SF 2394

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; increasing
employer contribution rate limits; adding laborer's local pension fund to
exception; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 356.24, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 356.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Restriction; exceptions.

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, 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, in an amount matching employee contributions on a
dollar for dollar basis, but not to exceed an employer contribution of $2,000 a year per
employee;

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

(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 laborer's national industrial pension fund new text begin or to a laborer's local pension
fund new text end 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 deleted text begin $2,000 deleted text end new text begin $5,000 new text end 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 deleted text begin $2,000 deleted text end new text begin $5,000 new text end 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 deleted text begin $2,000 deleted text end new text begin $5,000 new text end per year per employee;
or

(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.

Sec. 2. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.
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