individual retirement account as defined under section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code.

(g) All amounts contributed to the deferred compensation plan and all earnings
on those amounts must be held in trust, in custodial accounts, or in qualifying annuity
contracts for the exclusive benefit of the plan participants and beneficiaries, as required by
section 457(g) of the Internal Revenue Code and in accordance with sections 356.001 and
356A.06, subdivision 1.

(h) The information and data maintained in the accounts of the participants and
beneficiaries are private data and shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the participant
or beneficiary pursuant to a court order or pursuant to section 356.49.

(i) The plan document is not subject to the rule adoption process under the
Administrative Procedures Act, including section 14.386, but must conform with
applicable federal and state laws.

Subd. 2.

Right to participate in the deferred compensation plan.

At the request
of an officer or employee of the state, an officer or employee of a political subdivision, or
an employee covered by a retirement fund in section 356.20, subdivision 2, the appointing
authority shall defer the payment of part of the compensation of the public officer or
employee through payroll deduction. The amount to be deferred must be as provided
in a written agreement between the officer or employee and the public employer. The
agreement must be in a form specified by the executive director of the Minnesota State
Retirement System and must be consistent with the requirements for an eligible plan under
federal and state tax laws, regulations, and rulings.

Subd. 3.

Failure to implement plan.

The public employer must complete
implementation of the deferred compensation plan within 45 days of the request as
provided in subdivision 2. If the public employer fails to implement the deferred
compensation plan, the public employer may not defer compensation under any existing
or new deferred compensation plan from the date of the request until the date on which the
deferred compensation plan provided for in this section is implemented. Upon the petition
of a public officer or employee, the executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement
System may order the public officer's or employee's public employer to implement the
deferred compensation plan provided for in this section and may enforce that order
in appropriate legal proceedings.

Subd. 4.

Plan investments.

(a) Investments under the plan may include:

(1) shares in the Minnesota supplemental investment fund established in section
11A.17 that are selected to be offered under the plan by the State Board of Investment;

(2) saving accounts in federally insured financial institutions;

(3) life insurance contracts, fixed annuity, and variable annuity contracts from
companies that are subject to regulation by the commissioner of commerce;

(4) investment options from open-end investment companies registered under the
federal Investment Company Act of 1940, United States Code, title 15, sections 80a-1
to 80a-64;

(5) investment options from a firm that is a registered investment advisor under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, United States Code, title 15, sections 80b-1 to 80b-21;

(6) investment options of a bank as defined in United States Code, title 15, section
80b-2, subsection (a), paragraph (2), or a bank holding company as defined in the Bank
Holding Company Act of 1956, United States Code, title 12, section 1841, subsection
(a), paragraph (1); or

(7) a combination of clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6), as provided by the plan as
specified by the participant.

(b) All amounts contributed to the deferred compensation plan and all earnings
on those amounts must be held for the exclusive benefit of the plan participants and
beneficiaries. These amounts must be held in trust, in custodial accounts, or in qualifying
annuity contracts as required by federal law in accordance with section 356A.06,
subdivision 1. This subdivision does not authorize an employer contribution, except as
authorized in section 356.24, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5). The state, political
subdivision, or other employing unit is not responsible for any loss that may result from
investment of the deferred compensation.

Subd. 5.

State Board of Investment to determine investments.

(a) The State
Board of Investment shall determine the investment products to be made available under
the plan and may retain appropriate consulting services to assist in making the selections.
At a minimum, the State Board of Investment shall consider the following:

(1) the experience and ability of the financial institution to provide benefits and
products that are suited to meet the needs of plan participants;

(2) the relationship of those benefits and products provided by the financial
institution to their cost;

(3) the financial strength and stability of the financial institution; and

(4) the fees and expenses associated with the investment products in comparison to
other products of similar risk and rates of return.

(b) If the State Board of Investment so elects, it may solicit bids for options under
subdivision 4, clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6). The State Board of Investment may retain
consulting services to assist in soliciting and evaluating bids and in the periodic review of
companies offering options under subdivision 4, clauses (3), (4), (5), and (6). The periodic
review must occur at least every two years. The State Board of Investment may annually
establish a budget for its costs in soliciting, evaluation, and periodic review processes. All
options in subdivision 4 must be presented in an unbiased manner and in a manner that
conforms to rules adopted by the executive director, be reported on a periodic basis to all
participants in the deferred compensation plan, and not be the subject of unreasonable
solicitation of participants in the plan. The State Board of Investment may charge a
proportional share of all costs related to the periodic review to each company currently
under contract and may charge a proportional share of all costs related to soliciting and
evaluating bids to each company selected by the State Board of Investment.

(c) Under the procedures set forth in the plan document, participants may select the
funds or combination of funds within which to invest and may reallocate those investments
as provided in the plan document and procedures established by the executive director.

(d) This section does not authorize an employer contribution, except as authorized in
section 356.24, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5).

(e) The state, the Minnesota State Retirement System, the executive director and
board of directors of the system, the State Board of Investment, and participating public
employers are not liable and not responsible for any loss that may result from investment
of the deferred compensation or the investment choices made by the participants.

Subd. 6.

Plan administrative expenses.

(a) The reasonable and necessary
administrative expenses of the deferred compensation plan may be charged to plan
participants in the form of an annual fee, an asset-based fee, a percentage of the
contributions to the plan, or a combination thereof, as set forth in the plan document. The
executive director of the system at the direction of the board of directors shall establish
procedures to carry out this section including allocation of administrative costs of the plan
to participants. Processes and procedures shall be set forth in the plan document. Fees
cannot be charged on contributions and investment returns attributable to contributions
made to the Minnesota supplemental investment funds before July 1, 1992.

(b) The plan document must conform to federal and state tax laws, regulations, and
rulings, and is not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act.

(c) The executive director may contract with a third party to perform administrative
and record keeping functions. The executive director may solicit bids and negotiate such
contracts.

(d) The board of directors may authorize a third-party investment consultant to
provide investment information and advice, provided that the offering of such information
and advice is consistent with the investment advice requirements applicable to private
plans under Title VI, subtitle A, of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, Public Law
109-280, section 601.

Subd. 7.

Other laws not applicable.

Except as provided in this section, no
provisions of this chapter or other law specifically referring to this chapter applies to this
section unless the Minnesota deferred compensation plan is specifically referenced.

Subd. 8.

Exemption from process.

No amount of deferred compensation is
assignable or subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process,
except as provided in section 518.58, 518.581, or 518A.53.

Subd. 9.

Missing participants.

The plan document shall establish procedures to
assist in locating participants. If a participant cannot be located the participant's benefits
shall be deemed abandoned and the provisions of section 356.65 shall apply to their
disposition.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2008.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.97, is amended to read:


352.97 PRIOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS; CONSTRUCTION.

Sections 352.96 352.965 and 352.97 do not preempt, prohibit, ratify, or approve any
other deferred compensation plan established before or after June 3, 1975.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353D.12, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Authorized rollovers.

To the extent allowed by federal law, the employee
purchase amount may be made with funds distributed from: (1) a plan qualified under
section 401(a) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended; (2) an annuity qualified
under section 403(a) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended; (3) an individual
retirement account used solely to receive a nontaxable rollover from that type of plan or
annuity; (4) the state deferred compensation plan authorized under section
and qualified under section 457 of the federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended; or (5)
another tax qualified plan or annuity that authorizes rollovers. The participating elected
local government official shall supply sufficient written documentation that the transfer
amounts are eligible for tax-free rollover treatment. An authorized tax-free rollover, plus
any other purchase amount payments under this section, including subdivision 6, may not
exceed the limitation in subdivision 2, paragraph (a). Notwithstanding any provision of
state law or rule to the contrary, to the extent permitted under federal law, the employee
purchase amount may be transferred from the state deferred compensation plan before the
employee terminates public employment.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2008.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Restriction; exceptions.

(a) It is unlawful for a school district
or other governmental subdivision or state agency to levy taxes for, or to contribute
public funds to a supplemental pension or deferred compensation plan that is established,
maintained, and operated in addition to a primary pension program for the benefit of the
governmental subdivision employees other than:

(1) to a supplemental pension plan that was established, maintained, and operated
before May 6, 1971;

(2) to a plan that provides solely for group health, hospital, disability, or death
benefits;

(3) to the individual retirement account plan established by chapter 354B;

(4) to a plan that provides solely for severance pay under section 465.72 to a retiring
or terminating employee;

(5) for employees other than personnel employed by the Board of Trustees of the
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and covered under the Higher Education
Supplemental Retirement Plan under chapter 354C, but including city managers covered
by an alternative retirement arrangement under section 353.028, subdivision 3, paragraph
(a), or by the defined contribution plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association
under section 353.028, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), if the supplemental plan coverage is
provided for in a personnel policy of the public employer or in the collective bargaining
agreement between the public employer and the exclusive representative of public
employees in an appropriate unit or in the individual employment contract between a city
and a city manager, and if for each available investment all fees and historic rates of return
for the prior one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods, or since inception, are disclosed in an
easily comprehended document not to exceed two pages, in an amount matching employee
contributions on a dollar for dollar basis, but not to exceed an employer contribution of
$2,000 a one-half of the available elective deferral permitted per year per employee,
under the Internal Revenue Code:

(i) to the state of Minnesota deferred compensation plan under section 352.96
352.965; or

(ii) in payment of the applicable portion of the contribution made to any investment
eligible under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, if the employing unit has
complied with any applicable pension plan provisions of the Internal Revenue Code with
respect to the tax-sheltered annuity program during the preceding calendar year; or

(iii) any other deferred compensation plan offered by the employer under section
457 of the Internal Revenue Code;

(6) for personnel employed by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities and not covered by clause (5), to the supplemental retirement plan under
chapter 354C, if the supplemental plan coverage is provided for in a personnel policy
or in the collective bargaining agreement of the public employer with the exclusive
representative of the covered employees in an appropriate unit, in an amount matching
employee contributions on a dollar for dollar basis, but not to exceed an employer
contribution of $2,700 a year for each employee;

(7) to a supplemental plan or to a governmental trust to save for postretirement
health care expenses qualified for tax-preferred treatment under the Internal Revenue
Code, if the supplemental plan coverage is provided for in a personnel policy or in the
collective bargaining agreement of a public employer with the exclusive representative of
the covered employees in an appropriate unit;

(8) to the laborers national industrial pension fund or to a laborers local pension
fund for the employees of a governmental subdivision who are covered by a collective
bargaining agreement that provides for coverage by that fund and that sets forth a fund
contribution rate, but not to exceed an employer contribution of $5,000 per year per
employee;

(9) to the plumbers and pipefitters national pension fund or to a plumbers and
pipefitters local pension fund for the employees of a governmental subdivision who are
covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for coverage by that fund and
that sets forth a fund contribution rate, but not to exceed an employer contribution of
$5,000 per year per employee;

(10) to the international union of operating engineers pension fund for the employees
of a governmental subdivision who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement that
provides for coverage by that fund and that sets forth a fund contribution rate, but not to
exceed an employer contribution of $5,000 per year per employee;

(11) to a supplemental plan organized and operated under the federal Internal
Revenue Code, as amended, that is wholly and solely funded by the employee's
accumulated sick leave, accumulated vacation leave, and accumulated severance pay; or

(12) to the International Association of Machinists national pension fund for the
employees of a governmental subdivision who are covered by a collective bargaining
agreement that provides for coverage by that fund and that sets forth a fund contribution
rate, but not to exceed an employer contribution of $5,000 per year per employee.; or

(13) for employees of United Hospital District, Blue Earth, to the state of Minnesota
deferred compensation program, if the employee makes a contribution, in an amount that
does not exceed the total percentage of covered salary under section 353.27, subdivisions
3 and 3a.

(b) No governmental subdivision may make a contribution to a deferred
compensation plan operating under section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code for volunteer
or emergency on-call firefighters in lieu of providing retirement coverage under the federal
old age, survivors, and disability insurance program.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

Paragraph (a), clause (13), is effective July 1, 2008. The
balance of this section is effective August 1, 2008.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 356.96, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) Unless the language or context clearly indicates that
a different meaning is intended, for the purpose of this section, the terms in paragraphs
(b) to (e) have the meanings given them.

(b) "Chief administrative officer" means the executive director of a covered pension
plan or the executive director's designee or representative.

(c) "Covered pension plan" means a plan enumerated in section 356.20, subdivision
2, clauses (1) to (4), (10), and (12) to (14), but does not mean the deferred compensation
plan administered under sections 352.96 352.965 and 352.97 or to the postretirement
health care savings plan administered under section 352.98.

(d) "Governing board" means the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees
Retirement Association, the Board of Trustees of the Teachers Retirement Association, or
the Board of Directors of the Minnesota State Retirement System.

(e) "Person" includes an active, retired, deferred, or nonvested inactive participant in
a covered pension plan or a beneficiary of a participant, or an individual who has applied
to be a participant or who is or may be a survivor of a participant, or a state agency or
other governmental unit that employs active participants in a covered pension plan.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2008.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356B.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Contracting procedures.

(a) The commissioner may enter into a contract
for facilities with a contractor to furnish the architectural, engineering, and related services
as well as the labor, materials, supplies, equipment, and related construction services on
the basis of a request for qualifications and competitive responses received through a
request for proposals process that must include the items listed in paragraphs (b) to (i).

(b) Before issuing a request for qualifications and a request for proposals, the
commissioner, with the assistance of the boards, shall prepare performance criteria and
specifications that include:

(1) a general floor plan or layout indicating the general dimensions of the public
building and space requirements;

(2) design criteria for the exterior and site area;

(3) performance specifications for all building systems and components to ensure
quality and cost efficiencies;

(4) conceptual floor plans for systems space;

(5) preferred types of interior finishes, styles of windows, lighting and outlets, doors,
and features such as built-in counters and telephone wiring;

(6) mechanical and electrical requirements;

(7) special interior features required; and

(8) a completion schedule.

(c) The commissioner shall first solicit statements of qualifications from eligible
contractors and select more than one qualified contractor based upon experience, technical
competence, past performance, capability to perform, and other appropriate facts.
Contractors selected under this process must be, employ, or have as a partner, member,
coventurer, or subcontractor, persons licensed and registered under chapter 326 to provide
the services required to design and complete the project. The commissioner does not
have to select any of the respondents if none reasonably fulfill the criteria set forth in
this paragraph.

(d) The contractors selected shall be asked to respond to a request for proposals.
Responses must include site plans, design concept, elevation, statement of material to
be used, floor layouts, a detailed development budget, and a total cost to complete the
project. The proposal must indicate that the contractor obtained at least two proposals
from subcontractors for each item of work and must set forth how the subcontractors
were selected. The commissioner, with the assistance of the boards, shall evaluate the
proposals based upon design, cost, quality, aesthetics, and the best overall value to the
state pension funds. The commissioner need not select any of the proposals submitted
and reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, and may terminate the process or
revise the request for proposals and solicit new proposals if the commissioner determines
that the best interests of the pension funds would be better served by doing so. Proposals
submitted are nonpublic data until the contract is awarded.

(e) The contractor selected must comply with sections 574.26 to 574.261. Before
executing a final contract, the contractor selected shall certify a firm construction price
and completion date.

(f) The commissioner may consider building sites in the city of St. Paul and
surrounding suburbs.

(g) Any land, building, or facility leased, constructed, or acquired and any leasehold
interest acquired under this section must be held by the state in trust for the three retirement
systems as tenants in common. Each retirement system fund must consider its interest as a
fixed asset of its pension fund in accordance with governmental accounting standards.

(h) The commissioner may lease to another governmental subdivision, to a private
company under contract with the State Board of Investment, or with the Board of Directors
of the Minnesota State Retirement System, whichever applies, to provide deferred
compensation services under section 352.96 352.965, any portion of the funds' building
and lands that is not required for their direct use upon terms and conditions they deem to
be in the best interest of the pension funds. Any income accruing from the rentals must
be separately accounted for and utilized to offset ongoing administrative expenses and
any excess must be carried forward for future administrative expenses. The commissioner
may also enter into lease agreements for the establishment of satellite offices should the
boards find them to be necessary in order to assure their members reasonable access to
their services. The commissioner may lease under section 16B.24 any portion of the
facilities not required for the direct use of the boards.

(i) The boards shall formulate and adopt a written working agreement that sets forth
the nature of each retirement system's ownership interest, the duties and obligations of
each system toward the construction, operation, and maintenance costs of its facilities, and
identifies one retirement fund to serve as manager for operating and maintenance purposes.
The boards may contract with independent third parties for maintenance-related activities,
services, and supplies, and may use the services of the Department of Administration
where economically feasible to do so. If the boards cannot agree or resolve a dispute
about operations or maintenance of the facilities, they may request the commissioner of
administration to appoint a representative from the department's real estate management
division to serve as arbitrator of the dispute with authority to issue a written resolution
of the dispute.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2008.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 363A.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Scope of application.

(a) For all contracts for goods and services in
excess of $100,000, no department or agency of the state shall accept any bid or proposal
for a contract or agreement from any business having more than 40 full-time employees
within this state on a single working day during the previous 12 months, unless the
commissioner is in receipt of the business' affirmative action plan for the employment of
minority persons, women, and qualified disabled individuals. No department or agency of
the state shall execute any such contract or agreement until the affirmative action plan
has been approved by the commissioner. Receipt of a certificate of compliance issued by
the commissioner shall signify that a firm or business has an affirmative action plan that
has been approved by the commissioner. A certificate shall be valid for a period of two
years. A municipality as defined in section 466.01, subdivision 1, that receives state
money for any reason is encouraged to prepare and implement an affirmative action plan
for the employment of minority persons, women, and the qualified disabled and submit the
plan to the commissioner.

(b) This paragraph applies to a contract for goods or services in excess of $100,000
to be entered into between a department or agency of the state and a business that is
not subject to paragraph (a), but that has more than 40 full-time employees on a single
working day during the previous 12 months in the state where the business has its primary
place of business. A department or agency of the state may not execute a contract or
agreement with a business covered by this paragraph unless the business has a certificate
of compliance issued by the commissioner under paragraph (a) or the business certifies
that it is in compliance with federal affirmative action requirements.

(c) This section does not apply to contracts entered into by the State Board of
Investment for investment options under section 352.96 352.965, subdivision 4.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2008.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 383B.914, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Participation in state deferred compensation plan.

(a) Existing
employees of the corporation, at the election of the corporation, if otherwise qualified,
are eligible to participate in the Hennepin County supplemental retirement plan under
sections 383B.46 and 383B.52.

(b) Existing and future employees of the corporation, at the election of the
corporation, are eligible to participate in the Minnesota state deferred compensation
plan under section 352.96 352.965, the postretirement health care savings plan under
section 352.98, and all other deferred compensation arrangements for which all persons
employed by the county whose employment is accounted for in the county enterprise fund
for HCMC were eligible.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2008.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 518.003, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Public pension plan.

"Public pension plan" means a pension plan or
fund specified in section 356.20, subdivision 2, or 356.30, subdivision 3, the deferred
compensation plan specified in section , or any retirement or pension plan
or fund, including a supplemental retirement plan or fund, established, maintained, or
supported by a governmental subdivision or public body whose revenues are derived from
taxation, fees, assessments, or from other public sources.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2008.

Sec. 12. REPEALER.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 352.96; and Minnesota Rules, parts 7905.0100;
7905.0200; 7905.0300; 7905.0400; 7905.0500; 7905.0600; 7905.0700; 7905.0800;
7905.0900; 7905.1000; 7905.1100; 7905.1200; 7905.1300; 7905.1400; 7905.1500;
7905.1600; 7905.1700; 7905.1800; 7905.1900; 7905.2000; 7905.2100; 7905.2200;
7905.2300; 7905.2400; 7905.2450; 7905.2500; 7905.2560; 7905.2600; 7905.2700;
7905.2800; and 7905.2900, are repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective August 1, 2008.

ARTICLE 13

PERA POLICE AND FIRE PLAN

DUTY DISABILITY BENEFIT INCREASE

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 353.656, subdivision 1,
is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Duty disability; computation of benefits.

(a) A member of
the police and fire plan who is determined to qualify for duty disability as defined in
section 353.01, subdivision 41, shall receive disability benefits during the period of such
disability in an amount equal to 60 percent of the average salary as defined in section
353.01, subdivision 17a, plus an additional percentage specified under section 356.315,
subdivision 6, of that average salary for each year of service in excess of 20 years.

(b) To be eligible for a benefit under paragraph (a), the member must have:

(1) not met the requirements for a retirement annuity under section 353.651,
subdivision 1; or

(2) met the requirements under that subdivision, but does not have at least 20 years
of allowable service credit.

(c) If paragraph (b), clause (2), applies, the disability benefit must be paid for a
period of 60 months from the disability benefit accrual date and at the end of that period
is subject to provisions of subdivision 5a.

(d) If the disability under this subdivision occurs before the member has at least five
years of allowable service credit in the police and fire plan, the disability benefit must be
computed on the average salary from which deductions were made for contribution to
the police and fire fund.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2007.

ARTICLE 14

TEACHER RETIREMENT BENEFIT AND

CONTRIBUTION INCREASES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 127A.50, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:


Subdivision 1.

Aid adjustment.

Beginning in fiscal year 1998 and each year
thereafter, the commissioner of education shall adjust state aid payments to school
operating funds for Independent School District No. 625 and Independent School District
No. 709 by the net amount of clauses (1), and (2), and (6), for Special Independent School
District No. 1 709 by the net amount of clauses (1), (2), and (4) (7), and for all other
districts, including charter schools, but excluding any education organizations that are
prohibited from receiving direct state aids under section 123A.26 or 125A.75, subdivision
7, by the net amount of clauses (1), (2), (3), and (4), and (5):

(1) a decrease equal to each district's share of the fiscal year 1997 adjustment
effected under Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 124.2139;

(2) an increase equal to one percent of the salaries paid to members of the general
plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association in fiscal year 1997, multiplied by
0.35 for fiscal year 1998 and 0.70 each year thereafter;

(3) a decrease equal to 2.34 percent of the salaries paid to members of the Teachers
Retirement Association in fiscal year 1997; and

(4) an increase equal to 0.5 percent of the salaries paid to members of the Teachers
Retirement Association in fiscal year 2007.;

(5) an increase equal to the specified percentage of the salaries paid to members of
the Teachers Retirement Association in fiscal year 2010 as follows:

for the 2010-2011 school year
 		0.25 percent
for the 2011-2012 school year
 		0.50 percent
for the 2012-2013 school year
 		0.75 percent
for the 2013-2014 school year
 		1.00 percent
for the 2014-2015 school year
 		1.25 percent
for the 2015-2016 school year and
each school year thereafter
 		1.50 percent

(6) an increase equal to the specified percentage of the salaries paid to members of
the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association in fiscal year 2010 as follows:

for the 2010-2011 school year
 		0.25 percent
for the 2011-2012 school year
 		0.50 percent
for the 2012-2013 school year
 		0.75 percent
for the 2013-2014 school year
 		1.00 percent
for the 2014-2015 school year
 		1.25 percent
for the 2015-2016 school year and
each school year thereafter
 		1.50 percent

(7) an increase equal to the specified percentage of the salaries paid to members of
the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association in fiscal year 2010 as follows:

for the 2010-2011 school year
 		0.25 percent
for the 2011-2012 school year
 		0.50 percent
for the 2012-2013 school year
 		0.75 percent
for the 2013-2014 school year
 		1.00 percent
for the 2014-2015 school year
 		1.25 percent
for the 2015-2016 school year and
each school year thereafter
 		1.50 percent

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354.05, subdivision 38, is amended to read:


Subd. 38.

Normal retirement age.

"Normal retirement age" means age 65 for a
person who first became a member of the association or a member of a pension fund listed
in section 356.30, subdivision 3, before July 1, 1989. For a person who first becomes a
member of the association after June 30, 1989, normal retirement age means the higher of
age 65 or "retirement age," as defined in United States Code, title 42, section 416(l), as
amended, but not to exceed age 66.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354.42, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Employee.

(a) The employee contribution to the fund is an amount equal
to the following percentage of the salary of a member:

(1) after July 1, 2006, for a teacher employed by Special School District No. 1,
Minneapolis, 5.5 percent if the teacher is a coordinated member, and 9.0 percent if the
teacher is a basic member;

(2) for every other teacher, after July 1, 2006, 5.5 percent if the teacher is a
coordinated member and 9.0 percent if the teacher is a basic member.

period
 		coordinated member
 		basic member
(1) before July 1, 2010
 		5.50 percent
 		9.00 percent
(2) after June 30, 2010, and
before July 1, 2011
 		5.75 percent
 		9.25 percent
(3) after June 30, 2011, and
before July 1, 2012
 		6.00 percent
 		9.50 percent
(4) after June 30, 2012, and
before July 1, 2013
 		6.25 percent
 		9.75 percent
(5) unless paragraph (b)
applies, after June 30, 2013,
and before July 1, 2014
 		6.50 percent
 		10.00 percent
(6) unless paragraph (b)
applies, after June 30, 2014,
and before July 1, 2015
 		6.75 percent
 		10.25 percent
(7) unless paragraph (b)
applies, after June 30, 2015
 		7.00 percent
 		10.50 percent

(b) After July 1, 2012, a scheduled contribution increase under paragraph (a),
clause (5), (6), or (7), is suspended if the most recent actuarial valuation prepared under
section 356.215 indicates that there is no contribution deficiency when the total employee
contributions, employer contributions under subdivision 3, and direct state aid under
section 354A.12 are compared to the total financial requirements of the retirement plan.

(c) This contribution must be made by deduction from salary. Where any portion of a
member's salary is paid from other than public funds, the member's employee contribution
must be based on the entire salary received.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354.42, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Employer.

(a) The regular employer contribution to the fund by Special
School District No. 1, Minneapolis, after July 1, 2006, and before July 1, 2007, is an
amount equal to 5.0 percent of the salary of each of its teachers who is a coordinated
member and 9.0 percent of the salary of each of its teachers who is a basic member. After
July 1, 2007, and before July 1, 2010, the regular employer contribution to the fund by
Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, is an amount equal to 5.5 percent of salary of
each coordinated member and 9.5 percent of salary of each basic member. The regular
employer contribution to the fund by Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, is an
amount equal to the following percentage of the salary of each teacher:

period
 		coordinated member
 		basic member
(1) after June 30, 2010, and
before July 1, 2011
 		5.75 percent
 		9.25 percent
(2) after June 30, 2011, and
before July 1, 2012
 		6.00 percent
 		9.50 percent
(3) after June 30, 2012, and
before July 1, 2013
 		6.25 percent
 		9.75 percent
(4) unless paragraph (d)
applies, after June 30, 2013,
and before July 1, 2014
 		6.50 percent
 		10.00 percent
(5) unless paragraph (d)
applies, after June 30, 2014,
and before July 1, 2015
 		6.75 percent
 		10.25 percent
(6) unless paragraph (d)
applies, after June 30, 2015
 		7.00 percent
 		10.50 percent

(b) The additional employer contribution to the fund by Special School District No.
1, Minneapolis, after July 1, 2006, is an amount equal to 3.64 percent of the salary of each
teacher who is a coordinated member or is a basic member.

(b) (c) The employer contribution to the fund for every other employer is an amount
equal to 5.0 percent of the salary of each coordinated member and 9.0 percent of the salary
of each basic member before July 1, 2007, and 5.5 percent of the salary of each coordinated
member and 9.5 percent of the salary of each basic member after June 30, 2007, and before
July 1, 2010. The regular employer contribution to the fund by every other employer is an
amount equal to the following percentage of the salary of each teacher:

period
 		coordinated member
 		basic member
(1) after June 30, 2010, and
before July 1, 2011
 		5.75 percent
 		9.25 percent
(2) after June 30, 2011, and
before July 1, 2012
 		6.00 percent
 		9.50 percent
(3) after June 30, 2012, and
before July 1, 2013
 		6.25 percent
 		9.75 percent
(4) unless paragraph (d)
applies, after June 30, 2013,
and before July 1, 2014
 		6.50 percent
 		10.00 percent
(5) unless paragraph (d)
applies, after June 30, 2014,
and before July 1, 2015
 		6.75 percent
 		10.25 percent
(6) unless paragraph (d)
applies, after June 30, 2015
 		7.00 percent
 		10.50 percent

(d) After July 1, 2012, a scheduled contribution increase under paragraph (a),
clause (4), (5), or (6), and paragraph (c), clause (4), (5), or (6), is suspended if the most
recent actuarial valuation prepared under section 356.215 indicates that there is no
contribution deficiency when the total employee contributions, employer contributions
under subdivision 3, and direct state aid under section 354A.12 are compared to the total
financial requirements of the retirement plan.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 354.44, subdivision 6, is
amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Computation of formula program retirement annuity.

(a) The formula
retirement annuity must be computed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
formulas stated in paragraph (b) or (d) on the basis of each member's average salary under
section 354.05, subdivision 13a, for the period of the member's formula service credit.

(b) This paragraph, in conjunction with paragraph (c), applies to a person who first
became a member of the association or a member of a pension fund listed in section
356.30, subdivision 3, before July 1, 1989, unless paragraph (d), in conjunction with
paragraph (e), produces a higher annuity amount, in which case paragraph (d) applies. The
average salary as defined in section 354.05, subdivision 13a, multiplied by the following
percentages per year of formula service credit shall determine the amount of the annuity to
which the member qualifying therefor is entitled for service rendered before July 1, 2006:

Coordinated Member
 Basic Member
Each year of service during
first ten
 the percent specified
in section 356.315,
subdivision 1, per year
 the percent specified
in section 356.315,
subdivision 3, per
year
Each year of service
thereafter
 the percent specified
in section 356.315,
subdivision 2, per year
 the percent specified
in section 356.315,
subdivision 4, per
year

For service rendered on or after July 1, 2006, the average salary as defined in section
354.05, subdivision 13a, multiplied by the following percentages per year of service credit,
determines the amount the annuity to which the member qualifying therefor is entitled:

Coordinated Member
 Basic Member
Each year of service during
first ten
 the percent specified
in section 356.315,
subdivision 1a, per year
 the percent specified
in section 356.315,
subdivision 3, per
year
Each year of service after
ten years of service
 the percent specified
in section 356.315,
subdivision 2b, per year
 the percent specified
in section 356.315,
subdivision 4, per
year

(c)(i) This paragraph applies only to a person who first became a member of the
association or a member of a pension fund listed in section 356.30, subdivision 3, before
July 1, 1989, and whose annuity is higher when calculated under paragraph (b), in
conjunction with this paragraph than when calculated under paragraph (d), in conjunction
with paragraph (e).

(ii) Where any member retires prior to normal retirement age under a formula
annuity, the member shall be paid a retirement annuity in an amount equal to the normal
annuity provided in paragraph (b) reduced by one-quarter of one percent for each month
that the member is under normal retirement age at the time of retirement except that for
any member who has 30 or more years of allowable service credit, the reduction shall be
applied only for each month that the member is under age 62.

(iii) Any member whose attained age plus credited allowable service totals 90 years
is entitled, upon application, to a retirement annuity in an amount equal to the normal
annuity provided in paragraph (b), without any reduction by reason of early retirement.

(d) This paragraph applies to a member who has become at least 55 years old and
first became a member of the association after June 30, 1989, and to any other member
who has become at least 55 years old and whose annuity amount when calculated under
this paragraph and in conjunction with paragraph (e), is higher than it is when calculated
under paragraph (b), in conjunction with paragraph (c). For a basic member, the average
salary, as defined in section 354.05, subdivision 13a, multiplied by the percent specified
by section 356.315, subdivision 4, for each year of service for a basic member shall
determine the amount of the retirement annuity to which the basic member is entitled.
The annuity of a basic member who was a member of the former Minneapolis Teachers
Retirement Fund Association as of June 30, 2006, must be determined according to the
annuity formula under the articles of incorporation of the former Minneapolis Teachers
Retirement Fund Association in effect as of that date. For a coordinated member, the
average salary, as defined in section 354.05, subdivision 13a, multiplied by the percent
specified in section 356.315, subdivision 2, for each year of service rendered before July
1, 2006, and by the percent specified in section 356.315, subdivision 2b, for each year
of service rendered on or after July 1, 2006, and before July 1, 2008, and by the percent
specified in section 356.315, subdivision 2c, for each year of service rendered after June
30, 2008, determines the amount of the retirement annuity to which the coordinated
member is entitled. If the member has 30 or more years of service credit, the minimum
age requirement of this paragraph does not apply.

(e) This paragraph applies to a person who has become at least 55 years old and first
becomes a member of the association after June 30, 1989, and to any other member who
has become at least 55 years old and whose annuity is higher when calculated under
paragraph (d) in conjunction with this paragraph than when calculated under paragraph
(b), in conjunction with paragraph (c). An employee who retires under the formula annuity
before the normal retirement age shall must be paid the normal annuity provided in
paragraph (d) reduced so that the reduced annuity is the actuarial equivalent of the annuity
that would be payable to the employee if the employee deferred receipt of the annuity
and the annuity amount were augmented at an annual rate of three percent compounded
annually from the day the annuity begins to accrue until the normal retirement age if the
employee became an employee before July 1, 2006, and at 2.5 percent compounded
annually if the employee becomes an employee after June 30, 2006. If the member has
30 or more years of service credit, the minimum age requirement of this paragraph does
not apply and the reductions and augmentations specified in this paragraph apply to age
62, rather than to normal retirement age.

(f) No retirement annuity is payable to a former employee with a salary that exceeds
95 percent of the governor's salary unless and until the salary figures used in computing
the highest five successive years average salary under paragraph (a) have been audited by
the Teachers Retirement Association and determined by the executive director to comply
with the requirements and limitations of section 354.05, subdivisions 35 and 35a.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354A.011, subdivision 15a, is amended to
read:


Subd. 15a.

Normal retirement age.

(a) "Normal retirement age" means age 65
for a person who first became is a member of the coordinated program of the St. Paul
Teachers Retirement Fund Association or the new law coordinated program of the Duluth
Teachers Retirement Fund Association or a member of a pension fund listed in section
356.30, subdivision 3, before July 1, 1989. For a person who first became a member of the
coordinated program of the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association or the new law
coordinated program of the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association after June 30,
1989, normal retirement age means the higher of age 65 or retirement age, as defined in
United States Code, title 42, section 416(l), as amended, but not to exceed age 66.

(b) For a person who is a member of the basic program of the St. Paul Teachers
Retirement Fund Association or the old law coordinated program of the Duluth Teachers
Retirement Fund Association, normal retirement age means the age at which a teacher
becomes eligible for a normal retirement annuity computed upon meeting the age and
service requirements specified in the applicable provisions of the articles of incorporation
or bylaws of the respective teachers retirement fund association.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Employee contributions.

(a) The contribution required to be paid
by each member of a teachers retirement fund association shall not be less than the
percentage of total salary specified below for the applicable association and program:

Association and Program
 Percentage of
Total Salary
Duluth Teachers Retirement Association
old law and new law
coordinated programs
 5.5 percent
(1) before July 1, 2010
 		5.50 percent
(2) after June 30, 2010, and before July 1, 2011
 		5.75 percent
(3) after June 30, 2011, and before July 1, 2012
 		6.00 percent
(4) after June 30, 2012, and before July 1, 2013
 		6.25 percent
(5) unless paragraph (b) applies, after June 30,
2013, and before July 1, 2014
 		6.50 percent
(6) unless paragraph (b) applies, after June 30,
2014, and before July 1, 2015
 		6.75 percent
(7) unless paragraph (b) applies, after June 30,
2015
 		7.00 percent
St. Paul Teachers Retirement Association
basic program
 8 percent
coordinated program
 5.5 percent
(1) before July 1, 2010
 		5.50 percent
(2) after June 30, 2010, and before July 1, 2011
 		5.75 percent
(3) after June 30, 2011, and before July 1, 2012
 		6.00 percent
(4) after June 30, 2012, and before July 1, 2013
 		6.25 percent
(5) unless paragraph (b) applies, after June 30,
2013, and before July 1, 2014
 		6.50 percent
(6) unless paragraph (b) applies, after June 30,
2014, and before July 1, 2015
 		6.75 percent
(7) unless paragraph (b) applies, after June 30,
2015
 		7.00 percent

(b) After July 1, 2012, a scheduled contribution increase under paragraph (a),
clause (5), (6), or (7), is suspended if the most recent actuarial valuation prepared under
section 356.215 indicates that there is no contribution deficiency when the total employee
contributions, employer contributions under subdivision 3, and direct state aid are
compared to the total financial requirements of the retirement plan.

(c) Contributions shall be made by deduction from salary and must be remitted
directly to the respective teachers retirement fund association at least once each month.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354A.12, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:


Subd. 2a.

Employer regular and additional contribution rates.

(a) The
employing units shall make the following employer contributions to teachers retirement
fund associations:

(1) for any coordinated member of a teachers retirement fund association in a city
of the first class, the employing unit shall pay the employer Social Security taxes in
accordance with section 355.46, subdivision 3, clause (b);

(2) for any coordinated member of one of the following teachers retirement fund
associations in a city of the first class, the employing unit shall make a regular employer
contribution to the respective retirement fund association in an amount equal to the
designated percentage of the salary of the coordinated member as provided below:

Duluth Teachers Retirement
Fund Association
 4.50 percent
(A) before July 1, 2010
 		4.50 percent
(B) after June 30, 2010, and before July 1, 2011
 		4.75 percent
(C) after June 30, 2011, and before July 1, 2012
 		5.00 percent
(D) after June 30, 2012, and before July 1, 2013
 		5.25 percent
(E) unless clause (3) applies, after June 30, 2013, and before
July 1, 2014
 		5.50 percent
(F) unless clause (3) applies, after June 30, 2014, and before
July 1, 2015
 		5.75 percent
(G) unless clause (3) applies, after June 30, 2015
 		6.00 percent
St. Paul Teachers Retirement
Fund Association
 4.50 percent
(H) before July 1, 2010
 		4.50 percent
(I) after June 30, 2010, and before July 1, 2011
 		4.75 percent
(J) after June 30, 2011, and before July 1, 2012
 		5.00 percent
(K) after June 30, 2012, and before July 1, 2013
 		5.25 percent
(L) unless clause (3) applies, after June 30, 2013, and before
July 1, 2014
 		5.50 percent
(M) unless clause (3) applies, after June 30, 2014, and
before July 1, 2015
 		5.75 percent
(N) unless clause (3) applies, after June 30, 2015
 		6.00 percent

(3) After July 1, 2012, a scheduled contribution increase under paragraph (a), clause
(2), item (E), (F), (G), (L), (M), or (N), is suspended if the most recent actuarial valuation
prepared under section 356.215 indicates that there is no contribution deficiency when the
total employee contributions, employer contributions under subdivision 3, and direct state
aid are compared to the total financial requirements of the retirement plan;

(3) (4) for any basic member of the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association,
the employing unit shall make a regular employer contribution to the respective retirement
fund in an amount equal to 8.00 percent of the salary of the basic member;

(4) (5) for a basic member of the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association, the
employing unit shall make an additional employer contribution to the respective fund in
an amount equal to 3.64 percent of the salary of the basic member;

(5) (6) for a coordinated member of a teachers retirement fund association in a city
of the first class, the employing unit shall make an additional employer contribution to
the respective fund in an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the coordinated
member's salary, as provided below:

Duluth Teachers Retirement
Fund Association
 1.29 percent
St. Paul Teachers Retirement
Fund Association
July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994
 0.50 percent
July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1995
 1.50 percent
July 1, 1997, and thereafter
 3.84 percent

(b) The regular and additional employer contributions must be remitted directly to
the respective teachers retirement fund association at least once each month. Delinquent
amounts are payable with interest under the procedure in subdivision 1a.

(c) Payments of regular and additional employer contributions for school district
or technical college employees who are paid from normal operating funds must be made
from the appropriate fund of the district or technical college.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354A.31, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Computation of normal coordinated retirement annuity; St. Paul
fund.

(a) This subdivision applies to the coordinated program of the St. Paul Teachers
Retirement Fund Association.

(b) The normal coordinated retirement annuity is an amount equal to a retiring
coordinated member's average salary under section 354A.011, subdivision 7a, multiplied
by the retirement annuity formula percentage.

(c) This paragraph, in conjunction with subdivision 6, applies to a person who first
became a member or a member in a pension fund listed in section 356.30, subdivision 3,
before July 1, 1989, unless paragraph (d), in conjunction with subdivision 7, produces a
higher annuity amount, in which case paragraph (d) will apply. The retirement annuity
formula percentage for purposes of this paragraph is the percent specified in section
356.315, subdivision 1, per year for each year of coordinated service for the first ten years
and the percent specified in section 356.315, subdivision 2, for each year of coordinated
service thereafter.

(d) This paragraph applies to a person who has become at least 55 years old and who
first becomes a member after June 30, 1989, and to any other member who has become
at least 55 years old and whose annuity amount, when calculated under this paragraph
and in conjunction with subdivision 7 is higher than it is when calculated under paragraph
(c), in conjunction with the provisions of subdivision 6. The retirement annuity formula
percentage for purposes of this paragraph is the percent specified in section 356.315,
subdivision 2, for each year of coordinated service before July 1, 2008, and by the percent
specified in section 356.315, subdivision 2c, for each year of service rendered after
June 30, 2008. If the member has 30 or more years of service credit, the minimum age
requirement of this paragraph does not apply.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354A.31, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:


Subd. 4a.

Computation of the normal coordinated retirement annuity; Duluth
fund.

(a) This subdivision applies to the new law coordinated program of the Duluth
Teachers Retirement Fund Association.

(b) The normal coordinated retirement annuity is an amount equal to a retiring
coordinated member's average salary under section 354A.011, subdivision 7a, multiplied
by the retirement annuity formula percentage.

(c) This paragraph, in conjunction with subdivision 6, applies to a person who first
became a member or a member in a pension fund listed in section 356.30, subdivision 3,
before July 1, 1989, unless paragraph (d), in conjunction with subdivision 7, produces a
higher annuity amount, in which case paragraph (d) applies. The retirement annuity
formula percentage for purposes of this paragraph is the percent specified in section
356.315, subdivision 1, per year for each year of coordinated service for the first ten years
and the percent specified in section 356.315, subdivision 2, for each subsequent year of
coordinated service.

(d) This paragraph applies to a person who is at least 55 years old and who first
becomes a member after June 30, 1989, and to any other member who is at least 55 years
old and whose annuity amount, when calculated under this paragraph and in conjunction
with subdivision 7, is higher than it is when calculated under paragraph (c) in conjunction
with subdivision 6. The retirement annuity formula percentage for purposes of this
paragraph is the percent specified in section 356.315, subdivision 2, for each year of
coordinated service before July 1, 2008, and by the percent specified in section 356.315,
subdivision 2c, for each year of service rendered after June 30, 2008. If the member
has 30 or more years of service credit, the minimum age requirement of this paragraph
does not apply.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 354A.31, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Actuarial reduction for early retirement.

This subdivision applies to
a person who has become at least 55 years old and first becomes a coordinated member
after June 30, 1989, and to any other coordinated member who has become at least 55
years old and whose annuity is higher when calculated using the retirement annuity
formula percentage in subdivision 4, paragraph (d), and subdivision 4a, paragraph (d), in
conjunction with this subdivision than when calculated under subdivision 4, paragraph
(c), or subdivision 4a, paragraph (c), in conjunction with subdivision 6. A coordinated
member who retires before the full benefit normal retirement age shall must be paid
the retirement annuity calculated using the retirement annuity formula percentage in
subdivision 4, paragraph (d), or subdivision 4a, paragraph (d), reduced so that the reduced
annuity is the actuarial equivalent of the annuity that would be payable to the member if
the member deferred receipt of the annuity and the annuity amount were augmented at
an annual rate of three percent compounded annually from the day the annuity begins to
accrue until the normal retirement age if the employee became an employee before July 1,
2006, and at 2.5 percent compounded annually from the day the annuity begins to accrue
until the normal retirement age if the person initially becomes a teacher after June 30,
2006. If the member has 30 or more years of service credit, the minimum age requirement
of this paragraph does not apply and the reductions and augmentations specified in this
paragraph apply to age 62, rather than to normal retirement age.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356.315, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


Subd. 2c.

Certain coordinated members.

The applicable benefit accrual rate
is 2.0 percent.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective July 1, 2008.

ARTICLE 15

LOCAL POLICE AND PAID FIRE

RELIEF ASSOCIATION CHANGES

Section 1.

[423A.021] DEFINED POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS.

Subdivision 1.

Pension unit increase.

For a salaried firefighters relief association in
a city of the first class with a population greater than 300,000, when the actuarial value
of assets of the special fund first exceeds 110 percent of the actuarial accrued liabilities,
according to an annual actuarial valuation occurring after the effective date of this section
and performed in accordance with sections 356.215 and 356.216, each service pensioner,
joint survivor annuitant, and surviving spouse member is entitled to a permanent benefit
increase. The revised benefit is an increase of one unit for a service pensioner, not to
exceed 43 units, an increase from 22 to 23 units for a surviving spouse benefit, and an
increase from 42.3 to 43.2 units for unmarried service pensioners. The association shall
pay the increased benefit beginning January 1 of the year following the year for which the
valuation was prepared. If adding an additional unit results in raising total units past the
maximum, a partial unit may be added to reach the maximum. For joint survivor annuities,
this subdivision authorizes a benefit increase actuarially equivalent to one unit.

Subd. 2.

Unit precedence.

The additional benefit provided for in subdivision
1 shall take precedence over any other benefit provided when the fund reaches 110
percent funding. In preparing the actuarial valuation under sections 356.215 and 356.216,
the actuary for the fund shall first account for the benefit provided in subdivision 1 in
determining the plan's funded ratio. No other benefit payments may be made by the
association until the actuarial impact of the benefit provided for in subdivision 1 has been
determined and factored into the funding ratio.

Subd. 3.

Excess investment income.

For a salaried firefighters relief association in
a city of the first class with a population greater than 300,000 that no longer is entitled to
state general fund aid pursuant to section 423A.02, the association shall apply any assets
that constitute excess investment income to the payment of a supplemental postretirement
benefit to an eligible member notwithstanding any other limitation of law. Any amount
of excess investment income not otherwise used for the payment of a supplemental
postretirement benefit to an eligible member shall be applied to reduce the municipality's
property tax levy to the association in the year following the payment of the postretirement
benefit. A supplemental postretirement benefit is a lump sum payment equal to the
monthly benefit provided to the benefit recipient in the month prior to payment of the
supplemental postretirement benefit. A supplemental postretirement benefit payable under
this section is in lieu of any benefit payable under section 423C.06, subdivision 2. No
supplemental postretirement benefit is payable under this section if a benefit is payable
under section 423C.06, subdivision 3.

ARTICLE 16

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER RELIEF ASSOCIATION CHANGES

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 6.67, is amended to read:


6.67 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS; REPORT OF EVIDENCE POINTING TO
MISCONDUCT.

Whenever a public accountant in the course of auditing the books and affairs of a
county, city, town, school district, or other public corporations, shall discover corporation,
or local public pension plan governed by section 69.77, sections 69.771 to 69.775, or
chapter 354A, 422A, 423B, 423C, or 424A, discovers evidence pointing to nonfeasance,
misfeasance, or malfeasance, on the part of an officer or employee in the conduct of duties
and affairs, the public accountant shall promptly make a report of such discovery to the
state auditor and the county attorney of the county in which the governmental unit is
situated and the public accountant shall also furnish a copy of the report of audit upon
completion to said officers. The county attorney shall act on such report in the same
manner as required by law for reports made to the county attorney by the state auditor.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 69.011, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a
different meaning is intended, the following words and terms shall for the purposes of this
chapter and chapters 423, 423A, 424 and 424A have the meanings ascribed to them:

(a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of revenue.

(b) "Municipality" means:

(1) a home rule charter or statutory city;

(2) an organized town;

(3) a park district subject to chapter 398;

(4) the University of Minnesota;

(5) for purposes of the fire state aid program only, an American Indian tribal
government entity located within a federally recognized American Indian reservation;

(6) for purposes of the police state aid program only, an American Indian tribal
government with a tribal police department which exercises state arrest powers under
section 626.90, 626.91, 626.92, or 626.93;

(7) for purposes of the police state aid program only, the Metropolitan Airports
Commission with respect to peace officers covered under chapter 422A; and

(8) for purposes of the police state aid program only, the Department of Natural
Resources and the Department of Public Safety with respect to peace officers covered
under chapter 352B.

(c) "Minnesota Firetown Premium Report" means a form prescribed by the
commissioner containing space for reporting by insurers of fire, lightning, sprinkler
leakage and extended coverage premiums received upon risks located or to be performed
in this state less return premiums and dividends.

(d) "Firetown" means the area serviced by any municipality having a qualified fire
department or a qualified incorporated fire department having a subsidiary volunteer
firefighters' relief association.

(e) "Market value" means latest available market value of all property in a taxing
jurisdiction, whether the property is subject to taxation, or exempt from ad valorem
taxation obtained from information which appears on abstracts filed with the commissioner
of revenue or equalized by the State Board of Equalization.

(f) "Minnesota Aid to Police Premium Report" means a form prescribed by the
commissioner for reporting by each fire and casualty insurer of all premiums received
upon direct business received by it in this state, or by its agents for it, in cash or otherwise,
during the preceding calendar year, with reference to insurance written for insuring against
the perils contained in auto insurance coverages as reported in the Minnesota business
schedule of the annual financial statement which each insurer is required to file with
the commissioner in accordance with the governing laws or rules less return premiums
and dividends.

(g) "Peace officer" means any person:

(1) whose primary source of income derived from wages is from direct employment
by a municipality or county as a law enforcement officer on a full-time basis of not less
than 30 hours per week;

(2) who has been employed for a minimum of six months prior to December 31
preceding the date of the current year's certification under subdivision 2, clause (b);

(3) who is sworn to enforce the general criminal laws of the state and local
ordinances;

(4) who is licensed by the Peace Officers Standards and Training Board and is
authorized to arrest with a warrant; and

(5) who is a member of a local police relief association to which section 69.77
applies, the State Patrol retirement plan, the public employees police and fire fund, or the
Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund.

(h) "Full-time equivalent number of peace officers providing contract service" means
the integral or fractional number of peace officers which would be necessary to provide
the contract service if all peace officers providing service were employed on a full-time
basis as defined by the employing unit and the municipality receiving the contract service.

(i) "Retirement benefits other than a service pension" means any disbursement
authorized under section 424A.05, subdivision 3, clauses (2), and (3), and (4).

(j) "Municipal clerk, municipal clerk-treasurer, or county auditor" means the person
who was elected or appointed to the specified position or, in the absence of the person,
another person who is designated by the applicable governing body. In a park district,
the clerk is the secretary of the board of park district commissioners. In the case of the
University of Minnesota, the clerk is that official designated by the Board of Regents.
For the Metropolitan Airports Commission, the clerk is the person designated by the
commission. For the Department of Natural Resources or the Department of Public Safety,
the clerk is the respective commissioner. For a tribal police department which exercises
state arrest powers under section 626.90, 626.91, 626.92, or 626.93, the clerk is the person
designated by the applicable American Indian tribal government.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2009.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356A.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Authorized holder of assets; title to assets.

(a) Assets of a covered
pension plan may be held only by:

(1) the plan treasurer,;

(2) the State Board of Investment,;

(3) the depository agent of the plan,;

(4) a security broker or the broker's agent with, in either case, insurance equal to or
greater than the plan assets held from the Securities Investor Protection Corporation or
from excess insurance coverage; or

(5) the depository agent of the State Board of Investment.

(b) Legal title to plan assets must be vested in the plan, the State Board of
Investment, the governmental entity that sponsors the plan, the nominee of the plan, or
the depository agent. The holder of legal title shall function as a trustee for a person or
entity with a beneficial interest in the assets of the plan.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356A.06, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Expanded list of authorized investment securities.

(a) Authority.
Except to the extent otherwise authorized by law, a covered pension plan not described by
subdivision 6, paragraph (a), shall invest its assets only in accordance with this subdivision.

(b) Securities generally. The covered pension plan has the authority to purchase,
sell, lend, or exchange the securities specified in paragraphs (c) to (i), including puts and
call options and future contracts traded on a contract market regulated by a governmental
agency or by a financial institution regulated by a governmental agency. These securities
may be owned as units in commingled trusts that own the securities described in
paragraphs (c) to (i), including real estate investment trusts and insurance company
commingled accounts, including separate accounts.

(c) Government obligations. The covered pension plan may invest funds in
governmental bonds, notes, bills, mortgages, and other evidences of indebtedness if the
issue is backed by the full faith and credit of the issuer or the issue is rated among the top
four quality rating categories by a nationally recognized rating agency. The obligations in
which funds may be invested under this paragraph include guaranteed or insured issues
of (1) the United States, its agencies, its instrumentalities, or organizations created and
regulated by an act of Congress; (2) Canada and its provinces, provided the principal and
interest is payable in United States dollars; (3) the states and their municipalities, political
subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities; (4) the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank,
the African Development Bank, or any other United States government sponsored
organization of which the United States is a member, provided the principal and interest is
payable in United States dollars.

(d) Corporate obligations. The covered pension plan may invest funds in bonds,
notes, debentures, transportation equipment obligations, or any other longer term
evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed by a corporation organized under the laws
of the United States or any state thereof, or the Dominion of Canada or any province
thereof if they conform to the following provisions:

(1) the principal and interest of obligations of corporations incorporated or organized
under the laws of the Dominion of Canada or any province thereof must be payable in
United States dollars; and

(2) obligations must be rated among the top four quality categories by a nationally
recognized rating agency.

(e) Other obligations. (1) The covered pension plan may invest funds in
bankers acceptances, certificates of deposit, deposit notes, commercial paper, mortgage
participation certificates and pools, asset backed securities, repurchase agreements and
reverse repurchase agreements, guaranteed investment contracts, savings accounts, and
guaranty fund certificates, surplus notes, or debentures of domestic mutual insurance
companies if they conform to the following provisions:

(i) bankers acceptances and deposit notes of United States banks are limited to those
issued by banks rated in the highest four quality categories by a nationally recognized
rating agency;

(ii) certificates of deposit are limited to those issued by (A) United States banks and
savings institutions that are rated in the highest four quality categories by a nationally
recognized rating agency or whose certificates of deposit are fully insured by federal
agencies; or (B) credit unions in amounts up to the limit of insurance coverage provided
by the National Credit Union Administration;

(iii) commercial paper is limited to those issued by United States corporations or
their Canadian subsidiaries and rated in the highest two quality categories by a nationally
recognized rating agency;

(iv) mortgage participation or pass through certificates evidencing interests in pools
of first mortgages or trust deeds on improved real estate located in the United States where
the loan to value ratio for each loan as calculated in accordance with section 61A.28,
subdivision 3, does not exceed 80 percent for fully amortizable residential properties and
in all other respects meets the requirements of section 61A.28, subdivision 3;

(v) collateral for repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements is
limited to letters of credit and securities authorized in this section;

(vi) guaranteed investment contracts are limited to those issued by insurance
companies or banks rated in the top four quality categories by a nationally recognized
rating agency or to alternative guaranteed investment contracts where the underlying
assets comply with the requirements of this subdivision;

(vii) savings accounts are limited to those fully insured by federal agencies; and

(viii) asset backed securities must be rated in the top four quality categories by a
nationally recognized rating agency.

(2) Sections 16A.58, 16C.03, subdivision 4, and 16C.05 do not apply to certificates
of deposit and collateralization agreements executed by the covered pension plan under
clause (1), item (ii).

(3) In addition to investments authorized by clause (1), item (iv), the covered
pension plan may purchase from the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency all or any part of
a pool of residential mortgages, not in default, that has previously been financed by the
issuance of bonds or notes of the agency. The covered pension plan may also enter into
a commitment with the agency, at the time of any issue of bonds or notes, to purchase
at a specified future date, not exceeding 12 years from the date of the issue, the amount
of mortgage loans then outstanding and not in default that have been made or purchased
from the proceeds of the bonds or notes. The covered pension plan may charge reasonable
fees for any such commitment and may agree to purchase the mortgage loans at a price
sufficient to produce a yield to the covered pension plan comparable, in its judgment,
to the yield available on similar mortgage loans at the date of the bonds or notes. The
covered pension plan may also enter into agreements with the agency for the investment
of any portion of the funds of the agency. The agreement must cover the period of the
investment, withdrawal privileges, and any guaranteed rate of return.

(f) Corporate stocks. The covered pension plan may invest funds in stocks or
convertible issues of any corporation organized under the laws of the United States or the
states thereof, any corporation organized under the laws of the Dominion of Canada or its
provinces, or any corporation listed on an exchange regulated by an agency of the United
States or of the Canadian national government, if they conform to the following provisions:

(1) the aggregate value of investments under this paragraph, plus paragraphs (g) and
(k), plus equity investments under paragraphs (h), (i), and (j), as adjusted for realized
gains and losses, must not exceed 85 percent of the market or book value, whichever is
less, of a fund; and

(2) investments must not exceed five percent of the total outstanding shares of
any one corporation.

(g) Developed market foreign stocks investments. In addition to investments
authorized under paragraph (f), the covered pension fund may invest in foreign stock sold
on an exchange in any developed market country that is included in the Europe, Australia,
and Far East Index.

(h) Commingled or mutual investments. The covered pension plan may invest
in index funds or mutual funds, including index mutual funds, through bank-sponsored
collective funds and shares of open-end investment companies registered under the
Federal Investment Company Act of 1940, if the investments of the index or of the mutual
fund to the extent that these funds comply with paragraphs (c) to (j).

(i) Real estate investment trust; related investments. The covered pension plan
may invest in real estate investment trusts secured by mortgages or deeds of trust and
sold on an exchange, and insurance company commingled accounts, including separate
accounts, of a debt or equity nature.

(j) Exchange traded funds. The covered pension plan may invest funds in exchange
traded funds, subject to the maximums, the requirements, and the limitations set forth in
paragraphs (c) to (i), as applicable.

(k) Other investments. (1) In addition to the investments authorized in paragraphs
(b) to (j), and subject to the provisions in clause (2), the covered pension plan may invest
funds in:

(i) venture capital investment businesses through participation in limited partnerships
and corporations;

(ii) real estate ownership interests or loans secured by mortgages or deeds of trust
through investment in limited partnerships or bank sponsored collective funds;

(iii) regional and mutual funds through bank sponsored collective funds and
open-end investment companies registered under the Federal Investment Company Act
of 1940 which do to the extent that a fund or a portion of a fund does not qualify under
paragraph (h);

(iv) resource investments through limited partnerships, private placements, and
corporations; and

(v) international debt securities and emerging market equity securities.

(2) The investments authorized in clause (1) must conform to the following
provisions:

(i) the aggregate value of all investments made according to clause (1), including
allocated amounts of index and mutual funds, may not exceed 20 percent of the market
value of the fund for which the covered pension plan is investing;

(ii) there must be at least four unrelated owners of the investment other than the
covered pension plan for investments made under clause (1), item (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv);

(iii) covered pension plan participation in an investment vehicle is limited to 20
percent thereof for investments made under clause (1), item (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv); and

(iv) covered pension plan participation in a limited partnership does not include a
general partnership interest or other interest involving general liability. The covered
pension plan may not engage in any activity as a limited partner which creates general
liability.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 356A.06, subdivision 8b, is amended to read:


Subd. 8b.

Disclosure of investment authority; receipt of statement.

(a) For
this subdivision, the term "broker" means a broker, broker-dealer, investment advisor,
investment manager, or third party agent who transfers, purchases, sells, or obtains
investment securities for, or on behalf of, a covered pension plan.

(b) Before a covered pension plan may complete an investment transaction with or
in accord with the advice of a broker, the covered pension plan shall provide annually to
the broker a written statement of investment restrictions applicable under state law to the
covered pension plan or applicable under the pension plan governing board investment
policy.

(c) A broker must acknowledge in writing annually the receipt of the statement of
investment restrictions and must agree to handle the covered pension plan's investments
and assets in accord with the provided investment restrictions. A covered pension plan
may not enter into or continue a business arrangement with a broker until the broker has
provided this written acknowledgment to the chief administrative officer of the covered
pension plan.

(d) If any portion of the plan's assets are held by a security broker or its agent, the
security broker or its agent must acknowledge in writing annually that sufficient insurance
has been obtained from the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, supplemented by
additional insurance, if necessary, to cover the full amount of covered pension plan assets
held by the security broker or its agent. Uniform acknowledgment forms prepared by the
state auditor shall be used by covered pension plans and brokers to meet the requirements
of this subdivision.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 424A.001, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


Subd. 1a.

Ancillary benefit.

"Ancillary benefit" means a benefit other than a service
pension that is permitted by law and that is provided for in the relief association bylaws.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2009.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 424A.001, subdivision 6, is amended to read:


Subd. 6.

Surviving spouse.

For purposes of this chapter, and the governing bylaws
of any relief association to which this chapter applies, the term "surviving spouse" means
any person who was the dependent spouse of a deceased active member or retired former
member living with the member at the time of the death of the active member or retired
former member for at least one year prior to the date on which the member terminated
active service and membership the spouse of a deceased member who was legally married
to the member at the time of death.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2009.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 424A.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Flexible service pension maximums.

(a) Annually on or before August
1 as part of the certification of the financial requirements and minimum municipal
obligation determined under section 69.772, subdivision 4, or 69.773, subdivision 5, as
applicable, the secretary or some other official of the relief association designated in
the bylaws of each relief association shall calculate and certify to the governing body
of the applicable qualified municipality the average amount of available financing per
active covered firefighter for the most recent three-year period. The amount of available
financing shall include any amounts of fire state aid received or receivable by the relief
association, any amounts of municipal contributions to the relief association raised from
levies on real estate or from other available revenue sources exclusive of fire state aid,
and one-tenth of the amount of assets in excess of the accrued liabilities of the relief
association calculated under section 69.772, subdivision 2; 69.773, subdivisions 2 and 4;
or 69.774, subdivision 2, if any.

(b) The maximum service pension which the relief association has authority to
provide for in its bylaws for payment to a member retiring after the calculation date when
the minimum age and service requirements specified in subdivision 1 are met must be
determined using the table in paragraph (c) or (d), whichever applies.

(c) For a relief association where the governing bylaws provide for a monthly
service pension to a retiring member, the maximum monthly service pension amount
per month for each year of service credited that may be provided for in the bylaws is
the greater of the service pension amount provided for in the bylaws on the date of the
calculation of the average amount of the available financing per active covered firefighter
or the maximum service pension figure corresponding to the average amount of available
financing per active covered firefighter:

Minimum Average Amount of Available
Financing per Firefighter
 Maximum Service Pension
Amount Payable per Month for
Each Year of Service
$ ...
 $ .25
41
 .50
81
 1.00
122
 1.50
162
 2.00
203
 2.50
243
 3.00
284
 3.50
324
 4.00
365
 4.50
405
 5.00
486
 6.00
567
 7.00
648
 8.00
729
 9.00
810
 10.00
891
 11.00
972
 12.00
1053
 13.00
1134
 14.00
1215
 15.00
1296
 16.00
1377
 17.00
1458
 18.00
1539
 19.00
1620
 20.00
1701
 21.00
1782
 22.00
1823
 22.50
1863
 23.00
1944
 24.00
2025
 25.00
2106
 26.00
2187
 27.00
2268
 28.00
2349
 29.00
2430
 30.00
2511
 31.00
2592
 32.00
2673
 33.00
2754
 34.00
2834
 35.00
2916
 36.00
2997
 37.00
3078
 38.00
3159
 39.00
3240
 40.00
3321
 41.00
3402
 42.00
3483
 43.00
3564
 44.00
3645
 45.00
3726
 46.00
3807
 47.00
3888
 48.00
3969
 49.00
4050
 50.00
4131
 51.00
4212
 52.00
4293
 53.00
4374
 54.00
4455
 55.00
4536
 56.00
Effective beginning December 31, 2008
4617
 		57.00
4698
 		58.00
4779
 		59.00
4860
 		60.00
4941
 		61.00
5022
 		62.00
5103
 		63.00
5184
 		64.00
5265
 		65.00
Effective beginning December 31, 2009
5346
 		66.00
5427
 		67.00
5508
 		68.00
5589
 		69.00
5670
 		70.00
5751
 		71.00
5832
 		72.00
5913
 		73.00
5994
 		74.00
Effective beginning December 31, 2010
6075
 		75.00
6156
 		76.00
6237
 		77.00
6318
 		78.00
6399
 		79.00
6480
 		80.00
6561
 		81.00
6642
 		82.00
6723
 		83.00
Effective beginning December 31, 2011
6804
 		84.00
6885
 		85.00
6966
 		86.00
7047
 		87.00
7128
 		88.00
7209
 		89.00
7290
 		90.00
7371
 		91.00
7452
 		92.00
Effective beginning December 31, 2012
7533
 		93.00
7614
 		94.00
7695
 		95.00
7776
 		96.00
7857
 		97.00
7938
 		98.00
8019
 		99.00
8100
 		100.00
any amount in excess
of 8100
 		100.00

(d) For a relief association in which the governing bylaws provide for a lump sum
service pension to a retiring member, the maximum lump sum service pension amount for
each year of service credited that may be provided for in the bylaws is the greater of the
service pension amount provided for in the bylaws on the date of the calculation of the
average amount of the available financing per active covered firefighter or the maximum
service pension figure corresponding to the average amount of available financing per
active covered firefighter for the applicable specified period:

Minimum Average Amount of Available
Financing per Firefighter
 Maximum Lump Sum Service
Pension Amount Payable for
Each Year of Service
$ ...
 $ 10
11
 20
16
 30
23
 40
27
 50
32
 60
43
 80
54
 100
65
 120
77
 140
86
 160
97
 180
108
 200
131
 240
151
 280
173
 320
194
 360
216
 400
239
 440
259
 480
281
 520
302
 560
324
 600
347
 640
367
 680
389
 720
410
 760
432
 800
486
 900
540
 1000
594
 1100
648
 1200
702
 1300
756
 1400
810
 1500
864
 1600
918
 1700
972
 1800
1026
 1900
1080
 2000
1134
 2100
1188
 2200
1242
 2300
1296
 2400
1350
 2500
1404
 2600
1458
 2700
1512
 2800
1566
 2900
1620
 3000
1672
 3100
1726
 3200
1753
 3250
1780
 3300
1820
 3375
1834
 3400
1888
 3500
1942
 3600
1996
 3700
2023
 3750
2050
 3800
2104
 3900
2158
 4000
2212
 4100
2265
 4200
2319
 4300
2373
 4400
2427
 4500
2481
 4600
2535
 4700
2589
 4800
2643
 4900
2697
 5000
2751
 5100
2805
 5200
2859
 5300
2913
 5400
2967
 5500
3021
 5600
3075
 5700
3129
 5800
3183
 5900
3237
 6000
3291
 6100
3345
 6200
3399
 6300
3453
 6400
3507
 6500
3561
 6600
3615
 6700
3669
 6800
3723
 6900
3777
 7000
3831
 7100
3885
 7200
3939
 7300
3993
 7400
4047
 7500
Effective beginning December 31, 2008
4101
 		7600
4155
 		7700
4209
 		7800
4263
 		7900
4317
 		8000
4371
 		8100
4425
 		8200
4479
 		8300
Effective beginning December 31, 2009
4533
 		8400
4587
 		8500
4641
 		8600
4695
 		8700
4749
 		8800
4803
 		8900
4857
 		9000
4911
 		9100
Effective beginning December 31, 2010
4965
 		9200
5019
 		9300
5073
 		9400
5127
 		9500
5181
 		9600
5235
 		9700
5289
 		9800
5343
 		9900
5397
 		10,000
any amount in excess
of 5397
 		10,000

(e) For a relief association in which the governing bylaws provide for a monthly
benefit service pension as an alternative form of service pension payment to a lump sum
service pension, the maximum service pension amount for each pension payment type
must be determined using the applicable table contained in this subdivision.

(f) If a relief association establishes a service pension in compliance with the
applicable maximum contained in paragraph (c) or (d) and the minimum average amount
of available financing per active covered firefighter is subsequently reduced because of a
reduction in fire state aid or because of an increase in the number of active firefighters, the
relief association may continue to provide the prior service pension amount specified in
its bylaws, but may not increase the service pension amount until the minimum average
amount of available financing per firefighter under the table in paragraph (c) or (d),
whichever applies, permits.

(g) No relief association is authorized to provide a service pension in an amount
greater than the largest applicable flexible service pension maximum amount even if
the amount of available financing per firefighter is greater than the financing amount
associated with the largest applicable flexible service pension maximum.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 424A.02, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Deferred service pensions.

(a) A member of a relief association is entitled
to a deferred service pension if the member:

(1) has completed the lesser of the minimum period of active service with the fire
department specified in the bylaws or 20 years of active service with the fire department;

(2) has completed at least five years of active membership in the relief association;
and

(3) separates from active service and membership before reaching age 50 or the
minimum age for retirement and commencement of a service pension specified in the
bylaws governing the relief association if that age is greater than age 50.

(b) The deferred service pension is payable when the former member reaches age
50, or the minimum age specified in the bylaws governing the relief association if that age
is greater than age 50, and when the former member makes a valid written application.

(c) A relief association that provides a lump sum service pension governed by
subdivision 3 may, when its governing bylaws so provide, pay interest on the deferred
lump sum service pension during the period of deferral. If provided for in the bylaws,
interest must be paid in one of the following manners:

(1) at the investment performance rate actually earned on that portion of the assets
if the deferred benefit amount is invested by the relief association in a separate account
established and maintained by the relief association or if the deferred benefit amount is
invested in a separate investment vehicle held by the relief association; or

(2) at an interest rate of up to five percent, compounded annually, as set by the board
of directors and approved as provided in subdivision 10; or.

(3) at a rate equal to the actual time weighted total rate of return investment
performance of the special fund as reported by the Office of the State Auditor under
section 356.219, up to five percent, compounded annually, and applied consistently for
all deferred service pensioners.

A relief association may not use the method provided for in clause (3), until it has
modified its bylaws to be consistent with that clause.

(d) Interest under paragraph (c), clause (2) or (3), is payable from the first day of
the month next following the date on which the municipality has approved the deferred
service pension interest rate established by the board of trustees or from the first day of the
month next following the date on which the member separated from active fire department
service and relief association membership, whichever is later, to the last day of the month
immediately before the month in which the deferred member becomes eligible to begin
receipt of the service pension and applies for the deferred service pension.

(e) A relief association that provides a defined contribution service pension may,
if its governing bylaws so provide, credit interest or additional investment performance
on the deferred lump sum service pension during the period of deferral. If provided for
in the bylaws, the interest must be paid in one of the manners specified in paragraph
(c) or alternatively the relief association may credit any investment return on the assets
of the special fund of the defined contribution volunteer firefighter relief association in
proportion to the share of the assets of the special fund to the credit of each individual
deferred member account through the date on which the investment return is recognized
by and credited to the special fund.

(f) For a deferred service pension that is transferred to a separate account established
and maintained by the relief association or separate investment vehicle held by the relief
association, the deferred member bears the full investment risk subsequent to transfer and
in calculating the accrued liability of the volunteer firefighters relief association that pays
a lump sum service pension, the accrued liability for deferred service pensions is equal
to the separate relief association account balance or the fair market value of the separate
investment vehicle held by the relief association.

(g) The deferred service pension is governed by and must be calculated under
the general statute, special law, relief association articles of incorporation, and relief
association bylaw provisions applicable on the date on which the member separated from
active service with the fire department and active membership in the relief association.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 424A.02, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Limitation on ancillary benefits.

Any relief association, including
any volunteer firefighters relief association governed by section 69.77 or any volunteer
firefighters division of a relief association governed by chapter 424, may only pay
ancillary benefits which would constitute an authorized disbursement as specified in
section 424A.05 subject to the following requirements or limitations:

(1) with respect to a relief association in which governing bylaws provide for a
lump sum service pension to a retiring member, no ancillary benefit may be paid to any
former member or paid to any person on behalf of any former member after the former
member (i) terminates active service with the fire department and active membership
in the relief association; and (ii) commences receipt of a service pension as authorized
under this section; and

(2) with respect to any relief association, no ancillary benefit paid or payable to any
member, to any former member, or to any person on behalf of any member or former
member, may exceed in amount the total earned service pension of the member or former
member. The total earned service pension must be calculated using by multiplying
the service pension amount specified in the bylaws of the relief association and at the
time of death or disability, whichever applies, by the years of service credited to the
member or former member. The years of service must be determined as of (i) the date
the member or former member became entitled to the ancillary benefit; or (ii) the date
the member or former member died entitling a survivor or the estate of the member or
former member to an ancillary benefit. The ancillary benefit must be calculated (i) without
regard to whether the member or former member had attained the minimum amount of
service and membership credit specified in the governing bylaws; and (ii) without regard
to the percentage amounts specified in subdivision 2;. For active members, the amount
of a permanent disability benefit or a survivor benefit must be equal to the member's
total earned service pension except that the bylaws of any relief association may provide
for the payment of a survivor benefit in an amount not to exceed five times the yearly
service pension amount specified in the bylaws on behalf of any member who dies before
having performed five years of active service in the fire department with which the relief
association is affiliated.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2009.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 424A.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Authorized disbursements from the special fund.

(a) Disbursements
from the special fund are not permitted to be made for any purpose other than one of
the following:

(1) for the payment of service pensions to retired members of the relief association if
authorized and paid under law and the bylaws governing the relief association;

(2) for the payment of temporary or permanent disability benefits to disabled
members of the relief association if authorized and paid pursuant to law and specified in
amount in the bylaws governing the relief association;

(3) for the payment of survivor benefits to surviving spouses and surviving children,
or if none, to designated beneficiaries, of deceased members of the relief association,
and if survivors and if no designated beneficiary, for the payment of a death benefit to
the estate of the deceased active firefighter, if authorized by and paid pursuant to law and
specified in amount in the bylaws governing the relief association;

(4) for the payment of any funeral benefits to the surviving spouse, or if no surviving
spouse, the estate, of the deceased member of the relief association if authorized by law
and specified in amount in the bylaws governing the relief association;

(5) for the payment of the fees, dues and assessments to the Minnesota State Fire
Department Association, to the Minnesota Area Relief Association Coalition, and to
the state Volunteer Firefighters Benefit Association in order to entitle relief association
members to membership in and the benefits of these associations or organizations; and

(6) (5) for the payment of administrative expenses of the relief association as
authorized under section 69.80.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, a designated beneficiary must be a natural person.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2009.

Sec. 12. VOLUNTARY STATEWIDE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
RETIREMENT PLAN ADVISORY BOARD.

Subdivision 1.

Definitions.

(a) For purposes of this article, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, the terms or phrases in this subdivision have the meanings given them.

(b) "Board" means the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement
plan advisory board established under subdivision 2.

(c) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Public Employees
Retirement Association.

(d) "Fire department" means the agency or department of a municipality or an
independent nonprofit firefighting corporation that is charged with the prevention and
suppression of fire and other related emergency activities.

(e) "Firetown" means the area serviced by any municipality having a qualified fire
department or a qualified incorporated fire department having a subsidiary volunteer
firefighters relief association.

Subd. 2.

Establishment.

The voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter
retirement plan advisory board is established.

Subd. 3.

Membership.

(a) The voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter
retirement plan advisory board consists of six persons. The members of the board must
be appointed as follows:

(1) board seat A: a volunteer firefighter from a firetown with a population under
5,000 appointed by the president of the Minnesota State Fire Departments Association;

(2) board seat B: a volunteer firefighter from a firetown with a population greater
than 5,000 and less than 9,001 appointed by the president of the Minnesota State Fire
Chiefs Association;

(3) board seat C: a volunteer firefighter from a firetown with a population greater
than 9,000 and less than 20,000 appointed by the president of the Minnesota State Fire
Departments Association;

(4) board seat D: a volunteer firefighter from a firetown with a population greater
than 19,999 appointed by the president of the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association;

(5) board seat E: a person appointed by the president of the League of Minnesota
Cities; and

(6) board seat F: a person appointed by the president of the Minnesota Association
of Townships.

(b) The members of the board shall serve until August 1, 2009.

(c) Service as a member of the board is uncompensated and does not qualify for
the reimbursement of expenses or for any per diem allowance by the state or the Public
Employees Retirement Association.

(d) A vacancy on the board must be filled by appointment by the governor in
accordance with the requirements specified in paragraph (a).

Subd. 4.

Board duties.

The board shall:

(1) elect a chair; and

(2) with the advice and administrative support of the executive director, draft
legislative recommendations for establishment, organization, and administration of the
voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan consistent with
this section, Minnesota Statutes, chapters 356 and 356A, and any other limitation or
requirement of law.

Subd. 5.

Information from municipalities and fire departments.

Municipalities
and fire departments with volunteer firefighters who would be covered by the plan shall
provide all relevant information and records that the board or the executive director
requires to perform their duties.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 13. REPEALER OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT SPECIAL VOLUNTEER
FIRE RELIEF ASSOCIATION ANCILLARY BENEFIT LEGISLATION.

Subdivision 1.

Anoka.

Laws 1969, chapter 352, section 1, subdivisions 3, 4, 5,
and 6, are repealed.

Subd. 2.

Butterfield.

Laws 1975, chapter 185, section 1, is repealed.

Subd. 3.

Coon Rapids.

Laws 1973, chapter 304, section 1, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, and 9, are repealed.

Subd. 4.

Edina.

(1) Laws 1965, chapter 592, section 3, as amended by Laws 1969,
chapter 644, section 2, and Laws 1975, chapter 229, section 2; (2) Laws 1965, chapter
592, section 4, as amended by Laws 1969, chapter 644, section 2, Laws 1975, chapter 229,
section 3, Laws 1985, chapter 261, section 37, and Laws 1991, chapter 125, section 1; (3)
Laws 1985, chapter 261, section 37, as amended by Laws 1991, chapter 125, section 1;
and (4) Laws 1991, chapter 125, section 1, are repealed.

Subd. 5.

Fairmont.

Laws 1967, chapter 575, sections 2, as amended by Laws 1979,
chapter 201, section 23; 3; and 4, are repealed.

Subd. 6.

Falcon Heights.

Laws 1969, chapter 526, sections 3; 4; 5, as amended
by Laws 1974, chapter 208, section 2; and 7, as amended by Laws 1974, chapter 208,
section 3, are repealed.

Subd. 7.

Golden Valley.

Laws 1971, chapter 140, sections 2, as amended by Laws
1973, chapter 30, section 2; 3, as amended by Laws 1973, chapter 30, section 3; 4, as
amended by Laws 1973, chapter 30, section 4; and 5, as amended by Laws 1973, chapter
30, section 5; and Laws 1993, chapter 244, article 4, section 1, are repealed.

Subd. 8.

Wayzata.

Laws 1973, chapter 472, section 1, as amended by Laws 1976,
chapter 272, section 1, and Laws 1979, chapter 201, section 33, is repealed.

Subd. 9.

White Bear Lake.

Laws 1971, chapter 214, section 1, subdivisions 1, 2,
3, 4, and 5, are repealed.

EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.

(a) Subdivision 1 is effective the day
after the governing body of Anoka and its chief clerical officer timely complete their
compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3, after June
30, 2009.

(b) Subdivision 2 is effective the day after the governing body of Butterfield and its
chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3, after June 30, 2009.

(c) Subdivision 3 is effective the day after the governing body of Coon Rapids and
its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3, after June 30, 2009.

(d) Subdivision 4 is effective the day after the governing body of Edina and its
chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3, after June 30, 2009.

(e) Subdivision 5 is effective the day after the governing body of Fairmont and its
chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3, after June 30, 2009.

(f) Subdivision 6 is effective the day after the governing body of Falcon Heights
and its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes,
section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3, after June 30, 2009.

(g) Subdivision 7 is effective the day after the governing body of Golden Valley and
its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3, after June 30, 2009.

(h) Subdivision 8 is effective the day after the governing body of Wayzata and its
chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3, after June 30, 2009.

(i) Subdivision 9 is effective the day after the governing body of White Bear Lake
and its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes,
section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3, after June 30, 2009.

ARTICLE 17

MEMBERSHIP DUES WITHHOLDING

Section 1.

[356.91] VOLUNTARY MEMBERSHIP DUES DEDUCTION.

(a) Upon written authorization of a person receiving an annuity from a public
pension fund administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System, the Public
Employees Retirement Association, or the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, the
executive director of the public pension fund may deduct from the retirement annuity an
amount requested by the annuitant to be paid as dues to any labor organization that is an
exclusive bargaining agent representing public employees or an organization representing
retired public employees of which the annuitant is a member and shall pay the amount to
the organization so designated by the annuitant.

(b) A pension fund and the plan fiduciaries which authorize or administer deductions
of dues payments under paragraph (a) are not liable for failure to properly deduct or
transmit the dues amounts, provided that the fund and the fiduciaries have acted in good
faith.

(c) The deductions under paragraph (a) may occur no more frequently than two
times per year and may not be used for partisan political purposes.

(d) Any labor organization specified in paragraph (a) shall reimburse the public
pension fund for the administrative expense of withholding premium amounts.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

ARTICLE 18

SMALL GROUP PROVISIONS

Section 1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION COVERAGE
TERMINATION.

Subdivision 1.

Eligibility.

(a) An eligible individual specified in paragraph (b)
is authorized to apply for a retirement annuity, provided necessary age and service
requirements are met, under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.29 or 353.30, as applicable,
as further specified under subdivision 2.

(b) An eligible individual is an individual who:

(1) was employed by Independent School District No. 535, Rochester, on October 6,
1993, and became a member of the Public Employees Retirement Association coordinated
plan;

(2) terminated from Independent School District No. 535, Rochester, on December
31, 2003;

(3) was elected to the Rochester City Council on April 22, 2003, and sworn in on
May 5, 2003;

(4) was reelected to the Rochester City Council and took office in November 2004;

(5) continued to work for Olmsted County on a contract basis, while serving on
the city council;

(6) elected under law then applicable to have Public Employees Retirement
Association coordinated plan coverage for the city council elected service; and

(7) terminated Independent School District No. 535, Rochester, employment but is
unable to commence receipt of a Public Employees Retirement Association coordinated
plan annuity because of the continuing Public Employees Retirement Association
coordinated plan coverage for the elected city council service and for Olmsted County.

Subd. 2.

Retirement annuity.

(a) Notwithstanding an irrevocable election to
participate in the Public Employees Retirement Association coordinated plan as an elected
official and continuation of elected service, an eligible individual under subdivision 1,
paragraph (b), is deemed to have terminated membership under Minnesota Statutes, section
353.01, subdivision 11b, following termination of the Olmsted County employment.

(b) If the requirements of paragraph (a) are satisfied, the eligible individual may
apply for a retirement annuity under Minnesota Statutes, section or , as
applicable. In computing the annuity, the Public Employees Retirement Association
must exclude salary due to the elected Rochester City Council service. Deferred annuity
augmentation under Minnesota Statutes, section , applies to this annuity.

Subd. 3.

Treatment of Rochester City Council contributions to the Public
Employees Retirement Association.

(a) All employee contributions to the Public
Employees Retirement Association coordinated plan by an eligible individual in
subdivision 1, paragraph (b), due to the elected Rochester City Council service, and all
corresponding employer contributions, must be determined.

(b) An eligible individual under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), must elect, within
one year of the effective date of this section or upon termination of elective service,
whichever is earlier, a refund under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.34, subdivision 2,
of employee contributions determined under paragraph (a), or coverage by the public
employees defined contribution plan under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353D, as further
specified in paragraph (c).

(c) If public employee defined contribution plan coverage is elected under paragraph
(b), contributions to that plan commence as of the first day of the pay period following
this election, and accumulated employee and employer contributions determined under
paragraph (a) must be transferred with six percent annual interest to an account for the
eligible individual in the public employees defined contribution plan.

(d) If no election is made by an eligible individual by the required date in paragraph
(b), the individual is assumed to have elected the refund indicated in paragraph (b).

(e) Upon an election under paragraph (b), or a mandatory refund under paragraph
(d), all rights in the Public Employees Retirement Association coordinated plan due to
elected Rochester City Council service are forfeited and may not be reestablished.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 2. PERA-GENERAL; ST. PAUL PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE;
RETIREMENT ANNUITY REVOCATION.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353, to the
contrary, an eligible person described in paragraph (b) is entitled to withdraw a retirement
annuity application previously filed with the general employees retirement plan of
the Public Employees Retirement Association and to apply for a disability benefit if
determined to have been totally and permanently disabled as of the date of the termination
of active employment.

(b) An eligible person is a person who:

(1) was born on March 9, 1949;

(2) was an employee of the Department of Public Works of the city of St. Paul
prior to terminating active employment;

(3) suffered an employment-related shoulder injury on May 9, 2006;

(4) suffers from and has been treated for stress and related disorders; and

(5) filed an application for a retirement annuity from the general employees
retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association on December 12, 2006,
without being provided with a disability benefit application and without being provided
with any benefit counseling by the Public Employees Retirement Association.

(c) If the eligible person, upon withdrawing the retirement annuity application
in writing and upon filing a disability benefit application with the Public Employees
Retirement Association, is determined to have been totally and permanently disabled as
of the date of the termination of active employment under Minnesota Statutes, sections
353.01, subdivision 19, and 353.33, the eligible person is entitled to receive a disability
benefit effective retroactively from the date on which the eligible person terminated active
employment, under the same annuity option selection made on December 12, 2006. The
amount of any increased benefit amount between the date of the termination of active
employment and the disability determination date is payable in a lump sum as soon as
is practicable following the disability determination date.

(d) If the previously filed retirement annuity application is withdrawn under this
section and the eligible person is determined not to have been totally and permanently
disabled as of the date of the termination of active employment, the prior retirement
annuity application is reinstated.

(e) The authority to withdraw a previously filed retirement annuity application under
this section expires on January 1, 2009.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to any eligible person who was a public employee on December 1, 2006.

Sec. 3. PERA-P&F; TRANSFER OF SERVICE CREDIT FOR PRIOR MAPLE
GROVE CITY EMPLOYMENT PERIOD.

Subdivision 1.

Authorization.

An eligible person described in subdivision 2 is
authorized to have service credit transferred under subdivision 3 upon the payment of the
additional amounts required under subdivision 4 and upon the substantiation of the nature
of the employment under subdivision 5.

Subd. 2.

Eligible person.

For purposes of this section, an eligible person is a
person who:

(1) was born on April 12, 1956;

(2) was initially employed by the city of Maple Grove on February 16, 1988;

(3) was employed as a full-time fire inspector by the fire-rescue department of the
city of Maple Grove, including daytime response to fire calls, with retirement coverage
by the coordinated program of the general employees retirement plan of the Public
Employees Retirement Association, on April 2, 1990; and

(4) was transferred to retirement coverage by the public employees police and fire
retirement plan as a fire inspector by Maple Grove city council action on January 1, 1996.

Subd. 3.

Service credit transfer.

(a) An eligible person, upon filing a written
application as prescribed by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement
Association and upon compliance with subdivisions 4 and 5, shall have service credit
for the period from April 2, 1990, to January 1, 1996, transferred from the coordinated
program of the general employees retirement plan to the public employees police and
fire retirement plan on the first of the month next following the receipt of the additional
payments under subdivision 4.

(b) Upon the transfer of service credit under paragraph (a), the service credit of
the eligible person in the coordinated program of the general employees retirement
plan for the period from April 2, 1990, to January 1, 1996, is forfeited and may not be
subsequently restored under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.35, or any other applicable
provision of law.

Subd. 4.

Additional payment amounts.

(a) Accompanying the written application
under subdivision 3, the eligible person shall include an additional member contribution
payment for the period from April 2, 1990, to January 1, 1996. The additional member
contribution payment amount is the difference between the member contribution rate
under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.65, subdivision 2, and the member contribution rate
under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.27, subdivision 2, applied to the eligible person's
total covered salary for the period from April 2, 1990, to January 1, 1996, plus annual
compound interest from August 1, 1993, to the date on which the payment is made at the
rate of 8.5 percent.

(b) Upon receipt of the additional member contributions under paragraph (a), the
executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association shall notify the city
of Maple Grove that the payment was made and the amount of the additional employer
contribution. Within 30 days of the receipt of the notification from the Public Employees
Retirement Association, the city of Maple Grove shall pay the additional employer
contribution amount. The amount is the difference between the present value of the
eligible person's combined retirement annuity from the coordinated program of the general
employees retirement plan and from the public employees police and fire retirement plan
as of the end of the month preceding the payment of the additional member contribution
amount and the present value of the potential retirement annuity from the public employees
police and fire retirement plan if the service credit transfer occurred as of the same date,
reduced by the amount of the retirement plan asset transfer under paragraph (c) and by the
amount of the additional member contribution amount. The present value computation
must be made by the actuary retained under Minnesota Statutes, section 356.214, and must
utilize the applicable actuarial assumptions under Minnesota Statutes, section 356.215.
The additional employer contribution amount must be paid in a lump sum. If the additional
employer contribution payment is not made in a timely fashion, the executive director of
the Public Employees Retirement Association shall notify the commissioners of finance
and revenue of that fact and the commissioners shall deduct the required amount from any
state aid or other state payment amount applicable to the city, plus interest on the amount
at the rate of one percent per month from the payment due date to the actual payment date.

(c) Upon the receipt of the additional member contribution under paragraph (a), the
executive director shall transfer an amount equal to double the eligible person's member
contributions to the coordinated program of the general employees retirement plan for the
period from April 2, 1990, to January 1, 1996, plus compound interest at the annual rate
of 8.5 percent from August 1, 1993, to the date of transfer from the general employees
retirement fund to the public employees police and fire retirement fund.

Subd. 5.

Public safety employment substantiation.

Service credit is transferrable
under this section only if the employment for the city of Maple Grove by the eligible
person during the period from April 2, 1990, to January 1, 1996, is documented as
constituting firefighter employment sufficient to qualify for public employees police and
fire retirement plan membership and eligibility if the city of Maple Grove had adopted the
resolution under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.64, subdivision 2, as of April 2, 1990.
The city of Maple Grove and the eligible person must provide any relevant documentation
required by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association.

Subd. 6.

Expiration.

Authority to transfer service credit under this section expires
on July 1, 2009.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 4. TEACHERS RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION COVERAGE ELECTION
FOR CERTAIN MNSCU FACULTY MEMBERS.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of Minnesota Statutes, chapter
354B, an eligible person described in paragraph (b) may elect prospective and retroactive
retirement coverage under paragraph (c).

(b) An eligible person is a person who:

(1) was born on December 9, 1954;

(2) was initially employed by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system
on a part-time basis at Metropolitan State University on January 12, 2004;

(3) was first employed in excess of 25 percent of full-time employment by the
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system on August 27, 2005;

(4) was covered by the higher education individual retirement account plan because
of a failure of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system to advise about the
default retirement coverage provision of Minnesota Statutes, section 354B.21, subdivision
3; and

(5) became a full-time employee of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
system as a full-time faculty member at Metropolitan State University on July 17, 2007.

(c) An eligible person may elect retirement coverage by the Teachers Retirement
Association rather than the higher education individual retirement account plan for faculty
employment rendered after the date of the retirement coverage election under this section
and for past Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system faculty employment from
January 12, 2004, until the date of the retirement coverage election. The election must
be made in writing, must be filed with the executive director of the Teachers Retirement
Association, and must be accompanied with any relevant documentation required by the
executive director of the Teachers Retirement Association.

(d) If an eligible person makes the retirement coverage election under paragraph (c),
the eligible person's member contributions to the higher education individual retirement
account plan must be transferred to the Teachers Retirement Association, with any earned
investment returns on those contributions. If the transferred member contributions and
investment earnings are less than the calculated amount of the member contribution that
the eligible person would have made to the Teachers Retirement Association on the
eligible person's compensation from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system
for the period from August 27, 2005, to the date of the retirement coverage election, if
the person had been covered by the Teachers Retirement Association during the period,
plus annual compound interest at the rate of 8.5 percent, the eligible person shall pay the
balance of that calculated member contribution obligation within 30 days of the retirement
coverage election. Any payment may be made through an institution-to-institution
transfer from the eligible person's account in the Minnesota state deferred compensation
program or the eligible person's tax-sheltered savings account under the federal Internal
Revenue Code, section 403(b).

(e) Upon the transfer of the equivalent member contribution amount and any
additional payments under paragraph (d), the balance of the eligible person's higher
education individual retirement account plan account must be transferred to the Teachers
Retirement Association. If the amounts under paragraph (d) and the higher education
individual retirement account plan account balance under this paragraph are less than
the prior service credit purchase payment amount calculated under Minnesota Statutes,
section 356.551, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system shall pay that
difference within 60 days of the retirement coverage election date.

(f) Upon the transfers and payments under paragraphs (d) and (e), the eligible
person must be credited by the Teachers Retirement Association with allowable and
formula service for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system employment since
January 12, 2004.

(g) The authority to make a retirement coverage election under this section expires
on January 1, 2009.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 5. TEACHERS RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION; SERVICE CREDIT
PURCHASE AUTHORIZATION.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 354, to the
contrary, an eligible person described in paragraph (b) may purchase allowable and
formula service credit under Minnesota Statutes, section 354.05, subdivisions 13 and 25,
from the Teachers Retirement Association, for the period of prior out-of-state teaching
service specified in paragraph (c), by making the payment required under paragraph (d).

(b) An eligible person is a person who:

(1) was born on April 7, 1976;

(2) was a teacher at the Edwardsville High School in O'Fallon, Illinois, during the
1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, and 2001-2002 school years;

(3) was a teacher for Independent School District No. 196, Rosemount, at the
Apple Valley High School during the 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006,
and 2006-2007 school years; and

(4) was on a leave of absence from Independent School District No. 196,
Rosemount, for the 2007-2008 school year.

(c) The period of prior service credit available for purchase is up to 4.188 years,
representing Illinois teaching service rendered during the 1998-1999, 1999-2000,
2000-2001, and 2001-2002 school years. The prior service credit may not exceed one year
of service credit in any school year and may not include any prior teaching service that
entitles the eligible person to a current or deferred age and service retirement annuity
or disability benefit from the Teachers Retirement Association or that was previously
subject to a prior service credit purchase from another defined benefit public employee
retirement plan.

(d) The purchase payment amount under this section is the amount calculated under
Minnesota Statutes, section 356.551. If permitted by federal law and Illinois state law, the
purchase payment obligation may be met in whole or in part by an institution-to-institution
transfer of the eligible person's account balance in the Illinois Teachers Retirement System.

(e) The election to purchase prior service credit under this section must be made
in writing and must be filed with the executive director of the Teachers Retirement
Association. The executive director of the Illinois Teachers Retirement System may
require the documentation of the applicability of this section and any other relevant
information from the eligible person.

EFFECTIVE DATE; EXPIRATION.

This section is effective the day following
final enactment and expires on January 1, 2010.

Sec. 6. REVISED TOTAL AND PERMANENT DISABILITY BENEFIT,
MINNEAPOLIS BOMB SQUAD DISABILITANT.

(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 353.656,
subdivision 1a, to the contrary, an eligible person specified in paragraph (b) is entitled
to the benefit specified in paragraph (c).

(b) An eligible person is a person who:

(1) was born on September 9, 1964;

(2) was injured on February 9, 2005, while working as a police officer on the city of
Minneapolis bomb squad, causing traumatic brain injury;

(3) because of ineligibility for coverage under the federal Old Age, Survivors, and
Disability Insurance Program, is not eligible for federal Old Age, Survivors, and Disability
Insurance Program disability benefits; and

(4) commenced receiving public employees police and fire retirement plan disability
benefits on August 12, 2006.

(c) The disability benefit payable to an eligible person specified in paragraph (b) is
75 percent of average salary as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 353.01, subdivision
17a. The benefit specified in this paragraph commences on the first day of the month after
the effective date, and is in lieu of the disability benefit otherwise provided by law.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 7. PERA CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.
2859, GLENCOE/SILVER LAKE, ANNUITANT WAIVER OF REPAYMENT
REQUIREMENT.

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section
353.01, subdivision 28, to the contrary, an eligible person described in paragraph (b) must
be considered by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association
to have retired on September 30, 2003, although the person rendered service in October
2003 as an employee of an independent contractor which provided services to the same
governmental subdivision from which the individual terminated service on September
30, 2003.

(b) An eligible person is a person who:

(1) was born on November 13, 1944;

(2) was hired on August 17, 1964, by Independent School District No. 422,
Glencoe, predecessor of the now consolidated Independent School District No. 2859,
Glencoe/Silver Lake, with coverage by the general employees retirement plan of the
Public Employees Retirement Association;

(3) terminated employment as manager of the grounds and transportation for the
school district on September 30, 2003; and

(4) relying upon incomplete or erroneous information provided by the Public
Employees Retirement Association regarding separation from service requirements as it
applies to independent contractor employment, became an employee in October 2003 of
the independent contractor providing bus service for the same school district.

(c) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 353.27, subdivision 7b, an eligible
person described in paragraph (b) must not be required to repay, through suspension
or reduction of the annuity or any other means, any Public Employees Retirement
Association general plan retirement annuity amount received before December 31, 2004.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 8. PERA-GENERAL; CITY OF ST. PAUL EMPLOYEE SERVICE CREDIT
PURCHASE.

(a) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) is entitled to purchase allowable
service credit from the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees
Retirement Association for the period of employment by the city of St. Paul between
May 1, 1982, and March 31, 1984, that qualified as employment by a public employee
under Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 353.01, subdivision 2, that was not previously
credited by the retirement plan.

(b) An eligible person is a person who:

(1) was born on March 25, 1960;

(2) was first employed by the city of St. Paul on April 23, 1979;

(3) qualified for Public Employees Retirement Association general plan coverage in
May 1982 but was not reported by the city of St. Paul to the Public Employees Retirement
Association for coverage until April 1984; and

(4) became a member of the general employees retirement plan of the Public
Employees Retirement Association in April 1984.

(c) The eligible person described in paragraph (b) is authorized to apply with the
executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association to make the service
credit purchase under this section. The application must be in writing and must include
all necessary documentation of the applicability of this section and any other relevant
information that the executive director may require.

(d) Allowable service credit under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.01, subdivision
16, must be granted by the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees
Retirement Association to the account of the eligible person upon the receipt of the prior
service credit purchase payment amount required under Minnesota Statutes, section
356.551.

(e) Of the prior service credit purchase payment amount under Minnesota Statutes,
section 356.551, the eligible person must pay an amount equal to the employee
contribution rate or rates in effect during the uncredited employment period applied to the
actual salary rates in effect during the period, plus annual compound interest at the rate
of 8.5 percent from the date the member contribution payment should have been made
if made in a timely fashion until the date on which the contribution is actually made. If
the equivalent member contribution payment, plus interest, is made, the city of St. Paul
shall pay the balance of the total prior service credit purchase payment amount under
Minnesota Statutes, section 356.551, within 60 days of notification by the executive
director of the Public Employees Retirement Association that the member contribution
equivalent payment has been received by the association.

(f) Authority for an eligible person to make a prior service credit purchase under
this section expires on June 30, 2009, or upon termination of employment covered by the
Public Employees Retirement Association, whichever is earlier.

(g) If the city of St. Paul fails to pay its portion of the prior service credit purchase
payment amount under paragraph (e), the executive director of the Public Employees
Retirement Association must notify the commissioners of finance and revenue of that fact
and the commissioners shall order the deduction of the required payment amount from
the next payment of any state aid to the city of St. Paul and the commissioners shall
transmit the applicable amount to the general employees retirement fund of the Public
Employees Retirement Association.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 9. ST. PAUL SCHOOL BOARD; PRIOR SERVICE PURCHASE.

(a) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) is entitled to purchase prior
uncredited service rendered as a member of the board of education of Independent School
District No. 625, St. Paul, from the defined contribution retirement plan of the Public
Employees Retirement Association.

(b) An eligible person is a person who has one of the following combinations of
date of birth, date of initial membership on the board of education of Independent School
District No. 625, St. Paul, and first enrolled in the public employees defined contribution
plan:

person
 		birth date
 		date of initial school board
membership
 		date of enrollment
in public
employees defined
contribution plan
A
 		January 10, 1955
 		January 1, 2000
 		August 28, 2007
B
 		May 15, 1957
 		January 1, 2006
 		January 20, 2007
C
 		May 7, 1960
 		January 1, 1992
 		February 17, 1998
D
 		July 16, 1969
 		January 1, 2004
 		April 13, 2007

(c) To make the purchase, eligible persons A, B, and D shall pay an amount equal to
five percent of the salary of the eligible person between the date of the initial school board
membership and the date of enrollment in the public employees defined contribution plan,
plus compound interest on that amount from the midpoint of that period to the date of
payment. To make the purchase, eligible person C shall make two payments, one before
December 15, 2008, and the other after January 1, 2009, and before January 31, 2010,
each in an amount equal to 2.5 percent of the salary of the eligible person between January
1, 1992, and February 17, 1998, plus compound interest on that amount at the rate of six
percent from July 1, 1994, to the date of payment.

(d) If the eligible person makes the payment under paragraph (c), Independent
School District No. 625, St. Paul, shall pay an amount equal to the payment amount or
amounts under paragraph (c). The employer payment or payments must be made within
ten days of the date of notification of the eligible person's payment by the executive
director of the Public Employees Retirement Association.

(e) This authority expires on May 31, 2010, or on the first day of the month next
following the conclusion of the eligible member's elected public service, whichever
occurs earlier.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Sec. 10. TEACHERS RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION; SERVICE CREDIT
PURCHASE AUTHORIZATION.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 354, to the
contrary, unless the period to be purchased is credited as allowable service by another
retirement plan covered by Minnesota Statutes, section 356.30, or is ineligible for credit as
allowable or formula service under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 354, an eligible person
described in paragraph (b) may purchase allowable and formula service credit under
Minnesota Statutes, section 354.05, subdivisions 13 and 25, from the Teachers Retirement
Association, for the period specified in paragraph (c), by making the payment required
under paragraph (d).

(b) An eligible person is a person who:

(1) was born on December 8, 1974; and

(2) took a leave of absence from teaching in Wayzata, Independent School District,
No. 284, from January, 2006, through March, 2006, during which the person did not
receive allowable and formula service credit from the Teachers Retirement Association.

(c) The period of prior service credit available for purchase is 26.5 days.

(d) The purchase payment amount under this section is the amount calculated in
Minnesota Statutes, section 356.551.

(e) The election to purchase prior service credit under this section must be made
in writing and must be filed with the executive director of the Teachers Retirement
Association. The executive director may require documentation of the applicability of this
section and any other relevant information from the eligible person.

EFFECTIVE DATE; EXPIRATION.

(a) This section is effective the day
following final enactment.

(b) This section expires on June 30, 2009.

Sec. 11. MSRS-UNCLASSIFIED PROGRAM; MARITAL PROPERTY
DIVISION.

(a) An eligible state employee described in paragraph (b) may elect to have the
person's account in the unclassified state employees retirement program of the Minnesota
State Retirement System governed by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 352D, divided as
provided in a marital property division decree as part of a marriage dissolution action prior
to the date on which the person terminates state employment.

(b) An eligible state employee is a person who:

(1) was born on July 19, 1953;

(2) was employed by the State Lottery in October 1989; and

(3) filed a marital property division decree from a marriage dissolution action with
the executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System.

(c) The former spouse of an eligible state employee, following the division election
under paragraph (a), may, upon filing a written application, withdraw the cash value
of the shares to the credit of the former spouse or leave those shares on deposit in the
supplemental investment fund.

(d) If the eligible state employee described in paragraph (b) exercises a retirement
coverage transfer option election under Minnesota Statutes, section 352D.02, subdivision
3, and if the eligible state employee had previously exercised the division election under
paragraph (a), the redemption of shares by the eligible state employee under Minnesota
Statutes, section 352D.02, subdivision 3, is limited to the employee's portion of the total
account amount and the allowable service credit of the employee in the general state
employees retirement plan obtained by the election must bear the same relationship
to the total state employment of the employee that the employee's portion of the total
account bears to the total account amount. An election by an eligible state employee
under Minnesota Statutes, section 352D.02, subdivision 3, does not apply to the former
spouse and does not prevent the former spouse from utilizing Minnesota Statutes, section
352D.05, at any time after the division election under paragraph (a) is made or Minnesota
Statutes, section 352D.06, when the former spouse attains at least age 55.

(e) A division election under paragraph (a) is irrevocable.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.

ARTICLE 19

PENSION COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.85, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Membership.

The commission consists of five seven members of the
senate appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and
Administration and five seven members of the house of representatives appointed by
the speaker. No more than five members from each chamber may be from the majority
caucus in that chamber. Members shall be appointed at the commencement of each regular
session of the legislature for a two-year term beginning January 16 of the first year of the
regular session. Members continue to serve until their successors are appointed. Vacancies
that occur while the legislature is in session shall be filled like regular appointments. If the
legislature is not in session, senate vacancies shall be filled by the last Subcommittee on
Committees of the senate Committee on Rules and Administration or other appointing
authority designated by the senate rules, and house vacancies shall be filled by the last
speaker of the house, or if the speaker is not available, by the last chair of the house
Rules Committee.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2009.