1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; providing general state 
1.3 	employees retirement plan coverage for employees of the National Sports Center 
1.4 	Foundation;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 352.01, subdivision 2a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 352.01, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2a.Included employees. (a) "State employee" includes:
1.8 	(1) employees of the Minnesota Historical Society;
1.9 	(2) employees of the State Horticultural Society;
1.10 	(3) employees of the Minnesota Crop Improvement Association;
1.11 	(4) employees of the adjutant general whose salaries are paid from federal funds and 
1.12 	who are not covered by any federal civilian employees retirement system;
1.13 	(5) employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities who are employed under 
1.14 	the university or college activities program;
1.15 	(6) currently contributing employees covered by the system who are temporarily 
1.16 	employed by the legislature during a legislative session or any currently contributing 
1.17 	employee employed for any special service as defined in subdivision 2b, clause (6);
1.18 	(7) employees of the legislature who are appointed without a limit on the duration of 
1.19 	their employment;
2.1 	(8) trainees who are employed on a full-time established training program performing 
2.2 	the duties of the classified position for which they will be eligible to receive immediate 
2.3 	appointment at the completion of the training period;
2.4 	(9) employees of the Minnesota Safety Council;
2.5 	(10) any employees who are on authorized leave of absence from the Transit Operating 
2.6 	Division of the former Metropolitan Transit Commission and who are employed by the 
2.7 	labor organization which is the exclusive bargaining agent representing employees of the 
2.8 	Transit Operating Division;
2.9 	(11) employees of the Metropolitan Council, Metropolitan Parks and Open Space 
2.10 	Commission, Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, or Metropolitan Mosquito Control 
2.11 	Commission unless excluded under subdivision 2b or are covered by another public pension 
2.12 	fund or plan under section 473.415, subdivision 3;
2.13 	(12) judges of the Tax Court;
2.14 	(13) personnel who were employed on June 30, 1992, by the University of Minnesota 
2.15 	in the management, operation, or maintenance of its heating plant facilities, whose 
2.16 	employment transfers to an employer assuming operation of the heating plant facilities, so 
2.17 	long as the person is employed at the University of Minnesota heating plant by that employer 
2.18 	or by its successor organization;
2.19 	(14) personnel who are employed as seasonal employees in the classified or unclassified 
2.20 	service;
2.21 	(15) persons who are employed by the Department of Commerce as a peace officer in 
2.22 	the Commerce Fraud Bureau under section 45.0135 who have attained the mandatory 
2.23 	retirement age specified in section 43A.34, subdivision 4;
2.24 	(16) employees of the University of Minnesota unless excluded under subdivision 2b, 
2.25 	clause (3);
2.26 	(17) employees of the Middle Management Association whose employment began after 
2.27 	July 1, 2007, and to whom section 352.029 does not apply;
2.28 	(18) employees of the Minnesota Government Engineers Council to whom section 
2.29 	352.029 does not apply;
2.30 	(19) employees of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority;
2.31 	(20) employees of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees;
2.32 	(21) employees of the Minnesota State Retirement System;
3.1 	(22) employees of the State Agricultural Society;
3.2 	(23) employees of the Gillette Children's Hospital Board who were employed in the 
3.3 	state unclassified service at the former Gillette Children's Hospital on March 28, 1974; and
3.4 	(24) if approved for coverage by the Board of Directors of Conservation Corps Minnesota, 
3.5 	employees of Conservation Corps Minnesota so employed on June 30, 2003.; and
3.6 	(25) regular full-time employees of the National Sports Center Foundation.
3.7 	(b) Employees specified in paragraph (a), clause (13), are included employees under 
3.8 	paragraph (a) if employer and employee contributions are made in a timely manner in the 
3.9 	amounts required by section 352.04. Employee contributions must be deducted from salary. 
3.10 	Employer contributions are the sole obligation of the employer assuming operation of the 
3.11 	University of Minnesota heating plant facilities or any successor organizations to that 
3.12 	employer.

3.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2018.