3rd Engrossment - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to retirement; statewide and major local 1.3 public pension plans; making various changes of an 1.4 administrative nature; setting various limitations and 1.5 requirements for public employees police and fire 1.6 retirement plan disability benefit applications; 1.7 resolving one person and small group pension problems; 1.8 reducing the early retirement age for the judges 1.9 retirement plan; authorizing a shorter vesting 1.10 schedule for the Marine on St. Croix Volunteer 1.11 Firefighters Relief Association; revising the salary 1.12 maximum for the executive secretary of the Minneapolis 1.13 Firefighters Relief Association; permitting single 1.14 Teachers Retirement Association members to make 1.15 survivor benefit designations; authorizing retirement 1.16 coverage discontinuation by an elected county 1.17 official; revising the manner in which actuarial 1.18 services to the Legislative Commission on Pensions and 1.19 Retirement are provided; continuing retirement 1.20 coverage by the general employees retirement plan of 1.21 the Public Employees Retirement Association for Anoka 1.22 County Achieve Program and the Government Training 1.23 Services; including in privatized public employee 1.24 retirement coverage employees of the Fair Oaks Lodge, 1.25 Wadena, and RenVilla Nursing Home, and the St. Peter 1.26 Community Healthcare Center; extending the expiration 1.27 date on certain prior military service credit 1.28 purchases; temporarily exempting Metropolitan Airports 1.29 Commission police from reemployed annuitant earnings 1.30 limitation; ratifying certain Bellingham volunteer 1.31 firefighter relief association annuity purchases; 1.32 including the Lake Johanna fire department employees 1.33 in Public Employees Retirement Association coverage; 1.34 limiting the covered salary of school district 1.35 superintendents and administrators for pension 1.36 purposes; excluding certain employees from limits on 1.37 covered salary for pension purposes; requiring audits 1.38 and reports on preretirement salaries of certain 1.39 school district administrators; expanding the health 1.40 care savings plan; modifying the department of 1.41 transportation pilots retirement plan; creating a 1.42 statewide volunteer firefighter retirement plan study 1.43 task force; authorizing shorter vesting periods for 1.44 defined contribution volunteer firefighter relief 1.45 associations; modifying Minneapolis Police Relief 1.46 Association provisions; providing additional benefits 2.1 to certain teachers employed during or before the 2.2 1968-1969 school year; providing an increase in and 2.3 school district levy authority for the level benefit 2.4 formula for the Teachers Retirement Association; 2.5 consolidating the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 2.6 into the Teachers Retirement Association; authorizing 2.7 the sale of revenue bonds by Special School District 2.8 No. 1, Minneapolis; appropriating money; amending 2.9 Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 3A.03, subdivision 2.10 2; 69.77, subdivision 4; 352.01, subdivision 13; 2.11 352.03, subdivision 6; 352.113, subdivisions 4, 6, 8, 2.12 by adding a subdivision; 352.12, subdivisions 1, 6; 2.13 352.22, subdivisions 2, 3; 352.27; 352.275, 2.14 subdivision 1; 352.86, subdivision 1; 352.91, 2.15 subdivision 3g; 352.95, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 352.98; 2.16 352B.01, subdivisions 3a, 11, by adding a subdivision; 2.17 352B.02, subdivision 1e; 352B.10, subdivisions 1, 2, 2.18 3, 4, 5; 352B.105; 352B.11, subdivisions 1, 2, by 2.19 adding subdivisions; 352D.065, subdivision 2; 2.20 352D.075, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 2.21 353.01, subdivisions 2b, 10, 12a, 12b, 16, 16a; 2.22 353.03, subdivision 3a; 353.33, subdivisions 4, 6, 6b, 2.23 7, by adding a subdivision; 353.37, subdivision 3, by 2.24 adding a subdivision; 353.64, by adding a subdivision; 2.25 353.656, subdivision 5, by adding subdivisions; 2.26 354.05, subdivisions 2, 13, 22, 35; 354.06, 2.27 subdivision 2a; 354.07, subdivision 9; 354.091; 2.28 354.096, subdivision 1; 354.42, subdivisions 2, 3, 7; 2.29 354.44, subdivisions 4, 5, 6; 354.46, subdivisions 2, 2.30 2b, 5, by adding a subdivision; 354.48, subdivisions 2.31 2, 4, 6, 6a, 10; 354.51, subdivision 5; 354.52, 2.32 subdivisions 4a, 6, by adding a subdivision; 354.53; 2.33 354.533, subdivision 1; 354.66, subdivision 2; 2.34 354A.011, subdivision 24; 354A.021, subdivision 7; 2.35 354A.093; 354A.094, subdivision 3; 354A.097, 2.36 subdivision 1; 354A.36, subdivisions 4, 6; 354B.20, 2.37 subdivisions 4, 6; 354B.23, subdivision 1; 354B.32; 2.38 354C.11, subdivision 2; 356.215, subdivisions 2, 18; 2.39 356.216; 356.302, subdivision 3; 356.441; 356.611, 2.40 subdivisions 1, 2, by adding subdivisions; 422A.06, 2.41 subdivision 2; 422A.18, subdivisions 1, 4; 2.42 423B.01,subdivision 12; 423B.09, subdivisions 1, 4, by 2.43 adding a subdivision; 423B.10, subdivision 1; 423B.15, 2.44 subdivision 3; 423C.05, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, by 2.45 adding a subdivision; 424A.02, subdivisions 2, 7; 2.46 490.121, subdivision 10, by adding a subdivision; 2.47 490.124, subdivision 12; Minnesota Statutes 2003 2.48 Supplement, sections 353.01, subdivision 6; 353F.02, 2.49 subdivision 4; 354A.12, subdivision 3b; 423C.03, 2.50 subdivision 3; Laws 1999, chapter 222, article 16, 2.51 section 16, as amended; Laws 2000, chapter 461, 2.52 article 4, section 4, as amended; proposing coding for 2.53 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 126C; 128D; 2.54 352F; 353F; 354; 356; 423B; repealing Minnesota 2.55 Statutes 2002, sections 3.85, subdivisions 11, 12; 2.56 352D.02, subdivision 5; 353.33, subdivision 5b; 2.57 354A.107; 354A.28; 356.217; 490.11. 2.58 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 2.59 ARTICLE 1 2.60 MEMBERSHIP ISSUES 2.61 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.91, 2.62 subdivision 3g, is amended to read: 2.63 Subd. 3g. [ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.] 2.64 (a) "Covered correctional service" means service by a state 3.1 employee in one of the employment positions at the designated 3.2 Minnesota correctional facility specified in paragraph (b),3.3provided thatif at least 75 percent of the employee's working 3.4 time is spent in direct contact with inmates and the fact of 3.5 this direct contact is certified to the executive director by 3.6 the commissioner of corrections. 3.7 (b) The qualifying employment positions and the designated 3.8 correctional facilities are: 3.9 (1) corrections discipline unit supervisor, at the 3.10 Minnesota Correctional Facility-Faribault, the Minnesota 3.11 Correctional Facility-Lino Lakes, the Minnesota Correctional 3.12 Facility-Oak Park Heights, the Minnesota Correctional 3.13 Facility-Rush City, and the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. 3.14 Cloud; 3.15 (2) dental assistant registered, at the Minnesota 3.16 Correctional Facility-Faribault, the Minnesota Correctional 3.17 Facility-Lino Lakes, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Moose 3.18 Lake, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights, and 3.19 the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing; 3.20 (3) dental hygienist, at the Minnesota Correctional 3.21 Facility-Shakopee and the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Rush 3.22 City; 3.23 (4) psychologist 2, at the Minnesota Correctional 3.24 Facility-Faribault, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Lino 3.25 Lakes, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Moose Lake, the 3.26 Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights, the Minnesota 3.27 Correctional Facility-Red Wing, the Minnesota Correctional 3.28 Facility-Rush City, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. 3.29 Cloud, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee, and the 3.30 Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater;andor 3.31 (5) sentencing to service crew leader involved with the 3.32 inmate community work crew program, at the Minnesota 3.33 Correctional Facility-Faribault and the Minnesota Correctional 3.34 Facility-Lino Lakes. 3.35 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.01, 3.36 subdivision 2b, is amended to read: 4.1 Subd. 2b. [EXCLUDED EMPLOYEES.] The following public 4.2 employees are not eligible to participate as members of the 4.3 association with retirement coverage by the public employees 4.4 retirement plan, the local government correctional employees 4.5 retirement plan under chapter 353E, or the public employees 4.6 police and fire retirement plan: 4.7 (1) public officers, other than county sheriffs, who are 4.8 elected to a governing body, or persons who are appointed to 4.9 fill a vacancy in an elective office of a governing body, whose 4.10 term of officefirstcommences on or after July 1, 2002, for the 4.11 service to be rendered in that elective position. Elected 4.12 governing body officials who were active members of the 4.13 association's coordinated or basic retirement plans as of June 4.14 30, 2002, continue participation throughout incumbency in office 4.15 until termination of public service occurs as defined in 4.16 subdivision 11a; 4.17 (2) election officers or election judges; 4.18 (3) patient and inmate personnel who perform services for a 4.19 governmental subdivision; 4.20 (4) except as otherwise specified in subdivision 12a, 4.21 employees who are hired for a temporary position as defined 4.22 under subdivision 12a, and employees who resign from a 4.23 nontemporary position and accept a temporary position within 30 4.24 days in the same governmental subdivision.;An employer must not4.25apply the definition of temporary position so as to exclude4.26employees who are hired to fill positions that are permanent or4.27that are for an unspecified period but who are serving a4.28probationary period at the start of the employment. If the4.29period of employment extends beyond six consecutive months and4.30the employee earns more than $425 from one governmental4.31subdivision in any calendar month, the department head shall4.32report the employee for membership and require employee4.33deductions be made on behalf of the employee under section4.34353.27, subdivision 4.4.35The membership eligibility of an employee who resigns or is4.36dismissed from a temporary position and within 30 days accepts5.1another temporary position in the same governmental subdivision5.2is determined on the total length of employment rather than on5.3each separate position. Membership eligibility of an employee5.4who holds concurrent temporary and nontemporary positions in one5.5governmental subdivision is determined by the length of5.6employment and salary of each separate position;5.7 (5) employees who are employed by reason of work emergency 5.8 caused by fire, flood, storm, or similar disaster; 5.9 (6) employees who by virtue of their employment in one 5.10 governmental subdivision are required by law to be a member of 5.11 and to contribute to any of the plans or funds administered by 5.12 the Minnesota State Retirement System, the Teachers Retirement 5.13 Association, the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association, 5.14 the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association, the St. 5.15 Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association, the Minneapolis 5.16 Employees Retirement Fund, or any police or firefighters relief 5.17 association governed by section 69.77 that has not consolidated 5.18 with the Public Employees Retirement Association, or any local 5.19 police or firefighters consolidation accountbutwho have not 5.20 elected the type of benefit coverage provided by the public 5.21 employees police and fire fund under sections 353A.01 to 5.22 353A.10, or any persons covered by section 353.665, subdivision 5.23 4, 5, or 6, who have not elected public employees police and 5.24 fire plan benefit coverage. This clause must not be construed 5.25 to prevent a person from being a member of and contributing to 5.26 the Public Employees Retirement Association and also belonging 5.27 to and contributing to another public pension plan or fund for 5.28 other service occurring during the same period of time. A 5.29 person who meets the definition of "public employee" in 5.30 subdivision 2 by virtue of other service occurring during the 5.31 same period of time becomes a member of the association unless 5.32 contributions are made to another public retirement fund on the 5.33 salary based on the other service or to the Teachers Retirement 5.34 Association by a teacher as defined in section 354.05, 5.35 subdivision 2; 5.36 (7) persons who are members of a religious order and are 6.1 excluded from coverage under the federal Old Age, Survivors, 6.2 Disability, and Health Insurance Program for the performance of 6.3 service as specified in United States Code, title 42, section 6.4 410(a)(8)(A), as amended through January 1, 1987, if no 6.5 irrevocable election of coverage has been made under section 6.6 3121(r) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended; 6.7 (8) employees of a governmental subdivision who have not 6.8 reached the age of 23 and are enrolled on a full-time basis to 6.9 attend or are attending classes on a full-time basis at an 6.10 accredited school, college, or university in an undergraduate, 6.11 graduate, or professional-technical program, or a public or 6.12 charter high school; 6.13 (9) resident physicians, medical interns, and pharmacist 6.14 residents and pharmacist interns who are serving in a degree or 6.15 residency program in public hospitals; 6.16 (10) students who are serving in an internship or residency 6.17 program sponsored by an accredited educational institution; 6.18 (11) persons who hold a part-time adult supplementary 6.19 technical college license who render part-time teaching service 6.20 in a technical college; 6.21 (12) except for employees of Hennepin county, foreign 6.22 citizens working for a governmental subdivision with a work 6.23 permit of less than three years, or an H-1b visa valid for less 6.24 than three years of employment. Upon notice to the association 6.25 that the work permit or visa extends beyond the three-year 6.26 period, the foreign citizensare tomust be reported for 6.27 membership from the date of the extension; 6.28 (13) public hospital employees who elected not to 6.29 participate as members of the association before 1972 and who 6.30 did not elect to participate from July 1, 1988, to October 1, 6.31 1988; 6.32 (14) except as provided in section 353.86, volunteer 6.33 ambulance service personnel, as defined in subdivision 35, but 6.34 persons who serve as volunteer ambulance service personnel may 6.35 still qualify as public employees under subdivision 2 and may be 6.36 members of the Public Employees Retirement Association and 7.1 participants in the public employees retirement fund or the 7.2 public employees police and fire fund, whichever applies, on the 7.3 basis of compensation received from public employment service 7.4 other than service as volunteer ambulance service personnel; 7.5 (15) except as provided in section 353.87, volunteer 7.6 firefighters, as defined in subdivision 36, engaging in 7.7 activities undertaken as part of volunteer firefighter duties; 7.8 provided that a person who is a volunteer firefighter may still 7.9 qualify as a public employee under subdivision 2 and may be a 7.10 member of the Public Employees Retirement Association and a 7.11 participant in the public employees retirement fund or the 7.12 public employees police and fire fund, whichever applies, on the 7.13 basis of compensation received from public employment activities 7.14 other than those as a volunteer firefighter; 7.15 (16) pipefitters and associated trades personnel employed 7.16 by Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, with coverage 7.17 under a collective bargaining agreement by the pipefitters local 7.18 455 pension plan who were either first employed after May 1, 7.19 1997, or, if first employed before May 2, 1997, elected to be 7.20 excluded under Laws 1997, chapter 241, article 2, section 12; 7.21 (17) electrical workers, plumbers, carpenters, and 7.22 associated trades personnel employed by Independent School 7.23 District No. 625, St. Paul, or the city of St. Paul, who have 7.24 retirement coverage under a collective bargaining agreement by 7.25 the Electrical Workers Local 110 pension plan, the United 7.26 Association Plumbers Local 34 pension plan, or the Carpenters 7.27 Local 87 pension plan who were either first employed after May 7.28 1, 2000, or, if first employed before May 2, 2000, elected to be 7.29 excluded under Laws 2000, chapter 461, article 7, section 5; 7.30 (18) bricklayers, allied craftworkers, cement masons, 7.31 glaziers, glassworkers, painters, allied tradesworkers, and 7.32 plasterers employed by the city of St. Paul or Independent 7.33 School District No. 625, St. Paul, with coverage under a 7.34 collective bargaining agreement by the Bricklayers and Allied 7.35 Craftworkers Local 1 pension plan, the Cement Masons Local 633 7.36 pension plan, the Glaziers and Glassworkers Local L-1324 pension 8.1 plan, the Painters and Allied Trades Local 61 pension plan, or 8.2 the Twin Cities Plasterers Local 265 pension plan who were 8.3 either first employed after May 1, 2001, or if first employed 8.4 before May 2, 2001, elected to be excluded under Laws 2001, 8.5 First Special Session chapter 10, article 10, section 6; 8.6 (19) plumbers employed by the metropolitan airports 8.7 commission, with coverage under a collective bargaining 8.8 agreement by the Plumbers Local 34 pension plan, who either were 8.9 first employed after May 1, 2001, or if first employed before 8.10 May 2, 2001, elected to be excluded under Laws 2001, First 8.11 Special Session chapter 10, article 10, section 6; 8.12 (20) employees who are hired after June 30, 2002, to fill 8.13 seasonal positions under subdivision 12b which are limited in 8.14 duration by the employer to 185 consecutive calendar days or 8.15 less in each year of employment with the governmental 8.16 subdivision; 8.17 (21) persons who are provided supported employment or 8.18 work-study positions by a governmental subdivision and who 8.19 participate in an employment or industries program maintained 8.20 for the benefit of these persons where the governmental 8.21 subdivision limits the position's duration to three years or 8.22 less, including persons participating in a federal or state 8.23 subsidized on-the-job training, work experience, senior citizen, 8.24 youth, or unemployment relief program where the training or work 8.25 experience is not provided as a part of, or for, future 8.26 permanent public employment; 8.27 (22) independent contractors and the employees of 8.28 independent contractors; and 8.29 (23) reemployed annuitants of the association during the 8.30 course of that reemployment. 8.31 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.01, 8.32 subdivision 12a, is amended to read: 8.33 Subd. 12a. [TEMPORARY POSITION.](1)(a) "Temporary 8.34 position" means an employment position predetermined by the 8.35 employer at the time of hiring to be a period of six months or 8.36 less. Temporary position also means an employment position 9.1 occupied by a person hired by the employer as a temporary 9.2 replacement who is employed for a predetermined period of six 9.3 months or less. 9.4(2)(b) "Temporary position" does not mean an employment 9.5 position for a specified or unspecified term in which a person 9.6 serves a probationary period as a requirement for subsequent 9.7 employment on a permanent or unlimited basis. 9.8 (c) If employment in a temporary position extends beyond 9.9 six consecutive months, the head of the department shall report 9.10 the employee for membership if salary in any month exceeds the 9.11 salary threshold specified in subdivision 2a. The membership 9.12 eligibility of an employee who resigns or is dismissed from a 9.13 temporary position and accepts another temporary position in the 9.14 same governmental subdivision within 30 days must be determined 9.15 on the total length of employment rather than on each separate 9.16 position. 9.17 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.01, 9.18 subdivision 12b, is amended to read: 9.19 Subd. 12b. [SEASONAL POSITION.] "Seasonal position" means 9.20 a position where the nature of the work or its duration are 9.21 related to a specific season or seasons of the year, regardless 9.22 of whether or not the employing agency anticipates that the same 9.23 employee will return to the position each season in which it 9.24 becomes available. The entire period of employment in a 9.25businessyear must be used to determine whether or not a 9.26 position may be excluded as seasonal when there is less than a 9.27 30-day break between one seasonal position and a subsequent 9.28 seasonal position for employment with the same governmental 9.29 employer. Seasonal positions include, but are not limited to, 9.30 coaching athletic activities or employment to plow snow or to 9.31 maintain roads or parks, or to operate skating rinks, ski 9.32 lodges, golf courses, or swimming pools. 9.33 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.64, is 9.34 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 9.35 Subd. 6a. [UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA POLICE OFFICERS.] A 9.36 police officer employed by the University of Minnesota who is 10.1 required by the Board Of Regents to contribute to the University 10.2 of Minnesota Faculty Retirement Plan shall not be a member of 10.3 the public employees police and fire fund. 10.4 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 10.5 following final enactment. 10.6 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.05, 10.7 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 10.8 Subd. 2. [TEACHER.] (a) "Teacher" means: 10.9 (1) a person who renders service as a teacher, supervisor, 10.10 principal, superintendent, librarian, nurse, counselor, social 10.11 worker, therapist, or psychologist in a public school of the 10.12 state located outside of the corporate limits of a city of the 10.13 first class, or in any charter school, irrespective of the 10.14 location of the school, or in any charitable, penal, or 10.15 correctional institutions of a governmental subdivision, or who 10.16 is engaged in educational administration in connection with the 10.17 state public school system, but excluding the University of 10.18 Minnesota, whether the position be a public office or an 10.19 employment, and not including the members or officers of any 10.20 general governing or managing board or body; 10.21 (2) an employee of the Teachers Retirement Association; 10.22 (3) a person who renders teaching service on a part-time 10.23 basis and who also renders other services for a single employing 10.24 unit. A person whose teaching service comprises at least 50 10.25 percent of the combined employment salary is a member of the 10.26 association for all services with the single employing unit. If 10.27 the person's teaching service comprises less than 50 percent of 10.28 the combined employment salary, the executive director must 10.29 determine whether all or none of the combined service is covered 10.30 by the association; or 10.31 (4) a person who is not covered by the plans established 10.32 under chapter 352D, 354A, or 354B and who is employed by the 10.33 board of trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and 10.34 Universities system in an unclassified position as: 10.35 (i) a president, vice-president, or dean; 10.36 (ii) a manager or a professional in an academic or an 11.1 academic support program other than specified in item (i); 11.2 (iii) an administrative or a service support faculty 11.3 position; or 11.4 (iv) a teacher or a research assistant. 11.5 (b) "Teacher" does not mean: 11.6 (1) a person who works for a school or institution as an 11.7 independent contractor as defined by the Internal Revenue 11.8 Service; 11.9 (2)a person employed in subsidized on-the-job training,11.10work experience or public service employment as an enrollee11.11under the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act from11.12and after March 30, 1978, unless the person has, as of the later11.13of March 30, 1978, or the date of employment, sufficient service11.14credit in the retirement association to meet the minimum vesting11.15requirements for a deferred retirement annuity, or the employer11.16agrees in writing on forms prescribed by the executive director11.17to make the required employer contributions, including any11.18employer additional contributions, on account of that person11.19from revenue sources other than funds provided under the federal11.20Comprehensive Training and Employment Act, or the person agrees11.21in writing on forms prescribed by the executive director to make11.22the required employer contribution in addition to the required11.23employee contribution;11.24(3)a personholding a part-time adult supplementary11.25technical college licensewho renders part-time teaching service 11.26 or who is a customized trainer as defined by the Minnesota State 11.27 Colleges and Universities systemin a technical collegeif (i) 11.28 the service is incidental to the regular nonteaching occupation 11.29 of the person; and (ii) theapplicable technical college11.30 employer stipulates annually in advance that the part-time 11.31 teaching service or customized training service will not exceed 11.32 300 hours in a fiscal year and retains the stipulation in its 11.33 records; and (iii) the part-time teaching service or customized 11.34 training service actually does not exceed 300 hours in a fiscal 11.35 year; or 11.36(4)(3) a person exempt from licensure under section 12.1 122A.30. 12.2 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354B.20, 12.3 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 12.4 Subd. 4. [COVERED EMPLOYMENT.] (a) "Covered employment" 12.5 means employment by a person eligible for coverage by this 12.6 retirement program under section 354B.21 in a faculty position 12.7 or in an eligible unclassified administrative position. 12.8 (b) "Covered employment" does not mean employment specified 12.9 in paragraph (a) by a faculty member employed ina state12.10university or a community collegethe Minnesota State Colleges 12.11 and Universities system if the person's initial appointment is 12.12 specified as constituting less than 25 percent of a full 12.13 academic year, exclusive of summer session, for the applicable 12.14 institution. 12.15 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354B.20, 12.16 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 12.17 Subd. 6. [ELIGIBLE UNCLASSIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION.] 12.18 "Eligible unclassified administrative position" means the 12.19 following: 12.20 (1) the chancellor of the board; 12.21 (2) a president of a state college or university;or12.22 (3) anexcludedadministrator employed in a state 12.23 university or college, by the board, or by the Higher Education 12.24 Services Office; or 12.25 (4) other managers and professionals in academic and 12.26 academic support programs in the unclassified service employed 12.27 in a state university or college, by the board, or by the Higher 12.28 Education Services Office. 12.29 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354C.11, 12.30 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 12.31 Subd. 2. [ELIGIBILITY.] (a) An individual must participate 12.32 in the supplemental retirement plan if the individual is 12.33 employed by the Board of Trustees in the unclassified service of 12.34 the state and has completed at least two years with a full-time 12.35 contract of applicable unclassified employment with the board or 12.36 an applicable predecessor board in any of the positions 13.1 specified in paragraph (b). 13.2 (b) Eligible positions or employment classifications are: 13.3 (1) an unclassified administrative position as defined in 13.4 section 354B.20, subdivision 6; 13.5 (2) an employment classification included in one of the 13.6 following collective bargaining units under section 179A.10, 13.7 subdivision 2: 13.8 (i) the state university instructional unit; 13.9 (ii) the state college instructional unit; and 13.10 (iii) the state university administrative unit; or 13.11 (3) an unclassified employee of the board: 13.12 (i) included in the general professional unit or the 13.13 supervisory employees unit under section 179A.10, subdivision 2; 13.14 or 13.15 (ii) an employee who is excluded from one of those units 13.16 due to the employee's confidential status under section 179A.10, 13.17 subdivision 1, clause (8). 13.18 Sec. 10. [REPEALER.] 13.19 Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352D.02, subdivision 5, is 13.20 repealed. 13.21 Sec. 11. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 13.22 (a) Sections 1 to 4, 6, 7, and 10 are effective on July 1, 13.23 2004. 13.24 (b) Section 8 is effective on July 1, 2004, and applies 13.25 retroactively to the date of hire of the applicable person in 13.26 the affected position. 13.27 (c) Section 9 is effective retroactively to July 1, 2001. 13.28 ARTICLE 2 13.29 COVERED SALARY DEFINITION 13.30 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.01, 13.31 subdivision 13, is amended to read: 13.32 Subd. 13. [SALARY.] (a) "Salary" means wages, or other 13.33 periodic compensation, paid to an employee before deductions for 13.34 deferred compensation, supplemental retirement plans, or other 13.35 voluntary salary reduction programs. 13.36 (b) "Salary" does not include: 14.1 (1) lump sum sick leave payments,; 14.2 (2) severance payments,; 14.3 (3) lump sum annual leave payments and overtime payments 14.4 made at the time of separation from state service,; 14.5 (4) payments in lieu of any employer-paid group insurance 14.6 coverage, including the difference between single and family 14.7 rates that may be paid to an employee with single coverage, and; 14.8 (5) payments made as an employer-paid fringe benefit,; 14.9 (6) workers' compensation payments,; 14.10 (7) employer contributions to a deferred compensation or 14.11 tax sheltered annuity program,; and 14.12 (8) amounts contributed under a benevolent vacation and 14.13 sick leave donation programare not salary. 14.14 (c) Amounts provided to an employee by the employer through 14.15 a grievance proceeding or a legal settlement are salary only if 14.16 the settlement is reviewed by the executive director and the 14.17 amounts are determined by the executive director to be 14.18 consistent with paragraph (a) and prior determinations. 14.19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.01, 14.20 subdivision 11, is amended to read: 14.21 Subd. 11. [AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY.] (a) "Average monthly 14.22 salary" means the average of the highest monthly salaries for 14.23 five years of service as a member upon which contributions were 14.24 deducted from pay under section 352B.02, or upon which 14.25 appropriate contributions or payments were made to the fund to 14.26 receive allowable service and salary credit as specified under 14.27 the applicable law. Average monthly salary must be based upon 14.28 all allowable service if this service is less than five 14.29 years.It14.30 (b) "Average monthly salary" means the salary of the member 14.31 as defined in section 352.01, subdivision 13. "Average monthly 14.32 salary" does not include any lump-sum annual leave payments and 14.33 overtime payments made at the time of separation from state 14.34 service, any amounts of severance pay, or any reduced salary 14.35 paid during the period the person is entitled to workers' 14.36 compensation benefit payments for temporary disability. 15.1 (c) A member on leave of absence receiving temporary 15.2 workers' compensation payments and a reduced salary or no salary 15.3 from the employer who is entitled to allowable service credit 15.4 for the period of absence may make payment to the fund for the 15.5 difference between salary received, if any, and the salary the 15.6 member would normally receive if not on leave of absence during 15.7 the period. The member shall pay an amount equal to the member 15.8 and employer contribution rate under section 352B.02, 15.9 subdivisions 1b and 1c, on the differential salary amount for 15.10 the period of the leave of absence. The employing department, 15.11 at its option, may pay the employer amount on behalf of the 15.12 member. Payment made under this subdivision must include 15.13 interest at the rate of 8.5 percent per year, and must be 15.14 completed within one year of the return from the leave of 15.15 absence. 15.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.01, 15.17 subdivision 10, is amended to read: 15.18 Subd. 10. [SALARY.] (a) "Salary" means: 15.19 (1) the periodic compensation of a public employee, before 15.20 deductions for deferred compensation, supplemental retirement 15.21 plans, or other voluntary salary reduction programs, and also 15.22 means "wages" and includes net income from fees and amounts paid 15.23 by employers as the result of employee wage reductions, or 15.24 instead of wage increases, to supplemental national or 15.25 international pension plans permitted under section 356.24, 15.26 subdivision 1; and 15.27 (2) for a public employee who has prior service covered by 15.28 a local police or firefighters relief association that has 15.29 consolidated with the Public Employees Retirement Association or 15.30 to which section 353.665 applies and who has elected coverage 15.31 either under the public employees police and fire fund benefit 15.32 plan under section 353A.08 following the consolidation or under 15.33 section 353.665, subdivision 4,"salary" meansthe rate of salary 15.34 upon which member contributions to the special fund of the 15.35 relief association were made prior to the effective date of the 15.36 consolidation as specified by law and by bylaw provisions 16.1 governing the relief association on the date of the initiation 16.2 of the consolidation procedure and the actual periodic 16.3 compensation of the public employee after the effective date of 16.4 consolidation. 16.5 (b) Salary does not mean: 16.6 (1) the fees paid to district court reporters, unused 16.7 annual vacation or sick leave payments, in lump-sum or periodic 16.8 payments, severance payments, reimbursement of expenses, 16.9 lump-sum settlements not attached to a specific earnings period, 16.10 or workers' compensation payments; 16.11 (2) employer-paid amounts used by an employee toward the 16.12 cost of insurance coverage, employer-paid fringe 16.13 benefits, except for amounts paid by employers as the result of 16.14 employee wage reductions, or instead of wage increases, to 16.15 supplemental national or international pension plans permitted 16.16 under section 356.24, subdivision 1, flexible spending accounts, 16.17 cafeteria plans, health care expense accounts, day care 16.18 expenses, or any payments in lieu of any employer-paid group 16.19 insurance coverage, including the difference between single and 16.20 family rates that may be paid to a member with single coverage 16.21 and certain amounts determined by the executive director to be 16.22 ineligible; 16.23 (3) the amount equal to that which the employing 16.24 governmental subdivision would otherwise pay toward single or 16.25 family insurance coverage for a covered employee when, through a 16.26 contract or agreement with some but not all employees, the 16.27 employer: 16.28 (i) discontinues, or for new hires does not provide, 16.29 payment toward the cost of the employee's selected insurance 16.30 coverages under a group plan offered by the employer; 16.31 (ii) makes the employee solely responsible for all 16.32 contributions toward the cost of the employee's selected 16.33 insurance coverages under a group plan offered by the employer, 16.34 including any amount the employer makes toward other employees' 16.35 selected insurance coverages under a group plan offered by the 16.36 employer; and 17.1 (iii) provides increased salary rates for employees who do 17.2 not have any employer-paid group insurance coverages;and17.3 (4) except as provided in section 353.86 or 353.87, 17.4 compensation of any kind paid to volunteer ambulance service 17.5 personnel or volunteer firefighters, as defined in subdivision 17.6 35 or 36; and 17.7 (5) the amount of compensation that exceeds the limitation 17.8 provided in section 356.611. 17.9 (c) Amounts provided to an employee by the employer through 17.10 a grievance proceeding or a legal settlement are salary only if 17.11 the settlement is reviewed by the executive director and the 17.12 amounts are determined by the executive director to be 17.13 consistent with paragraph (a) and prior determinations. 17.14 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.05, 17.15 subdivision 35, is amended to read: 17.16 Subd. 35. [SALARY.] (a) "Salary" means the periodic 17.17 compensation, upon which member contributions are required 17.18 before deductions for deferred compensation, supplemental 17.19 retirement plans, or other voluntary salary reduction programs. 17.20 (b) "Salary" does not mean: 17.21 (1) lump sum annual leave payments; 17.22 (2) lump sum wellness and sick leave payments; 17.23 (3) employer-paid amounts used by an employee toward the 17.24 cost of insurance coverage, employer-paid fringe benefits, 17.25 flexible spending accounts, cafeteria plans, health care expense 17.26 accounts, day care expenses, or any payments in lieu of any 17.27 employer-paid group insurance coverage, including the difference 17.28 between single and family rates that may be paid to a member 17.29 with single coverage and certain amounts determined by the 17.30 executive director to be ineligible; 17.31 (4) any form of payment made in lieu of any other 17.32 employer-paid fringe benefit or expense; 17.33 (5) any form of severance payments; 17.34 (6) workers' compensation payments; 17.35 (7) disability insurance payments, including self-insured 17.36 disability payments; 18.1 (8) payments to school principals and all other 18.2 administrators for services that are in addition to the normal 18.3 work year contract if these additional services are performed on 18.4 an extended duty day, Saturday, Sunday, holiday, annual leave 18.5 day, sick leave day, or any other nonduty day; 18.6 (9) payments under section 356.24, subdivision 1, clause 18.7 (4); and 18.8 (10) payments made under section 122A.40, subdivision 12, 18.9 except for payments for sick leave that are accumulated under 18.10 the provisions of a uniform school district policy that applies 18.11 equally to all similarly situated persons in the district. 18.12 (c) Amounts provided to an employee by the employer through 18.13 a grievance proceeding or a legal settlement are salary only if 18.14 the settlement is reviewed by the executive director and the 18.15 amounts are determined by the executive director to be 18.16 consistent with paragraph (a) and prior determinations. 18.17 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354A.011, 18.18 subdivision 24, is amended to read: 18.19 Subd. 24. [SALARY; COVERED SALARY.] (a) "Salary" or 18.20 "covered salary" means the entire compensation, upon which 18.21 member contributions are required and made, that is paid to a 18.22 teacher before deductions for deferred compensation, 18.23 supplemental retirement plans, or other voluntary salary 18.24 reduction programs. 18.25 (b) "Salary" does not mean: 18.26 (1) lump sum annual leave payments; 18.27 (2) lump sum wellness and sick leave payments; 18.28 (3) employer-paid amounts used by an employee toward the 18.29 cost of insurance coverage, employer-paid fringe benefits, 18.30 flexible spending accounts, cafeteria plans, health care expense 18.31 accounts, day care expenses, or any payments in lieu of any 18.32 employer-paid group insurance coverage, including the difference 18.33 between single and family rates that may be paid to a member 18.34 with single coverage, and certain amounts determined by the 18.35 executive secretary or director to be ineligible; 18.36 (4) any form of payment that is made in lieu of any other 19.1 employer-paid fringe benefit or expense; 19.2 (5) any form of severance payments; 19.3 (6) workers' compensation payments; 19.4 (7) disability insurance payments, including self-insured 19.5 disability payments; 19.6 (8) payments to school principals and all other 19.7 administrators for services that are in addition to the normal 19.8 work year contract if these additional services are performed on 19.9 an extended duty day, Saturday, Sunday, holiday, annual leave 19.10 day, sick leave day, or any other nonduty day; 19.11 (9) payments under section 356.24, subdivision 1, clause 19.12 (4)(ii); and 19.13 (10) payments made under section 122A.40, subdivision 12, 19.14 except for payments for sick leave that are accumulated under 19.15 the provisions of a uniform school district policy that applies 19.16 equally to all similarly situated persons in the district. 19.17 (c) Amounts provided to an employee by the employer through 19.18 a grievance proceeding or a legal settlement are salary only if 19.19 the settlement is reviewed by the executive director and the 19.20 amounts are determined by the executive director to be 19.21 consistent with paragraph (a) and prior determinations. 19.22 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 356.611, 19.23 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 19.24 Subdivision 1. [STATE SALARY LIMITATIONS.] (a) 19.25 Notwithstanding any provision of law, bylaws, articles of 19.26 incorporation, retirement and disability allowance plan 19.27 agreements, or retirement plan contracts to the contrary, the 19.28 covered salary for pension purposes for a plan participant of a 19.29 covered retirement fund enumerated in section 356.30, 19.30 subdivision 3, may not exceed 95 percent of the salary 19.31 established for the governor under section 15A.082 at the time 19.32 the person received the salary. 19.33 (b) This section does not apply to a salary paid: 19.34 (1) to the governor; 19.35 (2) to another constitutional officer; 19.36 (3) to a judge; 20.1 (4) to an elected county attorney in the counties of Anoka, 20.2 Dakota, Ramsey, and St. Louis; 20.3 (5) to an employee of a political subdivision in a position 20.4 that is excluded from the limit as specified under section 20.5 43A.17, subdivision 9;or20.6(3)(6) to a state employeein a position for which the20.7commissioner of employee relations has approved a salary rate20.8that exceeds 95 percent of the governor's salaryas defined 20.9 under section 43A.02, subdivision 21; 20.10 (7) to an employee of Gillette Hospital, the Minnesota Crop 20.11 Improvement Council, or the Minnesota Historical Society; 20.12 (8) to the executive director and chief executive officer, 20.13 the director of operations, and the director of corporate 20.14 development and agency relations of the Southern Minnesota 20.15 Municipal Power Agency; 20.16 (9) to the executive director and the insurance trust 20.17 administrator of the League of Minnesota Cities; or 20.18 (10) to the manager of Utilities Plus. 20.19 (c) The limited covered salary determined under this 20.20 section must be used in determining employee and employer 20.21 contributions and in determining retirement annuities and other 20.22 benefits under the respective covered retirement fund and under 20.23 this chapter. 20.24 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 356.611, 20.25 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 20.26 Subd. 2. [FEDERAL COMPENSATION LIMITS.] (a) For members 20.27first contributing toof a covered pension plan enumerated in 20.28 section 356.30, subdivision 3,on or after July 1, 1995,20.29 compensation in excess of the limitationset forthspecified in 20.30 section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, for 20.31 changes in the cost of living under section 401(a)(17)(B) of the 20.32 Internal Revenue Code, may not be included for contribution and 20.33 benefit computation purposes. 20.34 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for members specified in 20.35 paragraph (a) who first contributed to a covered plan before 20.36 July 1, 1995, the annual compensation limitset forthspecified 21.1 in Internal Revenue Code 401(a)(17) on June 30, 1993, appliesto21.2members first contributing before July 1, 1995if that provides 21.3 a greater allowable annual compensation. 21.4 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 356.611, is 21.5 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 21.6 Subd. 3. [MAXIMUM BENEFIT LIMITATIONS.] A member's annual 21.7 benefit, if necessary, must be reduced to the extent required by 21.8 section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as adjusted by the 21.9 United States Secretary of the Treasury under section 415(d) of 21.10 the Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of section 415 of the 21.11 Internal Revenue Code, the limitation year of a pension plan 21.12 covered by this section must be the fiscal year or calendar year 21.13 of that plan, whichever is applicable. The accrued benefit 21.14 limitation described in section 415(e) of the Internal Revenue 21.15 Code must cease to be effective for limitation years beginning 21.16 after December 31, 1999. 21.17 Sec. 9. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 21.18 (a) Sections 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 are effective on July 1, 21.19 2004. 21.20 (b) Sections 4 and 5 are effective on the day following 21.21 final enactment. 21.22 (c) Section 6 applies retroactively to April 28, 1994. 21.23 Retirement annuities that were calculated based on covered 21.24 salary amounts that were in excess of the limit in effect after 21.25 April 28, 1994, but conform with section 6, are ratified. 21.26 ARTICLE 3 21.27 ALLOWABLE SERVICE CREDIT 21.28 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.27, is 21.29 amended to read: 21.30 352.27 [CREDIT FORMILITARYBREAK IN SERVICE TO PROVIDE 21.31 UNIFORMED SERVICE.] 21.32Any(a) An employeegiven a leave of absence to enter21.33military servicewho is absent from employment by reason of 21.34 service in the uniformed services, as defined in United States 21.35 Code, title 38, section 4303(13), and who returns to state 21.36 service upon discharge frommilitaryserviceas providedin the 22.1 uniformed service within the time frames required in United 22.2 States Code, title 38, section192.2624312(e), may obtain 22.3 service credit for the period ofmilitarythe uniformed service.22.4The employee is not entitled to credit for any voluntary22.5extension of military service at the instance of the employee22.6beyond the initial period of enlistment, induction, or call to22.7active duty, nor to credit for any period of service following a22.8voluntary return to military serviceas further specified in 22.9 this section, provided that the employee did not separate from 22.10 uniformed service with a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge 22.11 or under other than honorable conditions.An22.12 (b) The employee may obtain credit by paying into the fund 22.13 an equivalent employee contribution based upon the contribution 22.14 rate or rates in effect at the time that the uniformed service 22.15 was performed multiplied by the full and fractional years being 22.16 purchased and applied to the annual salaryreceived at the date22.17of return from military service. The amount of this contribution22.18must be the applicable amounts required in section 352.04,22.19subdivision 2, plus interest at an annual rate of 8.5 percent22.20compounded annuallyrate. The annual salary rate is the average 22.21 annual salary during the purchase period that the employee would 22.22 have received if the employee had continued to be employed in 22.23 covered employment rather than to provide uniformed service, or, 22.24 if the determination of that rate is not reasonably certain, the 22.25 annual salary rate is the employee's average salary rate during 22.26 the 12-month period of covered employment rendered immediately 22.27 preceding the period of the uniformed service. 22.28 (c) Thematchingequivalent employer contribution and, if 22.29 applicable, the equivalent additional employer contribution 22.30 provided in section 352.04 must be paid by the department 22.31 employing the employeeupon return to state servicefrom funds 22.32 available to the department at the time and in the manner 22.33 provided in section 352.04, using the employer and additional 22.34 employer contribution rate or rates in effect at the time that 22.35 the uniformed service was performed, applied to the same annual 22.36 salary rate or rates used to compute the equivalent employee 23.1 contribution. 23.2 (d) If the employee equivalent contributions provided in 23.3 this section are not paid in full, the employee's allowable 23.4 service credit must be prorated by multiplying the full and 23.5 fractional number of years of uniformed service eligible for 23.6 purchase by the ratio obtained by dividing the total employee 23.7 contribution received by the total employee contribution 23.8 otherwise required under this section. 23.9 (e) To receive service credit under this section, the 23.10 contributions specified in this section must be transmitted to 23.11 the Minnesota State Retirement System during the period which 23.12 begins with the date on which the individual returns to state 23.13 service and which has a duration of three times the length of 23.14 the uniformed service period, but not to exceed five years. If 23.15 the determined payment period is less than one year, the 23.16 contributions required under this section to receive service 23.17 credit may be made within one year of the discharge date. 23.18 (f) The amount of service credit obtainable under this 23.19 section may not exceed five years unless a longer purchase 23.20 period is required under United States Code, title 38, section 23.21 4312. 23.22 (g) The employing unit shall pay interest on all equivalent 23.23 employee and employer contribution amounts payable under this 23.24 section. Interest must be computed at a rate of 8.5 percent 23.25 compounded annually from the end of each fiscal year of the 23.26 leave or the break in service to the end of the month in which 23.27 the payment is received. 23.28 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.01, is 23.29 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 23.30 Subd. 3b. [CREDIT FOR BREAK IN SERVICE TO PROVIDE 23.31 UNIFORMED SERVICE.] (a) A member who is absent from employment 23.32 by reason of service in the uniformed services, as defined in 23.33 United States Code, title 38, section 4303(13), and who returns 23.34 to state employment in a position covered by the plan upon 23.35 discharge from service in the uniformed service within the time 23.36 frame required in United States Code, title 38, section 4312(e), 24.1 may obtain service credit for the period of the uniformed 24.2 service, provided that the member did not separate from 24.3 uniformed service with a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge 24.4 or under other than honorable conditions. 24.5 (b) The member may obtain credit by paying into the fund an 24.6 equivalent member contribution based on the contribution rate or 24.7 rates in effect at the time that the uniformed service was 24.8 performed multiplied by the full and fractional years being 24.9 purchased and applied to the annual salary rate. The annual 24.10 salary rate is the average annual salary during the purchase 24.11 period that the member would have received if the member had 24.12 continued to provide employment services to the state rather 24.13 than to provide uniformed service, or if the determination of 24.14 that rate is not reasonably certain, the annual salary rate is 24.15 the member's average salary rate during the 12-month period of 24.16 covered employment rendered immediately preceding the purchase 24.17 period. 24.18 (c) The equivalent employer contribution and, if 24.19 applicable, the equivalent employer additional contribution, 24.20 must be paid by the employing unit, using the employer and 24.21 employer additional contribution rate or rates in effect at the 24.22 time that the uniformed service was performed, applied to the 24.23 same annual salary rate or rates used to compute the equivalent 24.24 member contribution. 24.25 (d) If the member equivalent contributions provided for in 24.26 this subdivision are not paid in full, the member's allowable 24.27 service credit must be prorated by multiplying the full and 24.28 fractional number of years of uniformed service eligible for 24.29 purchase by the ratio obtained by dividing the total member 24.30 contributions received by the total member contributions 24.31 otherwise required under this subdivision. 24.32 (e) To receive allowable service credit under this 24.33 subdivision, the contributions specified in this section must be 24.34 transmitted to the fund during the period which begins with the 24.35 date on which the individual returns to state employment covered 24.36 by the plan and which has a duration of three times the length 25.1 of the uniformed service period, but not to exceed five years. 25.2 If the determined payment period is calculated to be less than 25.3 one year, the contributions required under this subdivision to 25.4 receive service credit may be within one year from the discharge 25.5 date. 25.6 (f) The amount of allowable service credit obtainable under 25.7 this section may not exceed five years, unless a longer purchase 25.8 period is required under United States Code, title 38, section 25.9 4312. 25.10 (g) The employing unit shall pay interest on all equivalent 25.11 member and employer contribution amounts payable under this 25.12 subdivision. Interest must be computed at a rate of 8.5 percent 25.13 compounded annually from the end of each fiscal year of the 25.14 leave or break in service to the end of the month in which 25.15 payment is received. 25.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.01, 25.17 subdivision 16, is amended to read: 25.18 Subd. 16. [ALLOWABLE SERVICE; LIMITS AND COMPUTATION.] (a) 25.19 "Allowable service" means: 25.20 (1) service during years of actual membership in the course 25.21 of which employee contributions were made, periods covered by 25.22 payments in lieu of salary deductions under section 353.35; 25.23 (2) service in years during which the public employee was 25.24 not a member but for which the member later elected, while a 25.25 member, to obtain credit by making payments to the fund as 25.26 permitted by any law then in effect; 25.27 (3) a period of authorized leave of absence with pay from 25.28 which deductions for employee contributions are made, deposited, 25.29 and credited to the fund; 25.30 (4) a period of authorized personal, parental, or medical 25.31 leave of absence without pay, including a leave of absence 25.32 covered under the federal Family Medical Leave Act, that does 25.33 not exceed one year, and during or for which a member obtained 25.34 service credit for each month in the leave period by payments to 25.35 the fund made in place of salary deductions. The payments must 25.36 be made in an amount or amounts based on the member's average 26.1 salary on which deductions were paid for the last six months of 26.2 public service, or for that portion of the last six months while 26.3 the member was in public service, to apply to the period in 26.4 either case that immediately precedes the commencement of the 26.5 leave of absence. If the employee elects to pay the employee 26.6 contributions for the period of any authorized personal, 26.7 parental, or medical leave of absence without pay, or for any 26.8 portion of the leave, the employee shall also, as a condition to 26.9 the exercise of the election, pay to the fund an amount 26.10 equivalent to the required employer and the additional employer 26.11 contributions, if any, for the employee. The payment must be 26.12 made within one year from the expiration of the leave of absence 26.13 or within 20 days after termination of public service under 26.14 subdivision 11a, whichever is earlier. The employer, by 26.15 appropriate action of its governing body which is made a part of 26.16 its official records and which is adopted before the date of the 26.17 first payment of the employee contribution, may certify to the 26.18 association in writing its commitment to pay the employer and 26.19 additional employer contributions from the proceeds of a tax 26.20 levy made under section 353.28. Payments under this paragraph 26.21 must include interest at an annual rate of 8.5 percent 26.22 compounded annually from the date of the termination of the 26.23 leave of absence to the date payment is made. An employee shall 26.24 return to public service and render a minimum of three months of 26.25 allowable service in order to be eligible to pay employee and 26.26 employer contributions for a subsequent authorized leave of 26.27 absence without pay. Upon payment, the employee must be granted 26.28 allowable service credit for the purchased period; 26.29 (5) a periodic, repetitive leave that is offered to all 26.30 employees of a governmental subdivision. The leave program may 26.31 not exceed 208 hours per annual normal work cycle as certified 26.32 to the association by the employer. A participating member 26.33 obtains service credit by making employee contributions in an 26.34 amount or amounts based on the member's average salary that 26.35 would have been paid if the leave had not been taken. The 26.36 employer shall pay the employer and additional employer 27.1 contributions on behalf of the participating member. The 27.2 employee and the employer are responsible to pay interest on 27.3 their respective shares at the rate of 8.5 percent a year, 27.4 compounded annually, from the end of the normal cycle until full 27.5 payment is made. An employer shall also make the employer and 27.6 additional employer contributions, plus 8.5 percent interest, 27.7 compounded annually, on behalf of an employee who makes employee 27.8 contributions but terminates public service. The employee 27.9 contributions must be made within one year after the end of the 27.10 annual normal working cycle or within 20 days after termination 27.11 of public service, whichever is sooner. The association shall 27.12 prescribe the manner and forms to be used by a governmental 27.13 subdivision in administering a periodic, repetitive leave. Upon 27.14 payment, the member must be granted allowable service credit for 27.15 the purchased period; 27.16 (6) an authorized temporary layoff under subdivision 12, 27.17 limited to three months allowable service per authorized 27.18 temporary layoff in one calendar year. An employee who has 27.19 received the maximum service credit allowed for an authorized 27.20 temporary layoff must return to public service and must obtain a 27.21 minimum of three months of allowable service subsequent to the 27.22 layoff in order to receive allowable service for a subsequent 27.23 authorized temporary layoff; or 27.24 (7) a period during which a member ison an authorized27.25leave of absence to enter militaryabsent from employment by a 27.26 governmental subdivision by reason of servicein the armed27.27forces of the United Statesin the uniformed services, as 27.28 defined in United States Code, title 38, section 4303(13), if 27.29 the member returns to public service upon discharge 27.30 frommilitaryservice in the uniformed service within the time 27.31 frames required under United States Code, title 38, section 27.32192.262 and4312(e), provided that the member did not separate 27.33 from uniformed service with a dishonorable or bad conduct 27.34 discharge or under other than honorable conditions. The service 27.35 is credited if the member pays into the fund equivalent employee 27.36 contributions based upon theemployee'scontribution rate or 28.1 rates in effect at the time that the uniformed service was 28.2 performed multiplied by the full and fractional years being 28.3 purchased and applied to the annual salaryat the date of return28.4from military servicerate. The annual salary rate is the 28.5 average annual salary during the purchase period that the member 28.6 would have received if the member had continued to be employed 28.7 in covered employment rather than to provide uniformed service, 28.8 or, if the determination of that rate is not reasonably certain, 28.9 the annual salary rate is the member's average salary rate 28.10 during the 12-month period of covered employment rendered 28.11 immediately preceding the period of the uniformed service. 28.12 Payment of the member equivalent contributions must be made 28.13withinduring a period which begins with the date on which the 28.14 individual returns to public employment and that is three times 28.15 the length of the military leave period, or within five years of 28.16 the date of discharge from the military service, whichever is 28.17 less. If the determined payment period is less than one year, 28.18 the contributions required under this clause to receive service 28.19 credit may be made within one year of the discharge date. 28.20 Payment may not be accepted following 20 days after termination 28.21 of public service under subdivision 11a.The amount of these28.22contributions must be in accord with the contribution rates and28.23salary limitations, if any, in effect during the leave, plus28.24interest at an annual rate of 8.5 percent compounded annually28.25from the date of return to public service to the date payment is28.26made.If the member equivalent contributions provided for in 28.27 this clause are not paid in full, the member's allowable service 28.28 credit must be prorated by multiplying the full and fractional 28.29 number of years of uniformed service eligible for purchase by 28.30 the ratio obtained by dividing the total member contributions 28.31 received by the total member contributions otherwise required 28.32 under this clause. Thecorrespondingequivalent employer 28.33 contribution, and, if applicable, the equivalent additional 28.34 employer contribution, if applicable,must be paid by the 28.35 governmental subdivision employing the memberupon the person's28.36return to public serviceif the member makes the equivalent 29.1 employee contributions. The employer payments must be made from 29.2 funds available to the employing unit, using the employer and 29.3 additional employer contribution rate or rates in effect at the 29.4 time that the uniformed service was performed, applied to the 29.5 same annual salary rate or rates used to compute the equivalent 29.6 member contribution. The governmental subdivision involved may 29.7 appropriate money for those payments.A member may not receive29.8credit for a voluntary extension of military service at the29.9instance of the member beyond the initial period of enlistment,29.10induction, or call to active duty.The amount of service credit 29.11 obtainable under this section may not exceed five years unless a 29.12 longer purchase period is required under United States Code, 29.13 title 38, section 4312. The employing unit shall pay interest 29.14 on all equivalent member and employer contribution amounts 29.15 payable under this clause. Interest must be computed at a rate 29.16 of 8.5 percent compounded annually from the end of each fiscal 29.17 year of the leave or the break in service to the end of the 29.18 month in which the payment is received. Upon payment, the 29.19 employee must be granted allowable service credit for the 29.20 purchased period. 29.21 (b) For calculating benefits under sections 353.30, 353.31, 29.22 353.32, and 353.33 for state officers and employees displaced by 29.23 the Community Corrections Act, chapter 401, and transferred into 29.24 county service under section 401.04, "allowable service" means 29.25 the combined years of allowable service as defined in paragraph 29.26 (a), clauses (1) to (6), and section 352.01, subdivision 11. 29.27 (c) For a public employee who has prior service covered by 29.28 a local police or firefighters relief association that has 29.29 consolidated with the Public Employees Retirement Association or 29.30 to which section 353.665 applies, and who has elected the type 29.31 of benefit coverage provided by the public employees police and 29.32 fire fund either under section 353A.08 following the 29.33 consolidation or under section 353.665, subdivision 4, 29.34 "applicable service" is a period of service credited by the 29.35 local police or firefighters relief association as of the 29.36 effective date of the consolidation based on law and on bylaw 30.1 provisions governing the relief association on the date of the 30.2 initiation of the consolidation procedure. 30.3 (d) No member may receive more than 12 months of allowable 30.4 service credit in a year either for vesting purposes or for 30.5 benefit calculation purposes. 30.6 (e) "Allowable service" also means a period purchased under 30.7 section 356.555. 30.8 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.091, is 30.9 amended to read: 30.10 354.091 [SERVICE CREDIT.] 30.11 (a) In computing service credit, no teacher shall receive 30.12 credit for more than one year of teaching service for any fiscal 30.13 year. Commencing July 1, 1961: 30.14 (1) if a teacher teaches less than five hours in a day, 30.15 service credit must be given for the fractional part of the day 30.16 as the term of service performed bears to five hours; 30.17 (2) if a teacher teaches five or more hours in a day, 30.18 service credit must be given for only one day; 30.19 (3) if a teacher teaches at least 170 full days in any 30.20 fiscal year, service credit must be given for a full year of 30.21 teaching service; and 30.22 (4) if a teacher teaches for only a fractional part of the 30.23 year, service credit must be given for such fractional part of 30.24 the year as the period of service performed bears to 170 days. 30.25 (b) A teacher shall receive a full year of service credit 30.26 based on the number of days in the employer's full school year 30.27 if it is less than 170 days. Teaching service performed before 30.28 July 1, 1961, must be computed under the law in effect at the 30.29 time it was performed. 30.30 (c) A teacherdoesmust not lose or gain retirement service 30.31 credit as a result of the employer converting to a flexible or 30.32 alternate work schedule. If the employer converts to a flexible 30.33 or alternate work schedule, the forms for reporting and the 30.34 procedures for determining service credit must be determined by 30.35 the executive director with the approval of the board of 30.36 trustees. 31.1 (d) For all services rendered on or after July 1, 2003, 31.2 service credit for all members employed by the Minnesota State 31.3 Colleges and Universities system must be determined: 31.4 (1) for full-time employees, by the definition of full time 31.5 employment contained in the collective bargaining agreement for 31.6 those units listed in section 179A.10, subdivision 2, or 31.7 contained in the applicable personnel or salary plan for those 31.8 positions designated in section 179A.10, subdivision 1; 31.9 (2) for part-time employees, by the appropriate proration 31.10 of full-time equivalency based on the provisions contained in 31.11 the collective bargaining agreement for those units listed in 31.12 section 179A.10, subdivision 2, or contained in the applicable 31.13 personnel or salary plan for those positions designated in 31.14 section 179A.10, subdivision 1, and the applicable procedures of 31.15 the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system; and 31.16 (3) in no case may a member receive more than one year of 31.17 service credit for any fiscal year. 31.18 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.096, 31.19 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 31.20 Subdivision 1. [CERTIFICATION.] Upon granting a family 31.21 leave to a member, an employing unit must certify the leave to 31.22 the association on a form specified by the executive director 31.23before the end of the fiscal year during which the leave was31.24granted. 31.25 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.53, is 31.26 amended to read: 31.27 354.53 [CREDIT FORMILITARYBREAK IN SERVICELEAVE OF31.28ABSENCETO PROVIDE UNIFORMED SERVICE.] 31.29 Subdivision 1. [ELIGIBILITY; EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER 31.30 CONTRIBUTIONS.] (a) Anyemployee given a leave of absence to31.31enter military serviceteacher who is absent from employment by 31.32 reason of service in the uniformed services, as defined in 31.33 United States Code, title 38, section 4303(13), and who returns 31.34 to the employer providing teaching service upon discharge from 31.35militaryserviceas providedin the uniformed service within the 31.36 time frames required in United States Code, title 38, section 32.1192.2624312(e), may obtain service credit for the period of 32.2militarythe uniformed servicebut shall not receive credit for32.3any voluntary extension of military service at the instance of32.4the member beyond the initial period of enlistment, induction or32.5call to active dutyas further specified in this section, 32.6 provided that the teacher did not separate from uniformed 32.7 service with a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge or under 32.8 other than honorable conditions. 32.9 (b) The membershallmay obtain credit by paying into the 32.10 fund an equivalent employee contribution based upon the 32.11 contribution rate or rates in effect at the time that 32.12 themilitaryuniformed service was performed multiplied by the 32.13 full and fractional years being purchased and applied to the 32.14 annual salary rateof the member for the year beginning with the32.15date of return from military service and the number of years of32.16military service together with interest thereon at an annual32.17rate of 8.5 percent compounded annually from the time the32.18military service was rendered to the first date of payment. The 32.19 annual salary rate is the average annual salary during the 32.20 purchase period that the teacher would have received if the 32.21 teacher had continued to provide teaching service to the 32.22 employer rather than provide uniformed service or if the 32.23 determination of that rate is not reasonably certain, the annual 32.24 salary rate is the teacher's average salary rate during the 32.25 12-month period immediately preceding the period, or, if the 32.26 preceding period is less than 12 months, the annualized rate 32.27 derived from the teacher's average salary rate during the period 32.28 of teacher employment rendered immediately preceding the period 32.29 of the uniformed service. 32.30 (c) The equivalent employer contribution and, if 32.31 applicable, the equivalent additional contribution provided in 32.32 section 354.42 must be paid by the employing unitatas provided 32.33 in section 354.52, subdivision 4, using the employer and 32.34 employer additional contribution rate or rates in effect at the 32.35 time that themilitaryuniformed service was performed, applied 32.36 to the same annual salary rateofor rates used to compute the 33.1member for the year beginning with the date of return from33.2military service, in the manner provided in section 354.52,33.3subdivision 4equivalent employee contribution. 33.4 Subd. 2. [CALCULATION OF CREDIT.] (a) For purposes of 33.5 computing a money purchase annuity under section 354.44, 33.6 subdivision 2, all payments into the fundpursuant tounder this 33.7 sectionshallmust be considered accumulations after July 1, 33.8 1957for the purpose of computing any annuity in accordance with33.9section 354.44, subdivision 2. 33.10 (b) For purposes of computing a formula annuity under 33.11 section 354.44, subdivision 6, if the employee equivalent 33.12 contributionsand interest thereonprovided in this section are 33.13 not paid in full, the member's formula service creditshallmust 33.14 becalculatedprorated by multiplying the full and fractional 33.15 number of years ofmilitaryuniformed service eligible for 33.16 purchase by the ratio obtained by dividing the totalamount paid33.17andemployee contribution received by themaximum amount payable33.18provided hereintotal employee contribution otherwise required 33.19 under this section. 33.20 Subd. 3. [PAYMENTSELIGIBLE PAYMENT PERIOD.]Payments33.21pursuant to this(a) To receive service credit under this 33.22 section, the contributions specified in this sectionshallmust 33.23 bemade withintransmitted to the Teachers Retirement 33.24 Association during the period which begins with the date on 33.25 which the individual returns to teaching service and which has a 33.26 duration of three times the length of the uniformed service 33.27 period, but not to exceed five yearsfrom the date of discharge. 33.28 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the payment period 33.29 determined under paragraph (a) is less than one year, the 33.30 contributions required under this section to receive service 33.31 credit may be made within one year from the discharge date. 33.32 Subd. 4. [LIMITS ON SERVICE CREDIT.] The amount of service 33.33 credit obtainable under this section may not exceed five years, 33.34 unless a longer purchase period is required under United States 33.35 Code, title 38, section 4312. 33.36 Subd. 5. [INTEREST REQUIREMENTS.] The employer shall pay 34.1 interest on all equivalent employee and employer contribution 34.2 amounts payable under this section. Interest must be computed 34.3 at a rate of 8.5 percent compounded annually from the end of 34.4 each fiscal year of the leave or the break in service to the end 34.5 of the month in which the payment is received. 34.6 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354A.093, is 34.7 amended to read: 34.8 354A.093 [MILITARYBREAK IN SERVICECREDITTO PROVIDE 34.9 UNIFORMED SERVICE.] 34.10 Subdivision 1. [ELIGIBILITY.] Any teacher in the 34.11 coordinated program of either the Minneapolis Teachers 34.12 Retirement Fund Association or the St. Paul Teachers Retirement 34.13 Fund Association or any teacher in the new law coordinated 34.14 program of the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association who 34.15 isgranted a leaveabsent from employment by reason ofabsence34.16to enter militaryservice in the uniformed services as defined 34.17 in United States Code, title 38, section 4303(13) and who 34.18 returns to the employer providing active teaching service upon 34.19 discharge frommilitaryuniformed serviceas provided inwithin 34.20 the time frames required under United States Code, title 38, 34.21 section192.2624312(e),shall be entitled tomay receive 34.22 allowable service credit in the applicable association for all 34.23 or a portion of the period ofmilitaryuniformed servicebut, 34.24 provided that the teacher did notfor any voluntary extension of34.25militaryseparate from uniformed servicebeyond the initial34.26period of enlistment, inductionwith a dishonorable orcall to34.27active duty which occurred at the instance of the teacherbad 34.28 conduct discharge or under other than honorable conditions. 34.29 Subd. 2. [CONTRIBUTIONS.] If the teachergranted the34.30military service leave of absencemakes the equivalent employee 34.31 contribution for a period ofmilitary service leave of absence34.32pursuant toservice provided to the uniformed services under 34.33 this section, the employing unit shall make an equivalent 34.34 employer contribution on behalf of the teacher to the applicable 34.35 association for the periodof the military service leave of34.36absencebeing purchased in the manner described in section 35.1 354A.12, subdivision 2a. The equivalent employee and employer 35.2 contributionsshallmust be in an amount equal to the employee 35.3 and employer contribution rates in effect for other active 35.4 members of the association covered by the same program applied 35.5 to a salary figure equal to the teacher's average annual salary 35.6 rateat the date of return from military servicethat the 35.7 teacher would have received if the leave or break in service had 35.8 not occurred, or if the determination of that average salary 35.9 rate is not reasonably certain, on the basis of the teacher's 35.10 average salary rate during the 12-month period immediately 35.11 preceding the period, or, if the preceding period is less than 35.12 12 months, the annualized rate derived from the teacher's 35.13 average salary rate during the period of teacher employment 35.14 rendered immediately preceding the period of uniformed 35.15 service, with the result multiplied by the number of full and 35.16 fractional years constituting the period of service provided to 35.17 themilitaryuniformed serviceleave of absencewhich the 35.18 teacherseeksis authorized to purchase under this 35.19 section.Payment shall include interest on the amount payable35.20pursuant to this section at the rate of six percent compounded35.21annually from the year the military service was rendered to the35.22date of payment.35.23 Subd. 3. [PRORATING.] If the payments made by a 35.24 teacherpursuant tounder this section are less thananthe full 35.25 amountequal to the applicable contribution rate applied to a35.26salary figure equal to the teacher's annual salary rate at the35.27date of return from military service, multiplied by the number35.28of years constituting the period of the military service leave35.29of absencedetermined under subdivision 2, the service credit 35.30shallmust be prorated. The prorated service creditshallmust 35.31 be determined by the ratio between the amount of the 35.32 actual equivalent employee payment which was made and the full 35.33contribution amount payable pursuant toequivalent employee 35.34 payment required under this section.In order to be entitled to35.35receive service credit under this section, payment shall be made35.36within five years from the date of discharge from military36.1service.36.2 Subd. 4. [ELIGIBLE PAYMENT PERIOD.] (a) To receive service 36.3 credit under this section, the contributions specified in this 36.4 section must be transmitted to the applicable first class city 36.5 teachers retirement fund association during the period which 36.6 begins with the date the individual returns to teaching service 36.7 and which has a duration of three times the length of the 36.8 uniformed service period, but not to exceed five years. 36.9 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the payment period 36.10 determined under paragraph (a) is less than one year, the 36.11 contributions required under this section to receive service 36.12 credit may be made within one year from the discharge date. 36.13 Subd. 5. [LIMITS ON SERVICE CREDIT.] The amount of service 36.14 credit obtainable under this section may not exceed five years, 36.15 unless a longer purchase period is required under United States 36.16 Code, title 38, section 4312. 36.17 Subd. 6. [INTEREST REQUIREMENTS.] The employer shall pay 36.18 interest on all equivalent employee and employer contribution 36.19 amounts payable under this section. Interest must be computed 36.20 at a rate of 8.5 percent compounded annually from the end of 36.21 each fiscal year of the leave or break in service to the end of 36.22 the month in which payment is received. 36.23 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 490.121, is 36.24 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 36.25 Subd. 4b. [CREDIT FOR BREAK IN SERVICE TO PROVIDE 36.26 UNIFORMED SERVICE.] (a) A judge who is absent from employment by 36.27 reason of service in the uniformed services, as defined in 36.28 United States Code, title 38, section 4303(13), and who returns 36.29 to state employment as a judge upon discharge from service in 36.30 the uniformed service within the time frame required in United 36.31 States Code, title 38, section 4312(e) may obtain service credit 36.32 for the period of the uniformed service, provided that the judge 36.33 did not separate from uniformed service with a dishonorable or 36.34 bad conduct discharge or under other than honorable conditions. 36.35 (b) The judge may obtain credit by paying into the fund 36.36 equivalent member contribution based on the contribution rate 37.1 rates in effect at the time that the uniformed service was 37.2 performed multiplied by the full and fractional years being 37.3 purchased and applied to the annual salary rate. The annual 37.4 salary rate is the average annual salary during the purchase 37.5 period that the judge would have received if the judge had 37.6 continued to provide employment services to the state rather 37.7 than to provide uniformed service, or if the determination of 37.8 that rate is not reasonably certain, the annual salary rate is 37.9 the judge's average salary rate during the 12-month period of 37.10 judicial employment rendered immediately preceding the purchase 37.11 period. 37.12 (c) The equivalent employer contribution and, if 37.13 applicable, the equivalent employer additional contribution, 37.14 must be paid by the employing unit, using the employer and 37.15 employer additional contribution rate or rates in effect at the 37.16 time that the uniformed service was performed, applied to the 37.17 same annual salary rate or rates used to compute the equivalent 37.18 member contribution. 37.19 (d) If the member equivalent contributions provided for in 37.20 this subdivision are not paid in full, the judge's allowable 37.21 service credit must be prorated by multiplying the full and 37.22 fractional number of years of uniformed service eligible for 37.23 purchase by the ratio obtained by dividing the total member 37.24 contributions received by the total member contributions 37.25 otherwise required under this subdivision. 37.26 (e) To receive allowable service credit under this 37.27 subdivision, the contributions specified in this section must be 37.28 transmitted to the fund during the period which begins with the 37.29 date on which the individual returns to judicial employment and 37.30 which has a duration of three times the length of the uniformed 37.31 service period, but not to exceed five years. If the determined 37.32 payment period is calculated to be less than one year, the 37.33 contributions required under this subdivision to receive service 37.34 credit may be within one year from the discharge date. 37.35 (f) The amount of allowable service credit obtainable under 37.36 this section may not exceed five years, unless a longer purchase 38.1 period is required under United States Code, title 38, section 38.2 4312. 38.3 (g) The state court administrator shall pay interest on all 38.4 equivalent member and employer contribution amounts payable 38.5 under this subdivision. Interest must be computed at a rate of 38.6 8.5 percent compounded annually from the end of each fiscal year 38.7 of the leave or break in service to the end of the month in 38.8 which payment is received. 38.9 Sec. 9. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 38.10 Sections 1 to 8 are effective on July 1, 2004. 38.11 ARTICLE 4 38.12 QUALIFIED PART-TIME TEACHER PROVISIONS 38.13 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.66, 38.14 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 38.15 Subd. 2. [QUALIFIED PART-TIME TEACHER PROGRAM 38.16 PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.] (a) A teacher in a Minnesota public 38.17 elementary school, a Minnesota secondary school, or the 38.18 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system who has three 38.19 years or more of allowable service in the association or three 38.20 years or more of full-time teaching service in Minnesota public 38.21 elementary schools, Minnesota secondary schools, or the 38.22 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, by agreement 38.23 with the board of the employing district or with the authorized 38.24 representative of the board, may be assigned to teaching service 38.25 in a part-time teaching position under subdivision 3. The 38.26 agreement must be executed before October 1 of the school year 38.27 for which the teacher requests to make retirement contributions 38.28 under subdivision 4. A copy of the executed agreement must be 38.29 filed with the executive director of the association. If the 38.30 copy of the executed agreement is filed with the association 38.31 after October 1 of the school year for which the teacher 38.32 requests to make retirement contributions under subdivision 4, 38.33 the employing unit shall pay the fine specified in section 38.34 354.52, subdivision 6, for each calendar day that elapsed since 38.35 the October 1 due date. The association may not accept an 38.36 executed agreement that is received by the association more than 39.1 15 months late. The association may not waive the fine required 39.2 by this section. 39.3 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the teacher is also a 39.4 legislator: 39.5 (1) the agreement in paragraph (a) must be executed before 39.6 March 1 of the school year for which the teacher requests to 39.7 make retirement contributions under subdivision 4; and 39.8 (2) the fines specified in paragraph (a) apply if the 39.9 employing unit does not file the executed agreement with the 39.10 executive director of the association by March 1. 39.11 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354A.094, 39.12 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 39.13 Subd. 3. [QUALIFIED PART-TIME TEACHER PROGRAM 39.14 PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.] (a) A teacher in the public schools 39.15 of a city of the first class who has three years or more 39.16 allowable service in the applicable retirement fund association 39.17 or three years or more of full-time teaching service in 39.18 Minnesota public elementary schools, Minnesota secondary 39.19 schools, and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system 39.20 may, by agreement with the board of the employing district, be 39.21 assigned to teaching service within the district in a part-time 39.22 teaching position. The agreement must be executed before 39.23 October 1 of the year for which the teacher requests to make 39.24 retirement contributions under subdivision 4. A copy of the 39.25 executed agreement must be filed with the executive director of 39.26 the retirement fund association. If the copy of the executed 39.27 agreement is filed with the association after October 1 of the 39.28 year for which the teacher requests to make retirement 39.29 contributions under subdivision 4, the employing school district 39.30 shall pay a fine of $5 for each calendar day that elapsed since 39.31 the October 1 due date. The association may not accept an 39.32 executed agreement that is received by the association more than 39.33 15 months late. The association may not waive the fine required 39.34 by this section. 39.35 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the teacher is also a 39.36 legislator: 40.1 (1) the agreement in paragraph (a) must be executed before 40.2 March 1 of the school year for which the teacher requests to 40.3 make retirement contributions under subdivision 4; and 40.4 (2) the fines specified in paragraph (a) apply if the 40.5 employing unit does not file the executed agreement with the 40.6 executive director of the applicable Teachers Retirement Fund 40.7 Association by March 1. 40.8 Sec. 3. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 40.9 Sections 1 and 2 are effective on July 1, 2004. 40.10 ARTICLE 5 40.11 RETIREMENT PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSFERS 40.12 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.42, 40.13 subdivision 7, is amended to read: 40.14 Subd. 7. [ERRONEOUS SALARY DEDUCTIONS OR DIRECT PAYMENTS.] 40.15 (a)AnyDeductions taken from the salary of an employee for the 40.16 retirement fund in errorshallmust be refunded to the employee 40.17 upon the discovery of the error and after the verification of 40.18 the error by the employing unit making the deduction, and. The 40.19 corresponding employer contribution and additional employer 40.20 contribution amounts attributable to the erroneous salary 40.21 deduction must be refunded to the employing unit. 40.22 (b) If salary deductions and employer contributions were 40.23 erroneously transmitted to the retirement fund and should have 40.24 been transmitted to another Minnesota public pension plan, the 40.25retirement associationexecutive director must transfer these 40.26 salary deductions and employer contributions to the appropriate 40.27 public pension fund without interest. For purposes of this 40.28 paragraph, a Minnesota public pension plan means a plan 40.29 specified in section 356.30, subdivision 3, or the plan governed 40.30 by chapter 354B. 40.31 (c) A potential transfer under paragraph (b) that would 40.32 cause the plan to fail to be a qualified plan under section 40.33 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, must not be 40.34 made by the executive director. Within 30 days after being 40.35 notified by the Teachers Retirement Association of an unmade 40.36 potential transfer under this paragraph, the employer of the 41.1 affected person must transmit an amount representing the 41.2 applicable salary deductions and employer contributions, without 41.3 interest, to the retirement fund of the appropriate Minnesota 41.4 public pension plan fund. The retirement association must 41.5 provide a credit for the amount of the erroneous salary 41.6 deductions and employer contributions against future 41.7 contributions from the employer. 41.8 (d) If a salary warrant or check from which a deduction for 41.9 the retirement fund was taken has been canceled or the amount of 41.10 the warrant or if a check has been returned to the funds of the 41.11 employing unit making the payment, a refund of the amount 41.12 deducted, or any portion of it that is required to adjust the 41.13 salary deductions,shallmust be made to the employing unit. 41.14(d) Any(e) Erroneous direct payments of member-paid 41.15 contributions or erroneous salary deductions that were not 41.16 refundedinduring the regular payroll cycle processingof an41.17employing unit's annual summary report shallmust be refunded to 41.18 the memberwith, plus interest computed using the rate and 41.19 method specified in section 354.49, subdivision 2. 41.20 (f) Any refund under this subdivision that would cause the 41.21 plan to fail to be a qualified plan under section 401(a) of the 41.22 Internal Revenue Code, as amended, may not be refunded and 41.23 instead must be credited against future contributions payable by 41.24 the employer. The employer is responsible for refunding to the 41.25 applicable employee any amount that was erroneously deducted 41.26 from the salary of the employee, with interest as specified in 41.27 paragraph (e). 41.28 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.51, 41.29 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 41.30 Subd. 5. [PAYMENT OF SHORTAGES.] (a) Except as provided in 41.31 paragraph (b), in the event that full required member 41.32 contributions are not deducted from the salary of a teacher, 41.33 paymentshallmust be made as follows: 41.34(a)(1) Payment of shortages in member deductions on salary 41.35 earned after June 30, 1957, andprior tobefore July 1, 1981, 41.36 may be made any timeprior tobefore retirement. Paymentshall42.1 must include interest at an annual rate of 8.5 percent 42.2 compounded annually from the end of the fiscal year in which the 42.3 shortage occurred to the end of the month in which payment is 42.4 made and the interestshallmust be credited to the fund. If 42.5 payment of a shortage in deductions is not made, the formula 42.6 service credit of the membershallmust be proratedpursuant to42.7 under section 354.05, subdivision 25, clause (3). 42.8(b)(2) Payment of shortages in member deductions on salary 42.9 earned after June 30, 1981,shall beare the sole obligation of 42.10 the employing unit andshall beare payable by the employing 42.11 unit upon notification by the executive director of the shortage 42.12 with interest at an annual rate of 8.5 percent compounded 42.13 annually from the end of the fiscal year in which the shortage 42.14 occurred to the end of the month in which payment is made and 42.15 the interestshallmust be credited to the fund. Effective July 42.16 1, 1986, the employing unit shall also pay the employer 42.17 contributions as specified in section 354.42, subdivisions 3 and 42.18 5 forsuchthe shortages. If the shortage payment is not paid 42.19 by the employing unit within 60 days of notification, the 42.20 executive director shall certify the amount of the shortage 42.21 payment to the applicable county auditor, who shall spread a 42.22 levy in the amount of the shortage payment over the taxable 42.23 property of the taxing district of the employing unit if the 42.24 employing unit is supported by property taxes, or to the 42.25 commissioner of finance, who shall deduct the amount from any 42.26 state aid or appropriation amount applicable to the employing 42.27 unit if the employing unit is not supported by property taxes. 42.28(c)(3) Payment may not be made for shortages in member 42.29 deductions on salary earnedprior tobefore July 1, 1957, for 42.30 shortages in member deductions on salary paid or payable under 42.31 paragraph (b), or for shortages in member deductions for persons 42.32 employed by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system 42.33 in a faculty position or in an eligible unclassified 42.34 administrative position and whose employment was less than 25 42.35 percent of a full academic year, exclusive of the summer 42.36 session, for the applicable institution that exceeds the most 43.1 recent 36 months. 43.2 (b) For a person who is employed by the Minnesota State 43.3 Colleges and Universities system in a faculty position or in an 43.4 eligible unclassified administrative position and whose 43.5 employment was less than 25 percent of a full academic year, 43.6 exclusive of the summer session, for the applicable institution, 43.7 upon the person's election under section 354B.21 of retirement 43.8 coverage under this chapter, the shortage in member deductions 43.9 on the salary for employment by the Minnesota State Colleges and 43.10 Universities system institution of less than 25 percent of a 43.11 full academic year, exclusive of the summer session, for the 43.12 applicable institution for the most recent 36 months and the 43.13 associated employer contributions must be paid by the Minnesota 43.14 State Colleges and Universities system institution, plus annual 43.15 compound interest at the rate of 8.5 percent from the end of the 43.16 fiscal year in which the shortage occurred to the end of the 43.17 month in which the Teachers Retirement Association coverage 43.18 election is made. If the shortage payment is not made by the 43.19 institution within 60 days of notification, the executive 43.20 director shall certify the amount of the shortage payment to the 43.21 commissioner of finance, who shall deduct the amount from any 43.22 state appropriation to the system. An individual electing 43.23 coverage under this paragraph shall repay the amount of the 43.24 shortage in member deductions, plus interest, through deduction 43.25 from salary or compensation payments within the first year of 43.26 employment after the election under section 354B.21, subject to 43.27 the limitations in section 16D.16. The Minnesota State Colleges 43.28 and Universities system may use any means available to recover 43.29 amounts which were not recovered through deductions from salary 43.30 or compensation payments. No payment of the shortage in member 43.31 deductions under this paragraph may be made for a period longer 43.32 than the most recent 36 months. 43.33 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354B.23, 43.34 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 43.35 Subdivision 1. [MEMBER CONTRIBUTION RATE.](a) Except as43.36provided in paragraph (b),The member contribution rate for 44.1 participants in the individual retirement account plan is 4.5 44.2 percent of salary. 44.3(b) For participants in the individual retirement account44.4plan who were otherwise eligible to elect retirement coverage in44.5the state unclassified employees retirement program, the member44.6contribution rate is the rate specified in section 352D.04,44.7subdivision 2, paragraph (a).44.8 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354B.32, is 44.9 amended to read: 44.10 354B.32 [TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO IRAP.] 44.11 A participant in the individual retirement account plan 44.12 established in this chapter who has less than ten years of 44.13 allowable service under the Teachers Retirement Association or 44.14thea teachers retirement fund association, whichever applies, 44.15 may elect to transfer an amount equal to the participant's 44.16 accumulated member contributions to the Teachers Retirement 44.17 Association or the applicable teachers retirement fund 44.18 association, plus compound interest at the rate of six percent 44.19 per annum, to the individual retirement account plan. The 44.20 transfers are irrevocablefund to fundfund-to-fund transfers, 44.21 and, in no event, may the participant receive direct payment of 44.22 the money transferredprior to retirementbefore the termination 44.23 of employment. If a participant elects the contribution 44.24 transfer, all of the participant's allowable and formula service 44.25 credit in the Teachers Retirement Association or the teachers 44.26 retirement fund association associated with the transferred 44.27 amount is forfeited. 44.28 The executive director of the teachers retirement 44.29 association and the chief administrative officers of the 44.30 teachers retirement fund associations, in cooperation with the 44.31 chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 44.32 system, shall notify participants who are eligible to transfer 44.33 of their right to transfer and the amount that they are eligible 44.34 to transfer, and shall, upon request, provide forms to implement 44.35 the transfer. The chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges 44.36 and Universities system shall assist the Teachers Retirement 45.1 Association and the teachers retirement fund associations in 45.2 developing transfer forms and in implementing the transfers. 45.3 Authority to elect a transfer under this section expires on 45.4 July 1, 2004. 45.5 Sec. 5. [EFFECTIVE DATE; RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.] 45.6 (a) Section 2 is effective on July 1, 2004. 45.7 (b) Section 2 applies to shortages in member deductions 45.8 that occurred before the effective date of the section. 45.9 (c) Sections 1, 3, and 4 are effective on July 1, 2004. 45.10 ARTICLE 6 45.11 REPORTING AND INFORMATION PROVISION 45.12 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.07, 45.13 subdivision 9, is amended to read: 45.14 Subd. 9. [INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION.] All school districts, 45.15 the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities,community45.16collegesand other employers of members of the association are 45.17 obligated to distribute to their employees ballots for the 45.18 election of members to the board of trustees, pamphlets, 45.19 brochures, documents or any other material containing 45.20 association information which are prepared by the executive 45.21 director or the board and are delivered to the employers for 45.22 distribution. 45.23 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.52, 45.24 subdivision 4a, is amended to read: 45.25 Subd. 4a. [MEMBER DATA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.] (a)An45.26employing unit must initially provide the member data specified45.27in paragraph (b) or any of that data not previously provided to45.28the association for payroll warrants dated after June 30, 1995,45.29in a format prescribed by the executive director.An employing 45.30 unit must provide the member data specified in paragraph (b) in 45.31 a format prescribed by the executive director. Data changes and 45.32 the dates of those changes under this subdivision must be 45.33 reported to the association in a format prescribed by the 45.34 executive director on an ongoing basis within 14 calendar days 45.35 after the date of the end of the payroll cycle in which they 45.36 occur. These data changes must be reported with the payroll 46.1 cycle data under subdivision 4b. 46.2 (b) Data on the member includes: 46.3 (1) legal name, address, date of birth, association member 46.4 number, employer-assigned employee number, and social security 46.5 number; 46.6 (2) association status, including, but not limited to, 46.7 basic, coordinated, exempt annuitant, exempt technical college 46.8 teacher, and exempt independent contractor or consultant; 46.9 (3) employment status, including, but not limited to, full 46.10 time, part time, intermittent, substitute, or part-time 46.11 mobility; 46.12 (4) employment position, including, but not limited to, 46.13 teacher, superintendent, principal, administrator, or other; 46.14 (5) employment activity, including, but not limited to, 46.15 hire, termination, resumption of employment, disability, or 46.16 death; 46.17 (6) leaves of absence; 46.18 (7) county district number assigned by the association for 46.19 the employing unit; 46.20 (8) data center identification number, if applicable;and46.21 (9) gender; 46.22 (10) position code; and 46.23 (11) other information as may be required by the executive 46.24 director. 46.25 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.52, is 46.26 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 46.27 Subd. 4c. [MNSCU SERVICE CREDIT REPORTING.] For all 46.28 part-time service rendered on or after July 1, 2004, the service 46.29 credit reporting requirement in subdivision 4b for all part-time 46.30 employees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 46.31 system must be met by the Minnesota State Colleges and 46.32 Universities system reporting to the association on or before 46.33 July 31 of each year the final calculation of each part-time 46.34 member's service credit for the immediately preceding fiscal 46.35 year based on the employee's assignments for the fiscal year. 46.36 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.52, 47.1 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 47.2 Subd. 6. [NONCOMPLIANCE CONSEQUENCES.] An employing unit 47.3 that does not comply with the reporting requirements underthis47.4section shallsubdivision 2a, 4a, or 4b must pay a fine of $5 47.5 per calendar day until the association receives the required 47.6 data. 47.7 Sec. 5. [LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON PENSIONS AND 47.8 RETIREMENT; ACTUARIAL SERVICES BILLING TO THIRD PARTIES.] 47.9 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the 47.10 Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement may bill third 47.11 parties for actuarial services performed for their benefit under 47.12 its contract with its consulting actuary under Minnesota 47.13 Statutes, section 3.85, may deposit the actuarial services 47.14 reimbursements from those third parties to the credit of the 47.15 commission, and those deposited reimbursements are 47.16 reappropriated to the commission. 47.17 Sec. 6. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 47.18 (a) Sections 1 to 4 are effective on July 1, 2004. 47.19 (b) Section 5 is effective retroactively to July 1, 2003, 47.20 and expires when the duty of the Legislative Commission on 47.21 Pensions and Retirement to retain a consulting actuary to 47.22 perform annual actuarial valuations of retirement plans 47.23 terminates. 47.24 ARTICLE 7 47.25 RETIREMENT ANNUITY PROVISIONS 47.26 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.86, 47.27 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 47.28 Subdivision 1. [ELIGIBILITY; RETIREMENT ANNUITY.] A person 47.29 who is employed by the Department of Transportation in the civil 47.30 service employment classification of aircraft pilot or chief 47.31 pilot who is covered by the general employee retirement plan of 47.32 the system under section 352.01, subdivision 23, who elects this 47.33 special retirement coverage under subdivision 3, who is 47.34 prohibited from performing the duties of aircraft pilot or chief 47.35 pilot after reaching age6265 by arulepolicy adopted by the 47.36 commissioner of transportation, and who terminates employment as 48.1 a state employee onreaching thaton or after age 62 but prior 48.2 to normal retirement age is entitled, upon application, to a 48.3 retirement annuity computedin accordance withunder section 48.4 352.115, subdivisions 2 and 3, without any reduction for early 48.5 retirement under section 352.116, subdivision 1. 48.6 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.37, is 48.7 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 48.8 Subd. 1b. [RETIREMENT AGE.] For purposes of this section, 48.9 "retirement age" means retirement age as defined in United 48.10 States Code, title 42, section 416(l). 48.11 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.37, 48.12 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 48.13 Subd. 3. [REDUCTION OF ANNUITY.] The association shall 48.14 reduce the amount of the annuityas follows:48.15(a) forof a person who has not reachednormalthe 48.16 retirement age,by one-half of the amount in excess of the 48.17 applicable reemployment income maximum under subdivision 1;. 48.18(b) for a person who has reached normal retirement age, but48.19has not reached age 70, one-third of the amount in excess of the48.20applicable reemployment income maximum under subdivision 1;48.21(c) for a person who has reached age 70, or for salary48.22earned through service in an elected office, there is no48.23reduction upon reemployment, regardless of income.48.24 There is no reduction upon reemployment, regardless of income, 48.25 for a person who has reached the retirement age. 48.26 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.44, 48.27 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 48.28 Subd. 4. [RETIREMENT ANNUITY ACCRUAL DATE.] (a) An annuity 48.29 payment begins to accrue,providingprovided that the age and 48.30 service requirements under subdivision 1 are satisfied, after 48.31 the termination of teaching service, or after the application 48.32 for retirement has been filed with the board, whichever is 48.33 later, as follows: 48.34 (1) on the 16th day of the month of termination or filing 48.35 if the termination or filing occurs on or before the 15th day of 48.36 the month; 49.1 (2) on the first day of the month following the month of 49.2 termination or filing if the termination or filing occurs on or 49.3 after the 16th day of the month; 49.4 (3) on July 1 for all school principals and other 49.5 administrators who receive a full annual contract salary during 49.6 the fiscal year for performance of a full year's contract 49.7 duties; or 49.8 (4) a later date to be either the first or the 16th day of 49.9 a month occurring within the six-month period immediately 49.10 following the termination of teaching service as specified under 49.11 paragraph (b) by the member. 49.12 (b) If an application for retirement is filed with the 49.13 board during the six-month period that occurs immediately 49.14 following the termination of teaching service, the annuity may 49.15 begin to accrue as if the application for retirement had been 49.16 filed with the board on the date teaching service terminated or 49.17 a later date under paragraph (a), clause (4).An annuity must49.18not begin to accrue more than one month before the date of final49.19salary receipt.49.20 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.44, 49.21 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 49.22 Subd. 5. [RESUMPTION OF TEACHING SERVICE AFTER 49.23 RETIREMENT.] (a) Any person who retired under the provisions of 49.24 this chapter and has thereafter resumed teaching in any employer 49.25 unit to which this chapter applies is eligible to continue to 49.26 receive payments in accordance with the annuity except that 49.27 annuity payments must be reduced during the calendar year 49.28 immediately following any calendar year in which the person's 49.29 income from the teaching service is in an amount greater than 49.30 the annual maximum earnings allowable for that age for the 49.31 continued receipt of full benefit amounts monthly under the 49.32 federal old age, survivors and disability insurance program as 49.33 set by the secretary of health and human services under United 49.34 States Code, title 42, section 403. The amount of the reduction 49.35 must be one-half of the amount in excess of the applicable 49.36 reemployment income maximum specified in this subdivision and 50.1 must be deducted from the annuity payable for the calendar year 50.2 immediately following the calendar year in which the excess 50.3 amount was earned. If the person has not yet reached the 50.4 minimum age for the receipt of Social Security benefits, the 50.5 maximum earnings for the person must be equal to the annual 50.6 maximum earnings allowable for the minimum age for the receipt 50.7 of Social Security benefits. 50.8 (b) If the person is retired for only a fractional part of 50.9 the calendar year during the initial year of retirement, the 50.10 maximum reemployment income specified in this subdivision must 50.11 be prorated for that calendar year. 50.12 (c) After a person has reached the Social Security full 50.13 retirement ageof 70, no reemployment income maximum is 50.14 applicable regardless of the amount of income. 50.15 (d) The amount of the retirement annuity reduction must be 50.16 handled or disposed of as provided in section 356.47. 50.17 (e) For the purpose of this subdivision, income from 50.18 teaching service includes, but is not limited to: 50.19 (1) all income for services performed as a consultant or an 50.20 independent contractor for an employer unit covered by the 50.21 provisions of this chapter; and 50.22 (2) the greater of either the income received or an amount 50.23 based on the rate paid with respect to an administrative 50.24 position, consultant, or independent contractor in an employer 50.25 unit with approximately the same number of pupils and at the 50.26 same level as the position occupied by the person who resumes 50.27 teaching service. 50.28 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.44, 50.29 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 50.30 Subd. 6. [COMPUTATION OF FORMULA PROGRAM RETIREMENT 50.31 ANNUITY.](1)(a) The formula retirement annuity must be 50.32 computed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the 50.33 formulas stated inclause (2) or (4)paragraph (b) or (d) on the 50.34 basis of each member's average salary for the period of the 50.35 member's formula service credit. 50.36 For all years of formula service credit, "average salary," 51.1 for the purpose of determining the member's retirement annuity, 51.2 means the average salary upon which contributions were made and 51.3 upon which payments were made to increase the salary limitation 51.4 provided in Minnesota Statutes 1971, section 354.511, for the 51.5 highest five successive years of formula service credit 51.6 provided, however, that such "average salary" shall not include 51.7 any more than the equivalent of 60 monthly salary payments. 51.8 Average salary must be based upon all years of formula service 51.9 credit if this service credit is less than five years. 51.10(2)(b) Thisclauseparagraph, in conjunction withclause51.11(3)paragraph (c), applies to a person who first became a member 51.12 of the association or a member of a pension fund listed in 51.13 section 356.30, subdivision 3, before July 1, 1989, 51.14 unlessclause (4)paragraph (d), in conjunction withclause51.15(5)paragraph (e), produces a higher annuity amount, in which 51.16 caseclause (4)paragraph (d) applies. The average salary as 51.17 defined inclause (1)paragraph (a), multiplied by the following 51.18 percentages per year of formula service credit shall determine 51.19 the amount of the annuity to which the member qualifying 51.20 therefor is entitled: 51.21 Coordinated Member Basic Member 51.22 Each year of service the percent the percent 51.23 during first ten specified in specified in 51.24 section 356.315, section 356.315, 51.25 subdivision 1, subdivision 3, 51.26 per year per year 51.27 Each year of service the percent the percent 51.28 thereafter specified in specified in 51.29 section 356.315, section 356.315, 51.30 subdivision 2, subdivision 4, 51.31 per year per year 51.32(3)(c)(i) Thisclauseparagraph applies only to a person 51.33 who first became a member of the association or a member of a 51.34 pension fund listed in section 356.30, subdivision 3, before 51.35 July 1, 1989, and whose annuity is higher when calculated 51.36 underclause (2)paragraph (b), in conjunction with thisclause52.1 paragraph than when calculated underclause (4)paragraph (d), 52.2 in conjunction withclause (5)paragraph (e). 52.3 (ii) Where any member retires prior to normal retirement 52.4 age under a formula annuity, the member shall be paid a 52.5 retirement annuity in an amount equal to the normal annuity 52.6 provided inclause (2)paragraph (b) reduced by one-quarter of 52.7 one percent for each month that the member is under normal 52.8 retirement age at the time of retirement except that for any 52.9 member who has 30 or more years of allowable service credit, the 52.10 reduction shall be applied only for each month that the member 52.11 is under age 62. 52.12 (iii) Any member whose attained age plus credited allowable 52.13 service totals 90 years is entitled, upon application, to a 52.14 retirement annuity in an amount equal to the normal annuity 52.15 provided inclause (2)paragraph (b), without any reduction by 52.16 reason of early retirement. 52.17(4)(d) Thisclauseparagraph applies to a member who has 52.18 become at least 55 years old and first became a member of the 52.19 association after June 30, 1989, and to any other member who has 52.20 become at least 55 years old and whose annuity amount when 52.21 calculated under thisclauseparagraph and in conjunction with 52.22clause (5)paragraph (e), is higher than it is when calculated 52.23 underclause (2)paragraph (b), in conjunction withclause52.24(3)paragraph (c). The average salary, as defined inclause (1)52.25 paragraph (a) multiplied by the percent specified by section 52.26 356.315, subdivision 4, for each year of service for a basic 52.27 member and by the percent specified in section 356.315, 52.28 subdivision 2, for each year of service for a coordinated member 52.29 shall determine the amount of the retirement annuity to which 52.30 the member is entitled. 52.31(5)(e) Thisclauseparagraph applies to a person who has 52.32 become at least 55 years old and first becomes a member of the 52.33 association after June 30, 1989, and to any other member who has 52.34 become at least 55 years old and whose annuity is higher when 52.35 calculated underclause (4)paragraph (d) in conjunction with 52.36 thisclauseparagraph than when calculated underclause53.1(2)paragraph (b), in conjunction withclause (3)paragraph 53.2 (c). An employee who retires under the formula annuity before 53.3 the normal retirement age shall be paid the normal annuity 53.4 provided inclause (4)paragraph (d) reduced so that the reduced 53.5 annuity is the actuarial equivalent of the annuity that would be 53.6 payable to the employee if the employee deferred receipt of the 53.7 annuity and the annuity amount were augmented at an annual rate 53.8 of three percent compounded annually from the day the annuity 53.9 begins to accrue until the normal retirement age. 53.10 (f) No retirement annuity is payable to a former 53.11 superintendent, assistant superintendent, or principal unless 53.12 and until the salary figures used in computing the highest five 53.13 successive years average salary under paragraph (a) have been 53.14 audited by the Teachers Retirement Association and determined by 53.15 the executive director to comply with the requirements and 53.16 limitations of section 354.05, subdivisions 35 and 35a. 53.17 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 490.121, 53.18 subdivision 10, is amended to read: 53.19 Subd. 10. [EARLY RETIREMENT DATE.] "Early retirement date" 53.20 means the last day of any month after a judge attains the age of 53.216260 until the normal retirement date. 53.22 Sec. 8. [PERA-POLICE AND FIRE; TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM 53.23 REEMPLOYED ANNUITANT EARNINGS LIMITATIONS.] 53.24 Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes, 53.25 section 353.37, to the contrary, a person who is receiving a 53.26 retirement annuity from the public employees police and fire 53.27 plan and who is employed as a sworn peace officer by the 53.28 Metropolitan Airports Commission is exempt from the limitation 53.29 on reemployed annuitant earnings for the period January 1, 2004, 53.30 until June 30, 2007. 53.31 Sec. 9. [TRA; REPORT ON CERTAIN SALARY AUDITS.] 53.32 (a) The executive director shall report to the chair of the 53.33 Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, the chair of 53.34 the Committee on Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs 53.35 Policy of the House of Representatives, and the chair of the 53.36 State and Local Government Operations Committee of the Senate on 54.1 the number of superintendents, assistant superintendents, and 54.2 principals who retired during the most recent calendar year, the 54.3 number of superintendents, assistant superintendents, and 54.4 principals where the preretirement salary audit under Minnesota 54.5 Statutes, section 354.44, subdivision 6, paragraph (f), 54.6 disclosed an impermissible salary inclusion amount, the school 54.7 district or districts in which impermissible salary inclusions 54.8 occurred, the average amount of the impermissible salary 54.9 inclusions where there were impermissible salary inclusions, and 54.10 the range of impermissible salary inclusions. 54.11 (b) When a report is due, the report must be filed on or 54.12 before February 15. 54.13 (c) Reports under this section must be made for calendar 54.14 years 2004 and 2005. A report under this section also must be 54.15 filed for calendar years 2006 and 2007 if the report for 54.16 calendar year 2005 indicates that there were impermissible 54.17 salary inclusions that occurred during the calendar year. 54.18 Sec. 10. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 54.19 (a) Section 1 is effective on the day following final 54.20 enactment 54.21 (b) Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are effective on July 1, 54.22 2004. 54.23 (c) Section 8 is effective on the day following final 54.24 enactment and applies retroactively to January 1, 2004. 54.25 ARTICLE 8 54.26 DISABILITY BENEFIT PROVISIONS 54.27 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.113, 54.28 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 54.29 Subd. 4. [MEDICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS; 54.30 AUTHORIZATION FOR PAYMENT OF BENEFIT.] (a) An applicant shall 54.31 provide medical, chiropractic, or psychological evidence to 54.32 support an application for total and permanent disability. 54.33 (b) The director shall have the employee examined by at 54.34 least one additional licensed chiropractor, physician, or 54.35 psychologist designated by the medical adviser. The 54.36 chiropractors, physicians, or psychologists shall make written 55.1 reports to the director concerning the employee's disability 55.2 includingmedicalexpert opinions as to whether the employee is 55.3 permanently and totally disabled within the meaning of section 55.4 352.01, subdivision 17. 55.5 (c) The director shall also obtain written certification 55.6 from the employer stating whether the employment has ceased or 55.7 whether the employee is on sick leave of absence because of a 55.8 disability that will prevent further service to the employer and 55.9 as a consequence the employee is not entitled to compensation 55.10 from the employer. 55.11 (d) The medical adviser shall consider the reports of the 55.12 physicians, psychologists, and chiropractors and any other 55.13 evidence supplied by the employee or other interested parties. 55.14 If the medical adviser finds the employee totally and 55.15 permanently disabled, the adviser shall make appropriate 55.16 recommendation to the director in writing together with the date 55.17 from which the employee has been totally disabled. The director 55.18 shall then determine if the disability occurred within 180 days 55.19 of filing the application, while still in the employment of the 55.20 state, and the propriety of authorizing payment of a disability 55.21 benefit as provided in this section. 55.22 (e) A terminated employee may apply for a disability 55.23 benefit within 180 days of termination as long as the disability 55.24 occurred while in the employment of the state. The fact that an 55.25 employee is placed on leave of absence without compensation 55.26 because of disability does not bar that employee from receiving 55.27 a disability benefit. 55.28 (f) Unless the payment of a disability benefit has 55.29 terminated because the employee is no longer totally disabled, 55.30 or because the employee has reached normal retirement age as 55.31 provided in this section, the disability benefitshallmust 55.32 cease with the last payment received by the disabled employee or 55.33 which had accrued during the lifetime of the employee unless 55.34 there is a spouse surviving;. In that event, the surviving 55.35 spouse is entitled to the disability benefit for the calendar 55.36 month in which the disabled employee died. 56.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.113, 56.2 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 56.3 Subd. 6. [REGULAR MEDICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.] 56.4 At least once each year during the first five years following 56.5 the allowance of a disability benefit to any employee, and at 56.6 least once in every three-year period thereafter, the director 56.7 may require any disabled employee to undergo a medical, 56.8 chiropractic, or psychological examination. The examination 56.9 must be made at the place of residence of the employee, or at 56.10 any place mutually agreed upon, bya physician or physiciansan 56.11 expert or experts designated by the medical adviser and engaged 56.12 by the director. If any examination indicates to the medical 56.13 adviser that the employee is no longer permanently and totally 56.14 disabled, or is engaged in or can engage in a gainful 56.15 occupation, payments of the disability benefit by the fund must 56.16 be discontinued. The paymentsshall discontinuemust be 56.17 discontinued as soon as the employee is reinstated to the 56.18 payroll following sick leave, but in no caseshallmay payment 56.19 be made for more than 60 days after the medical adviser finds 56.20 that the employee is no longer permanently and totally disabled. 56.21 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.113, is 56.22 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 56.23 Subd. 7a. [TEMPORARY REEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT REDUCTION 56.24 WAIVER.] A reduction in benefits under subdivision 7, or a 56.25 termination of benefits due to the disabled employee resuming a 56.26 gainful occupation from which earnings are equal to or more than 56.27 the employee's salary at the date of disability or the salary 56.28 currently paid for similar positions does not apply until six 56.29 months after the individual returns to a gainful occupation. 56.30 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.113, 56.31 subdivision 8, is amended to read: 56.32 Subd. 8. [REFUSAL OF EXAMINATION.] If a disabled employee 56.33 refuses to submit toa medicalan expert examination as 56.34 required, payments by the fund must be discontinued and the 56.35 director shall revoke all rights of the employee in any 56.36 disability benefit. 57.1 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.95, 57.2 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 57.3 Subdivision 1. [JOB-RELATED DISABILITY.] A covered 57.4 correctional employee who becomes disabled and who is expected 57.5 to be physically or mentally unfit to perform the duties of the 57.6 position for at least one year as a direct result of an injury, 57.7 sickness, or other disability that incurred in orarisingarose 57.8 out of any act of duty that makes the employee physically or 57.9 mentally unable to perform the duties,is entitled to a 57.10 disability benefit. The disability benefit may be based on 57.11 covered correctional service only. The benefit amountmust57.12equalis 50 percent of the average salary defined in section 57.13 352.93, plus an additional percent equal to that specified in 57.14 section 356.315, subdivision 5, for each year of covered 57.15 correctional service in excess of 20 years, ten months, prorated 57.16 for completed months. 57.17 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.95, 57.18 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 57.19 Subd. 2. [NON-JOB-RELATED DISABILITY.]AnyA covered 57.20 correctional employee who, after rendering at least one year of 57.21 covered correctional service, becomes disabled and who is 57.22 expected to be physically or mentally unfit to perform the 57.23 duties of the position for at least one year because of sickness 57.24 or injuryoccurringthat occurred while not engaged in covered 57.25 employment,is entitled to a disability benefit based on covered 57.26 correctional service only. The disability benefit must be 57.27 computed as provided in section 352.93, subdivisions 1 and 2, 57.28 and must be computed as though the employee had at least 15 57.29 years of covered correctional service. 57.30 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.95, 57.31 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 57.32 Subd. 4. [MEDICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.] (a) An 57.33 applicant shall provide medical, chiropractic, or psychological 57.34 evidence to support an application for disability benefits. The 57.35 director shall have the employee examined by at least one 57.36 additional licensed physician, chiropractor, or psychologist who 58.1 is designated by the medical adviser. The physicians, 58.2 chiropractors, or psychologists with respect to a mental 58.3 impairment, shall make written reports to the director 58.4 concerning the question of the employee's disability, 58.5 includingmedicaltheir expert opinions as to whether the 58.6 employee is disabled within the meaning of this section. The 58.7 director shall also obtain written certification from the 58.8 employer stating whether or not the employee is on sick leave of 58.9 absence because of a disability that will prevent further 58.10 service to the employer, and as a consequence, the employee is 58.11 not entitled to compensation from the employer. 58.12 (b) If, on considering thephysicians'reports by the 58.13 physicians, chiropractors, or psychologists and any other 58.14 evidence supplied by the employee or others, the medical adviser 58.15 finds the employee disabled within the meaning of this section, 58.16 the advisor shall make the appropriate recommendation to the 58.17 director, in writing, together with the date from which the 58.18 employee has been disabled. The director shall then determine 58.19 the propriety of authorizing payment of a disability benefit as 58.20 provided in this section. 58.21 (c) Unless the payment of a disability benefit has 58.22 terminated because the employee is no longer disabled, or 58.23 because the employee has reached either age 65 or the five-year 58.24 anniversary of the effective date of the disability benefit, 58.25 whichever is later, the disability benefitshallmust cease with 58.26 the last payment which was received by the disabled employee or 58.27 which had accrued during the employee's lifetime. While 58.28 disability benefits are paid, the director has the right, at 58.29 reasonable times, to require the disabled employee to submit 58.30 proof of the continuance of the disability claimed. If any 58.31 examination indicates to the medical adviser that the employee 58.32 is no longer disabled, the disability payment must be 58.33 discontinued upon the person's reinstatement to state service or 58.34 within 60 days of the finding, whichever is sooner. 58.35 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.10, 58.36 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 59.1 Subdivision 1. [INJURIES,; PAYMENT AMOUNTS.]AnyA member 59.2 who becomes disabled and who is expected to be physically or 59.3 mentally unfit to perform duties for at least one year as a 59.4 direct result of an injury, sickness, or other disability that 59.5 incurred in orarisingarose out of any act of duty,shallis 59.6 entitled to receive disability benefits while disabled. The 59.7 benefits must be paid in monthly installments. The benefit is 59.8 an amount equal to the member's average monthly salary 59.9 multiplied by 60 percent, plus an additional percent equal to 59.10 that specified in section 356.315, subdivision 6, for each year 59.11 and pro rata for completed months of service in excess of 20 59.12 years, if any. 59.13 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.10, 59.14 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 59.15 Subd. 2. [DISABLED WHILE NOT ON DUTY.] If a member 59.16terminates employment afterwith at least one year of service 59.17because of sickness or injury occurring while not on duty and59.18not engaged in state work entitling the member to membership,59.19and the memberbecomes disabled and is expected to be physically 59.20 or mentally unfit to perform the duties of the position for at 59.21 least one year because of sickness or injuryoccurringthat 59.22 occurred while not engaged in covered employment, themember59.23 individual is entitled to disability benefits. The benefit must 59.24 bein the same amount andcomputedin the same wayas if the 59.25memberindividual were 55 years old at the date of disability 59.26 and the annuitywere paidwas payable under section 352B.08. If 59.27 a disability under thisclausesubdivision occurs after one year 59.28 of service but before 15 years of service, the disability 59.29 benefit must be computed as though thememberindividual had 59.30 credit for 15 years of service. 59.31 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.10, 59.32 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 59.33 Subd. 3. [ANNUAL AND SICK LEAVE; WORK AT LOWER PAY.] No 59.34 membershallis entitled to receiveanya disability benefit 59.35 payment when the member has unused annual leave or sick leave, 59.36 or under any other circumstances,when, during the period of 60.1 disability, there has been no impairment of salary.ShouldIf 60.2 themember or former member resumedisabilitant resumes gainful 60.3workemployment, the disability benefit must be continued in an 60.4 amount which, when added to current earnings, does not exceed 60.5 the salary rate receivedofby the person at the date of 60.6 disabilityas, which must be adjusted over time by thesame60.7 percentage increase in United States average wages used by the 60.8 Social Security Administration in calculating average indexed 60.9 monthly earnings for the old age, survivors, and disability 60.10 insurance programs for the same period. 60.11 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.10, 60.12 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 60.13 Subd. 4. [PROOF OF DISABILITY.] (a) No disabilitybenefit60.14payment shallbenefits may bemade except uponpaid unless 60.15 adequate proof is furnished to the executive director of the 60.16 existence of the disability.While disability benefits are60.17being paid60.18 (b) Adequate proof of a disability must include a written 60.19 expert report by a licensed physician, by a licensed 60.20 chiropractor, or with respect to a mental impairment, by a 60.21 licensed psychologist. 60.22 (c) Following the commencement of benefit payments, 60.23 the executive director has the right, at reasonable times, to 60.24 require thedisabled former memberdisabilitant to submit proof 60.25 of the continuance of the disability claimed. 60.26 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.10, 60.27 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 60.28 Subd. 5. [OPTIONAL ANNUITY.] Adisabled member60.29 disabilitant may, in lieu of survivorship coverage under section 60.30 352B.11, subdivision 2, choose the normal disability benefit or 60.31 an optional annuity as provided in section 352B.08, subdivision 60.32 3. The choice of an optional annuity must be made in writing, 60.33 on a form prescribed by the executive director, and must be made 60.34 before the commencement of the payment of the disability 60.35 benefit, or within 90 daysof attainingbefore reaching age 65 60.36 or before reaching the five-year anniversary of the effective 61.1 date of the disability benefit, whichever is later.ItThe 61.2 optional annuity is effective on the date on which the 61.3 disability benefit begins to accrue, or the month following the 61.4 attainment of age 65 or following the five-year anniversary of 61.5 the effective date of the disability benefit, whichever is later. 61.6 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.105, is 61.7 amended to read: 61.8 352B.105 [TERMINATION OF DISABILITY BENEFITS.] 61.9 Disability benefits payable under section 352B.10shall61.10 must terminateaton the transfer date, which is the end of the 61.11 month in which thebeneficiarydisabilitant becomes 65 years old 61.12 or the five-year anniversary of the effective date of the 61.13 disability benefit, whichever is later. If thebeneficiary61.14 disabilitant is still disabledwhenon thebeneficiary becomes61.1565 years oldtransfer date, thebeneficiary shalldisabilitant 61.16 must be deemed to be a retired member and, if thebeneficiary61.17 disabilitant had chosen an optional annuity under section 61.18 352B.10, subdivision 5,shallmust receive an annuityin61.19accordance withunder the terms of the optional annuity 61.20 previously chosen. If thebeneficiarydisabilitant had not 61.21 chosen an optional annuity under section 352B.10, subdivision 5, 61.22 thebeneficiarydisabilitant may then choose to receive either a 61.23 normal retirement annuity computed under section 352B.08, 61.24 subdivision 2, or an optional annuity as provided in section 61.25 352B.08, subdivision 3. An optional annuity must be chosen 61.26 within 90 days of attainingage 65 or reachingthefive-year61.27anniversary of the effective date of the disability benefit,61.28whichever is latertransfer date. If an optional annuity is 61.29 chosen, the optional annuityshall begin to accrueaccrues on 61.30 the first of the month next followingattainment of age 65 or61.31the five-year anniversary oftheeffectivetransfer dateof the61.32disability benefit, whichever is later. 61.33 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352D.065, 61.34 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 61.35 Subd. 2. [DISABILITY BENEFIT AMOUNT.] A participant who 61.36 becomes totally and permanently disabled has the option, even if 62.1 on leave of absence without pay, to receive: 62.2 (1) the value of the participant's total shares; 62.3 (2) the value ofone-halfof a portion of the total shares 62.4 and an annuity based on thevalue of one-halfremainder of the 62.5 total shares; or 62.6 (3) an annuity based on the value of the participant's 62.7 total shares. 62.8 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.33, 62.9 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 62.10 Subd. 4. [PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.] (a) The 62.11 applicant shall provide an expert report signed by a licensed 62.12 physician, psychologist, or chiropractor and the applicant must 62.13 authorize the release of medical and health care evidence, 62.14 including all medical records and relevant information from any 62.15 source, to support the application for total and permanent 62.16 disability benefits. 62.17 (b) The medical adviser shall verify the medical evidence 62.18 and, if necessary for disability determination, suggest the 62.19 referral of the applicant to specialized medical consultants. 62.20 (c) The association shall also obtain from the employer,a 62.21 certification of the member's past public service, the dates 62.22 of any paid sick leave and vacation beyond the last working day 62.23 and whether or not any sick leave or annual leave has been 62.24 allowed. 62.25 (d) If, upon consideration of the medical evidence received 62.26 and the recommendations of the medical adviser, it is determined 62.27 by the executive director that the applicant is totally and 62.28 permanently disabled within the meaning of the law, the 62.29 association shall grant the person a disability benefit.The62.30fact that62.31 (e) An employee who is placed on leave of absence without 62.32 compensation because of a disabilitydoesis notbar the person62.33 barred from receiving a disability benefit. 62.34 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.33, 62.35 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 62.36 Subd. 6. [CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.] The 63.1 association shall determine eligibility for continuation of 63.2 disability benefits and require periodic examinations and 63.3 evaluations of disabled members as frequently as deemed 63.4 necessary. The association shall require the disabled member to 63.5 provide an expert report signed by a licensed physician, 63.6 psychologist, or chiropractor and the disabled member shall 63.7 authorize the release of medical and health care evidence, 63.8 including all medical and health care records and information 63.9 from any source, relating to an application for continuation of 63.10 disability benefits. Disability benefits are contingent upon a 63.11 disabled person's participation in a vocational 63.12 rehabilitationprogramevaluation if the executive director 63.13 determines that the disabled person may be able to return to a 63.14 gainful occupation. If a member is found to be no longer 63.15 totally and permanently disabled, payments must cease the first 63.16 of the month following the expiration of a 30-day period after 63.17 the member receives a certified letter notifying the member that 63.18 payments will cease. 63.19 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.33, 63.20 subdivision 6b, is amended to read: 63.21 Subd. 6b. [DUTIES OF THE MEDICAL ADVISER.] At the request 63.22 of the executive director, the medical adviser shall designate 63.23 licensed physicians, psychologists, or chiropractors to examine 63.24 applicants for disability benefits and review themedicalexpert 63.25 reports based upon these examinations to determine whether an 63.26 applicant is totally and permanently disabled as defined in 63.27 section 353.01, subdivision 19, disabled as defined in section 63.28 353.656, or eligible for continuation of disability benefits 63.29 under subdivision 6. The medical examiner shall also review, at 63.30 the request of the executive director, all medical and health 63.31 care statements on behalf of an applicant for disability 63.32 benefits, and shall report in writing to the executive 63.33 director the conclusions and recommendations of the examiner on 63.34 those matters referred for advice. 63.35 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.33, 63.36 subdivision 7, is amended to read: 64.1 Subd. 7. [PARTIAL REEMPLOYMENT.] If, following a work or 64.2 non-work-related injury or illness, a disabled personresumes a64.3gainful occupation from whichwho remains totally and 64.4 permanently disabled as defined in section 353.01, subdivision 64.5 19, has income from employment that is not substantial gainful 64.6 activity and the rate of earnings from that employment are less 64.7 than the salary rate at the date of disability or the 64.8 salary rate currently paid forsimilarpositions similar to the 64.9 employment position held by the disabled person immediately 64.10 before becoming disabled, whichever is greater, theboard64.11 executive director shall continue the disability benefit in an 64.12 amount that, when added to the earnings and any workers' 64.13 compensation benefit, does not exceed the salary rate at the 64.14 date of disability or the salary currently paid forsimilar64.15 positions similar to the employment position held by the 64.16 disabled person immediately before becoming disabled, whichever 64.17 is higher, provided. The disability benefitdoesunder this 64.18 subdivision may not exceed the disability benefit originally 64.19 allowed, plus any postretirement adjustments payable after 64.20 December 31, 1988, in accordance with section 11A.18, 64.21 subdivision 10. No deductions for the retirement fund may be 64.22 taken from the salary of a disabled person who is receiving a 64.23 disability benefit as provided in this subdivision. 64.24 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.33, is 64.25 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 64.26 Subd. 7a. [TRIAL WORK PERIOD.] (a) If, following a work or 64.27 non-work related injury or illness, a disabled member attempts 64.28 to return to work for their previous public employer or attempts 64.29 to return to a similar position with another public employer, on 64.30 a full-time or less than full-time basis, the Public Employees 64.31 Retirement Association shall continue paying the disability 64.32 benefit for a period not to exceed six months. The disability 64.33 benefit must continue in an amount that, when added to the 64.34 subsequent employment earnings and workers' compensation 64.35 benefit, does not exceed the salary at the date of disability or 64.36 the salary currently paid for similar positions, whichever is 65.1 higher. 65.2 (b) No deductions for the retirement fund may be taken from 65.3 the salary of a disabled person who is attempting to return to 65.4 work under this provision unless the member waives further 65.5 disability benefits. 65.6 (c) A member only may return to employment and continue 65.7 disability benefit payments once while receiving disability 65.8 benefits from a plan administered by the Public Employees 65.9 Retirement Association. 65.10 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.656, 65.11 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 65.12 Subd. 5. [PROOF OF DISABILITY.] (a) A disability benefit 65.13 payment must not be made except upon adequate proof furnished to 65.14 the executive director of the association of the existence of 65.15sucha disability, and. 65.16 (b) During the time when disability benefits are being 65.17 paid, the executive director of the association has the right, 65.18 at reasonable times, to require the disabled member to submit 65.19 proof of the continuance of the disability claimed. 65.20 (c) Adequate proof of a disability must include a written 65.21 expert report by a licensed physician, by a licensed 65.22 chiropractor, or with respect to a mental impairment, by a 65.23 licensed psychologist. 65.24 (d) A person applying for or receiving a disability benefit 65.25 shall provide or authorize release of medical evidence, 65.26 including all medical records and information from any source, 65.27 relating to an application for disability benefits or the 65.28 continuation of those benefits. 65.29 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.656, is 65.30 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 65.31 Subd. 8. [APPLICATION PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY 65.32 FOR POLICE AND FIRE PLAN DISABILITY BENEFITS.] (a) An 65.33 application for disability benefits must be made in writing on a 65.34 form or forms prescribed by the executive director. 65.35 (b) If an application for disability benefits is filed 65.36 within two years of the date of the injury or the onset of the 66.1 illness that gave rise to the disability application, the 66.2 application must be supported by evidence that the applicant is 66.3 unable to perform the duties of the position held by the 66.4 applicant on the date of the injury or the onset of the illness 66.5 causing the disability. The employer must provide evidence 66.6 indicating whether the applicant is able or unable to perform 66.7 the duties of the position held on the date of the injury or 66.8 onset of illness causing the disability and the specifications 66.9 of any duties that the individual can or cannot perform. 66.10 (c) If an application for disability benefits is filed more 66.11 than two years after the date of the injury or the onset of an 66.12 illness causing the disability, the application must be 66.13 supported by evidence that the applicant is unable to perform 66.14 the most recent duties that are expected to be performed by the 66.15 applicant during the 90 days before the filing of the 66.16 application. The employer must provide evidence of the duties 66.17 that are expected to be performed by the applicant during the 90 66.18 days before to the filing of the application, whether the 66.19 applicant can or cannot perform those duties overall, and the 66.20 specifications of any duties that the applicant can or cannot 66.21 perform. 66.22 (d) Unless otherwise permitted by law, no application for 66.23 disability benefits can be filed by a former member of the 66.24 police and fire plan more than three years after the former 66.25 member has terminated from Public Employees Retirement 66.26 Association police and fire plan covered employment. If an 66.27 application is filed within three years after the termination of 66.28 public employment, the former member must provide evidence that 66.29 the disability is the direct result of an injury or the 66.30 contracting of an illness that occurred while the person was 66.31 still actively employed and participating in the police and fire 66.32 plan. 66.33 (e) Any application for duty-related disability must be 66.34 supported by a first report of injury as defined in section 66.35 176.231. 66.36 (f) If a member who has applied for and been approved for 67.1 disability benefits before the termination of service does not 67.2 terminate service or is not placed on an authorized leave of 67.3 absence as certified by the governmental subdivision within 45 67.4 days following the date on which the application is approved, 67.5 the application shall be canceled. If an approved application 67.6 for disability benefits has been canceled, a subsequent 67.7 application for disability benefits may not be filed on the 67.8 basis of the same medical condition for a minimum of one year 67.9 from the date on which the previous application was canceled. 67.10 (g) An applicant may file a retirement application under 67.11 section 353.29, subdivision 4, at the same time as the 67.12 disability application is filed. If the disability application 67.13 is approved, the retirement application is canceled. If the 67.14 disability application is denied, the retirement application 67.15 must be initiated and processed upon the request of the 67.16 applicant. A police and fire fund member may not receive a 67.17 disability benefit and a retirement annuity from the police and 67.18 fire fund at the same time. 67.19 (h) A repayment of a refund must be made within six months 67.20 after the effective date of disability benefits or within six 67.21 months after the date of the filing of the disability 67.22 application, whichever is later. No purchase of prior service 67.23 or payment made in lieu of salary deductions otherwise 67.24 authorized under section 353.01 or 353.36, subdivision 2, may be 67.25 made after the occurrence of the disability for which an 67.26 application is filed under this section. 67.27 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.656, is 67.28 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 67.29 Subd. 9. [REFUSAL OF EXAMINATION OR MEDICAL EVIDENCE.] If 67.30 a person applying for or receiving a disability benefit refuses 67.31 to submit to a medical examination under subdivision 11, or 67.32 fails to provide or to authorize the release of medical evidence 67.33 under subdivisions 5 and 7, the association shall cease the 67.34 application process or shall discontinue the payment of a 67.35 disability benefit, whichever is applicable. Upon the receipt 67.36 of the requested medical evidence, the association shall resume 68.1 the application process or the payment of a disability benefit 68.2 upon approval for the continuation, whichever is applicable. 68.3 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.656, is 68.4 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 68.5 Subd. 10. [ACCRUAL OF BENEFITS.] (a) A disability benefit 68.6 begins to accrue the day following the commencement of 68.7 disability, 90 days preceding the filing of an application, or, 68.8 if annual or sick leave is paid for more than the 90-day period, 68.9 from the date on which the payment of salary ceased, whichever 68.10 is later. 68.11 (b) Payment of the disability benefit must not continue 68.12 beyond the end of the month in which entitlement has 68.13 terminated. If the disabilitant dies prior to negotiating the 68.14 check for the month in which death occurs, payment must be made 68.15 to the surviving spouse or, if none, to the designated 68.16 beneficiary or, if none, to the estate. 68.17 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.656, is 68.18 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 68.19 Subd. 11. [INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; DUTIES OF THE 68.20 MEDICAL ADVISOR.] Any individual receiving disability benefits 68.21 or any applicant, if requested by the executive director, must 68.22 submit to an independent medical examination. The medical 68.23 examination must be paid for by the association. The medical 68.24 advisor shall review all medical reports submitted to the 68.25 association, including the findings of an independent medical 68.26 examination requested under this section, and shall advise the 68.27 executive director. 68.28 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.656, is 68.29 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 68.30 Subd. 12. [APPROVAL OF DISABILITY BENEFITS.] Review of 68.31 disability benefit applications and review of existing 68.32 disability cases must be made by the executive director based 68.33 upon all relevant evidence, including advice from the medical 68.34 advisor and the evidence provided by the member and employer. A 68.35 member whose application for disability benefits or whose 68.36 continuation of disability benefits is denied may appeal the 69.1 executive director's decision to the board of trustees within 45 69.2 days of the receipt of a certified letter notifying the member 69.3 of the decision to deny the application or the benefit 69.4 continuation. 69.5 Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.48, 69.6 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 69.7 Subd. 2. [APPLICATIONS; ACCRUAL.] (a) A person described 69.8 in subdivision 1, or another person authorized to act on behalf 69.9 of the person, may make written application on a form prescribed 69.10 by the executive director for a total and permanent disability 69.11 benefit only within the 18-month period following the 69.12 termination of teaching service.This69.13 (b) The benefit accrues from the day following the 69.14 commencement of the disability or the day following the last day 69.15 for which salary is paid, whichever is later, but does not begin 69.16 to accrue more than six months before the date on which the 69.17 written application is filed with the executive director. If 69.18 salary is being received for either annual or sick leave during 69.19 the disability period,payments accruethe disability benefit 69.20 accrues from the day following the last day for which this 69.21 salary is paid. 69.22 Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.48, 69.23 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 69.24 Subd. 4. [DETERMINATION BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.] (a) 69.25 The executive director shall have the member examined by at 69.26 least two licensed physicians, licensed chiropractors, or 69.27 licensed psychologists selected by the medical adviser. 69.28 (b) These physicians, chiropractors, or psychologists with 69.29 respect to a mental impairment, shall make written reports to 69.30 the executive director concerning the member's disability, 69.31 includingmedicalexpert opinions as to whether or not the 69.32 member is permanently and totally disabled within the meaning of 69.33 section 354.05, subdivision 14. 69.34 (c) The executive director shall also obtain written 69.35 certification from the last employer stating whether or not the 69.36 member was separated from service because of a disability which 70.1 would reasonably prevent further service to the employer and as 70.2 a consequence the member is not entitled to compensation from 70.3 the employer. 70.4 (d) If, upon the consideration of the reports of the 70.5 physicians, chiropractors, or psychologists and any other 70.6 evidence presented by the member or by others interested 70.7 therein, the executive director finds that the member is totally 70.8 and permanently disabled, the executive director shall grant the 70.9 member a disability benefit.The fact that70.10 (e) An employee who is placed on leave of absence without 70.11 compensation because of disabilityshallis notbar the member70.12 barred from receiving a disability benefit. 70.13 Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.48, 70.14 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 70.15 Subd. 6. [REGULAR PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS.] At least once 70.16 each year during the first five years following the allowance of 70.17 a disability benefit to any member, and at least once in every 70.18 three-year period thereafter, the executive director shall 70.19 require the disability beneficiary to undergoa medicalan 70.20 expert examination by a physician or physicians, by a 70.21 chiropractor or chiropractors, or by one or more psychologists 70.22 with respect to a mental impairment, engaged by the executive 70.23 director. Ifanyan examination indicates that the member is no 70.24 longer permanently and totally disabled or that the member is 70.25 engaged or is able to engage in a substantial gainful 70.26 occupation, payments of the disability benefit by the 70.27 associationshallmust be discontinued. The paymentsshall70.28discontinuemust be discontinued as soon as the member is 70.29 reinstated to the payroll following sick leave, but payment may 70.30 not be made for more than 60 days after the physicians, the 70.31 chiropractors, or the psychologists engaged by the executive 70.32 director find that the person is no longer permanently and 70.33 totally disabled. 70.34 Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.48, 70.35 subdivision 6a, is amended to read: 70.36 Subd. 6a. [MEDICAL ADVISER; DUTIES.] The state 71.1 commissioner of health or a licensed physician on the staff of 71.2 the department of health who is designated by the commissioner 71.3shall beis the medical adviser of the executive director. The 71.4 medical adviser shall designate licensed physicians, licensed 71.5 chiropractors, or licensed psychologists with respect to a 71.6 mental impairment, who shall examine applicants for disability 71.7 benefits. The medical adviser shall pass upon allmedical71.8 expert reports based on any examinations performed in order to 71.9 determine whether a teacher is totally and permanently disabled 71.10 as defined in section 354.05, subdivision 14. The medical 71.11 adviser shall also investigate all health and medical statements 71.12 and certificates by or on behalf of a teacher in connection with 71.13 a disability benefit, and shall report in writing to the 71.14 director setting forth any conclusions and recommendations on 71.15 all matters referred to the medical adviser. 71.16 Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.48, 71.17 subdivision 10, is amended to read: 71.18 Subd. 10. [RETIREMENT STATUS AT NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE.] 71.19 (a) No personshall beis entitled to receive both a disability 71.20 benefit and a retirement annuity provided by this chapter. 71.21 (b) The disability benefit paid to a person hereundershall71.22 must terminate at the end of the month in which the person 71.23 attains the normal retirement age. If the person is still 71.24 totally and permanently disabled at the beginning of the month 71.25 next following the month in which the person attains the normal 71.26 retirement age, the personshallmust be deemed to be on 71.27 retirement status and, if the person had elected an optional 71.28 annuitypursuant tounder subdivision 3a,shallmust receive an 71.29 annuity in accordance with the terms of the optional annuity 71.30 previously elected, or, if the person had not elected an 71.31 optional annuitypursuant tounder subdivision 3a, may elect to 71.32 receive a straight life retirement annuity equal to the 71.33 disability benefit paidprior tobefore the date on which the 71.34 person attains the normal retirement age65or reaches the 71.35 five-year anniversary of the effective date of the disability 71.36 benefit, whichever is later, or may elect to receive an optional 72.1 annuity as provided in section 354.45, subdivision 1. 72.2 (c) Election of an optional annuity must be made within 90 72.3 days of the normal retirement age65or the five-year 72.4 anniversary of the effective date of the disability benefit, 72.5 whichever is later. 72.6 (d) If an optional annuity is elected, the electionshall72.7beis effective on the date on which the person attains the 72.8 normal retirement age65or reaches the five-year anniversary of 72.9 the effective date of the disability benefit, whichever is 72.10 later. The optional annuityshall beginbegins to accrue on the 72.11 first day of the month next following the month in which the 72.12 person attains the normal retirement age65or reaches the 72.13 five-year anniversary of the effective date of the disability 72.14 benefit, whichever is later. 72.15 Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354A.36, 72.16 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 72.17 Subd. 4. [DETERMINATION OF DISABILITY.] The board of the 72.18 teachers retirement fund association shall make the final 72.19 determination of the existence of a permanent and total 72.20 disability. The board shall have the coordinated member 72.21 examined by at least two licensed physicians, licensed 72.22 chiropractors, or licensed psychologists whoshall beare 72.23 selected by the board. After making any required examinations, 72.24 each physician, chiropractor, or psychologist with respect to a 72.25 mental impairment, shall make a written report to the board 72.26 concerning the coordinated member, which shall include a 72.27 statement of thephysician's medicalexpert opinion of the 72.28 physician, chiropractor, or psychologist as to whether or not 72.29 the member is permanently and totally disabled within the 72.30 meaning of section 354A.011, subdivision 14. The board shall 72.31 also obtain a written statement from theschool district72.32 employer as to whether or not the coordinated member was 72.33 terminated or separated from active employment due to a 72.34 disability which is deemed by thedistrictemployer to 72.35 reasonably prevent further service by the member to thedistrict72.36 employer and which caused the coordinated member not to be 73.1 entitled to further compensation from thedistrictemployer for 73.2 services rendered by the member. If, after consideration of the 73.3 reports of the physicians, chiropractors, or psychologists with 73.4 respect to a mental impairment, and any evidence presented by 73.5 the member or by any other interested parties, the board 73.6 determines that the coordinated member is totally and 73.7 permanently disabled within the meaning of section 354A.011, 73.8 subdivision 14, it shall grant the coordinated member a 73.9 disability benefit.The fact thatA memberhas beenwho is 73.10 placed on a leave of absence without compensation as a result of 73.11 the disabilityshallis notoperate to barbarreda73.12coordinated memberfrom receiving a disability benefit under 73.13 this section. 73.14 Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354A.36, 73.15 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 73.16 Subd. 6. [REQUIREMENT FOR REGULAR PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS.] 73.17 At least once each year during the first five years following 73.18 the granting of a disability benefit to a coordinated member by 73.19 the board and at least once in every three year period 73.20 thereafter, the board shall require the disability benefit 73.21 recipient to undergo amedicalexpert examination as a condition 73.22 for continued entitlement of the benefit recipient to receive a 73.23 disability benefit. Themedicalexpert examinationshallmust 73.24 be made at the place of residence of the disability benefit 73.25 recipient or at any other place mutually agreeable to the 73.26 disability benefit recipient and the board. Themedicalexpert 73.27 examinationshallmust be made by a physician or physicians, by 73.28 a chiropractor or chiropractors, or by one or more psychologists 73.29 engaged by the board. The physician or physicians, the 73.30 chiropractor or chiropractors, or the psychologist or 73.31 psychologists with respect to a mental impairment, conducting 73.32 themedicalexpert examination shall make a written report to 73.33 the board concerning the disability benefit recipient and the 73.34 recipient's disability, including a statement of thephysician's73.35medicalexpert opinion of the physician, chiropractor, or 73.36 psychologist as to whether or not the member remains permanently 74.1 and totally disabled within the meaning of section 354A.011, 74.2 subdivision 14. If the board determines from consideration of 74.3 thephysician'swrittenmedicalexpert examination report of the 74.4 physician, of the chiropractor, or of the psychologist, with 74.5 respect to a mental impairment, that the disability benefit 74.6 recipient is no longer permanently and totally disabled or if 74.7 the board determines that the benefit recipient is engaged or is 74.8 able to engage in a gainful occupation, unless the disability 74.9 benefit recipient is partially employedpursuant tounder 74.10 subdivision 7, then further disability benefit payments from the 74.11 fundshallmust be discontinued. The discontinuation of 74.12 disability benefitsshallmust occur immediately if the 74.13 disability recipient is reinstated to the district payroll 74.14 following sick leave and within 60 days of the determination by 74.15 the board following themedicalexpert examination and report of 74.16 the physician or physicians, chiropractor or chiropractors, or 74.17 psychologist or psychologists engaged by the board that the 74.18 disability benefit recipient is no longer permanently and 74.19 totally disabled within the meaning of section 354A.011, 74.20 subdivision 14. 74.21 Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 356.302, 74.22 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 74.23 Subd. 3. [GENERAL EMPLOYEE PLAN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.] 74.24 A disabled member of a covered retirement plan who has credit 74.25 for allowable service in a combination of general employee 74.26 retirement plans is entitled to a combined service disability 74.27 benefit if the member: 74.28 (1) is less than65 years ofthe normal retirement age on 74.29 the date of the application for the disability benefit; 74.30 (2) has become totally and permanently disabled; 74.31 (3) has credit for allowable service in any combination of 74.32 general employee retirement plans totaling at least three years; 74.33 (4) has credit for at least one-half year of allowable 74.34 service with the current general employee retirement plan before 74.35 the commencement of the disability; 74.36 (5) has at least three continuous years of allowable 75.1 service credit by the general employee retirement plan or has at 75.2 least a total of three years of allowable service credit by a 75.3 combination of general employee retirement plans in a 72-month 75.4 period during which no interruption of allowable service credit 75.5 from a termination of employment exceeded 29 days; and 75.6 (6) was not receiving a retirement annuity or disability 75.7 benefit from any covered general employee retirement plan at the 75.8 time of the commencement of the disability. 75.9 Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 422A.18, 75.10 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 75.11 Subdivision 1. [MEDICALEXPERT EXAMINATION.] (a) Upon the 75.12 application of the head of the department in which a 75.13 contributing employee is employed, or upon the application of 75.14 the contributing employee or of one acting in the employee's 75.15 behalf, the retirement board shall place the contributor on 75.16 disability, providedand pay the person a disability allowance 75.17 under this section if the medical board, aftera medicalan 75.18 expert examination of the contributor made at the place of 75.19 residence of the contributor or at a place mutually agreed upon, 75.20 shall certify to the retirement board that the contributor is 75.21 physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of 75.22 further service to the city and recommend that the contributor 75.23 be placed on disability. 75.24 (b) The medical board shall consist of the city physician, 75.25 a physician, chiropractor, or licensed psychologist to be 75.26 selected by the retirement board, and a physician, chiropractor, 75.27 or licensed psychologist to be selected by the employee. 75.28 (c) Disability of an employee resulting from injury or 75.29 illness received in the performance of the duties of the city 75.30 service shall be defined as duty disability. 75.31 (d) Disability incurred as a result of injury or illness 75.32 not connected with the performance of such service shall be 75.33 defined as nonduty disability. In order to be entitled to a 75.34 retirement allowance for a nonduty disability, an employee shall 75.35 have rendered five or more years of service to the city. 75.36 Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 422A.18, 76.1 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 76.2 Subd. 4. [ADDITIONAL MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.] (a) Once each 76.3 year, the retirement board may require any disability 76.4 beneficiary while still under the established age for retirement 76.5 to undergomedicalan expert examination bya physician orone 76.6 or more physicians, one or more chiropractors, or one or more 76.7 licensed psychologists designated by the retirement board,. The 76.8 examinationtomust be made at the place of residence of the 76.9 beneficiary or other place mutually agreed upon.Should76.10 (b) If the medical boardreport and certifycertifies to 76.11 the retirement board thatsuchthe disability beneficiary is no 76.12 longer physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance 76.13 of duty, the beneficiary's allowanceshallmust be discontinued 76.14 and the head of the department in which the beneficiary was 76.15 employed at the time of retirement shall, upon notification by 76.16 the retirement board of the report of the medical board, 76.17 reemploy the beneficiary at a rate of salary not less than the 76.18 amount of the disability allowance, but. 76.19 (c) After the expiration of five years subsequent to the 76.20 retirement ofsuchthe beneficiary, the restoration to duty, 76.21 notwithstanding the recommendation of the medical board,shall76.22beis optional with the head of the department.ShouldIf any 76.23 disability beneficiary, while under the established age for 76.24 retirementrefuse, refuses to submit to at least one 76.25medicalexpert examination in any year bya physician orone or 76.26 more physicians, one or more chiropractors, or one or more 76.27 licensed psychologists designated by the medical board, the 76.28 allowanceshallmust be discontinued until the withdrawal of 76.29 such refusal, and should such refusal continue for one year, all 76.30 the beneficiary's rights in and to any retirement or disability 76.31 allowanceshall beare forfeited. 76.32 Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 423B.09, 76.33 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 76.34 Subd. 4. [CERTIFICATE OF PHYSICIANS REQUIRED.] (a) No 76.35 member is entitled to a pension under subdivision 1, paragraph 76.36 (b) or (c), except upon the certificate of two or more 77.1 physiciansor, surgeons, chiropractors, licensed psychologists, 77.2 or a combination of experts chosen by the governing board. This 77.3 certificate must set forth the cause, nature, and extent of the 77.4 disability, disease, or injury of the member. 77.5 (b) No active member may be awarded, granted, or paid a 77.6 disability pension under subdivision 1, paragraph (c), unless 77.7 the certificate states that the disability, disease, or injury 77.8 was incurred or sustained by the member while in the service of 77.9 the police department of the city. The certificate must be 77.10 filed with the secretary of the association. 77.11 Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 423C.05, 77.12 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 77.13 Subd. 4. [TEMPORARY DISABILITY PENSION.] (a) An active 77.14 member who, by sickness or accident, becomes temporarily 77.15 disabled from performing firefighter duties for the fire 77.16 departmentshall beis entitled to a temporary disability 77.17 pension. 77.18 (b) No allowance for disabilityshallmay be made unless 77.19 notice of the disability and an application for benefits is made 77.20 by or on behalf of the disabled member within 90 days after the 77.21 beginning of the disability. This applicationshallmust 77.22 include a certificate from a qualifiedmedical professional77.23 expert setting forth the cause, nature, and extent of the 77.24 disability. This certificate must also conclude that the 77.25 disability was incurred or sustained while the member was in the 77.26 service of the fire department. 77.27 (c) The board shall utilize the board of examiners 77.28 establishedpursuant tounder section 423C.03, subdivision 6, to 77.29 investigate and report on an application for benefitspursuant77.30tounder this section and to make recommendations as to 77.31 eligibility and the benefit amount to be paid. 77.32 (d) A member entitled to a disability pensionshallmust 77.33 receive benefits in the amount and manner determined by the 77.34 board. 77.35 Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 423C.05, 77.36 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 78.1 Subd. 5. [SERVICE-RELATED PERMANENT DISABILITY PENSION.] 78.2 An active member who becomes permanently disabled as the result 78.3 of a service-related disease or injuryshallis, upon 78.4 application and approval of the board,beentitled to a pension 78.5 of 41 units or in the amount determined under subdivision 8. 78.6 The application for service-related permanent disabilityshall78.7 must include a certificate from a qualifiedmedical professional78.8 expert setting forth the permanent nature of the disability or 78.9 disease and that it was service related. 78.10 Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 423C.05, 78.11 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 78.12 Subd. 6. [NON-SERVICE-RELATED PERMANENT DISABILITY 78.13 PENSION.] An active member who, by reason of sickness or 78.14 accident, becomes permanently disabled and unable to perform 78.15 firefighter duties for the fire department due to 78.16 non-service-related disease or injuryshall beis entitled to a 78.17 permanent disability pension. No allowance for disabilityshall78.18 may be made unless notice of the disability and an application 78.19 for benefits is made by or on behalf of the disabled member 78.20 within 90 days after the beginning of the disability. This 78.21 applicationshallmust include a certificate from a qualified 78.22 medical professional setting forth the cause, nature, and extent 78.23 of the disability. A member who is entitled to a disability 78.24 pension under this subdivisionshallmust receive benefits in 78.25 the amount and manner determined by the board, not to exceed 41 78.26 units. 78.27 Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 423C.05, is 78.28 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 78.29 Subd. 6a. [QUALIFIED EXPERT.] A qualified expert includes 78.30 a licensed physician or chiropractor, or in the case of mental 78.31 impairment, includes a licensed psychologist. 78.32 Sec. 41. [REPEALER.] 78.33 (a) Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 353.33, subdivision 78.34 5b; and 490.11, are repealed on July 1, 2004. 78.35 (b) Sections 3 and 19 are repealed on July 1, 2006. 78.36 Sec. 42. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 79.1 Sections 1 to 41 are effective on July 1, 2004. 79.2 ARTICLE 9 79.3 DEATH AND SURVIVOR BENEFITS AND REFUNDS 79.4 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 3A.03, 79.5 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 79.6 Subd. 2. [REFUND.] (a)AnyA former member who has made 79.7 contributions under subdivision 1 and who is no longer a member 79.8 of the legislature is entitled to receive, upon written 79.9 application to the executive director on a form prescribed by 79.10 the executive director, a refund of all contributions credited 79.11 to the member's account with interestat an annual rate of six79.12percent compounded annuallycomputed as provided in section 79.13 352.22, subdivision 2. 79.14 (b) The refund of contributions as provided in paragraph (a) 79.15 terminates all rights of a former member of the legislatureor79.16 and the survivors of the former member under this chapter. 79.17 (c) If the former member of the legislature again becomes a 79.18 member of the legislature after having taken a refund as 79.19 provided in paragraph (a), the member must be considered a new 79.20 member of this plan. However,a newthe member may reinstate 79.21 the rights and credit for service previously forfeited if the 79.22newmember repays all refunds taken plus interest at an annual 79.23 rate of 8.5 percent compounded annually from the date on which 79.24 the refund was taken to the date on which the refund is repaid. 79.25(c)(d) No person may be required to apply for or to accept 79.26 a refund. 79.27 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.12, 79.28 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 79.29 Subdivision 1. [DEATH BEFORE TERMINATION OF SERVICE.] If 79.30 an employee dies before state service has terminated and neither 79.31 a survivor annuity nor a reversionary annuity is payable on 79.32 behalf of the employee, or if a former employee who has 79.33 sufficient service credit to be entitled to an annuity dies 79.34 before thebenefitannuity has become payable,the director79.35shall makea refund with interest is payable upon filing a 79.36 written application on a form prescribed by the executive 80.1 director. The refund is payable to the last designated 80.2 beneficiary or, if there is none, to the surviving spouse or, if 80.3 none, to the employee's surviving children in equal shares or, 80.4 if none, to the employee's surviving parents in equal shares or, 80.5 if none, to the representative of the estatein an amount equal80.6to the accumulated employee contributions plus interest at the80.7rate of six percent per annum compounded annually. Interest 80.8 must be computed as provided in section 352.22, subdivision 2,80.9to the first day of the month in which the refund is processed. 80.10 Upon the death of an employee who has received a refund that was 80.11 later repaid in full, interest must be paid on the repaid refund 80.12 only from the date of the repayment. If the repayment was made 80.13 in installments, interest must be paid only from the date on 80.14 which the installment payments began. The designated 80.15 beneficiary, the surviving spouse, or the representative of the 80.16 estate of an employee who had received a disability benefit is 80.17 not entitled to the payment of interest upon any balance 80.18 remaining to the decedent's credit in the fund at the time of 80.19 death, unless the death occurred before any payment could be 80.20 negotiated. 80.21 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.12, 80.22 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 80.23 Subd. 6. [DEATH AFTER SERVICE TERMINATION.] Except as 80.24 provided in subdivision 1, if a former employee covered by the 80.25 systemdies andwho has not received an annuity, a retirement 80.26 allowance, or a disability benefit dies, a refundmust be made80.27 is payable to the last designated beneficiary or, if there is 80.28 none, to the surviving spouse or, if none, to the employee's 80.29 surviving children in equal shares or, if none, to the 80.30 employee's surviving parents in equal shares or, if none, to the 80.31 representative of the estate in an amount equal to accumulated 80.32 employee contributions plus interest.The refund must include80.33interest at the rate of six percent per year compounded80.34annually.The interest on the refund must be computed as 80.35 provided in section 352.22, subdivision 2. 80.36 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.22, 81.1 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 81.2 Subd. 2. [AMOUNT OF REFUND.] Except as provided in 81.3 subdivision 3, the refund payable to a person who ceased to be a 81.4 state employee by reason of a termination of state service isin81.5 an amount equal to employee accumulated contributions plus 81.6 interest at the rate of six percent per year compoundedannually81.7 daily from the date that the contribution was made until the 81.8 date on which the refund is paid. Included with the refund is 81.9 any interest paid as part of repayment of a past refund, plus 81.10 interest thereon from the date of repayment.Interest must be81.11computed to the first day of the month in which the refund is81.12processed and must be based on fiscal year or monthly balances,81.13whichever applies.81.14 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.22, 81.15 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 81.16 Subd. 3. [DEFERRED ANNUITY.] (a) An employee who has at 81.17 least three years of allowable service when termination occurs 81.18 may elect to leave the accumulated contributions in the fund and 81.19 thereby be entitled to a deferred retirement annuity. The 81.20 annuity must be computed under the law in effect when state 81.21 service terminated, on the basis of the allowable service 81.22 credited to the person before the termination of service. 81.23 (b) An employee on layoff or on leave of absence without 81.24 pay, except a leave of absence for health reasons, and who does 81.25 not return to state serviceshallmust have an annuity, deferred 81.26 annuity, or other benefit to which the employee may become 81.27 entitled computed under the law in effect on the employee's last 81.28 working day. 81.29 (c) No application for a deferred annuity may be made more 81.30 than 60 days before the time the former employee reaches the 81.31 required age for entitlement to the payment of the annuity. The 81.32 deferred annuity begins to accrue no earlier than 60 days before 81.33 the date the application is filed in the office of the system, 81.34 but not (1) before the date on which the employee reaches the 81.35 required age for entitlement to the annuity nor (2) before the 81.36 day following the termination of state service in a 82.1 position which is not covered by the retirement system. 82.2 (d) Application for the accumulated contributions left on 82.3 deposit with the fund may be made at any timeafter 30 days82.4 following the date of the termination of service. 82.5 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.10, 82.6 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 82.7 Subd. 5. [OPTIONAL ANNUITY.] Adisabled member82.8 disabilitant may elect, in lieu of spousal survivorship coverage 82.9 under section 352B.11,subdivision 2subdivisions 2b and 82.10 2c,choosethe normal disability benefit or an optional annuity 82.11 as provided in section 352B.08, subdivision 3. The choice of an 82.12 optional annuity must be made before the commencement of the 82.13 payment of the disability benefit, or within 90 daysof82.14attainingbefore reaching age 65 or reaching the five-year 82.15 anniversary of the effective date of the disability benefit, 82.16 whichever is later.ItThe optional annuity is effective on the 82.17 date on which the disability benefit begins to accrue, or the 82.18 month following attainment of age 65 or the five-year 82.19 anniversary of the effective date of the disability benefit, 82.20 whichever is later. 82.21 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.11, 82.22 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 82.23 Subdivision 1. [REFUND OF PAYMENTS.] (a) A member who has 82.24 not received other benefits under this chapter is entitled to a 82.25 refund of payments made by salary deduction, plus interest, if 82.26 the member is separated, either voluntarily or involuntarily, 82.27 from the state service that entitled the member to membership. 82.28 (b) In the event of the member's death, if there are no 82.29 survivor benefits payable under this chapter, a refund plus 82.30 interest is payable to the last designated beneficiary on a form 82.31 filed with the director before death, or if no designation is 82.32 filed,the refundis payable to the member's estate. Interest 82.33 under this subdivision must becomputed at the rate of six82.34percent a year, compounded annuallycalculated as provided in 82.35 section 352.22, subdivision 2. To receive a refund, the 82.36 application must be made on a form prescribed by the executive 83.1 director. 83.2 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.11, 83.3 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 83.4 Subd. 2. [DEATH; PAYMENT TOSPOUSE ANDDEPENDENT CHILDREN; 83.5 FAMILY MAXIMUMS.]If a member serving actively as a member, or a83.6member or former member receiving the disability benefit before83.7attaining age 65 or reaching the five-year anniversary of the83.8effective date of the disability benefit, whichever is later,83.9provided by section 352B.10, subdivisions 1 and 2, dies from any83.10cause before attaining age 65 or reaching the five-year83.11anniversary of the effective date of the disability benefit,83.12whichever is later, the surviving spouse and dependent children83.13are entitled to benefit payments as follows:83.14(a) A member with at least three years of allowable service83.15is deemed to have elected a 100 percent joint and survivor83.16annuity payable to a surviving spouse only on or after the date83.17the member or former member became or would have become 55.83.18(b) The surviving spouse of a member who had credit for83.19less than three years of service shall receive, for life, a83.20monthly annuity equal to 50 percent of that part of the average83.21monthly salary of the member from which deductions were made for83.22retirement.83.23(c) The surviving spouse of a member who had credit for at83.24least three years service and who died after becoming 55 years83.25old, may elect to receive a 100 percent joint and survivor83.26annuity, for life, notwithstanding a subsequent remarriage, in83.27lieu of the annuity prescribed in paragraph (b).83.28(d) The surviving spouse of any member who had credit for83.29three years or more and who was not 55 years old at death, shall83.30receive the benefit equal to 50 percent of the average monthly83.31salary as described in clause (b) until the deceased member83.32would have become 55 years old, and beginning the first of the83.33month following that date, may elect to receive the 100 percent83.34joint and survivor annuity.83.35(e)Each dependent childshall, as defined in section 83.36 352B.01, subdivision 10, is entitled to receive a monthly 84.1 annuity equal to ten percent ofthat part ofthe average monthly 84.2 salary of theformerdeceased memberfrom which deductions were84.3made for retirement. A dependent child over 18 and under 23 84.4 years of age also may receive the monthly benefit provided in 84.5 this section,if the child is continuously attending an 84.6 accreditedschool as a full-time student during the normal84.7school year asdetermined by the director. If the child does 84.8 not continuously attend school, but separates from full-time 84.9 attendance during any part of a school year, the annuityshall84.10 must cease at the end of the month of separation. In addition, 84.11 a payment of $20 per monthshallmust be prorated equally to the 84.12 surviving dependent children when the former member is survived 84.13 by more than oneor moredependentchildrenchild. Payments for 84.14 the benefit of anyqualifieddependent child must be made to the 84.15 surviving spouse, or if there is none, to the legal guardian of 84.16 the child. Themaximummonthly benefit for any one family, 84.17 including a surviving spouse benefit, if applicable, must not be 84.18 less than 50 percent nor exceed 70 percent of the average 84.19 monthly salaryfor any number of childrenof the deceased member. 84.20(f) If the member dies under circumstances that entitle the84.21surviving spouse and dependent children to receive benefits84.22under the workers' compensation law, the workers' compensation84.23benefits received by them must not be deducted from the benefits84.24payable under this section.84.25(g) The surviving spouse of a deceased former member who84.26had credit for three or more years of allowable service, but not84.27the spouse of a former member receiving a disability benefit84.28under section 352B.10, subdivision 2, is entitled to receive the84.29100 percent joint and survivor annuity at the time the deceased84.30member would have become 55 years old. If a former member dies84.31who does not qualify for other benefits under this chapter, the84.32surviving spouse or, if none, the children or heirs are entitled84.33to a refund of the accumulated deductions left in the fund plus84.34interest at the rate of six percent per year compounded annually.84.35 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.11, is 84.36 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 85.1 Subd. 2b. [SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY.] (a) If 85.2 an active member with three or more years of allowable service 85.3 dies before attaining age 55, the surviving spouse is entitled 85.4 to the benefit specified in subdivision 2c, paragraph (b). 85.5 (b) If an active member with less than three years of 85.6 allowable service dies at any age, the surviving spouse is 85.7 entitled to receive the benefit specified in subdivision 2c, 85.8 paragraph (c). 85.9 (c) If an active member with three or more years of 85.10 allowable service dies on or after attaining exact age 55, the 85.11 surviving spouse is entitled to receive the benefits specified 85.12 in subdivision 2c, paragraph (d). 85.13 (d) If a disabilitant dies while receiving a disability 85.14 benefit under section 352B.10 or before the benefit under that 85.15 section commenced, and an optional annuity was not elected under 85.16 section 352B.10, subdivision 5, the surviving spouse is entitled 85.17 to receive the benefit specified in subdivision 2c, paragraph 85.18 (b). 85.19 (e) If a former member with three or more years of 85.20 allowable service, who terminated from service and has not 85.21 received a refund or commenced receipt of any other benefit 85.22 provided by this chapter, dies, the surviving spouse is entitled 85.23 to receive the benefit specified in subdivision 2c, paragraph 85.24 (e). 85.25 (f) If a former member with less than three years of 85.26 allowable service, who terminated from service and has not 85.27 received a refund or commenced receipt of any other benefit, if 85.28 applicable, provided by this chapter, dies, the surviving spouse 85.29 is entitled to receive the refund specified in subdivision 2c, 85.30 paragraph (f). 85.31 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.11, is 85.32 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 85.33 Subd. 2c. [SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFIT ENTITLEMENTS.] (a) A 85.34 surviving spouse specified in subdivision 2b is eligible to 85.35 receive, following the filing of a valid application and 85.36 consistent with any other applicable requirements, a benefit as 86.1 specified in this subdivision. A 100 percent joint and survivor 86.2 annuity under paragraph (b) must be computed assuming the exact 86.3 age 55 for the deceased member and the age of the surviving 86.4 spouse on the date of death. A 100 percent joint and survivor 86.5 annuity under paragraph (d) or (e) must be computed using the 86.6 age of the deceased member on the date of death and the age of 86.7 the surviving spouse on that same date. 86.8 (b) For a surviving spouse specified in subdivision 2b, 86.9 paragraph (a) or (d), the surviving spouse benefit is a benefit 86.10 for life equal to 50 percent of the average monthly salary of 86.11 the deceased member. On the first of the month next following 86.12 the date on which the deceased member would have attained exact 86.13 age 55, in lieu of continued receipt of the prior benefit, the 86.14 surviving spouse is eligible to commence receipt of the second 86.15 half of a 100 percent joint and survivor annuity, if this 86.16 provides a larger benefit. 86.17 (c) For a surviving spouse specified in subdivision 2b, 86.18 paragraph (b), the surviving spouse benefit is a benefit for 86.19 life equal to 50 percent of the average monthly salary of the 86.20 deceased member. 86.21 (d) For a surviving spouse specified in subdivision 2b, 86.22 paragraph (c), the surviving spouse benefit is a benefit for 86.23 life equal to 50 percent of the average monthly salary of the 86.24 deceased member, or the second half of a 100 percent joint and 86.25 survivor annuity, whichever is larger. 86.26 (e) For a surviving spouse specified in subdivision 2b, 86.27 paragraph (e), the surviving spouse benefit is the second half 86.28 of a 100 percent joint and survivor annuity, commencing on the 86.29 first of the month next following the deceased member's date of 86.30 death, or the first of the month next following the date on 86.31 which the deceased member would have attained age 55, whichever 86.32 is later. 86.33 (f) For a surviving spouse specified in subdivision 2b, 86.34 paragraph (f), the surviving spouse or, if none, the children 86.35 or, if none, the deceased member's estate, is entitled to a 86.36 refund of the employee contributions plus interest computed as 87.1 specified in subdivision 1. 87.2 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.11, is 87.3 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 87.4 Subd. 2d. [COORDINATION WITH WORKERS' COMPENSATION 87.5 BENEFITS.] If the deceased member died under circumstances that 87.6 entitle the surviving spouse and the dependent child or children 87.7 to receive benefits under workers' compensation law, the 87.8 workers' compensation benefits received by the deceased member's 87.9 survivor or survivors must not be deducted from the benefits 87.10 payable under this section. 87.11 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352D.075, 87.12 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 87.13 Subd. 2. [SURVIVING SPOUSE BENEFIT.] (a) Notwithstanding 87.14 any designation of a beneficiary to the contrary, if a 87.15 participant or a former participant diesleaving a spouse and87.16there is no named beneficiary who survives to receive payment or87.17the spouse is named beneficiarybefore an annuity or a 87.18 disability benefit becomes payable, the surviving spousemayis 87.19 entitled to receive: 87.20 (1) a lump sum payment of the value of the participant's 87.21 total shares; 87.22 (2)Thea lump sum payment of a portion of the value of 87.23one-half ofthe total shares andbeginning at age 55 or87.24thereafter receive, at any time after the participant's death, 87.25 an annuity based on the remaining value ofone-half ofthe total 87.26 shares, provided that. If the spouse dies before receiving any 87.27 annuity payments, the remaining value ofsaidthe sharesshall87.28be paidis payable to the spouse's children in equal shares,but87.29 and if nosuchchildren survive, then to the parents of the 87.30 spouse in equal shares,butand if nosuchchildren or parents 87.31 survive, then to the estate of the spouse; or 87.32 (3)Beginning at age 55 or thereafter receiveat any time 87.33 after the participant's death, an annuity based on the value of 87.34 the total shares, provided that. If the spouse dies before 87.35 receiving any annuity payments, the value ofsaidthe shares 87.36shall be paidis payable to the spouse's children in equal 88.1 shares,butand if nosuchchildren survive, then to the parents 88.2 of the spouse in equal shares,butand if no such children or 88.3 parents survive, then to the estate of the spouse; andfurther88.4provided,ifsaidthe spouse dies after receiving annuity 88.5 payments but before receiving payments equal to the value of the 88.6 employee shares, the value of the employee shares 88.7 remainingshall be paidis payable to the spouse's children in 88.8 equal shares,butand if nosuchchildren survive, then to the 88.9 parents of the spouse in equal shares,butand if nosuch88.10 children or parents survive, then to the estate of the spouse. 88.11 (b) A participant or a former participant and the person's 88.12 spouse may make a joint specification, in writing, on a form 88.13 prescribed by the executive director, that the benefits provided 88.14 in this section must be paid only to the designated beneficiary. 88.15 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352D.075, is 88.16 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 88.17 Subd. 2a. [SURVIVING SPOUSE COVERAGE TERM CERTAIN.] In 88.18 lieu of the annuity under subdivision 2, clause (2) or (3), or 88.19 in lieu of a distribution under subdivision 2, clause (1), the 88.20 surviving spouse of a deceased participant may elect to receive 88.21 survivor coverage in the form of a term certain annuity of five, 88.22 six, 15, or 20 years, based on the value of the remaining 88.23 shares. The monthly term certain annuity must be calculated 88.24 under section 352D.06, subdivision 1. 88.25 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352D.075, 88.26 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 88.27 Subd. 3. [REFUND TO BENEFICIARY.] If a participant dies 88.28 and hasnamed a beneficiaryno surviving spouse, the value of 88.29 the total sharesshall be paidis payable tosucha designated 88.30 beneficiary, but ifsuchthe beneficiary dies before receiving 88.31 payment, or if no beneficiary has been namedand there is no88.32spouse, the value ofsaidthe sharesshall be paidis payable 88.33 to the children of the participant in equal shares,butor if no 88.34suchchildren survive, then in equal shares to the parents of 88.35 the participant,butor if nosuch children orparents survive, 88.36 then to the estate of the participant. 89.1 Sec. 15. [352F.052] [APPLICATION OF SURVIVING SPOUSE, 89.2 DEPENDENT CHILD PROVISION.] 89.3 Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, 89.4 subdivisions within section 352.12 of the edition of Minnesota 89.5 Statutes published in the year before the year in which a 89.6 privatization occurred, applicable to the surviving spouse or 89.7 dependent children of a former member, apply to the survivors of 89.8 a terminated hospital employee of Fairview, University of 89.9 Minnesota Physicians, or University Affiliated Family Physicians. 89.10 Sec. 16. [353F.052] [APPLICATION OF SURVIVING SPOUSE, 89.11 DEPENDENT CHILD PROVISION.] 89.12 Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, 89.13 subdivisions within section 353.32 of the edition of Minnesota 89.14 Statutes published in the year before the year in which a 89.15 privatization occurred, applicable to the surviving spouse or 89.16 dependent children of a former member as defined in section 89.17 353.01, subdivision 7a, apply to the survivors of a terminated 89.18 medical facility or other public employing unit employee. 89.19 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.05, 89.20 subdivision 22, is amended to read: 89.21 Subd. 22. [DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY.] "Designated 89.22 beneficiary" means the person, trust, or organization designated 89.23 by a retiree or member to receive the benefits to which a 89.24 beneficiary is entitled under this chapter. A beneficiary 89.25 designation is valid only if it is made on an appropriate form 89.26 provided by the executive director that is signed by the member 89.27and two witnesses to the member's signature. The properly 89.28 completed form must be received by the association on or before 89.29 the date of death of the retiree or member. If a retiree or a 89.30 member does not designate a person, trust, or organization, or 89.31 if the person who was designated predeceases the retiree or the 89.32 member, or if the trust or organization ceases to exist before 89.33 the death of the retiree or the member, the designated 89.34 beneficiarymeansis the estate of the deceased retiree or 89.35 member. 89.36 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.46, 90.1 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 90.2 Subd. 2. [DEATH WHILE ELIGIBLE DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY90.3BENEFITSURVIVING SPOUSE SURVIVOR COVERAGE.] (a)The surviving90.4spouse of any member or former member who hasIf the active or 90.5 deferred member was at least age 55 and had credit for at least 90.6 three years of allowable service on the date of death, the 90.7 surviving spouse is entitled to the second portion of a 100 90.8 percent joint and survivor annuitycoverage in the event of90.9death of the member prior to retirement. If the surviving90.10spouse does not elect to receive a surviving spouse benefit90.11under subdivision 1, if applicable, or does not elect to receive90.12a refund of accumulated member contributions under section90.13354.47, subdivision 1, the surviving spouse is entitled to90.14receive, upon written application on a form prescribed by the90.15executive director, a benefit equal to the second portion of a90.16100 percent joint and survivor annuityspecified under section 90.17 354.45, based on the age of the active or deferred memberand90.18surviving spouseat the time of deathof the member,and 90.19computed under section 354.44, subdivision 2 or 6, whichever is90.20applicablethe age of the surviving spouse at the time the 90.21 benefit accrues. 90.22 (b) If the active or deferred member was under age 55 and 90.23hashad credit for at least 30 years of allowable service on the 90.24 date of death, the surviving spouse may elect to receive the 90.25 second portion of a 100 percent joint and survivor annuity based 90.26 on the age of the active or deferred memberand surviving spouse90.27 on the date of death and the age of the surviving spouse at the 90.28 time the benefit accrues. If section 354.44, subdivision 6, 90.29 applies, the annuity is payable using the full early retirement 90.30 reduction under section 354.44, subdivision 6,paragraph90.31 clause (3)(ii), to age 55 and one-half of the early retirement 90.32 reduction from age 55 to the age payment begins. 90.33 (c) If the active or deferred member was under age 55 and 90.34hashad credit for at least three years of allowable service on 90.35 the date of death, but did not yet qualify for retirement, the 90.36 surviving spouse may elect to receive the second portion of a 91.1 100 percent joint and survivor annuity based on the age of 91.2 the active or deferred memberand the surviving spouseat the 91.3 time of death and the age of the surviving spouse at the time 91.4 the benefit accrues. If section 354.44, subdivision 6, applies, 91.5 the annuity is calculated using the full early retirement 91.6 reduction under section 354.44, subdivision 6, to age 55 and 91.7 one-half of the early retirement reduction from age 55 to the 91.8 age the annuity begins.The surviving spouse eligible for a91.9surviving spouse benefit under paragraph (a) may apply for the91.10annuity at any time after the date on which the deceased91.11employee would have attained the required age for retirement91.12based on the employee's allowable service.91.13 (d) The surviving spouse eligible for surviving spouse 91.14 benefits underparagraph (b) or (c)this subdivision may apply 91.15 for the annuity any time after the member's death.ThisThe 91.16 benefitaccrues from the day following the date of the member's91.17death butmay not begin to accrue more than six months before 91.18 the date the application is filed with the executive 91.19 director and may not accrue before the member's death.Sections91.20354.55, subdivision 11, and 354.60 apply to a deferred annuity91.21payable under this section.The benefit is payable for life. 91.22 Any benefit under this subdivision is in lieu of benefits under 91.23 subdivision 1, if applicable, and in lieu of a refund of 91.24 accumulated member contributions under section 354.47, 91.25 subdivision 1. 91.26 (e) For purposes of this subdivision, a designated 91.27 beneficiary must be a former spouse or a biological or adopted 91.28 child of the member. 91.29 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.46, 91.30 subdivision 2b, is amended to read: 91.31 Subd. 2b. [DEPENDENT CHILD SURVIVOR COVERAGE.] If there is 91.32 no surviving spouse eligible for benefits under subdivision 2,a91.33 each dependent childor childrenas defined in section 354.05, 91.34 subdivision 8a, is eligible for monthlypaymentssurviving child 91.35 benefits.PaymentsSurviving child benefits to a dependent 91.36 child must be paid from the date of the member's death to the 92.1 date the dependent child attains age 20 if the child is under 92.2 age 15 on the date of the member's death. If the child is 15 92.3 years or older on the date of the member's death,payment must92.4be madethe surviving child benefit is payable for five years. 92.5 Thepayment to adependent surviving child benefit is an amount 92.6 that is actuarially equivalent to the value of a 100 percent 92.7 optional annuity under subdivision 2 calculated using the age of 92.8 the member and age of the dependent childatas of the date of 92.9 death in lieu of the age of the member and the spouse. If there 92.10 is more than one dependent child, each dependent childshallis 92.11 entitled to receive a proportionate share of the actuarial value 92.12 of the member's account. 92.13 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.46, 92.14 subdivision 5, is amended to read: 92.15 Subd. 5. [PAYMENT TO DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY.] A memberand92.16 who is single or, if the member is married, a member and the 92.17 spouse of the member jointly, may make ajointspecification in 92.18 writing on a form prescribed by the executive director that the 92.19 benefits provided in subdivision 2, or in section 354.47, 92.20 subdivision 1, must be paid only to a designated beneficiary or 92.21 to designated beneficiaries. For purposes of subdivision 2, a 92.22 designated beneficiary may only be either a former spouse or a 92.23 biological or an adopted child of the member. 92.24 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.46, is 92.25 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 92.26 Subd. 6. [APPLICATION.] (a) A beneficiary designation and 92.27 an application for benefits under this section must be in 92.28 writing on a form prescribed by the executive director. 92.29 (b) Sections 354.55, subdivision 11, and 354.60 apply to a 92.30 deferred annuity payable under this section. 92.31 (c) Unless otherwise specified, the annuity must be 92.32 computed under section 354.44, subdivision 2 or 6, whichever is 92.33 applicable. 92.34 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 356.441, is 92.35 amended to read: 92.36 356.441 [REPAYMENT OF REFUNDSPAYMENT ACCEPTANCE ALLOWED.] 93.1 Subdivision 1. [PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION.] The repayment of a 93.2 refund and interest on that refund or the payment of equivalent 93.3 contributions and interest for an eligible leave of absence, as 93.4 permitted under laws governing any public pension plan in 93.5 Minnesota, may be made: 93.6 (1) with funds distributed or transferred from a plan 93.7 qualified under the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 93.8 section 401, subsection (a) or (k); 403; 408; or 457, subsection 93.9 (b), as amendedthrough December 31, 1988, or an annuity93.10qualified under the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986,93.11section 403(a). Repayment may also be madefrom time to time; 93.12 or 93.13 (2) with funds distributed from an individual retirement 93.14 accountused solely to receive aor individual retirement 93.15 annuity, if done solely in a manner that is eligible for 93.16 treatment as a nontaxable rolloverfrom that type of a plan or93.17annuityor transfer under the applicable federal law.The93.18repaid refund93.19 Subd. 2. [SEPARATE ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENT.] Nontaxable 93.20 rollovers or transfer amounts under subdivision 1 received by a 93.21 public pension fund must be separately accounted for as member 93.22 contributions not previously taxed. Before accepting 93.23 any rollovers or transfers to which this section applies, the 93.24 executive directormustshall require the member to provide 93.25 written documentation to demonstrate that the amounts to 93.26 be rolled over or transferred are eligible for a tax-free 93.27 rollover or transfer and qualify for that treatment under the 93.28 federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 93.29 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 490.124, 93.30 subdivision 12, is amended to read: 93.31 Subd. 12. [REFUND.] (a)AnyA person who ceases to be a 93.32 judge but who does not qualify for a retirement annuity or other 93.33 benefit under section 490.121shall beis entitled to a refund 93.34 in an amount equal to all theperson'smember's employee 93.35 contributions to the judges' retirement fund plus interest 93.36 computedto the first day of the month in which the refund is94.1processed based on fiscal year balances at an annual rate of94.2five percent compounded annuallyunder section 352.22, 94.3 subdivision 2. 94.4 (b) A refund of contributions under paragraph (a) 94.5 terminates all service credits and all rights and benefits of 94.6 the judge and the judge's survivors. A person who becomes a 94.7 judge again after taking a refund under paragraph (a) may 94.8 reinstate the previously terminated service credits, rights, and 94.9 benefits by repayingall refundsthe total amount of the 94.10 previously received refund.AThe refund repayment must include 94.11 interest on the total amount previously received at an annual 94.12 rate of 8.5 percent compounded annually from the date on which 94.13 the refund was received until the date on which the refund is 94.14 repaid. 94.15 Sec. 24. [TEACHERS RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION; BENEFICIARY 94.16 DESIGNATION.] 94.17 (a) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) is 94.18 entitled to make a specification that the benefits provided in 94.19 Minnesota Statutes, section 354.46, subdivision 2, or in 94.20 Minnesota Statutes, section 354.47, subdivision 1, may be paid 94.21 only to a designated beneficiary or beneficiaries. 94.22 (b) An eligible person is a person who: 94.23 (1) was born on July 9, 1956; 94.24 (2) is employed as a teacher by Independent School District 94.25 No. 535, Rochester; 94.26 (3) is a member of the Teachers Retirement Association; 94.27 (4) has more than 19 years of allowable service credit in 94.28 the Teachers Retirement Association; 94.29 (5) has two minor children; 94.30 (6) has no potential surviving spouse by virtue of a prior 94.31 marriage dissolution; and 94.32 (7) has been diagnosed with a serious medical condition 94.33 that is life threatening. 94.34 (c) The designated beneficiary or beneficiaries may only be 94.35 a biological or adopted child, the biological or adopted 94.36 children of the eligible person, or a trust established for the 95.1 child or children if the trust is required to provide for the 95.2 proper health, support, maintenance, and education of the 95.3 dependent child or children. If two or more children are 95.4 designated or if a trust established for more than one child is 95.5 designated, the benefit payable to or on behalf of each child is 95.6 an equal share of the total benefit. 95.7 (d) The specification must be made in writing on a form 95.8 prescribed by the executive director of the Teachers Retirement 95.9 Association. 95.10 Sec. 25. [REPEALER.] 95.11 Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354A.107, is repealed. 95.12 Sec. 26. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 95.13 (a) Sections 1 to 25 are effective on July 1, 2004. 95.14 (b) Sections 8 to 11 are not intended to increase, modify, 95.15 impair, or diminish the benefit entitlements specified in 95.16 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 352B. If the Minnesota State 95.17 Retirement System executive director determines that any 95.18 provision of those sections does increase, modify, impair, or 95.19 diminish the benefit entitlements as reflected in applicable law 95.20 just prior to the effective date of this section, the executive 95.21 director shall certify that determination and a recommendation 95.22 as to the required legislative correction to the chairs of the 95.23 Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, the house 95.24 Governmental Operations Committee, the senate State and Local 95.25 Government Operations Committee, and the executive director of 95.26 the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement. 95.27 (c) Consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.21, and 95.28 public pension policy in general, the increased interest rate 95.29 provided on a refund under section 23 applies only to judges 95.30 whose termination of service occurs on or after July 1, 2004. 95.31 ARTICLE 10 95.32 FEDERAL INTERNAL REVENUE 95.33 CODE COMPLIANCE 95.34 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 356.611, is 95.35 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 95.36 Subd. 4. [COMPENSATION.] (a) For purposes of this section, 96.1 compensation means a member's compensation actually paid or made 96.2 available for any limitation year determined as provided by 96.3 Treasury Regulation Section 1.415-2(d)(10). 96.4 (b) Compensation for any period includes: 96.5 (1) any elective deferral as defined in section 402(g)(3) 96.6 of the Internal Revenue Code; 96.7 (2) any elective amounts that are not includable in a 96.8 member's gross income by reason of sections 125 or 457 of the 96.9 Internal Revenue Code; and 96.10 (3) any elective amounts that are not includable in a 96.11 member's gross income by reason of section 132(f)(4) of the 96.12 Internal Revenue Code. 96.13 Sec. 2. [356.635] [INTERNAL REVENUE CODE COMPLIANCE.] 96.14 Subdivision 1. [RETIREMENT BENEFIT COMMENCEMENT.] The 96.15 retirement benefit of a member who has terminated employment 96.16 must begin no later than the later of April 1 of the calendar 96.17 year following the calendar year that the member attains the 96.18 federal minimum distribution age under section 401(a)(9) of the 96.19 Internal Revenue Code or April 1 of the calendar year following 96.20 the calendar year in which the member terminated employment. 96.21 Subd. 2. [DISTRIBUTIONS.] Distributions shall be made as 96.22 required under section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code 96.23 and the treasury regulations adopted under that section, 96.24 including, but not limited to, the incidental death benefit 96.25 provisions of section 401(a)(9)(G) of the Internal Revenue Code. 96.26 Subd. 3. [DIRECT ROLLOVERS.] A distributee may elect, at 96.27 the time and in the manner prescribed by the plan administrator, 96.28 to have all or any portion of an eligible rollover distribution 96.29 paid directly to an eligible retirement plan as specified by the 96.30 distributee. 96.31 Subd. 4. [ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTION.] An "eligible 96.32 rollover distribution" is any distribution of all or any portion 96.33 of the balance to the credit of the distributee. 96.34 Subd. 5. [INELIGIBLE AMOUNTS.] An eligible rollover 96.35 distribution does not include: 96.36 (1) a distribution that is one of a series of substantially 97.1 equal periodic payments, receivable annually or more frequently, 97.2 that is made for the life or life expectancy of the distributee, 97.3 the joint lives or joint life expectancies of the distributee 97.4 and the distributee's designated beneficiary, or for a specified 97.5 period of ten years or more; 97.6 (2) a distribution that is required under section 401(a)(9) 97.7 of the Internal Revenue Code; or 97.8 (3) any other exception required by law or the Internal 97.9 Revenue Code. 97.10 Subd. 6. [ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLAN.] (a) An "eligible 97.11 retirement plan" is: 97.12 (1) an individual retirement account under section 408(a) 97.13 of the Internal Revenue Code; 97.14 (2) an individual retirement annuity plan under section 97.15 408(b) of the Internal Revenue Code; 97.16 (3) an annuity plan under section 403(a) of the Internal 97.17 Revenue Code; 97.18 (4) a qualified trust plan under section 401(a) of the 97.19 Internal Revenue Code that accepts the distributee's eligible 97.20 rollover distribution; 97.21 (5) an annuity contract under section 403(b) of the 97.22 Internal Revenue Code; or 97.23 (6) an eligible deferred compensation plan under section 97.24 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, which is maintained by a 97.25 state or local government and which agrees to separately account 97.26 for the amounts transferred into the plan. 97.27 (b) For distributions of after-tax contributions which are 97.28 not includable in gross income, the after-tax portion may be 97.29 transferred only to an individual retirement account or annuity 97.30 described in section 408(a) or (b) of the Internal Revenue Code, 97.31 or to a qualified defined contribution plan described in either 97.32 section 401(a), or section 403(a), of the Internal Revenue Code, 97.33 that agrees to separately account for the amounts transferred, 97.34 including separately accounting for the portion of the 97.35 distribution which is includable in gross income and the portion 97.36 of the distribution which is not includable. 98.1 Subd. 7. [DISTRIBUTEE.] A "distributee" is: 98.2 (1) an employee or a former employee; 98.3 (2) the surviving spouse of an employee or former employee; 98.4 or 98.5 (3) the former spouse of the employee or former employee 98.6 who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations 98.7 order as defined in section 414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code, 98.8 or who is a recipient of a court-ordered equitable distribution 98.9 of marital property, as provided in section 518.58. 98.10 Subd. 8. [FORFEITURES.] For defined benefit plans, unless 98.11 otherwise permitted by section 401(a)(8) of the Internal Revenue 98.12 Code, forfeitures may not be applied to increase the benefits 98.13 that any employee would otherwise receive under the plan. 98.14 Subd. 9. [MILITARY SERVICE.] Contributions, benefits, and 98.15 service credit with respect to qualified military service must 98.16 be provided according to section 414(u) of the Internal Revenue 98.17 Code. 98.18 Sec. 3. [TRANSITIONAL PROVISION.] 98.19 (a) An eligible rollover distribution under Minnesota 98.20 Statutes, section 356.635, does not include the portion of a 98.21 distribution that is not included in gross income. 98.22 (b) For eligible rollover distributions to a surviving 98.23 spouse, an eligible retirement plan under Minnesota Statutes, 98.24 section 356.635, is limited to an individual retirement account 98.25 under section 408(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or an 98.26 individual retirement annuity plan under section 408(b) of the 98.27 Internal Revenue Code. 98.28 Sec. 4. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 98.29 (a) Section 1, paragraph (a), is effective on July 1, 2004. 98.30 Section 1, paragraph (b), is effective retroactively as 98.31 follows: clauses (1) and (2) are effective for limitation years 98.32 beginning on and after January 1, 1998; and clause (3) is 98.33 effective for limitation years beginning on and after January 1, 98.34 2001. 98.35 (b) Sections 2 and 3 are effective on the day following 98.36 final enactment. 99.1 (c) Section 2 is effective retroactively as follows: 99.2 subdivision 1 is effective on and after January 1, 1989; 99.3 subdivision 2 is effective for distributions on and after 99.4 December 31, 1989; subdivision 3 is effective for distributions 99.5 on and after January 1, 1993; subdivision 6, paragraph (a), 99.6 clauses (5) and (6), are effective for distributions made after 99.7 December 31, 2001; subdivision 6, paragraph (b), is effective 99.8 for distributions after December 31, 2001; and subdivision 9 is 99.9 effective December 12, 1994. 99.10 (d) Section 3 is effective only for distributions made 99.11 before January 1, 2002. 99.12 ARTICLE 11 99.13 HEALTH CARE SAVINGS 99.14 PLAN MODIFICATIONS 99.15 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.98, is 99.16 amended to read: 99.17 352.98 [POSTRETIREMENTHEALTH CARE SAVINGS PLAN.] 99.18 Subdivision 1. [PLAN CREATED.] The Minnesota State 99.19 Retirement System shall establish a plan or plans, known as 99.20postretirementhealth care savings plans, through which public 99.21 employers and employees may save to coverpostretirementhealth 99.22 care costs. The Minnesota State Retirement System shall make 99.23 available one or more trusts, including a governmental trust or 99.24 governmental trusts, authorized under the Internal Revenue Code 99.25 to be eligible for tax-preferred or tax-free treatment through 99.26 which employers and employees can save to coverpostretirement99.27 health care costs. 99.28 Subd. 2. [CONTRACTING AUTHORIZED.] The Minnesota State 99.29 Retirement System is authorized to administer the plan and to 99.30 contract with public and private entities to provide investment 99.31 services, record keeping, benefit payments, and other functions 99.32 necessary for the administration of the plan. If allowed by the 99.33 Minnesota State Board of Investment, the Minnesota State Board 99.34 of Investment supplemental investment funds may be offered as 99.35 investment options under thepostretirementhealth care savings 99.36 plan or plans. 100.1 Subd. 3. [CONTRIBUTIONS.] (a) Contributions to the plan 100.2shallmust be determined through a personnel policy or in a 100.3 collective bargaining agreement of a public employer with the 100.4 exclusive representative of the covered employees in an 100.5 appropriate unit. The Minnesota State Retirement System may 100.6 offer different types of trusts permitted under the Internal 100.7 Revenue Code to best meet the needs of different employee units. 100.8 (b) Contributions to the plan by or on behalf of the 100.9 employeeshallmust be held in trust for reimbursement of 100.10 employee and dependent health-related expenses following 100.11 retirement from public employment or during active employment. 100.12 The Minnesota State Retirement System shall maintain a separate 100.13 account of the contributions made by or on behalf of each 100.14 participant and the earnings thereon. The Minnesota State 100.15 Retirement System shall make available a limited range of 100.16 investment options, and each employee may direct the investment 100.17 of the accumulations in the employee's account among the 100.18 investment options made available by the Minnesota State 100.19 Retirement System. At the request of a participating employer 100.20 and employee group, the Minnesota State Retirement System may 100.21 determine how the assets of the affected employer and employee 100.22 group should be invested. 100.23 (c) This section does not obligate a public employer to 100.24 meet and negotiate in good faith with the exclusive bargaining 100.25 representative of any public employee group regarding an 100.26 employer contribution to a postretirement or active employee 100.27 health care savings plan authorized by this section and section 100.28 356.24, subdivision 1, clause (7). It is not the intent of the 100.29 legislature to authorize the state to incur new funding 100.30 obligations for the costs of retiree health care or the costs of 100.31 administering retiree health care plans or accounts. 100.32 Subd. 4. [REIMBURSEMENT FOR HEALTH-RELATED EXPENSES.] 100.33Following termination of public service,The Minnesota State 100.34 Retirement System shall reimburse employees at least quarterly 100.35 for submitted health-related expenses, as required by federal 100.36 and state law, until the employee exhausts the accumulation in 101.1 the employee's account. If an employee dies prior to exhausting 101.2 the employee's account balance, the employee's spouse or 101.3 dependentsshall beare eligible to be reimbursed for health 101.4 care expenses from the account until the account balance is 101.5 exhausted. If an account balance remains after the death of a 101.6 participant and all of the participant's legal dependents, the 101.7 remainder of the accountshallmust be paid to the employee's 101.8 beneficiaries or, if none, to the employee's estate. 101.9 Subd. 5. [FEES.] The Minnesota state retirement plan is 101.10 authorized to charge uniform fees to participants to cover the 101.11 ongoing cost of operating the plan. Any fees not neededshall101.12 must revert to participant accounts or be used to reduce plan 101.13 fees the following year.The Minnesota State Retirement System101.14is authorized to charge participating employers a fee, not to101.15exceed one-sixth of the Federal Insurance Contribution Act101.16savings realized by the employer as a result of participating in101.17the plan, until the initial costs of establishing the plan or101.18plans authorized by this section are recovered, or $75,000,101.19whichever is less.101.20 Subd. 6. [ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] (a) The Minnesota State 101.21 Retirement System shall establish a participant advisory 101.22 committee for the health care savings plan, made up of one 101.23 representative appointed by each employee unit participating in 101.24 the plan. Each participating unit shall be responsible for the 101.25 expenses of its own representative. 101.26 (b) The advisory committee shall meet at least twice per 101.27 year and shall be consulted on plan offerings and vendor 101.28 selection. By October 1 of each year, the Minnesota State 101.29 Retirement System shall give the advisory committee a statement 101.30 of fees collected and the use of the fees. 101.31 Subd. 7. [CONTRACTING WITH PRIVATE ENTITIES.] Nothing in 101.32 this sectionshall prohibitprohibits employers from contracting 101.33 with private entities to provide forpostretirementhealth care 101.34 reimbursement plans. 101.35 Sec. 2. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 101.36 Section 1 is effective on the day following final enactment. 102.1 ARTICLE 12 102.2 RETIREMENT COVERAGE FOLLOWING 102.3 A PRIVATIZATION 102.4 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 102.5 353F.02, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 102.6 Subd. 4. [MEDICAL FACILITY.] "Medical facility" means: 102.7 (1) the Fair Oaks Lodge, Wadena; 102.8 (2) the Glencoe Area Health Center; 102.9(2)(3) the Kanabec Hospital; 102.10 (4) the Luverne Public Hospital; 102.11 (5) the RenVilla Nursing Home; 102.12(3)(6) the St. Peter Community Healthcare Center; and 102.13 (7) the Waconia-Ridgeview Medical Center; and102.14(4) the Kanabec Hospital. 102.15 Sec. 2. [RENVILLA NURSING HOME; COMPUTATION OF PAYMENT 102.16 RATES.] 102.17 In the first reporting year that Public Employee Retirement 102.18 Association costs are no longer incurred for the RenVilla 102.19 Nursing Home, the facility shall have its allowable employee 102.20 pension or retirement plan costs reported on its Rule 50 cost 102.21 report treated as Public Employee Retirement Association 102.22 contributions for the purpose of computing its payment rates. 102.23 Sec. 3. [PERA-GENERAL RETENTION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE STATUS 102.24 FOR ANOKA ACHIEVE PROGRAM EMPLOYEES.] 102.25 Subdivision 1. [APPLICATION.] This section applies to a 102.26 person who was: 102.27 (1) employed by Anoka County in connection with the Achieve 102.28 Program for adults with developmental disabilities on the day 102.29 before operation of the program is transferred to Achieve 102.30 Services, Inc; and 102.31 (2) a member of the Public Employees Retirement Association 102.32 on December 31, 2003. 102.33 Subd. 2. [CONTINUATION OF COVERAGE.] For purposes of 102.34 participation in the coordinated plan of the Public Employees 102.35 Retirement Association, a person to whom this section applies is 102.36 a "public employee" under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353, while 103.1 employed by Achieve Services, Inc., which is a governmental 103.2 subdivision under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.01, 103.3 subdivision 6, paragraph (a), for the purposes of reporting 103.4 contributions for those persons to whom this section applies 103.5 only. 103.6 Sec. 4. [PERA-GENERAL; RETENTION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE 103.7 COVERAGE FOR GOVERNMENT TRAINING SERVICES EMPLOYEES.] 103.8 Subdivision 1. [APPLICATION.] Notwithstanding any 103.9 provision of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353, this section 103.10 applies to a person who: 103.11 (1) was employed by the state and local government joint 103.12 powers organization, the Government Training Service, on the day 103.13 before the operation was transferred to a nonprofit 103.14 organization, Government Training Services; 103.15 (2) was a member of the general employees retirement plan 103.16 of the Public Employees Retirement Association; and 103.17 (3) is employed by Government Training Services. 103.18 Subd. 2. [COVERAGE CONTINUATION.] (a) A person described 103.19 in subdivision 1 is a public employee for purposes of Minnesota 103.20 Statutes, section 353.01, subdivision 2, and is eligible to 103.21 continue participation in the coordinated program of the general 103.22 employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement 103.23 Association. 103.24 (b) While employing a person described in subdivision 1, 103.25 Government Training Services is a governmental subdivision for 103.26 purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 353.01, subdivision 6, 103.27 paragraph (a). 103.28 Sec. 5. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 103.29 (a) Section 1, relating to the Fair Oaks Lodge, Wadena, is 103.30 effective upon the latter of: 103.31 (1) the day after the governing body of Todd County and its 103.32 chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with 103.33 Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3; and 103.34 (2) the day after the governing body of Wadena County and 103.35 its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with 103.36 Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3. 104.1 (b) Section 1, relating to the RenVilla Nursing Home, is 104.2 effective upon the latter of: 104.3 (1) the day after the governing body of the city of 104.4 Renville and its chief clerical officer timely complete their 104.5 compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, 104.6 subdivisions 2 and 3; and 104.7 (2) the first day of the month next following certification 104.8 to the governing body of the city of Renville by the executive 104.9 director of the Public Employees Retirement Association that the 104.10 actuarial accrued liability of the special benefit coverage 104.11 proposed for extension to the privatized RenVilla Nursing Home 104.12 employees under section 1 does not exceed the actuarial gain 104.13 otherwise to be accrued by the Public Employees Retirement 104.14 Association, as calculated by the consulting actuary retained by 104.15 the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement. 104.16 (c) The cost of the actuarial calculations must be borne by 104.17 the city of Renville or the purchaser of the RenVilla Nursing 104.18 Home. 104.19 (d) Section 1, relating to the St. Peter Community 104.20 Healthcare Center, is effective upon the latter of: 104.21 (1) the day after the governing body of the city of St. 104.22 Peter and its chief clerical officer timely complete their 104.23 compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, 104.24 subdivisions 2 and 3; and 104.25 (2) the first day of the month next following certification 104.26 to the governing body of the city of St. Peter by the executive 104.27 director of the Public Employees Retirement Association that the 104.28 actuarial accrued liability of the special benefit coverage 104.29 proposed for extension to the privatized St. Peter Community 104.30 Healthcare Center employees under section 1 does not exceed the 104.31 actuarial gain otherwise to be accrued by the Public Employees 104.32 Retirement Association, as calculated by the consulting actuary 104.33 retained by the Legislative Commission on Pensions and 104.34 Retirement. 104.35 (e) The cost of the actuarial calculations must be borne by 104.36 the city of St. Peter or the purchaser of the St. Peter 105.1 Community Healthcare Center. 105.2 (f) If the required actions under paragraphs (b) and (c) 105.3 occur, section 1 applies retroactively to the RenVilla Nursing 105.4 Home as of the date of privatization. 105.5 (g) If the required actions under paragraph (a) occur, 105.6 section 1 applies retroactively to Fair Oaks Lodge, Wadena, as 105.7 of January 1, 2004. 105.8 (h) Sections 3 and 4 are effective on the day following 105.9 final enactment. 105.10 ARTICLE 13 105.11 MINNEAPOLIS FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATION 105.12 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 105.13 423C.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 105.14 Subd. 3. [COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS.] (a) 105.15 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the association 105.16 may provide forpayment of the followingsalaries to its 105.17 officers and board members:as specified in this subdivision. 105.18(1)(b) If the executive secretary is not an active member, 105.19 the executive secretary may receive a salary to be set by the 105.20 board, subject to the limitations stated in paragraph (d). If 105.21 the executive secretary is an active member, the executive 105.22 secretary may receive a salary not exceeding 50 percent of the 105.23 maximum salary of a first grade firefighter;. 105.24(2)(c) The president may receive a salary not exceeding 105.25 ten percent of the maximum salary of a first grade firefighter;, 105.26 and 105.27(3)all other elected members of the board, other than the 105.28 executive secretary, may receive a salary not exceeding 2.5 105.29 percent of the maximum salary of a first grade firefighter. 105.30 (d) If the executive secretary is not an active member, the 105.31 executive secretary's salary may not exceed the highest salary 105.32 currently received by the executive director of the Minnesota 105.33 State Retirement System, the Public Employees Retirement 105.34 Association, or the Teachers Retirement Association. 105.35 Sec. 2. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 105.36 Section 1 is effective on the day on which the Minneapolis 106.1 City Council and the chief clerical officer of the city of 106.2 Minneapolis complete in a timely manner the requirements of 106.3 Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3. 106.4 ARTICLE 14 106.5 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER RELIEF 106.6 ASSOCIATION CHANGES 106.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 424A.02, 106.8 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 106.9 Subd. 2. [NONFORFEITABLE PORTION OF SERVICE PENSION.] If 106.10 the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a relief association 106.11 so provide, a relief association may pay a reduced service 106.12 pension to a retiring member who has completed fewer than 20 106.13 years of service. The reduced service pension may be paid when 106.14 the retiring member meets the minimum age and service 106.15 requirements of subdivision 1. 106.16 The amount of the reduced service pension may not exceed 106.17 the amount calculated by multiplying the service pension 106.18 appropriate for the completed years of service as specified in 106.19 the bylaws times the applicable nonforfeitable percentage of 106.20 pension. 106.21 For a volunteer firefighter relief association that pays a 106.22 lump sum service pension, a monthly benefit service pension, or 106.23 a lump sum service pension or a monthly benefit service pension 106.24 as alternative benefit forms, the nonforfeitable percentage of 106.25 pension amounts are as follows: 106.26 Completed Years of Service Nonforfeitable Percentage 106.27 of Pension Amount 106.28 5 40 percent 106.29 6 44 percent 106.30 7 48 percent 106.31 8 52 percent 106.32 9 56 percent 106.33 10 60 percent 106.34 11 64 percent 106.35 12 68 percent 106.36 13 72 percent 107.1 14 76 percent 107.2 15 80 percent 107.3 16 84 percent 107.4 17 88 percent 107.5 18 92 percent 107.6 19 96 percent 107.7 20 and thereafter 100 percent 107.8 For a volunteer firefighter relief association that pays a 107.9 defined contribution service pension, the nonforfeitable 107.10 percentage of pension amounts are as follows: 107.11 Completed Years of Service Nonforfeitable Percentage 107.12 of Pension Amount 107.13 5 40 percent 107.14 6 52 percent 107.15 7 64 percent 107.16 8 76 percent 107.17 9 88 percent 107.18 10 and thereafter 100 percent 107.19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 424A.02, 107.20 subdivision 7, is amended to read: 107.21 Subd. 7. [DEFERRED SERVICE PENSIONS.] (a) A member of a 107.22 relief association to which this section applies is entitled to 107.23 a deferred service pension if the member: 107.24 (1) has completed the lesser of the minimum period of 107.25 active service with the fire department specified in the bylaws 107.26 or 20 years of active service with the fire department; 107.27 (2) has completed at least five years of active membership 107.28 in the relief association; and 107.29 (3) separates from active service and membership before 107.30 reaching age 50 or the minimum age for retirement and 107.31 commencement of a service pension specified in the bylaws 107.32 governing the relief association if that age is greater than age 107.33 50. 107.34 (b) The deferred service pension starts when the former 107.35 member reaches age 50 or the minimum age specified in the bylaws 107.36 governing the relief association if that age is greater than age 108.1 50 and when the former member makes a valid written application. 108.2 (c) A relief association that provides a lump sum service 108.3 pension may, when its governing bylaws so provide, pay interest 108.4 on the deferred lump sum service pension during the period of 108.5 deferral. If provided for in the bylaws, interest must be paid 108.6 in one of the following manners: 108.7 (1) at the investment performance rate actually earned on 108.8 that portion of the assets if the deferred benefit amount is 108.9 invested by the relief association in a separate account 108.10 established and maintained by the relief association or if the 108.11 deferred benefit amount is invested in a separate investment 108.12 vehicle held by the relief associationor, if not,; 108.13 (2) at the interest rate of five percent, compounded 108.14 annually; or 108.15 (3) at a rate equal to the actual time weighted total rate 108.16 of return investment performance of the special fund as reported 108.17 by the office of the state auditor under section 356.219, up to 108.18 five percent, compounded annually, and applied consistently for 108.19 all deferred service pensioners. 108.20 (d) A relief association may not use the method provided 108.21 for in paragraph (c), clause (3), until it has modified its 108.22 bylaws to be consistent with that clause. 108.23 (e) For a deferred service pension that is transferred to a 108.24 separate account established and maintained by the relief 108.25 association or separate investment vehicle held by the relief 108.26 association, the deferred member bears the full investment risk 108.27 subsequent to transfer and in calculating the accrued liability 108.28 of the volunteer firefighters relief association that pays a 108.29 lump sum service pension, the accrued liability for deferred 108.30 service pensions is equal to the separate relief association 108.31 account balance or the fair market value of the separate 108.32 investment vehicle held by the relief association. 108.33(e)(f) The deferred service pension is governed by and 108.34 must be calculated under the general statute, special law, 108.35 relief association articles of incorporation, and relief 108.36 association bylaw provisions applicable on the date on which the 109.1 member separated from active service with the fire department 109.2 and active membership in the relief association. 109.3 Sec. 3. [MARINE ON ST. CROIX VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF 109.4 ASSOCIATION; EARLY VESTING.] 109.5 (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 424A.02, 109.6 subdivision 2, to the contrary, the Marine on St. Croix 109.7 Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association may utilize an early 109.8 vesting schedule as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c). 109.9 (b) If the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the 109.10 Marine on St. Croix Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association so 109.11 provide, the relief association may pay a reduced service 109.12 pension to a retiring member who has completed fewer than ten 109.13 years of service. The reduced service pension may be paid when 109.14 the retiring member meets the minimum age and service 109.15 requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 424A.02, subdivision 109.16 1. 109.17 (c) The amount of the reduced service pension may not 109.18 exceed the amount calculated by multiplying the service pension 109.19 appropriate for the completed years of service as specified in 109.20 the articles of incorporation or bylaws by the applicable 109.21 nonforfeitable percentage of the service pension amount. The 109.22 nonforfeitable percentage of service pension amounts are as 109.23 follows: 109.24 Completed years Nonforfeitable percentage 109.25 of service of service pension amount 109.26 5 40 percent 109.27 6 52 percent 109.28 7 64 percent 109.29 8 76 percent 109.30 9 88 percent 109.31 10 and 100 percent 109.32 thereafter 109.33 Sec. 4. [BELLINGHAM FIREFIGHTER RELIEF ASSOCIATION; 109.34 RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ANNUITY INVESTMENTS.] 109.35 Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 356A.06, 109.36 subdivision 7, any annuity purchases by the Bellingham 110.1 Firefighters Relief Association prior to the effective date of 110.2 this section are ratified as permissible investments. 110.3 Sec. 5. [STUDY OF STATEWIDE LUMP SUM VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER 110.4 RETIREMENT PLAN; CREATION OF TASK FORCE.] 110.5 Subdivision 1. [TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP.] (a) A statewide 110.6 Volunteer Firefighter Retirement Plan Study Task Force is 110.7 created. 110.8 (b) The task force members are: 110.9 (1) four members appointed by the president of the 110.10 Minnesota Area Relief Association coalition; 110.11 (2) four members appointed by the president of the 110.12 Minnesota State Fire Department Association; 110.13 (3) four members appointed by the president of the 110.14 Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association; 110.15 (4) four members appointed by the board of directors of the 110.16 League of Minnesota Cities; 110.17 (5) two members appointed by the board of directors of the 110.18 Insurance Federation of Minnesota; 110.19 (6) two members appointed by the board of directors of the 110.20 Minnesota Association of Farm Mutual Insurance Companies; 110.21 (7) the Minnesota state auditor or the auditor's designee; 110.22 and 110.23 (8) two members appointed by the Minnesota Association of 110.24 Townships. 110.25 (c) Appointments must be made on or before July 1, 2004. 110.26 If the appointment is not made in a timely manner, or if there 110.27 is a vacancy, the state auditor shall appoint the task force 110.28 member or the replacement member. 110.29 (d) The chair of the task force must be selected by the 110.30 task force. 110.31 (e) Administrative services for the task force must be 110.32 provided by the Department of Public Safety. 110.33 Subd. 2. [TASK FORCE DUTIES.] The task force shall conduct 110.34 fact finding regarding the creation of a statewide volunteer 110.35 firefighter retirement plan. 110.36 The task force shall recommend the investment vehicle or 111.1 vehicles to be utilized by the plan, the administration and 111.2 corporate governance structure of the plan, the incentives 111.3 needed to formulate the plan, the limitations applicable to the 111.4 plan, and the state resources needed to be dedicated to the plan. 111.5 Subd. 3. [REPORT.] The task force shall prepare a report 111.6 detailing its findings about a potential statewide volunteer 111.7 firefighter retirement plan. The report is due January 15, 111.8 2005, and must be filed with the Legislative Reference Library; 111.9 the chair of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and 111.10 Retirement; the chair of the State and Local Government 111.11 Operations Committee of the senate; the chair of the State 111.12 Government Budget Division of the Senate Finance Committee; the 111.13 chair of the Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Policy 111.14 Committee of the house of representatives; and the chair of the 111.15 State Government Finance Committee of the house of 111.16 representatives. 111.17 Sec. 6. [APPROPRIATION.] 111.18 $40,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal 111.19 year 2005 to the commissioner of public safety to hire a 111.20 consultant to assist the statewide Volunteer Firefighter 111.21 Retirement Plan Study Task Force. 111.22 Sec. 7. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 111.23 (a) Sections 1, 2, 5, and 6 are effective on July 1, 2004. 111.24 (b) Section 3 is effective on the day after the date on 111.25 which the city council of the city of Marine on St. Croix and 111.26 the chief clerical officer of the city of Marine on St. Croix 111.27 comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.02, subdivisions 2 111.28 and 3. 111.29 (c) Section 4 is effective on the day following final 111.30 enactment. 111.31 (d) The deferred service pension interest crediting 111.32 procedure of Minnesota Statutes, section 424A.02, subdivision 7, 111.33 paragraph (c), clause (3), expires on December 31, 2008. 111.34 ARTICLE 15 111.35 PERA POLICE AND FIRE PLAN 111.36 MEMBERSHIP INCLUSIONS 112.1 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 112.2 353.01, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 112.3 Subd. 6. [GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISION.] (a) "Governmental 112.4 subdivision" means a county, city, town, school district within 112.5 this state, or a department or unit of state government, or any 112.6 public body whose revenues are derived from taxation, fees, 112.7 assessments or from other sources. 112.8 (b) Governmental subdivision also means the Public 112.9 Employees Retirement Association, the League of Minnesota 112.10 Cities, the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities, public 112.11 hospitals owned or operated by, or an integral part of, a 112.12 governmental subdivision or governmental subdivisions, the 112.13 Association of Minnesota Counties, the Metropolitan Intercounty 112.14 Association, the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, the 112.15 Metropolitan Airports Commission, the Minneapolis Employees 112.16 Retirement Fund for employment initially commenced after June 112.17 30, 1979, the Range Association of Municipalities and Schools, 112.18 soil and water conservation districts, economic development 112.19 authorities created or operating under sections 469.090 to 112.20 469.108, the Port Authority of the city of St. Paul, the Spring 112.21 Lake Park Fire Department, incorporated, the Lake Johanna 112.22 Volunteer Fire Department, incorporated, the Red Wing 112.23 Environmental Learning Center, and the Dakota County 112.24 Agricultural Society. 112.25 (c) Governmental subdivision does not mean any municipal 112.26 housing and redevelopment authority organized under the 112.27 provisions of sections 469.001 to 469.047; or any port authority 112.28 organized under sections 469.048 to 469.089 other than the Port 112.29 Authority of the city of St. Paul; or any hospital district 112.30 organized or reorganized prior to July 1, 1975, under sections 112.31 447.31 to 447.37 or the successor of the district, nor the 112.32 Minneapolis Community Development Agency. 112.33 Sec. 2. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 112.34 Section 1 is effective on the day following final enactment. 112.35 ARTICLE 16 112.36 ONE PERSON AND SMALL GROUP 113.1 PENSION CHANGES 113.2 Section 1. [PERA-GENERAL; PURCHASE OF PRIOR SERVICE 113.3 CREDIT.] 113.4 (a) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) is 113.5 entitled to purchase up to 33 months of allowable service credit 113.6 from the general employees retirement plan of the Public 113.7 Employees Retirement Association. The service credit purchase 113.8 under this section must be made in accordance with Minnesota 113.9 Statutes, section 356.55 or 356.551, whichever applies. 113.10 (b) An eligible person is a person who: 113.11 (1) is currently a member of the Teachers Retirement 113.12 Association; 113.13 (2) was employed by Independent School District No. 621, 113.14 Mounds View, from May 1968 to December 1971, but was not covered 113.15 by the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees 113.16 Retirement Association; 113.17 (3) was employed by Independent School District No. 31, 113.18 Bemidji, but was not covered by the general employees retirement 113.19 plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association; 113.20 (4) was employed as a special education teacher by 113.21 Independent School District No. 12, Centennial, for the 113.22 1974-1975 school year and for the 1977-1978, 1978-1979, and 113.23 1979-1980 school years; 113.24 (5) was employed as a special education teacher by 113.25 Independent School District No. 16, Spring Lake Park, for the 113.26 1975-1976 school year; 113.27 (6) was employed as a special education teacher by 113.28 Independent School District No. 138, North Branch, for the 113.29 1980-1981, 1981-1982, 1982-1983, 1983-1984, 1984-1985, and 113.30 1985-1986 school years; and 113.31 (7) has been employed by Independent School District No. 113.32 11, Anoka-Hennepin, since the 1986-1987 school year. 113.33 (c) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) must 113.34 apply with the executive director of the Public Employees 113.35 Retirement Association to make the service credit purchase under 113.36 this section. The application must be in writing and must 114.1 include all necessary documentation of the applicability of this 114.2 section, documentation of the eligible person's eligibility for 114.3 retirement coverage by the general employees retirement plan of 114.4 the Public Employees Retirement Association if the employment 114.5 had been properly reported to the association at the time the 114.6 employment was rendered, and any other relevant information that 114.7 the executive director may require. 114.8 Sec. 2. [PERA-GENERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN COVERAGE 114.9 TERMINATION AUTHORIZATION.] 114.10 Subdivision 1. [ELIGIBILITY.] (a) An eligible person 114.11 specified in paragraph (b) is authorized to apply for a 114.12 retirement annuity from the public employees police and fire 114.13 retirement plan, provided that the necessary age and service 114.14 requirements are met, under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.651, 114.15 as further specified under subdivision 2. 114.16 (b) An eligible person is a person who: 114.17 (1) was born on October 10, 1956; 114.18 (2) was employed as a police officer by the city of Red 114.19 Wing; 114.20 (3) was elected to the Goodhue County Board of 114.21 Commissioners in November 1998; and 114.22 (4) elected under the law then applicable to have 114.23 retirement coverage by the general employees retirement plan of 114.24 the Public Employees Retirement Association for the county board 114.25 service. 114.26 Subd. 2. [RETIREMENT ANNUITY.] (a) Notwithstanding an 114.27 irrevocable election to participate in the general employees 114.28 retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association 114.29 as an elected official and the person's continuation of elected 114.30 service, an eligible person under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), 114.31 is deemed to have terminated retirement plan membership under 114.32 Minnesota Statutes, section 353.01, subdivision 11b, on the 114.33 first day of the first pay period next following the date of 114.34 enactment. 114.35 (b) Upon the change in retirement coverage status under 114.36 paragraph (a), the eligible person may apply for a retirement 115.1 annuity under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.651. In computing 115.2 that annuity, the Public Employees Retirement Association must 115.3 exclude the salary that was attributable to the Goodhue County 115.4 board service. The deferred annuity augmentation under 115.5 Minnesota Statutes, section 353.71, applies to the annuity under 115.6 this subdivision. 115.7 Subd. 3. [TREATMENT OF GOODHUE COUNTY BOARD CONTRIBUTIONS 115.8 TO PERA.] (a) All member contributions by the eligible person to 115.9 the coordinated program of the general employee retirement plan 115.10 of the Public Employees Retirement Association attributable to 115.11 the Goodhue County board elected service, and all corresponding 115.12 employer contributions, must be determined. 115.13 (b) An eligible person described in subdivision 1, 115.14 paragraph (b), must elect, within 90 days of the change in 115.15 retirement coverage status under paragraph (a), between 115.16 receiving a refund under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.34, 115.17 subdivision 2, of the member contributions determined under 115.18 paragraph (a) or having coverage by the public employees defined 115.19 contribution plan under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353D, as 115.20 further specified in paragraph (c). 115.21 (c) If coverage by the public employees defined 115.22 contribution plan is elected under paragraph (b), contributions 115.23 to that plan commence as of the first day of the first pay 115.24 period following the election, and the accumulated member and 115.25 employer contributions determined under paragraph (a) must be 115.26 transferred with annual compound interest at the rate of six 115.27 percent to an account established for the eligible person in its 115.28 public employees defined contribution plan. 115.29 (d) If no election is made by an eligible person by the 115.30 required date in paragraph (b), the individual is assumed to 115.31 have elected the refund indicated in paragraph (b). 115.32 (e) Upon an election under paragraph (b), or upon a 115.33 mandatory refund under paragraph (d), all rights in the Public 115.34 Employees Retirement Association coordinated plan due to elected 115.35 Goodhue County board service are forfeited and may not be 115.36 reestablished. 116.1 Sec. 3. [PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION COVERAGE 116.2 TERMINATION; MINNEAPOLIS PARK BOARD MEMBER.] 116.3 Subdivision 1. [ELIGIBILITY.] (a) An eligible individual 116.4 specified in paragraph (b) is authorized to apply for a 116.5 retirement annuity, provided necessary age and service 116.6 requirements are met, under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.29 116.7 or 353.30, as applicable, as further specified under subdivision 116.8 2. 116.9 (b) An eligible individual is an individual who: 116.10 (1) was born on April 3, 1946; 116.11 (2) was employed as a Hennepin County employee and became a 116.12 member of the Public Employees Retirement Association general 116.13 plan due to that service in July 1976; 116.14 (3) was elected to the Minneapolis park board and took 116.15 office in January 1992; and 116.16 (4) elected under law then applicable to have Public 116.17 Employees Retirement Association general plan coverage for the 116.18 Minneapolis park board elected or appointed service. 116.19 Subd. 2. [RETIREMENT ANNUITY.] (a) Notwithstanding an 116.20 irrevocable election to participate in the Public Employees 116.21 Retirement Association general plan as an elected official and 116.22 continuation of elected service, an eligible individual under 116.23 subdivision 1, paragraph (b), is deemed to have terminated 116.24 membership under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.01, subdivision 116.25 11b, following the termination of all Public Employees 116.26 Retirement Association general covered employment other than 116.27 elected or appointed Minneapolis Park Board employment. 116.28 (b) If the requirements of paragraph (a) are satisfied, the 116.29 eligible individual may apply for a retirement annuity under 116.30 Minnesota Statutes, section 353.29 or 353.30, as applicable. In 116.31 computing the annuity, the Public Employees Retirement 116.32 Association must exclude salary due to the elected or appointed 116.33 Minneapolis Park Board service. If there is a delay between the 116.34 termination date and the commencement of the annuity, deferred 116.35 annuity augmentation under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.71, 116.36 applies. 117.1 Subd. 3. [TREATMENT OF MINNEAPOLIS PARK BOARD SERVICE 117.2 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION.] 117.3 (a) All employee contributions to the Public Employees 117.4 Retirement Association general plan by an eligible individual in 117.5 subdivision 1, paragraph (b), due to the elected or appointed 117.6 Minneapolis Park Board service, and all corresponding employer 117.7 contributions, must be determined. 117.8 (b) An eligible individual under subdivision 1, paragraph 117.9 (b), must elect, within one year of the effective date of this 117.10 section or upon termination of elective or appointed park board 117.11 service, whichever is earlier, a refund under Minnesota 117.12 Statutes, section 353.34, subdivision 2, of employee 117.13 contributions determined under paragraph (a), or coverage by the 117.14 public employees defined contribution plan under Minnesota 117.15 Statutes, chapter 353D, as further specified in paragraph (c). 117.16 This election shall be made in writing on a form to be provided 117.17 by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement 117.18 Association. 117.19 (c) If public employee defined contribution plan coverage 117.20 is elected under paragraph (b), contributions to that plan 117.21 commence as of the first day of the pay period following this 117.22 election, and accumulated employee and employer contributions 117.23 determined under paragraph (a) must be transferred with six 117.24 percent annual interest to an account for the eligible 117.25 individual in the public employees defined contribution plan. 117.26 (d) If no election is made by an eligible individual by the 117.27 required date in paragraph (b), the individual is assumed to 117.28 have elected the refund indicated in paragraph (b). 117.29 (e) Upon an election under paragraph (b), or a mandatory 117.30 refund under paragraph (d), all rights in the Public Employees 117.31 Retirement Association general plan due to elected or appointed 117.32 Minneapolis Park Board service are forfeited and may not be 117.33 reestablished. 117.34 Sec. 4. [MSRS-UNCLASSIFIED PROGRAM; ELECTION BY SURVIVOR.] 117.35 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of Minnesota Statutes, 117.36 chapter 352 or 352D, to the contrary, a person described in 118.1 paragraph (b) may make the posthumous coverage election 118.2 specified in paragraph (c) and be eligible for the survivor 118.3 benefit specified in paragraph (d). 118.4 (b) An eligible person is the personal representative of 118.5 the estate of a person who: 118.6 (1) was born on March 26, 1942; 118.7 (2) was employed by the house of representatives for 118.8 several years prior to being laid off; 118.9 (3) was covered by the unclassified state employees 118.10 retirement program of the Minnesota State Retirement System as a 118.11 house employee until electing alternative coverage by the 118.12 general employee retirement plan at or prior to the termination 118.13 of house employment; 118.14 (4) was employed by the senate prior to death, but did not 118.15 make the election to transfer prior service contributions to the 118.16 unclassified state employees retirement program under Minnesota 118.17 Statutes, section 352D.12; and 118.18 (5) died on February 19, 2004. 118.19 (c) The posthumous coverage election is the transfer 118.20 election under Minnesota Statutes, section 352D.12, and the 118.21 personal representative of the estate of a person described in 118.22 paragraph (b) may make the election as if the representative was 118.23 a participant in the unclassified program. 118.24 (d) If the posthumous coverage election is made under 118.25 paragraph (d), the estate is entitled to a death benefit under 118.26 Minnesota Statutes, section 352D.075. 118.27 (e) The posthumous coverage election under this section 118.28 expires on July 1, 2005. 118.29 Sec. 5. [MSRS DEFERRED ANNUITANT; ALLOWING USE OF 118.30 NON-COVERED EMPLOYMENT FOR RULE OF 90 ELIGIBILITY.] 118.31 Subdivision 1. [AUTHORITY.] An eligible individual under 118.32 subdivision 2 is authorized to have the benefit treatment 118.33 specified in subdivision 3, providing the eligible individual 118.34 complies with all requirements under subdivision 4. 118.35 Subd. 2. [ELIGIBILITY.] An eligible individual is an 118.36 individual who: 119.1 (1) is a Minnesota State Retirement System general plan 119.2 deferred member; 119.3 (2) was born on June 27, 1946; 119.4 (3) was the director of the Minnesota Indian scholarship 119.5 program from 1974 to 2002; 119.6 (4) due to an office closing, was terminated from Minnesota 119.7 State Retirement System general plan covered employment in late 119.8 2002; and 119.9 (5) was hired as a counselor at Bug-O-Na-Ge-Shig school in 119.10 August 2003. 119.11 Subd. 3. [PROCEDURE.] An eligible individual under 119.12 subdivision 2 is authorized to have employment at the 119.13 Bug-O-Na-Ge-Shig school used for purposes of determining 119.14 eligibility for early retirement benefits provided under 119.15 Minnesota Statutes, section 352.116, subdivision 1, paragraphs 119.16 (a) and (b), notwithstanding any provisions of Minnesota 119.17 Statutes, chapter 352, to the contrary. The employment under 119.18 this subdivision must not be used as service credit for purposes 119.19 of computing the specified benefit. 119.20 Subd. 4. [REQUIREMENTS.] (a) An eligible individual under 119.21 subdivision 2 and that individual's employer shall provide the 119.22 Minnesota State Retirement System executive director with any 119.23 information or reports that the executive director may request 119.24 to determine eligibility under this section and service provided 119.25 to the employer. 119.26 (b) An eligible individual is not entitled to a benefit 119.27 determined under this section until the eligible individual 119.28 terminates employment with the employer who owns, leases, or 119.29 operates the school specified in subdivision 2. 119.30 (c) A terminated eligible individual meeting requirements 119.31 of this subdivision, or an individual authorized to act on 119.32 behalf of that individual, may apply for an annuity following 119.33 application procedures under Minnesota Statutes, section 119.34 352.115, subdivision 7. 119.35 (d) Authority under this section is voided if an eligible 119.36 individual takes or has taken a refund under Minnesota Statutes, 120.1 section 352.22. 120.2 (e) The reemployed annuitant earnings limitations of 120.3 Minnesota Statutes, section 352.115, subdivision 10, apply to 120.4 any service by an eligible individual following reemployment 120.5 with the employer who owns, leases, or operates the school 120.6 specified in subdivision 2. 120.7 (f) Authority under this section is voided if the eligible 120.8 individual has defined benefit pension plan coverage for the 120.9 school employment specified in subdivision 2, or if the eligible 120.10 individual has received service credit, or is eligible to 120.11 receive service credit, in a defined benefit pension plan for 120.12 that school employment. 120.13 Sec. 6. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 120.14 Sections 1 to 5 are effective on the day following final 120.15 enactment. 120.16 ARTICLE 17 120.17 PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT PURCHASES 120.18 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.275, 120.19 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 120.20 Subdivision 1. [SERVICE CREDIT PURCHASE AUTHORIZED.] A 120.21 state employee who has at least three years of allowable service 120.22 with the Minnesota State Retirement System and who performed 120.23 service in the United States armed forces before becoming a 120.24 state employee, or who failed to obtain service credit for a 120.25 military leave of absence under section 352.27, is entitled to 120.26 purchase allowable service credit for the initial period of 120.27 enlistment, induction, or call to active duty without any 120.28 voluntary extension by making payment under section 356.55if120.29the employee is not entitled to receive a current or deferred120.30retirement annuity from a United States armed forces pension120.31plan and has not purchased service credit from any other defined120.32benefit public employee pension plan for the same period of120.33service. 120.34 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.01, 120.35 subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 120.36 Subd. 3a. [UNCREDITED MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT PURCHASE.] 121.1 (a) A member who has at least three years of allowable service 121.2 with the State Patrol retirement plan under subdivision 3 and 121.3 who performed service in the United States armed forces before 121.4 becoming a member is entitled to purchase allowable service 121.5 credit for the initial period of enlistment, induction, or call 121.6 to active duty without any voluntary extension by making payment 121.7 under section 356.55, if the employee is not entitled to receive121.8a current or deferred retirement annuity from a United States121.9armed forces pension plan and has not purchased service credit121.10from any other defined benefit public employee pension plan for121.11the same period of service. 121.12 (b) A member who desires to purchase service credit under 121.13 paragraph (a) must apply with the executive director to make the 121.14 purchase. The application must include all necessary 121.15 documentation of the member's qualifications to make the 121.16 purchase, signed written permission to allow the executive 121.17 director to request and receive necessary verification of 121.18 applicable facts and eligibility requirements, and any other 121.19 relevant information that the executive director may require. 121.20 (c) Allowable service credit for the purchase period must 121.21 be granted by the State Patrol retirement plan to the purchasing 121.22 employee upon receipt of the purchase payment amount. Payment 121.23 must be made before the effective date of retirement of the 121.24 member. 121.25 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.01, 121.26 subdivision 16a, is amended to read: 121.27 Subd. 16a. [UNCREDITED MILITARY SERVICE CREDIT PURCHASE.] 121.28 (a) A public employee who has at least three years of allowable 121.29 service with the Public Employees Retirement Association or the 121.30 public employees police and fire plan and who performed service 121.31 in the United States armed forces before becoming a public 121.32 employee, or who failed to obtain service credit for a military 121.33 leave of absence under subdivision 16, paragraph (h), is 121.34 entitled to purchase allowable service credit for the initial 121.35 period of enlistment, induction, or call to active duty without 121.36 any voluntary extension by making payment under section 122.1 356.55if the public employee is not entitled to receive a122.2current or deferred retirement annuity from a United States122.3armed forces pension plan and has not purchased service credit122.4from any other defined benefit public employee pension plan for122.5the same period of service. 122.6 (b) A public employee who desires to purchase service 122.7 credit under paragraph (a) must apply with the executive 122.8 director to make the purchase. The application must include all 122.9 necessary documentation of the public employee's qualifications 122.10 to make the purchase, signed written permission to allow the 122.11 executive director to request and receive necessary verification 122.12 of applicable facts and eligibility requirements, and any other 122.13 relevant information that the executive director may require. 122.14 (c) Allowable service credit for the purchase period must 122.15 be granted by the public employees association or the public 122.16 employees police and fire plan, whichever applies, to the 122.17 purchasing public employee upon receipt of the purchase payment 122.18 amount. Payment must be made before the effective date of 122.19 retirement of the public employee. 122.20 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.533, 122.21 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 122.22 Subdivision 1. [SERVICE CREDIT PURCHASE AUTHORIZED.] A 122.23 teacher who has at least three years of allowable service credit 122.24 with the Teachers Retirement Association and who performed 122.25 service in the United States armed forces before becoming a 122.26 teacher as defined in section 354.05, subdivision 2, or who 122.27 failed to obtain service credit for a military leave of absence 122.28 under the provisions of section 354.53, is entitled to purchase 122.29 allowable and formula service credit for the initial period of 122.30 enlistment, induction, or call to active duty without any 122.31 voluntary extension by making payment under section 356.55 122.32provided the teacher is not entitled to receive a current or122.33deferred retirement annuity from a United States armed forces122.34pension plan and has not purchased service credit from any other122.35defined benefit public employee pension plan for the same period122.36of service. 123.1 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354A.097, 123.2 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 123.3 Subdivision 1. [SERVICE CREDIT PURCHASE AUTHORIZED.] A 123.4 teacher who has at least three years of allowable service credit 123.5 with the teachers retirement fund association and who performed 123.6 service in the United States armed forces before becoming a 123.7 teacher as defined in section 354A.011, subdivision 27, or who 123.8 failed to obtain service credit for a military leave of absence 123.9 period under section 354A.093, is entitled to purchase allowable 123.10 service credit for the initial period of enlistment, induction, 123.11 or call to active duty without any voluntary extension by making 123.12 payment under section 356.55, provided the teacher is not123.13entitled to receive a current or deferred retirement annuity123.14from a United States armed forces pension plan and has not123.15purchased service credit from another defined benefit public123.16employee pension plan for the same period of service. 123.17 Sec. 6. Laws 1999, chapter 222, article 16, section 16, as 123.18 amended by Laws 2002, chapter 392, article 7, section 1, and 123.19 Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 12, article 6, section 123.20 2, is amended to read: 123.21 Sec. 16. [REPEALER.] 123.22 (a) Sections12 to 6 and 8 to 13 are repealed on May 16, 123.23 2004. 123.24 (b) Sections 1 and 7 are repealed on May 16, 2006. 123.25 Sec. 7. Laws 2000, chapter 461, article 4, section 4, as 123.26 amended by Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 12, article 123.27 6, section 3, is amended to read: 123.28 Sec. 4. [EFFECTIVE DATE; SUNSET REPEALER.] 123.29 (a) Sections 1, 2, and 3 are effective on the day following 123.30 final enactment. 123.31 (b) Sections 1, 2, and 3 are repealed on May 16,20042006. 123.32 Sec. 8. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 123.33 Sections 1 to 7 are effective on the day following final 123.34 enactment. 123.35 ARTICLE 18 123.36 PROVISION OF ACTUARIAL SERVICES 124.1 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352.03, 124.2 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 124.3 Subd. 6. [DUTIES AND POWERS OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.] The 124.4 management of the system is vested in the director, who is the 124.5 executive and administrative head of the system. The director 124.6 shall be advisor to the board on matters pertaining to the 124.7 system and shall also act as the secretary of the board. The 124.8 director shall: 124.9 (1) attend meetings of the board; 124.10 (2) prepare and recommend to the board appropriate rules to 124.11 carry out this chapter; 124.12 (3) establish and maintain an adequate system of records 124.13 and accounts following recognized accounting principles and 124.14 controls; 124.15 (4) designate an assistant director with the approval of 124.16 the board; 124.17 (5) appoint any employees, both permanent and temporary, 124.18 that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; 124.19 (6) organize the work of the system as the director deems 124.20 necessary to fulfill the functions of the system, and define the 124.21 duties of its employees and delegate to them any powers or 124.22 duties, subject to the control of the director and under 124.23 conditions the director may prescribe. Appointments to exercise 124.24 delegated power must be by written order and shall be filed with 124.25 the secretary of state; 124.26 (7) with the advice and consent of the board, contract for 124.27 the services of an approved actuary, professional management 124.28 services, and any other consulting services as necessary and fix 124.29 the compensation for those services. The contracts are not 124.30 subject to competitive bidding under chapter 16C. Any approved 124.31 actuary retained by the executive director shall function as the 124.32 actuarial advisor of the board and the executive director, and 124.33 may perform actuarial valuations and experience studies to 124.34 supplement those performed by the actuary retainedby the124.35legislative commission on pensions and retirementunder section 124.36 6. Any supplemental actuarial valuations or experience studies 125.1 shall be filed with the executive director of the Legislative 125.2 Commission on Pensions and Retirement. Professional management 125.3 services may not be contracted for more often than once in six 125.4 years. Copies of professional management survey reports must be 125.5 transmitted to the secretary of the senate, the chief clerk of 125.6 the house of representatives, and the Legislative Reference 125.7 Library as provided by section 3.195, and to the executive 125.8 director of the commission at the time as reports are furnished 125.9 to the board. Only management firms experienced in conducting 125.10 management surveys of federal, state, or local public retirement 125.11 systems are qualified to contract with the director; 125.12 (8) with the advice and consent of the board provide 125.13 in-service training for the employees of the system; 125.14 (9) make refunds of accumulated contributions to former 125.15 state employees and to the designated beneficiary, surviving 125.16 spouse, legal representative, or next of kin of deceased state 125.17 employees or deceased former state employees, as provided in 125.18 this chapter; 125.19 (10) determine the amount of the annuities and disability 125.20 benefits of employees covered by the system and authorize 125.21 payment of the annuities and benefits beginning as of the dates 125.22 on which the annuities and benefits begin to accrue, in 125.23 accordance with the provisions of this chapter; 125.24 (11) pay annuities, refunds, survivor benefits, salaries, 125.25 and necessary operating expenses of the system; 125.26 (12) certify funds available for investment to the State 125.27 Board of Investment; 125.28 (13) with the advice and approval of the board request the 125.29 State Board of Investment to sell securities when the director 125.30 determines that funds are needed for the system; 125.31 (14) prepare and submit to the board and the legislature an 125.32 annual financial report covering the operation of the system, as 125.33 required by section 356.20; 125.34 (15) prepare and submit biennial and annual budgets to the 125.35 board and with the approval of the board submit the budgets to 125.36 the Department of Finance; and 126.1 (16) with the approval of the board, perform other duties 126.2 required to administer the retirement and other provisions of 126.3 this chapter and to do its business. 126.4 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 352B.02, 126.5 subdivision 1e, is amended to read: 126.6 Subd. 1e. [AUDIT; ACTUARIAL VALUATION.] The legislative 126.7 auditor shall audit the fund. Any actuarial valuation of the 126.8 fund required under section 356.215shallmust be prepared by 126.9 the actuary retainedby the Legislative Commission on Pensions126.10and Retirementunder section 6. Any approved actuary retained 126.11 by the executive director under section 352.03, subdivision 6, 126.12 may perform actuarial valuations and experience studies to 126.13 supplement those performed by the commission-retained actuary. 126.14 Any supplemental actuarial valuation or experience studies shall 126.15 be filed with the executive director of the Legislative 126.16 Commission on Pensions and Retirement. 126.17 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 353.03, 126.18 subdivision 3a, is amended to read: 126.19 Subd. 3a. [EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.] (a) [APPOINTMENT.] The 126.20 board shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, 126.21 an executive director on the basis of education, experience in 126.22 the retirement field, and leadership ability. The executive 126.23 director shall have had at least five years' experience in an 126.24 executive level management position, which has included 126.25 responsibility for pensions, deferred compensation, or employee 126.26 benefits. The executive director serves at the pleasure of the 126.27 board. The salary of the executive director is as provided by 126.28 section 15A.0815. 126.29 (b) [DUTIES.] The management of the association is vested 126.30 in the executive director who shall be the executive and 126.31 administrative head of the association. The executive director 126.32 shall act as adviser to the board on all matters pertaining to 126.33 the association and shall also act as the secretary of the 126.34 board. The executive director shall: 126.35 (1) attend all meetings of the board; 126.36 (2) prepare and recommend to the board appropriate rules to 127.1 carry out the provisions of this chapter; 127.2 (3) establish and maintain an adequate system of records 127.3 and accounts following recognized accounting principles and 127.4 controls; 127.5 (4) designate, with the approval of the board, up to two 127.6 persons who shall serve in the unclassified service and whose 127.7 salary is set in accordance with section 43A.18, subdivision 3, 127.8 appoint a confidential secretary in the unclassified service, 127.9 and appoint employees to carry out this chapter, who are subject 127.10 to chapters 43A and 179A in the same manner as are executive 127.11 branch employees; 127.12 (5) organize the work of the association as the director 127.13 deems necessary to fulfill the functions of the association, and 127.14 define the duties of its employees and delegate to them any 127.15 powers or duties, subject to the control of, and under such 127.16 conditions as, the executive director may prescribe; 127.17 (6) with the approval of the board, contract for the 127.18 services of an approved actuary, professional management 127.19 services, and any other consulting services as necessary to 127.20 fulfill the purposes of this chapter. All contracts are subject 127.21 to chapter 16C. The commissioner of administration shall not 127.22 approve, and the association shall not enter into, any contract 127.23 to provide lobbying services or legislative advocacy of any 127.24 kind. Any approved actuary retained by the executive director 127.25 shall function as the actuarial advisor of the board and the 127.26 executive director and may perform actuarial valuations and 127.27 experience studies to supplement those performed by the actuary 127.28 retainedby the Legislative Commission on Pensions and127.29Retirementunder section 6. Any supplemental actuarial 127.30 valuations or experience studies shall be filed with the 127.31 executive director of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and 127.32 Retirement. Copies of professional management survey reports 127.33 shall be transmitted to the secretary of the senate, the chief 127.34 clerk of the house of representatives, and the Legislative 127.35 Reference Library as provided by section 3.195, and to the 127.36 executive director of the commission at the same time as reports 128.1 are furnished to the board. Only management firms experienced 128.2 in conducting management surveys of federal, state, or local 128.3 public retirement systems shall be qualified to contract with 128.4 the director hereunder; 128.5 (7) with the approval of the board provide in-service 128.6 training for the employees of the association; 128.7 (8) make refunds of accumulated contributions to former 128.8 members and to the designated beneficiary, surviving spouse, 128.9 legal representative or next of kin of deceased members or 128.10 deceased former members, as provided in this chapter; 128.11 (9) determine the amount of the annuities and disability 128.12 benefits of members covered by the association and authorize 128.13 payment of the annuities and benefits beginning as of the dates 128.14 on which the annuities and benefits begin to accrue, in 128.15 accordance with the provisions of this chapter; 128.16 (10) pay annuities, refunds, survivor benefits, salaries, 128.17 and necessary operating expenses of the association; 128.18 (11) prepare and submit to the board and the legislature an 128.19 annual financial report covering the operation of the 128.20 association, as required by section 356.20; 128.21 (12) prepare and submit biennial and annual budgets to the 128.22 board for its approval and submit the approved budgets to the 128.23 department of finance for approval by the commissioner; 128.24 (13) reduce all or part of the accrued interest payable 128.25 under section 353.27, subdivisions 12, 12a, and 12b, or 353.28, 128.26 subdivision 5, upon receipt of proof by the association of an 128.27 unreasonable processing delay or other extenuating circumstances 128.28 of the employing unit. The executive director shall prescribe 128.29 and submit for approval by the board the conditions under which 128.30 such interest may be reduced; and 128.31 (14) with the approval of the board, perform such other 128.32 duties as may be required for the administration of the 128.33 association and the other provisions of this chapter and for the 128.34 transaction of its business. 128.35 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.06, 128.36 subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 129.1 Subd. 2a. [DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.] The management 129.2 of the association is vested in the executive director who shall 129.3 be the executive and administrative head of the association. 129.4 The executive director shall act as advisor to the board on all 129.5 matters pertaining to the association and shall also act as the 129.6 secretary of the board. The executive director shall: 129.7 (1) attend all meetings of the board; 129.8 (2) prepare and recommend to the board appropriate rules to 129.9 carry out the provisions of this chapter; 129.10 (3) establish and maintain an adequate system of records 129.11 and accounts following recognized accounting principles and 129.12 controls; 129.13 (4) designate an assistant executive director in the 129.14 unclassified service and two assistant executive directors in 129.15 the classified service with the approval of the board, and 129.16 appoint such employees, both permanent and temporary, as are 129.17 necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; 129.18 (5) organize the work of the association as the director 129.19 deems necessary to fulfill the functions of the association, and 129.20 define the duties of its employees and delegate to them any 129.21 powers or duties, subject to the director's control and under 129.22 such conditions as the director may prescribe; 129.23 (6) with the approval of the board, contract and set the 129.24 compensation for the services of an approved actuary, 129.25 professional management services, and any other consulting 129.26 services. These contracts are not subject to the competitive 129.27 bidding procedure prescribed by chapter 16C. An approved 129.28 actuary retained by the executive director shall function as the 129.29 actuarial advisor of the board and the executive director and 129.30 may perform actuarial valuations and experience studies to 129.31 supplement those performed by the actuary retainedby the129.32legislative commission on pensions and retirementunder section 129.33 6. Any supplemental actuarial valuations or experience studies 129.34 shall be filed with the executive director of the Legislative 129.35 Commission on Pensions and Retirement. Copies of professional 129.36 management survey reports must be transmitted to the secretary 130.1 of the senate, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, 130.2 and the Legislative Reference Library as provided by section 130.3 3.195, and to the executive director of the commission at the 130.4 same time as reports are furnished to the board. Only 130.5 management firms experienced in conducting management surveys of 130.6 federal, state, or local public retirement systems are qualified 130.7 to contract with the executive director; 130.8 (7) with the approval of the board, provide in-service 130.9 training for the employees of the association; 130.10 (8) make refunds of accumulated contributions to former 130.11 members and to the designated beneficiary, surviving spouse, 130.12 legal representative, or next of kin of deceased members or 130.13 deceased former members, under this chapter; 130.14 (9) determine the amount of the annuities and disability 130.15 benefits of members covered by the association and authorize 130.16 payment of the annuities and benefits beginning as of the dates 130.17 on which the annuities and benefits begin to accrue, under this 130.18 chapter; 130.19 (10) pay annuities, refunds, survivor benefits, salaries, 130.20 and necessary operating expenses of the association; 130.21 (11) prepare and submit to the board and the legislature an 130.22 annual financial report covering the operation of the 130.23 association, as required by section 356.20; 130.24 (12) certify funds available for investment to the State 130.25 Board of Investment; 130.26 (13) with the advice and approval of the board, request the 130.27 State Board of Investment to sell securities on determining that 130.28 funds are needed for the purposes of the association; 130.29 (14) prepare and submit biennial and annual budgets to the 130.30 board and with the approval of the board submit those budgets to 130.31 the department of finance; and 130.32 (15) with the approval of the board, perform such other 130.33 duties as may be required for the administration of the 130.34 association and the other provisions of this chapter and for the 130.35 transaction of its business. The executive director may: 130.36 (i) reduce all or part of the accrued interest and fines 131.1 payable by an employing unit for reporting requirements under 131.2 section 354.52, based on an evaluation of any extenuating 131.3 circumstances of the employing unit; 131.4 (ii) assign association employees to conduct field audits 131.5 of an employing unit to ensure compliance with the provisions of 131.6 this chapter; and 131.7 (iii) recover overpayments, if not repaid to the 131.8 association, by suspending or reducing the payment of a 131.9 retirement annuity, refund, disability benefit, survivor 131.10 benefit, or optional annuity under this chapter until the 131.11 overpayment, plus interest, has been recovered. 131.12 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354A.021, 131.13 subdivision 7, is amended to read: 131.14 Subd. 7. [ACTUARIAL CONSULTANT.] The board of trustees or 131.15 directors of each teachers retirement fund association may 131.16 contract for the services of an approved actuary and fix the 131.17 reasonable compensation for those services. Any approved 131.18 actuary retained by the board shall function as the actuarial 131.19 advisor to the board and may perform actuarial valuations and 131.20 experience studies to supplement those performed by the actuary 131.21 retainedby the Legislative Commission on Pensions and131.22Retirementunder section 6. Any supplemental actuarial 131.23 valuations or experience studiesshallmust be filed with the 131.24 executive director of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and 131.25 Retirement. 131.26 Sec. 6. [356.214] [ACTUARIAL VALUATION PREPARATION; JOINT 131.27 RETENTION OF CONSULTING ACTUARY.] 131.28 Subdivision 1. [JOINT RETENTION.] (a) The chief 131.29 administrative officers of the Minnesota State Retirement 131.30 System, the Public Employees Retirement Association, the 131.31 Teachers Retirement Association, the Duluth Teachers Retirement 131.32 Fund Association, the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 131.33 Association, the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, and the 131.34 St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association, jointly, on 131.35 behalf of the state, its employees, its taxpayers, and its 131.36 various public pension plans, shall contract with an established 132.1 actuarial consulting firm to conduct annual actuarial valuations 132.2 and related services for the retirement plans named in paragraph 132.3 (b). The principal from the actuarial consulting firm on the 132.4 contract must be an approved actuary under section 356.215, 132.5 subdivision 1, paragraph (c). Prior to becoming effective, the 132.6 contract under this section is subject to a review and approval 132.7 by the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement. 132.8 (b) The contract for actuarial services must include the 132.9 preparation of actuarial valuations and related actuarial work 132.10 for the following retirement plans: 132.11 (1) the teachers retirement plan, Teachers Retirement 132.12 Association; 132.13 (2) the general state employees retirement plan, Minnesota 132.14 State Retirement System; 132.15 (3) the correctional employees retirement plan, Minnesota 132.16 State Retirement System; 132.17 (4) the State Patrol retirement plan, Minnesota State 132.18 Retirement System; 132.19 (5) the judges retirement plan, Minnesota State Retirement 132.20 System; 132.21 (6) the Minneapolis employees retirement plan, Minneapolis 132.22 Employees Retirement Fund; 132.23 (7) the public employees retirement plan, Public Employees 132.24 Retirement Association; 132.25 (8) the public employees police and fire plan, Public 132.26 Employees Retirement Association; 132.27 (9) the Duluth teachers retirement plan, Duluth Teachers 132.28 Retirement Fund Association; 132.29 (10) the Minneapolis teachers retirement plan, Minneapolis 132.30 Teachers Retirement Fund Association; 132.31 (11) the St. Paul teachers retirement plan, St. Paul 132.32 Teachers Retirement Fund Association; 132.33 (12) the legislators retirement plan, Minnesota State 132.34 Retirement System; 132.35 (13) the elective state officers retirement plan, Minnesota 132.36 State Retirement System; and 133.1 (14) local government correctional service retirement plan, 133.2 Public Employees Retirement Association. 133.3 (c) The contract must require completion of the annual 133.4 actuarial valuation calculations on a fiscal year basis, with 133.5 the contents of the actuarial valuation calculations as 133.6 specified in section 356.215, and in conformity with the 133.7 standards for actuarial work adopted by the Legislative 133.8 Commission on Pensions and Retirement. 133.9 The contract must require completion of annual experience 133.10 data collection and processing and a quadrennial published 133.11 experience study for the plans listed in paragraph (b), clauses 133.12 (1), (2), and (7), as provided for in the standards for 133.13 actuarial work adopted by the commission. The experience data 133.14 collection, processing, and analysis must evaluate the following: 133.15 (1) individual salary progression; 133.16 (2) the rate of return on investments based on the current 133.17 asset value; 133.18 (3) payroll growth; 133.19 (4) mortality; 133.20 (5) retirement age; 133.21 (6) withdrawal; and 133.22 (7) disablement. 133.23 The contract must include provisions for the preparation of 133.24 cost analyses by the jointly retained actuary for proposed 133.25 legislation that include changes in benefit provisions or 133.26 funding policies prior to their consideration by the Legislative 133.27 Commission on Pensions and Retirement. 133.28 (d) The actuary retained by the joint retirement systems 133.29 shall annually prepare a report to the legislature, including a 133.30 commentary on the actuarial valuation calculations for the plans 133.31 named in paragraph (b) and summarizing the results of the 133.32 actuarial valuation calculations. The actuary shall include 133.33 with the report the actuary's recommendations to the legislature 133.34 concerning the appropriateness of the support rates to achieve 133.35 proper funding of the retirement plans by the required funding 133.36 dates. The actuary shall, as part of the quadrennial experience 134.1 study, include recommendations to the legislature on the 134.2 appropriateness of the actuarial valuation assumptions required 134.3 for evaluation in the study. 134.4 (e) If the actuarial gain and loss analysis in the 134.5 actuarial valuation calculations indicates a persistent pattern 134.6 of sizable gains or losses, as directed by the joint retirement 134.7 systems or as requested by the chair of the Legislative 134.8 Commission on Pensions and Retirement, the actuary shall prepare 134.9 a special experience study for a plan listed in paragraph (b), 134.10 clause (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), or 134.11 (14), in the manner provided for in the standards for actuarial 134.12 work adopted by the commission. 134.13 (f) The term of the contract between the joint retirement 134.14 systems and the actuary retained may not exceed five years. The 134.15 joint retirement system administrative officers shall establish 134.16 procedures for the consideration and selection of contract 134.17 bidders and the requirements for the contents of an actuarial 134.18 services contract under this section. The procedures and 134.19 requirements must be submitted to the Legislative Commission on 134.20 Pensions and Retirement for review and comment prior to final 134.21 approval by the joint administrators. The contract is subject 134.22 to the procurement procedures under chapter 16C. The 134.23 consideration of bids and the selection of a consulting 134.24 actuarial firm by the chief administrative officers must occur 134.25 at a meeting that is open to the public and reasonable timely 134.26 public notice of the date and the time of the meeting and its 134.27 subject matter must be given. 134.28 (g) The actuarial services contract may not limit the 134.29 ability of the Minnesota legislature and its standing committees 134.30 and commissions to rely on the actuarial results of the work 134.31 prepared under the contract. 134.32 (h) The joint retirement systems shall designate one of the 134.33 retirement system executive directors as the actuarial services 134.34 contract manager. 134.35 Subd. 2. [ALLOCATION OF ACTUARIAL COSTS.] (a) The 134.36 actuarial services contract manager shall assess each retirement 135.1 plan specified in subdivision 1, paragraph (b), its appropriate 135.2 portion of the total compensation paid to the actuary retained 135.3 by the joint retirement systems for the actuarial valuation 135.4 calculations and quadrennial experience studies. The total 135.5 assessment is 100 percent of the amount of contract compensation 135.6 for the actuarial consulting firm for actuarial valuation 135.7 calculations, including any public employees police and fire 135.8 plan consolidation accounts of the Public Employees Retirement 135.9 Association established after March 1, 1999, annual experience 135.10 data collection and processing, and quadrennial experience 135.11 studies. 135.12 The portion of the total assessment payable by each 135.13 retirement system or pension plan must be determined based on 135.14 each plan's proportion of the actuarial services required, as 135.15 determined by the retained actuary, to complete the actuarial 135.16 valuation calculations, annual experience data collection and 135.17 processing, and quadrennial experience studies for all plans. 135.18 The assessment must be made within 30 days following the 135.19 end of the fiscal year and must be reported to the chief 135.20 administrative officers of the applicable retirement plans. The 135.21 amount of the assessment is appropriated from the retirement 135.22 fund applicable to the retirement plan. 135.23 (b) The actuarial services contract manager shall assess 135.24 each retirement plan or each interest group which requested the 135.25 preparation of a cost analysis for proposed legislation the cost 135.26 of the actuary retained by the joint retirement systems incurred 135.27 in the cost analysis preparation. With respect to interest 135.28 groups, the actuarial services contract manager shall obtain a 135.29 written commitment for the payment of the assessment in advance 135.30 of the cost analysis preparation and may require an advance 135.31 deposit or advance payment before authorizing the cost analysis 135.32 preparation. The retirement plan or the interest group shall 135.33 pay the assessment within 30 days of the date on which the 135.34 assessment is billed. The amount of the assessment is 135.35 appropriated from the retirement fund applicable to the 135.36 retirement plan for cost analyses requested by a retirement plan 136.1 or system. 136.2 (c) The actuarial services contract manager shall assess to 136.3 the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement the cost 136.4 of the actuarial cost analysis preparation for the proposed 136.5 legislation requested by the chair of the Legislative Commission 136.6 on Pensions and Retirement or by the commission executive 136.7 director. The commission shall pay the assessment within 30 136.8 days of the date on which the assessment is billed. 136.9 Subd. 3. [REPORTING TO THE COMMISSION.] A copy of the 136.10 actuarial valuations, experience studies, and actuarial cost 136.11 analyses prepared by the actuary retained by the joint 136.12 retirement systems under the contract provided for in this 136.13 section must be filed with the executive director of the 136.14 Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement at the same 136.15 time that the document is transmitted to the actuarial services 136.16 contract manager or to any other document recipient. 136.17 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 356.215, 136.18 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 136.19 Subd. 2. [REQUIREMENTS.] (a) It is the policy of the 136.20 legislature that it is necessary and appropriate to determine 136.21 annually the financial status of tax supported retirement and 136.22 pension plans for public employees. To achieve this goal: 136.23 (1) theLegislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement136.24shall have prepared by theactuary retainedby the commission136.25 under section 6 shall prepare annual actuarial valuations of the 136.26 retirement plans enumerated in section3.856, subdivision111, 136.27 paragraph (b), and quadrennial experience studies of the 136.28 retirement plans enumerated in section3.856, subdivision111, 136.29 paragraph (b), clauses (1), (2), and (7); and 136.30 (2) the commissioner of finance may have prepared by the 136.31 actuary retained by the commission, two years after each set of 136.32 quadrennial experience studies, quadrennial projection 136.33 valuations of at least one of the retirement plans enumerated in 136.34 section3.856, subdivision111, paragraph (b), for which the 136.35 commissioner determines that the analysis may be beneficial. 136.36 (b) The governing or managing board or administrative 137.1 officials of each public pension and retirement fund or plan 137.2 enumerated in section 356.20, subdivision 2, clauses (9), (10), 137.3 and (12), shall have prepared by an approved actuary annual 137.4 actuarial valuations of their respective funds as provided in 137.5 this section. This requirement also applies to any fund or plan 137.6 that is the successor to any organization enumerated in section 137.7 356.20, subdivision 2, or to the governing or managing board or 137.8 administrative officials of any newly formed retirement fund, 137.9 plan, or association operating under the control or supervision 137.10 of any public employee group, governmental unit, or institution 137.11 receiving a portion of its support through legislative 137.12 appropriations, and any local police or fire fund to which 137.13 section 356.216 applies. 137.14 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 356.215, 137.15 subdivision 18, is amended to read: 137.16 Subd. 18. [ESTABLISHMENT OF ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS.] (a) 137.17 The actuarial assumptions used for the preparation of actuarial 137.18 valuations under this section that are other than those set 137.19 forth in this section may be changed only with the approval of 137.20 the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement. 137.21 (b) A change in the applicable actuarial assumptions may be 137.22 proposed by the governing board of the applicable pension fund 137.23 or relief association, by the actuary retained by the 137.24Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirementjoint 137.25 retirement systems under section 6, by the actuarial advisor to 137.26 a pension fund governed by chapter 352, 353, 354, or 354A, or by 137.27 the actuary retained by a local police or firefighters relief 137.28 association governed by sections 69.77 or 69.771 to 69.776, if 137.29 one is retained. 137.30 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 422A.06, 137.31 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 137.32 Subd. 2. [ACTUARIAL VALUATION REQUIRED.] As of July 1 of 137.33 each year, an actuarial valuation of the retirement fund shall 137.34 be prepared by thecommission-retainedactuary retained by the 137.35 joint retirement systems under section 6 and filed in 137.36 conformance with the provisions and requirements of sections 138.1 356.215 to 356.23. Experience studies shall be prepared at 138.2 those times required by statute, required by the standards for 138.3 actuarial work adopted by the Legislative Commission on Pensions 138.4 and Retirement or ordered by the board. 138.5 The board may contract for the services of an approved 138.6 actuary and fix the reasonable compensation for those services. 138.7 Any approved actuary retained by the board shall function as the 138.8 actuarial advisor to the board and may perform actuarial 138.9 valuations and experience studies to supplement those performed 138.10 by the actuary retained by theLegislative Commission on138.11Pensions and Retirementjoint retirement systems under section 6. 138.12 Any supplemental actuarial valuations or experience studies 138.13shallmust be filed with the executive director of the 138.14 Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement. 138.15 Sec. 10. [APPROPRIATION REDUCTION.] 138.16 The general fund appropriation in Laws 2003, First Special 138.17 Session chapter 1, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, for the 138.18 fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, is reduced by $152,000. 138.19 Sec. 11. [REPEALER.] 138.20 Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 3.85, subdivisions 11 and 138.21 12; and 356.217, are repealed. 138.22 Sec. 12. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 138.23 Sections 1 to 11 are effective on the day following final 138.24 enactment. 138.25 ARTICLE 19 138.26 MINNEAPOLIS POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATION 138.27 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 69.77, 138.28 subdivision 4, is amended to read: 138.29 Subd. 4. [RELIEF ASSOCIATION FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS; 138.30 MINIMUM MUNICIPAL OBLIGATION.] (a) The officers of the relief 138.31 association shall determine the financial requirements of the 138.32 relief association and minimum obligation of the municipality 138.33 for the following calendar year in accordance with the 138.34 requirements of this subdivision. The financial requirements of 138.35 the relief association and the minimum obligation of the 138.36 municipality must be determined on or before the submission date 139.1 established by the municipality under subdivision 5. 139.2 (b) The financial requirements of the relief association 139.3 for the following calendar year must be based on the most recent 139.4 actuarial valuation or survey of the special fund of the 139.5 association if more than one fund is maintained by the 139.6 association, or of the association, if only one fund is 139.7 maintained, prepared in accordance with sections 356.215, 139.8 subdivisions 4 to 15, and 356.216, as required under subdivision 139.9 10. If an actuarial estimate is prepared by the actuary of the 139.10 relief association as part of obtaining a modification of the 139.11 benefit plan of the relief association and the modification is 139.12 implemented, the actuarial estimate must be used in calculating 139.13 the subsequent financial requirements of the relief association. 139.14 (c) If the relief association has an unfunded actuarial 139.15 accrued liability as reported in the most recent actuarial 139.16 valuation or survey, the total of the amounts calculated under 139.17 clauses (1), (2), and (3), constitute the financial requirements 139.18 of the relief association for the following year. If the relief 139.19 association does not have an unfunded actuarial accrued 139.20 liability as reported in the most recent actuarial valuation or 139.21 survey, the amount calculated under clauses (1) and (2) 139.22 constitute the financial requirements of the relief association 139.23 for the following year. The financial requirement elements are: 139.24 (1) the normal level cost requirement for the following 139.25 year, expressed as a dollar amount, which must be determined by 139.26 applying the normal level cost of the relief association as 139.27 reported in the actuarial valuation or survey and expressed as a 139.28 percentage of covered payroll to the estimated covered payroll 139.29 of the active membership of the relief association, including 139.30 any projected change in the active membership, for the following 139.31 year; 139.32 (2) for the Bloomington Fire Department Relief Association, 139.33 the Fairmont Police Relief Association, and the Virginia Fire 139.34 Department Relief Association, to the dollar amount of normal 139.35 cost determined under clause (1) must be added an amount equal 139.36 to the dollar amount of the administrative expenses of the 140.1 special fund of the association if more than one fund is 140.2 maintained by the association, or of the association if only one 140.3 fund is maintained, for the most recent year, multiplied by the 140.4 factor of 1.035. The administrative expenses are those 140.5 authorized under section 69.80. No amount of administrative 140.6 expenses under this clause are to be included in the financial 140.7 requirements of the Minneapolis Firefighters Relief Association 140.8 or the Minneapolis Police Relief Association; and 140.9 (3) to the dollar amount of normal cost and expenses 140.10 determined under clauses (1) and (2) must be added an amount 140.11 equal to the level annual dollar amount which is sufficient to 140.12 amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued liability by December 140.13 31, 2010, for the Bloomington Fire Department Relief 140.14 Association, the Fairmont Police Relief Association, the 140.15 Minneapolis Firefighters Relief Association, and the Virginia 140.16 Fire Department Relief Association, and by December 31, 2020, 140.17 for the Minneapolis Police Relief Association, as determined 140.18 from the actuarial valuation or survey of the fund, using an 140.19 interest assumption set at the applicable rate specified in 140.20 section 356.215, subdivision 8. The amortization date specified 140.21 in this clause applies to all local police or salaried 140.22 firefighters' relief associations and that date supersedes any 140.23 amortization date specified in any applicable special law. 140.24 (d) The minimum obligation of the municipality is an amount 140.25 equal to the financial requirements of the relief association 140.26 reduced by the estimated amount of member contributions from 140.27 covered salary anticipated for the following calendar year and 140.28 the estimated amounts anticipated for the following calendar 140.29 year from the applicable state aid program established under 140.30 sections 69.011 to 69.051 receivable by the relief association 140.31 after any allocation made under section 69.031, subdivision 5, 140.32 paragraph (b), clause (2), or 423A.01, subdivision 2, clause 140.33 (6), from the local police and salaried firefighters' relief 140.34 association amortization aid program established under section 140.35 423A.02, subdivision 1, from the supplementary amortization 140.36 state-aid program established under section 423A.02, subdivision 141.1 1a, and from the additional amortization state aid under section 141.2 423A.02, subdivision 1b. 141.3 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 356.216, is 141.4 amended to read: 141.5 356.216 [CONTENTS OF ACTUARIAL VALUATIONS FOR LOCAL POLICE 141.6 AND FIRE FUNDS.] 141.7 (a) The provisions of section 356.215 that govern the 141.8 contents of actuarial valuations must apply to any local police 141.9 or fire pension fund or relief association required to make an 141.10 actuarial report under this section, except as follows: 141.11 (1) in calculating normal cost and other requirements, if 141.12 required to be expressed as a level percentage of covered 141.13 payroll, the salaries used in computing covered payroll must be 141.14 the maximum rate of salary on which retirement and survivorship 141.15 credits and amounts of benefits are determined and from which 141.16 any member contributions are calculated and deducted; 141.17 (2) in lieu of the amortization date specified in section 141.18 356.215, subdivision 11, the appropriate amortization target 141.19 date specified in section 69.77, subdivision 4, or 69.773, 141.20 subdivision 4, clause (c), must be used in calculating any 141.21 required amortization contribution except that the amortization 141.22 date for the Minneapolis Police Relief Association is December 141.23 31, 2020; 141.24 (3) in addition to the tabulation of active members and 141.25 annuitants provided for in section 356.215, subdivision 13, the 141.26 member contributions for active members for the calendar year 141.27 and the prospective annual retirement annuities under the 141.28 benefit plan for active members must be reported; 141.29 (4) actuarial valuations required under section 69.773, 141.30 subdivision 2, must be made at least every four years and 141.31 actuarial valuations required under section 69.77 shall be made 141.32 annually; 141.33 (5) the actuarial balance sheet showing accrued assets 141.34 valued at market value if the actuarial valuation is required to 141.35 be prepared at least every four years or valued as current 141.36 assets under section 356.215, subdivision 1, clause (6), or 142.1 paragraph (b), whichever applies, if the actuarial valuation is 142.2 required to be prepared annually, actuarial accrued liabilities, 142.3 and the unfunded actuarial accrued liability must include the 142.4 following required reserves: 142.5 (i) For active members 142.6 1. Retirement benefits 142.7 2. Disability benefits 142.8 3. Refund liability due to death or withdrawal 142.9 4. Survivors' benefits 142.10 (ii) For deferred annuitants' benefits 142.11 (iii) For former members without vested rights 142.12 (iv) For annuitants 142.13 1. Retirement annuities 142.14 2. Disability annuities 142.15 3. Surviving spouses' annuities 142.16 4. Surviving children's annuities 142.17 In addition to those required reserves, separate items must 142.18 be shown for additional benefits, if any, which may not be 142.19 appropriately included in the reserves listed above; and 142.20 (6) actuarial valuations are due by the first day of the 142.21 seventh month after the end of the fiscal year which the 142.22 actuarial valuation covers. 142.23 (b) For the Minneapolis Firefighters Relief Association or 142.24 the Minneapolis Police Relief Association, the following 142.25 provisions additionally apply: 142.26 (1) in calculating the actuarial balance sheet, unfunded 142.27 actuarial accrued liability, and amortization contribution of 142.28 the relief association, "current assets" means the value of all 142.29 assets at cost, including realized capital gains and losses, 142.30 plus or minus, whichever applies, the average value of total 142.31 unrealized capital gains or losses for the most recent 142.32 three-year period ending with the end of the plan year 142.33 immediately preceding the actuarial valuation report 142.34 transmission date; and 142.35 (2) in calculating the applicable portions of the actuarial 142.36 valuation, an annual preretirement interest assumption of six 143.1 percent, an annual postretirement interest assumption of six 143.2 percent, and an annual salary increase assumption of four 143.3 percent must be used. 143.4 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 423B.01, 143.5 subdivision 12, is amended to read: 143.6 Subd. 12. [EXCESS INVESTMENT INCOME.] "Excess investment 143.7 income" means the amount, if any, by which the average time 143.8 weighted total rate of return earned by the fund in the most 143.9 recent priorfivetwo fiscal years has exceeded the actual 143.10 average percentage increase in the current monthly salary of a 143.11 first grade patrol officer in the most recent priorfivetwo 143.12 fiscal years plus two percent, and must be expressed as a dollar 143.13 amount. The amount may not exceed one percent of the total 143.14 assets of the fund, except when the actuarial value of assets of 143.15 the fund according to the most recent annual actuarial valuation 143.16 prepared in accordance with sections 356.215 and 356.216 is 143.17 greater than 102 percent of its actuarial accrued liabilities, 143.18 in which case the amount must not exceed 1-1/2 percent of the 143.19 total assets of the fund, and does not exist unless the yearly 143.20 average percentage increase of the time weighted total rate of 143.21 return of the fund for the previousfivetwo years exceeds by 143.22 two percent the yearly average percentage increase in monthly 143.23 salary of a first grade patrol officer during the previousfive143.24 two calendar years. 143.25 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 423B.09, 143.26 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 143.27 Subdivision 1. [MINNEAPOLIS POLICE; PERSONS ENTITLED TO 143.28 RECEIVE PENSIONS.] The association shall grant pensions payable 143.29 from the police pension fund in monthly installments to persons 143.30 entitled to pensions in the manner and for the following 143.31 purposes. 143.32 (a)When the actuarial value of assets of the fund143.33according to the most recent annual actuarial valuation143.34performed in accordance with sections 356.215 and 356.216 is143.35less than 90 percent of the actuarial accrued liabilities, an143.36active member or a deferred pensioner who has performed duty as144.1a member of the police department of the city for five years or144.2more, upon written application after retiring from duty and144.3reaching at least age 50, is entitled to be paid monthly for144.4life a service pension equal to eight units. For full years of144.5service beyond five years, the service pension increases by 1.6144.6units for each full year, to a maximum of 40 units. When the144.7actuarial value of assets of the fund according to the most144.8recent annual actuarial valuation prepared in accordance with144.9sections 356.215 and 356.216 is greater than 90 percent of144.10actuarial accrued liabilities,Active members, deferred members, 144.11 and service pensioners are entitled to a service pension 144.12 according to the following schedule: 144.13 5 years 8.0 units 144.14 6 years 9.6 units 144.15 7 years 11.2 units 144.16 8 years 12.8 units 144.17 9 years 14.4 units 144.18 10 years 16.0 units 144.19 11 years 17.6 units 144.20 12 years 19.2 units 144.21 13 years 20.8 units 144.22 14 years 22.4 units 144.23 15 years 24.0 units 144.24 16 years 25.6 units 144.25 17 years 27.2 units 144.26 18 years 28.8 units 144.27 19 years 30.4 units 144.28 20 years34.035.0 units 144.29 21 years35.636.6 units 144.30 22 years37.238.2 units 144.31 23 years38.839.8 units 144.32 24 years40.441.4 units 144.33 25 years42.043.0 units 144.34 Fractional years of service may not be used in computing 144.35 pensions. 144.36 (b) An active member who after five years' service but less 145.1 than 20 years' service with the police department of the city, 145.2 becomes superannuated so as to be permanently unable to perform 145.3 the person's assigned duties, is entitled to be paid monthly for 145.4 life a superannuation pension equal to four units for five years 145.5 of service and an additional two units for each full year of 145.6 service over five years and less than 20 years. 145.7 (c) An active member who is not eligible for a service 145.8 pension and who, while a member of the police department of the 145.9 city, becomes diseased or sustains an injury while in the 145.10 service that permanently unfits the member for the performance 145.11 of police duties is entitled to be paid monthly for life a 145.12 pension equal to 34 units while so disabled. 145.13 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 423B.09, is 145.14 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 145.15 Subd. 7. [ADDITIONAL UNIT.] The additional unit provided 145.16 to members by subdivision 1 must also be provided to members who 145.17 selected a joint annuity option under subdivision 6 and must be 145.18 in an amount that is actuarially equivalent to the service 145.19 pension and the automatic survivor coverage for that additional 145.20 unit. 145.21 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 423B.10, 145.22 subdivision 1, is amended to read: 145.23 Subdivision 1. [ENTITLEMENT; BENEFIT AMOUNT.] (a) The 145.24 surviving spouse of a deceased service pensioner, disability 145.25 pensioner, deferred pensioner, superannuation pensioner, or 145.26 active member, who was the legally married spouse of the 145.27 decedent, residing with the decedent, and who was married while 145.28 or before the time the decedent was on the payroll of the police 145.29 department, and who, if the deceased member was a service or 145.30 deferred pensioner, was legally married to the member for a 145.31 period of at least one year before retirement from the police 145.32 department, is entitled to a surviving spouse benefit. The 145.33 surviving spouse benefit is equal to2223 units per month if 145.34 the person is the surviving spouse of a deceased active member 145.35 or disabilitant. The surviving spouse benefit is equal to six 145.36 units per month, plus an additional one unit for each year of 146.1 service to the credit of the decedent in excess of five years, 146.2 to a maximum of2223 units per month, if the person is the 146.3 surviving spouse of a deceased service pensioner, deferred 146.4 pensioner, or superannuation pensioner. The surviving spouse 146.5 benefit is payable for the life of the surviving spouse. 146.6 (b) A surviving child of a deceased service pensioner, 146.7 disability pensioner, deferred pensioner, superannuation 146.8 pensioner, or active member, who was living while the decedent 146.9 was an active member of the police department or was born within 146.10 nine months after the decedent terminated active service in the 146.11 police department, is entitled to a surviving child benefit. 146.12 The surviving child benefit is equal to eight units per month if 146.13 the person is the surviving child of a deceased active member or 146.14 disabilitant. The surviving child benefit is equal to two units 146.15 per month, plus an additional four-tenths of one unit per month 146.16 for each year of service to the credit of the decedent in excess 146.17 of five years, to a maximum of eight units, if the person is the 146.18 surviving child of a deceased service pensioner, deferred 146.19 pensioner, or superannuation pensioner. The surviving child 146.20 benefit is payable until the person attains age 18, or, if in 146.21 full-time attendance during the normal school year, in a school 146.22 approved by the board of directors, until the person receives a 146.23 bachelor's degree or attains the age of 22 years, whichever 146.24 occurs first. In the event of the death of both parents leaving 146.25 a surviving child or children entitled to a surviving child 146.26 benefit as determined in this paragraph, the surviving child is, 146.27 or the surviving children are, entitled to a surviving child 146.28 benefit in such sums as determined by the board of directors to 146.29 be necessary for the care and education of such surviving child 146.30 or children, but not to exceed the family maximum benefit per 146.31 month, to the children of any one family. 146.32 (c) The surviving spouse and surviving child benefits are 146.33 subject to a family maximum benefit. The family maximum benefit 146.34 is 41 units per month. 146.35 (d) A surviving spouse who is otherwise not qualified may 146.36 receive a benefit if the surviving spouse was married to the 147.1 decedent for a period of five years and was residing with the 147.2 decedent at the time of death. The surviving spouse benefit is 147.3 the same as that provided in paragraph (a), except that if the 147.4 surviving spouse is younger than the decedent, the surviving 147.5 spouse benefit must be actuarially equivalent to a surviving 147.6 spouse benefit that would have been paid to the member's spouse 147.7 had the member been married to a person of the same age or a 147.8 greater age than the member's age before retirement. 147.9 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 423B.15, 147.10 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 147.11 Subd. 3. [AMOUNT OF ANNUAL POSTRETIREMENT PAYMENT.] The 147.12 amount determined under subdivision 2 must be applied in 147.13 accordance with this subdivision. When the actuarial value of 147.14 assets of the fund according to the most recent annual actuarial 147.15 valuation prepared in accordance with sections 356.215 and 147.16 356.216 is less than 102 percent of its total actuarial 147.17 liabilities, the relief association shall apply the first 147.18 one-half of excess investment income to the payment of an annual 147.19 postretirement payment as specified in this subdivision and the 147.20 second one-half of excess investment income up to one-half of 147.21 one percent of the assets of the fund must be applied to reduce 147.22 the state amortization state aid or supplementary amortization 147.23 state aid payments otherwise due to the relief association under 147.24 section 423A.02 for the current calendar year. When the 147.25 actuarial value of assets of the fund according to the most 147.26 recent annual actuarial valuation prepared in accordance with 147.27 sections 356.215 and 356.216 is less than 102 percent funded and 147.28 other conditions are met, the relief association shall pay an 147.29 annual postretirement payment to all eligible members in an 147.30 amount not to exceed one-half of one percent of the assets of 147.31 the fund. When the actuarial value of assets of the fund 147.32 according to the most recent annual actuarial valuation prepared 147.33 in accordance with sections 356.215 and 356.216 is greater than 147.34 102 percent of its actuarial accrued liabilities, the relief 147.35 association shall pay an annual postretirement payment to all 147.36 eligible members in an amount not to exceed 1-1/2 percent of the 148.1 assets of the fund. Payment of the annual postretirement 148.2 payment must be in a lump sum amount on June 1 following the 148.3 determination date in any year. Payment of the annual 148.4 postretirement payment may be made only if the average time 148.5 weighted total rate of return for the most recent priorfivetwo 148.6 years exceeds by two percent the actual average percentage 148.7 increase in the current monthly salary of a top grade patrol 148.8 officer in the most recent priorfivetwo fiscal years. The 148.9 total amount of all payments to members may not exceed the 148.10 amount determined under this subdivision. Payment to each 148.11 eligible member must be calculated by dividing the total number 148.12 of pension units to which eligible members are entitled into the 148.13 excess investment income available for distribution to members, 148.14 and then multiplying that result by the number of units to which 148.15 each eligible member is entitled to determine each eligible 148.16 member's annual postretirement payment. When the actuarial 148.17 value of assets of the fund according to the most recent annual 148.18 actuarial valuation prepared in accordance with sections 356.215 148.19 and 356.216 is less than 102 percent of its actuarial accrued 148.20 liabilities, payment to each eligible member may not exceed an 148.21 amount equal to the total monthly benefit that the eligible 148.22 member was entitled to in the prior year under the terms of the 148.23 benefit plan of the relief association or each eligible member's 148.24 proportionate share of the excess investment income, whichever 148.25 is less. When the actuarial value of assets of the fund 148.26 according to the most recent annual actuarial valuation prepared 148.27 in accordance with sections 356.215 and 356.216 is greater than 148.28 102 percent of its actuarial accrued liabilities, payment to 148.29 each eligible member must not exceed the member's proportionate 148.30 share of 1-1/2 percent of the assets of the fund. 148.31 A person who received a pension or benefit for the entire 148.32 12 months before the determination date is eligible for a full 148.33 annual postretirement payment. A person who received a pension 148.34 or benefit for less than 12 months before the determination date 148.35 is eligible for a prorated annual postretirement payment. 148.36 Sec. 8. [423B.22] [GUARANTEED PENSION PROVISION.] 149.1 Once a pension benefit is properly paid in accordance with 149.2 this law to any member, the dollar amount of that pension 149.3 benefit shall not be reduced. 149.4 Sec. 9. [LOCAL APPROVAL.] 149.5 Sections 1 to 8 are effective on the day after the date of 149.6 the approval by the city council of the city of Minneapolis and 149.7 the timely completion by the chief clerical officer of the city 149.8 of Minneapolis of compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 149.9 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3. 149.10 ARTICLE 20 149.11 ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR CERTAIN TEACHERS 149.12 Section 1. [354.551] [ADDITIONAL BENEFIT FOR TEACHERS 149.13 PREVIOUSLY COVERED BY MONEY PURCHASE PROGRAM.] 149.14 Subdivision 1. [ADDITIONAL BENEFIT ENTITLEMENT.] Eligible 149.15 retired teachers as defined in subdivision 2 are entitled to 149.16 receive the additional benefit amount determined under 149.17 subdivision 3 unless the applicable person files a written 149.18 notification with the executive director of the Teachers 149.19 Retirement Association that the additional benefit not be paid. 149.20 Subd. 2. [ELIGIBILITY.] An eligible person for purposes of 149.21 this section is a person who: 149.22 (1) was a teacher as defined in section 354.05, subdivision 149.23 2; 149.24 (2) rendered teaching service as defined in section 354.05, 149.25 subdivision 3, either during the 1968-1969 school year, but was 149.26 not covered by the improved money purchase program savings 149.27 clause in section 354.55, subdivision 17, or before the 149.28 1968-1969 school year, did not take a refund of member 149.29 contributions upon the termination of teacher service, and was 149.30 eligible to make an election under Minnesota Statutes 1971, 149.31 section 354.55, subdivision 8. 149.32 Subd. 3. [DETERMINATION OF ADDITIONAL BENEFIT AMOUNT.] (a) 149.33 By July 1, 2004, the executive director of the Teachers 149.34 Retirement Association shall determine which active or retired 149.35 teachers are eligible to receive an additional benefit amount 149.36 under this section and the amount of each person's additional 150.1 benefit amount. 150.2 The increase amount is 45 percent of the difference, if a 150.3 positive number, obtained by subtracting the single life annuity 150.4 amount initially payable upon retirement under section 354.44, 150.5 subdivision 6, from a comparable single life annuity amount 150.6 computed as of the same date under section 354.44, subdivision 2. 150.7 (b) The additional retirement annuity is payable beginning 150.8 July 1, 2004, for persons who were receiving a retirement 150.9 annuity on June 1, 2004, or with the initial retirement annuity 150.10 payment for persons who were active, deferred, or inactive 150.11 members on June 1, 2004. The additional retirement annuity must 150.12 be included in the base for any postretirement adjustment 150.13 payable under section 11A.18. The applicable required reserves 150.14 amount must be transferred on July 1, 2004, for persons who were 150.15 receiving a retirement annuity on June 1, 2004, or on the date 150.16 of retirement for persons who were active, deferred, or inactive 150.17 members on June 1, 2004. 150.18 Subd. 4. [DURATION OF ADDITIONAL BENEFIT.] The additional 150.19 benefit amount is payable for life or for the duration of the 150.20 selected optional annuity form, whichever applies. 150.21 Subd. 5. [NO PAYMENT TO ESTATE; NO RETROACTIVITY.] (a) 150.22 Nothing in this section authorizes the payment of an additional 150.23 benefit amount under this section to an estate or to a survivor 150.24 or beneficiary other than under an optional annuity form. 150.25 (b) Nothing in this section authorizes the payment of an 150.26 additional benefit amount for any period before July 1, 2004. 150.27 (c) Nothing in this section authorizes the payment of an 150.28 additional benefit amount to a person who was or is entitled to 150.29 have their retirement annuity calculated under section 354.44, 150.30 subdivision 2. 150.31 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 150.32 following final enactment. 150.33 ARTICLE 21 150.34 TEACHERS RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION 150.35 INCREASE IN LEVEL BENEFIT FORMULA 150.36 Section 1. [126C.458] [LEVY FOR EARLY RETIREMENT COSTS.] 151.1 Each year, a school district may levy for the additional 151.2 employer contributions required under section 3. 151.3 [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for taxes 151.4 levied in 2004, payable in 2005, and thereafter. 151.5 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.42, 151.6 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 151.7 Subd. 2. [EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION.] The employee 151.8 contribution to the fund is an amount equal to5.05.5 percent 151.9 of the salary of every coordinated member and 9.0 percent of the 151.10 salary of every basic member. This contribution must be made by 151.11 deduction from salary. Where any portion of a member's salary 151.12 is paid from other than public funds, the member's employee 151.13 contribution must be based on the entire salary received. 151.14 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.42, 151.15 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 151.16 Subd. 3. [EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION.] The employer 151.17 contribution to the fund is an amount equal to5.05.5 percent 151.18 of the salary of each coordinated member and 9.0 percent of the 151.19 salary of each basic member. 151.20 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.44, 151.21 subdivision 6, is amended to read: 151.22 Subd. 6. [COMPUTATION OF FORMULA PROGRAM RETIREMENT 151.23 ANNUITY.] (1) The formula retirement annuity must be computed in 151.24 accordance with the applicable provisions of the formulas stated 151.25 in clause (2) or (4) on the basis of each member's average 151.26 salary for the period of the member's formula service credit. 151.27 For all years of formula service credit, "average salary," 151.28 for the purpose of determining the member's retirement annuity, 151.29 means the average salary upon which contributions were made and 151.30 upon which payments were made to increase the salary limitation 151.31 provided in Minnesota Statutes 1971, section 354.511, for the 151.32 highest five successive years of formula service credit 151.33 provided, however, that such "average salary" shall not include 151.34 any more than the equivalent of 60 monthly salary payments. 151.35 Average salary must be based upon all years of formula service 151.36 credit if this service credit is less than five years. 152.1 (2) This clause, in conjunction with clause (3), applies to 152.2 a person who first became a member of the association or a 152.3 member of a pension fund listed in section 356.30, subdivision 152.4 3, before July 1, 1989, unless clause (4), in conjunction with 152.5 clause (5), produces a higher annuity amount, in which case 152.6 clause (4) applies. The average salary as defined in clause 152.7 (1), multiplied by the following percentages per year of formula 152.8 service credit shall determine the amount of the annuity to 152.9 which the member qualifying therefor is entitled: 152.10 Coordinated Member Basic Member 152.11 Each year of service the percent the percent 152.12 during first ten specified in specified in 152.13 section 356.315, section 356.315, 152.14 subdivision 1, subdivision 3, 152.15 per year per year 152.16 Each year of service the percent the percent 152.17 thereafter specified in specified in 152.18 section 356.315, section 356.315, 152.19 subdivision 2, subdivision 4, 152.20 per year per year 152.21 (3)(i) This clause applies only to a person who first 152.22 became a member of the association or a member of a pension fund 152.23 listed in section 356.30, subdivision 3, before July 1, 1989, 152.24 and whose annuity is higher when calculated under clause (2), in 152.25 conjunction with this clause than when calculated under clause 152.26 (4), in conjunction with clause (5). 152.27 (ii) Where any member retires prior to normal retirement 152.28 age under a formula annuity, the member shall be paid a 152.29 retirement annuity in an amount equal to the normal annuity 152.30 provided in clause (2) reduced by one-quarter of one percent for 152.31 each month that the member is under normal retirement age at the 152.32 time of retirement except that for any member who has 30 or more 152.33 years of allowable service credit, the reduction shall be 152.34 applied only for each month that the member is under age 62. 152.35 (iii) Any member whose attained age plus credited allowable 152.36 service totals 90 years is entitled, upon application, to a 153.1 retirement annuity in an amount equal to the normal annuity 153.2 provided in clause (2), without any reduction by reason of early 153.3 retirement. 153.4 (4) This clause applies to a member who has become at least 153.5 55 years old and first became a member of the association after 153.6 June 30, 1989, and to any other member who has become at least 153.7 55 years old and whose annuity amount when calculated under this 153.8 clause and in conjunction with clause (5), is higher than it is 153.9 when calculated under clause (2), in conjunction with clause (3). 153.10 For a basic member, the average salary, as defined in clause (1) 153.11 multiplied by the percent specified by section 356.315, 153.12 subdivision 4, for each year of servicefor a basic member and153.13by the percent specified in section 356.315, subdivision 2, for153.14each year of service for a coordinated membershall determine 153.15 the amount of the retirement annuity to which the basic member 153.16 is entitled. For a coordinated member, the average salary, as 153.17 defined in clause (1) multiplied by the percent specified in 153.18 section 356.315, subdivision 2, for each year of service 153.19 rendered prior to July 1, 2004, and by the percent specified in 153.20 section 356.315, subdivision 2a, for each year of service 153.21 rendered on or after July 1, 2004, shall determine the amount of 153.22 the retirement annuity to which the coordinated member is 153.23 entitled. 153.24 (5) This clause applies to a person who has become at least 153.25 55 years old and first becomes a member of the association after 153.26 June 30, 1989, and to any other member who has become at least 153.27 55 years old and whose annuity is higher when calculated under 153.28 clause (4) in conjunction with this clause than when calculated 153.29 under clause (2), in conjunction with clause (3). An employee 153.30 who retires under the formula annuity before the normal 153.31 retirement age shall be paid the normal annuity provided in 153.32 clause (4) reduced so that the reduced annuity is the actuarial 153.33 equivalent of the annuity that would be payable to the employee 153.34 if the employee deferred receipt of the annuity and the annuity 153.35 amount were augmented at an annual rate of three percent 153.36 compounded annually from the day the annuity begins to accrue 154.1 until the normal retirement age. 154.2 Sec. 5. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 154.3 Sections 2 to 4 are effective on July 1, 2004. 154.4 ARTICLE 22 154.5 MINNEAPOLIS TEACHERS 154.6 RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION 154.7 CONSOLIDATION WITH THE TEACHERS RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION 154.8 Section 1. [128D.18] [FUNDING OF UNFUNDED PENSION 154.9 LIABILITIES.] 154.10 Subdivision 1. [FINANCING AUTHORITY.] Notwithstanding any 154.11 other law to the contrary, Special School District No. 1, 154.12 Minneapolis, may finance all or a portion of the current and 154.13 future unfunded pension liability of the Minneapolis Teachers 154.14 Retirement Fund Association through the issuance of revenue 154.15 bonds issued pursuant to this section; provided that the 154.16 following conditions are met: 154.17 (a) The bonds shall be payable from state funds and other 154.18 contributions appropriated to the Minneapolis Teachers 154.19 Retirement Fund Association to pay unfunded pension liabilities, 154.20 including, without limitation, special direct aid, matching aid, 154.21 or other contributions under section 354A.12, subdivision 3a or 154.22 3b, or any other subsequent state appropriation for such 154.23 purpose, and the other sources of funds set forth in this 154.24 section. 154.25 (b) At the time of issuance of the bonds, section 354A.12, 154.26 subdivisions 3a and 3b, have not been repealed or amended. 154.27 (c) The principal amount of bonds issued and outstanding 154.28 hereunder shall not exceed the unfunded actuarial accrued 154.29 liability determined by the actuary retained by the Legislative 154.30 Commission on Pensions and Retirement for the fiscal year ending 154.31 June 30, 2002, pursuant to sections 356.215 and 356.216. 154.32 Subd. 2. [USE OF PROCEEDS.] The proceeds of the bonds 154.33 issued, less costs of issuance and net original issue discount, 154.34 shall be paid to the State Board of Investment to be deposited 154.35 as an asset of the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 154.36 Association. The proceeds shall be held in trust by the State 155.1 Board of Investment for the benefit of the Minneapolis Teachers 155.2 Retirement Fund Association and invested as set forth in 155.3 subdivision 3. Annually, on the first banking day of the 155.4 calendar year, the State Board of Investment shall pay to the 155.5 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association from the funds 155.6 and with investment income thereof, the amount, if any, needed 155.7 by the pension fund in any year to pay retirement annuities and 155.8 benefits that are due and payable or the reasonable and 155.9 necessary administrative expenses of the retirement plan that 155.10 are due and payable after all assets held by the association, 155.11 other than those assets held by the State Board of Investment, 155.12 have been exhausted. 155.13 Subd. 3. [APPROPRIATIONS.] (a) Notwithstanding any law to 155.14 the contrary, special direct state aid, matching aid, and other 155.15 contributions levied for the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement 155.16 Fund Association under section 354A.12, subdivisions 3a and 3b, 155.17 and amortization or supplementary amortization state aid 155.18 reallocated to the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 155.19 Association under section 423A.02 are pledged and appropriated 155.20 to the payment of the bonds and must be transferred to Special 155.21 School District No. 1, Minneapolis, and additional employer 155.22 contributions levied by Special School District No. 1, 155.23 Minneapolis, under section 354A.12, subdivision 3b, shall be 155.24 retained by the district to the extent required to pay debt 155.25 service on the bonds for the succeeding 12-month period or a 155.26 longer period established pursuant to the resolution of the 155.27 district authorizing the bonds. 155.28 (b) The bond proceeds based on the funding sources for the 155.29 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association referenced in 155.30 paragraph (a) must be invested by the State Board of Investment 155.31 in trust for the exclusive benefit of the Minneapolis Teachers 155.32 Retirement Fund Association. Notwithstanding any law to the 155.33 contrary, section 356A.02 shall not apply to the Minneapolis 155.34 Teachers Retirement Fund Association with respect to any bond 155.35 proceeds held and invested by the State Board of Investment 155.36 pursuant to this section. 156.1 (c) For purposes of annual actuarial valuations and annual 156.2 financial reports, the assets of the Minneapolis Teachers 156.3 Retirement Fund Association held by the State Board of 156.4 Investment pursuant to this section must not be considered as 156.5 current assets of the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 156.6 Association but may be considered as future assets in a similar 156.7 manner as future contributions to the funds. For purposes of 156.8 calculating the cost-of-living adjustment based on the five-year 156.9 annualized rate of investment return under section 354A.28, 156.10 subdivision 9, whenever the required contributions under chapter 156.11 356 exceed the statutory contributions under chapter 354A so 156.12 that a contribution deficiency exists according to the most 156.13 recent actuarial report by the actuary retained by the 156.14 Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, the 156.15 cost-of-living adjustment shall be reduced by the ratio of the 156.16 assets invested with the State Board of Investment and owned by 156.17 the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association to the 156.18 total assets owned by the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 156.19 Association. 156.20 Subd. 4. [NO ELECTION.] No election of the voters of the 156.21 district shall be required to issue bonds authorized by this 156.22 section. 156.23 Subd. 5. [TERMS AND SALE OF BONDS.] The bonds issued 156.24 pursuant to this section shall bear interest at the rate or 156.25 rates and mature on the date or dates not more than 30 years 156.26 from the date of issue as the district shall determine by 156.27 resolution. Interest may be at a fixed or variable rate. The 156.28 bonds may be sold at a negotiated sale or by competitive bid. 156.29 Subd. 6. [THIS SECTION PREVAILS.] Notwithstanding any 156.30 other law to the contrary, this section shall apply to the 156.31 issuance and sale of the bonds and to the purposes for which the 156.32 bonds may be issued. 156.33 Subd. 7. [TENDER OPTION.] An obligation may be issued 156.34 giving its owner the right to tender or the authority to demand 156.35 tender of the obligation to Special School District No. 1, 156.36 Minneapolis, or another person designated by it, for purchase at 157.1 a specified time or times, if the district has first entered 157.2 into an agreement with a suitable financial institution 157.3 obligating the financial institution to provide funds on a 157.4 timely basis for purchase of bonds tendered. The obligation is 157.5 not considered to mature on any tender date and the purchase of 157.6 a tendered obligation is not considered a payment or discharge 157.7 of the obligation by the district. Obligations tendered for 157.8 purchase may be remarketed by or on behalf of the district or 157.9 another purchaser. The district may enter into agreements it 157.10 considers appropriate to provide for the purchase and 157.11 remarketing of tendered obligations, including: 157.12 (1) provisions under which undelivered obligations may be 157.13 considered tendered for purchase and new obligations may be 157.14 substituted for them; 157.15 (2) provisions for the payment of charges by tender agents, 157.16 remarketing agents, and financial institutions extending lines 157.17 of credit or letters of credit assuring repurchase; and 157.18 (3) provisions for reimbursement of advances under letters 157.19 of credit that may be paid from the proceeds of the obligations 157.20 or from tax and other revenues appropriated for the payment and 157.21 security of the obligations and similar or related provisions. 157.22 Subd. 8. [INTEREST EXCHANGES.] Special School District No. 157.23 1, Minneapolis, may enter into an agreement with a third party 157.24 for an exchange of interest rates under this subdivision. With 157.25 respect to outstanding obligations bearing interest at a 157.26 variable rate, the district may agree to pay sums equal to 157.27 interest at a fixed rate or at a different variable rate 157.28 determined in accordance with a formula set out in the agreement 157.29 on an amount not exceeding the outstanding principal amount of 157.30 the obligations, in exchange for an agreement by the third party 157.31 to pay sums equal to interest on a similar amount at a variable 157.32 rate determined according to a formula set out in the 157.33 agreement. With respect to outstanding obligations bearing 157.34 interest at a fixed rate or rates, the district may agree to pay 157.35 sums equal to interest at a variable rate determined according 157.36 to a formula set out in the agreement on an amount not exceeding 158.1 the outstanding principal amount of the obligations in exchange 158.2 for an agreement by the third party to pay sums equal to 158.3 interest on a similar amount at a fixed rate or rates set out in 158.4 the agreement. Subject to any applicable bonds covenants, 158.5 payments required to be made by the district under the swap 158.6 agreement may be made from amounts secured to pay debt service 158.7 on the obligations with respect to which the swap agreement was 158.8 made from any other available source of the district. 158.9 Subd. 9. [STATE PLEDGE AGAINST IMPAIRMENT OF 158.10 CONTRACTS.] The state pledges and agrees with the holders of 158.11 bonds issued under this section that the state will not limit or 158.12 alter the rights vested in Special School District No. 1, 158.13 Minneapolis, to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with 158.14 the bondholders or in any way impair the rights and remedies of 158.15 the holders until the bonds, together with interest on them, 158.16 with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all 158.17 costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding 158.18 by or on behalf of the bondholders, are fully met and 158.19 discharged. The district may include this pledge and agreement 158.20 of the state in any agreement with the holders of bonds issued 158.21 under this section. 158.22 Subd. 10. [NOT NET DEBT.] Bonds ended under this section 158.23 not in default shall not be deemed net debt under any law 158.24 limiting indebtedness. 158.25 Subd. 11. [CERTIFICATION AND BUDGET REQUEST.] To ensure 158.26 the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued 158.27 under this section, the superintendent of schools of Special 158.28 School District No. 1, Minneapolis, shall annually determine and 158.29 certify to the governor, on or before December 1, the following 158.30 amounts: 158.31 (1) the amount then needed to pay unpaid debt service on 158.32 the bonds currently due and payable; 158.33 (2) the amount of any state aids used to pay debt service 158.34 on the bonds pursuant to this section; and 158.35 (3) the amount required to pay debt service on the bonds 158.36 during the then-current fiscal year, less amounts appropriated 159.1 and available for debt service pursuant to section 354A.12, 159.2 subdivisions 3a and 3b. 159.3 The legislature shall consider including a separate line 159.4 item in the biennial budget for the following fiscal year, or in 159.5 a supplemental budget if the biennial budget has previously been 159.6 approved, all amounts certified by the superintendent of schools 159.7 of Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, in accordance 159.8 with this subdivision. 159.9 Subd. 12. [AID REDUCTION FOR REPAYMENT.] If the amount 159.10 transferred by Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, to 159.11 the paying agent for the bonds is insufficient to pay required 159.12 debt service, the paying agent shall notify the commissioner of 159.13 finance. The commissioner shall reduce any and all unrestricted 159.14 state aids generally available to the school district by the 159.15 amount of the deficiency and pay the amounts to the paying agent 159.16 for the bonds for the payment of debt service. If the state 159.17 aids are reduced pursuant to this subdivision, the district may 159.18 levy a tax in the amount of the reduction in state aid. 159.19 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no election of 159.20 the voters of the district is required for the levy and the levy 159.21 is not subject to other levy limitations. 159.22 Subd. 13. [EXEMPTION.] Interest on the bonds shall not be 159.23 included in taxable net income of individuals, estates, and 159.24 trusts for state income tax purposes and is not an item of tax 159.25 reference in determining state alternative minimum tax 159.26 applicable to individuals or corporations. 159.27 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.05, 159.28 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 159.29 Subd. 2. [TEACHER.] (a) "Teacher" means: 159.30 (1) a person who renders service as a teacher, supervisor, 159.31 principal, superintendent, librarian, nurse, counselor, social 159.32 worker, therapist, or psychologist in a public school of the 159.33 state located outside of the corporate limits ofa city of the159.34first classthe city of Duluth or of the city of St. Paul, or in 159.35 any charter school, irrespective of the location of the school, 159.36 or in any charitable, penal, or correctional institutions of a 160.1 governmental subdivision, or who is engaged in educational 160.2 administration in connection with the state public school 160.3 system, but excluding the University of Minnesota, whether the 160.4 position be a public office or an employment, not including 160.5 members or officers of any general governing or managing board 160.6 or body; 160.7 (2) an employee of the Teachers Retirement Association; 160.8 (3) a person who renders teaching service on a part-time 160.9 basis and who also renders other services for a single employing 160.10 unit. A person whose teaching service comprises at least 50 160.11 percent of the combined employment salary is a member of the 160.12 association for all services with the single employing unit. If 160.13 the person's teaching service comprises less than 50 percent of 160.14 the combined employment salary, the executive director must 160.15 determine whether all or none of the combined service is covered 160.16 by the association; or 160.17 (4) a person who is not covered by the plans established 160.18 under chapter 352D, 354A, or 354B and who is employed by the 160.19 Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and 160.20 Universities system in an unclassified position as: 160.21 (i) a president, vice-president, or dean; 160.22 (ii) a manager or a professional in an academic or an 160.23 academic support program other than specified in item (i); 160.24 (iii) an administrative or a service support faculty 160.25 position; or 160.26 (iv) a teacher or a research assistant. 160.27 (b) "Teacher" does not mean: 160.28 (1) a person who works for a school or institution as an 160.29 independent contractor as defined by the Internal Revenue 160.30 Service; 160.31 (2) a person employed in subsidized on-the-job training, 160.32 work experience or public service employment as an enrollee 160.33 under the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act from 160.34 and after March 30, 1978, unless the person has, as of the later 160.35 of March 30, 1978, or the date of employment, sufficient service 160.36 credit in the retirement association to meet the minimum vesting 161.1 requirements for a deferred retirement annuity, or the employer 161.2 agrees in writing on forms prescribed by the executive director 161.3 to make the required employer contributions, including any 161.4 employer additional contributions, on account of that person 161.5 from revenue sources other than funds provided under the federal 161.6 Comprehensive Training and Employment Act, or the person agrees 161.7 in writing on forms prescribed by the executive director to make 161.8 the required employer contribution in addition to the required 161.9 employee contribution; 161.10 (3) a person holding a part-time adult supplementary 161.11 technical college license who renders part-time teaching service 161.12 or a customized trainer as defined by the Minnesota State 161.13 Colleges and Universities system in a technical college if (i) 161.14 the service is incidental to the regular nonteaching occupation 161.15 of the person; and (ii) the applicable technical college 161.16 stipulates annually in advance that the part-time teaching 161.17 service or customized training service will not exceed 300 hours 161.18 in a fiscal year and retains the stipulation in its records; and 161.19 (iii) the part-time teaching service or customized training 161.20 service actually does not exceed 300 hours in a fiscal year; or 161.21 (4) a person exempt from licensure under section 122A.30. 161.22 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.05, 161.23 subdivision 13, is amended to read: 161.24 Subd. 13. [ALLOWABLE SERVICE.] "Allowable service" means: 161.25 (1) Any service rendered by a teacher for which on or 161.26 before July 1, 1957, the teacher's account in the retirement 161.27 fund was credited by reason of employee contributions in the 161.28 form of salary deductions, payments in lieu of salary 161.29 deductions, or in any other manner authorized by Minnesota 161.30 Statutes 1953, sections 135.01 to 135.13, as amended by Laws 161.31 1955, chapters 361, 549, 550, 611, or 161.32 (2) Any service rendered by a teacher for which on or 161.33 before July 1, 1961, the teacher elected to obtain credit for 161.34 service by making payments to the fund pursuant to Minnesota 161.35 Statutes 1980, section 354.09 and section 354.51, or 161.36 (3) Any service rendered by a teacher after July 1, 1957, 162.1 for any calendar month when the member receives salary from 162.2 which deductions are made, deposited and credited in the fund, 162.3 or 162.4 (4) Any service rendered by a person after July 1, 1957, 162.5 for any calendar month where payments in lieu of salary 162.6 deductions are made, deposited and credited into the fund as 162.7 provided in Minnesota Statutes 1980, section 354.09, subdivision 162.8 4, and section 354.53, or 162.9 (5) Any service rendered by a teacher for which the teacher 162.10 elected to obtain credit for service by making payments to the 162.11 fund pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 1980, section 354.09, 162.12 subdivisions 1 and 4, sections 354.50, 354.51, Minnesota 162.13 Statutes 1957, section 135.41, subdivision 4, Minnesota Statutes 162.14 1971, section 354.09, subdivision 2, or Minnesota Statutes, 1973 162.15 Supplement, section 354.09, subdivision 3, or 162.16 (6) Both service during years of actual membership in the 162.17 course of which contributions were currently made and service in 162.18 years during which the teacher was not a member but for which 162.19 the teacher later elected to obtain credit by making payments to 162.20 the fund as permitted by any law then in effect, or 162.21 (7) Any service rendered where contributions were made and 162.22 no allowable service credit was established because of the 162.23 limitations contained in Minnesota Statutes 1957, section 162.24 135.09, subdivision 2, as determined by the ratio between the 162.25 amounts of money credited to the teacher's account in a fiscal 162.26 year and the maximum retirement contribution allowable for that 162.27 year, or 162.28 (8) A period purchased under section 356.555, or 162.29 (9) A period of time during which a teacher who is a state 162.30 employee was on strike without pay, not to exceed a period of 162.31 one year, if the teacher makes a payment in lieu of salary 162.32 deductions or makes a prior service credit purchase payment, 162.33 whichever applies. If the payment is made within 12 months, the 162.34 payment by the teacher must be an amount equal to the employee 162.35 and employer contribution rates set forth in section 354.42, 162.36 subdivisions 2 and 3, applied to the teacher's rate of salary in 163.1 effect on the conclusion of the strike for the period of the 163.2 strike without pay, plus compound interest at a monthly rate of 163.3 0.71 percent from the last day of the strike until the date of 163.4 payment. If the payment by the employee is not made within 12 163.5 months, the payment must be in an amount equal to the payment 163.6 amount determined under section 356.55 or 356.551, whichever 163.7 applies; or 163.8 (10) A period of service rendered by a teacher as an 163.9 employee of Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, on 163.10 December 31, 2004, who was a member of the Minneapolis Teachers 163.11 Retirement Fund Association by virtue of that employment, who 163.12 has not begun receiving an annuity or other retirement benefit 163.13 from the former Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association 163.14 calculated in whole or in part on that service before July 1, 163.15 2004, and who has not taken a refund of member contributions 163.16 related to that service unless the refund is repaid under 163.17 section 354.50, subdivision 4. 163.18 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.42, 163.19 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 163.20 Subd. 2. [EMPLOYEE.] (a) The employee contribution to the 163.21 fund is an amount equal to the following percentage of the 163.22 salary of a member: 163.23 (1) from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2006, for a 163.24 teacher employed by Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, 163.25 5.50 percent if the teacher is a coordinated member and 9.00 163.26 percent if the teacher is a basic member; 163.27 (2) after December 31, 2006, for a teacher employed by 163.28 Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, 5.00 percent if the 163.29 teacher is a coordinated member and 9.00 percent if the teacher 163.30 is a basic member; 163.31 (3) for every other teacher 5.0 percentofif thesalary of163.32everyteacher is a coordinated member and 9.0 percentofif the 163.33salary of everyteacher is a basic member. 163.34 (b) This contribution must be made by deduction from 163.35 salary. Where any portion of a member's salary is paid from 163.36 other than public funds, the member's employee contribution must 164.1 be based on the entire salary received. 164.2 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354.42, 164.3 subdivision 3, is amended to read: 164.4 Subd. 3. [EMPLOYER.] (a) The employer contribution to the 164.5 fund by Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, is an amount 164.6 equal to 8.64 percent of the salary of each of its teachers who 164.7 is a coordinated member and 12.64 percent of the salary of each 164.8 of its teachers who is a basic member. 164.9 (b) The employer contribution to the fund for every other 164.10 employer is an amount equal to 5.0 percent of the salary of each 164.11 coordinated member and 9.0 percent of the salary of each basic 164.12 member. 164.13 Sec. 6. [354.70] [CONSOLIDATION OF THE MINNEAPOLIS 164.14 TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION.] 164.15 Subdivision 1. [MEMBERSHIP TRANSFER.] All active, 164.16 inactive, and retired members of the Minneapolis Teachers 164.17 Retirement Fund Association are transferred to the Teachers 164.18 Retirement Association and are no longer members of the 164.19 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association as of the 164.20 effective date of this section. 164.21 Subd. 2. [TRA MEMBERSHIP.] A person first hired as a 164.22 teacher by Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, after the 164.23 effective date of this section and who is a teacher as defined 164.24 in section 354.05, subdivision 2, is a member of the Teachers 164.25 Retirement Association for the person's teaching service. 164.26 Subd. 3. [SERVICE CREDIT AND LIABILITY TRANSFER.] All 164.27 allowable service and salary credit of the members and other 164.28 individuals transferred under subdivision 1 as specified in the 164.29 records of the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association 164.30 on the transfer date is allowable service credit under section 164.31 354.05, subdivision 13, formula service credit under section 164.32 354.05, subdivision 25, and salary credit under section 354.05, 164.33 subdivision 35, for the Teachers Retirement Association. 164.34 Subd. 4. [TRANSFER OF RECORDS.] On the effective date of 164.35 this section, the chief administrative officer of the 164.36 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association shall effect a 165.1 transfer of all records and documents relating to the funds and 165.2 the benefit plans of the association to the executive director 165.3 of the Teachers Retirement Association. To the extent possible, 165.4 original copies of all records and documents must be transferred. 165.5 Subd. 5. [TRANSFER OF ASSETS.] (a) On the effective date 165.6 of this section, the chief administrative officer of the 165.7 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association shall transfer 165.8 to the Teachers Retirement Association the entire assets of the 165.9 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association. The transfer 165.10 of the assets of the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 165.11 Association must include any accounts receivable that are 165.12 determined by the executive director of the State Board of 165.13 Investment as reasonably capable of being collected. Legal 165.14 title to account receivables that are determined by the 165.15 executive director of the State Board of Investment as not 165.16 reasonably capable of being collected transfers to Special 165.17 School District No. 1, Minneapolis, as of the date of the 165.18 determination of the executive director of the State Board of 165.19 Investment. If the account receivables transferred to Special 165.20 School District No. 1, Minneapolis, are subsequently recovered 165.21 by the school district, Special School District No. 1, 165.22 Minneapolis, shall transfer the recovered amount to the Teachers 165.23 Retirement Association, in cash, for deposit in the teachers 165.24 retirement fund, less the reasonable expenses of the school 165.25 district related to the recovery. 165.26 (b) As of the effective date of this section, subject to 165.27 the authority of the State Board of Investment, the board of 165.28 directors of the Teachers Retirement Association has legal title 165.29 to and management responsibility for any transferred assets 165.30 under this subdivision as trustees for any person having a 165.31 beneficial interest in the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 165.32 Association. The Teachers Retirement Association is the 165.33 successor in interest for all claims for and against the former 165.34 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association with respect to 165.35 the retirement fund association, except a claim against the 165.36 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association or any person 166.1 connected with the fund association in a fiduciary capacity, 166.2 based on any act or acts by that person which were not done in 166.3 good faith and which constituted a breach of the obligation of 166.4 the person as a fiduciary. As the successor in interest, the 166.5 Teachers Retirement Association may assert any applicable 166.6 defense in any judicial proceeding which the board of the 166.7 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association would have 166.8 otherwise been entitled to assert. 166.9 (c) From the assets of the former Minneapolis Teachers 166.10 Retirement Fund Association transferred to the Teachers 166.11 Retirement Association, an amount equal to 76.26 percent of the 166.12 percent value of future benefits payable to annuitants as of 166.13 June 30, 2004, must be transferred to the Minnesota 166.14 postretirement investment fund. The balance of the assets of 166.15 the former Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association 166.16 after the transfer to the Minnesota postretirement investment 166.17 fund must be credited to the Teachers Retirement Association. 166.18 Subd. 6. [TERMINATION OF THE MINNEAPOLIS TEACHERS 166.19 RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION.] (a) As of the effective date of 166.20 this section and upon the transfer of administration, records, 166.21 assets, and liabilities from the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement 166.22 Fund Association to the Teachers Retirement Association, the 166.23 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association ceases to exist 166.24 as a Minnesota public pension plan. 166.25 (b) On September 1, 2004, the membership of the former 166.26 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association shall 166.27 determine, by referendum, whether or not to dissolve the 166.28 nonprofit corporation. If the membership elects not to dissolve 166.29 the nonprofit corporation, the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement 166.30 Fund Association continues as a fraternal organization for the 166.31 benefit of active and retired teachers of Special School 166.32 District No. 1, Minneapolis. If the Minneapolis Teachers 166.33 Retirement Fund Association continues as a fraternal 166.34 organization, the board of trustees of the association shall set 166.35 the amount of membership dues for the fraternal organization, 166.36 Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, shall deduct the 167.1 amount of the active member dues from the salaries of active 167.2 Minneapolis teachers, and the Teachers Retirement Association 167.3 shall deduct the amount of the retired member dues from the 167.4 retirement annuities of retired Minneapolis teachers. 167.5 Subd. 7. [BENEFIT CALCULATION.] (a) For every deferred, 167.6 inactive, disabled, and retired member of the Minneapolis 167.7 Teachers Retirement Fund Association transferred under 167.8 subdivision 1, and the survivors of these members, annuities or 167.9 benefits earned before the date of transfer, other than future 167.10 postretirement adjustments, must be calculated and paid by the 167.11 Teachers Retirement Association under the Minneapolis Teachers 167.12 Retirement Fund Association laws, articles of incorporation, or 167.13 bylaws that were in effect relative to the person on the date of 167.14 the person's termination of active service covered by the 167.15 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association. 167.16 (b) Retired former Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 167.17 Association members must receive postretirement adjustments 167.18 after December 31, 2004, as provided in section 11A.18. All 167.19 other benefit recipients of the former Minneapolis Teachers 167.20 Retirement Fund Association must receive postretirement 167.21 adjustments after December 31, 2004, as provided in section 167.22 356.41. 167.23 Subd. 8. [TRANSITIONAL RETIREMENT OFFICE.] The executive 167.24 director of the Teachers Retirement Association shall maintain 167.25 an office in Minneapolis until June 30, 2006, to handle the 167.26 transfer of records, to determine the service credit of active 167.27 members and recommend its conversion to allowable and formula 167.28 service credit under sections 354.05, subdivisions 13 and 25, 167.29 and 354.091, and to counsel potential retirees. The executive 167.30 director shall staff the Minneapolis office at the appropriate 167.31 level for its functions and shall locate the Minneapolis office 167.32 for the convenience of former Minneapolis Teachers Retirement 167.33 Fund Association members. 167.34 Subd. 9. [RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNFUNDED LIABILITY.] The 167.35 commissioner of finance, in consultation with the Teachers 167.36 Retirement Association, shall determine the extent of current 168.1 and future unfunded pension liability transferred to the 168.2 Teachers Retirement Association by this act. By January 15, 168.3 2005, the commissioner shall provide recommendations for 168.4 legislation to address the liability to the Legislative 168.5 Commission on Pensions and Retirement and the legislative chairs 168.6 with jurisdiction of pension issues. 168.7 Sec. 7. [354.75] [MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND 168.8 APPROPRIATION REDEDICATED.] 168.9 Subdivision 1. The amount appropriated in Laws 2003, First 168.10 Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 27, for the 168.11 financial requirements of the Minneapolis Employees Retirement 168.12 Fund under section 422A.101, subdivision 3, is annually 168.13 appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 168.14 finance for deposit in the Teachers Retirement Fund to offset 168.15 all or a portion of the current and future unfunded pension 168.16 liability of the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 168.17 Association transferred to the Teachers Retirement Association 168.18 by this act. 168.19 Subd. 2. The appropriation in subdivision 1 is available 168.20 to the extent that financial requirements of the Minneapolis 168.21 Employees Retirement Fund under section 422A.101, subdivision 3, 168.22 have been satisfied. 168.23 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 168.24 354A.12, subdivision 3b, is amended to read: 168.25 Subd. 3b. [SPECIAL DIRECT STATE MATCHING AID TO THE 168.26 MINNEAPOLIS TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION.] (a) Special 168.27 School District No. 1maymust make an additional employer 168.28 contribution to the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 168.29 Association. The city of Minneapolismaymust make a 168.30 contribution to the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 168.31 Association. This contributionmaymust be made by a levy of 168.32 the board of estimate and taxation of the city of Minneapolis 168.33 and the levy, if made, is classified as that of a special taxing 168.34 district for purposes of sections 275.065 and 276.04, and for 168.35 all other property tax purposes. 168.36 (b) For every $1,000 contributed in equal proportion by 169.1 Special School District No. 1 and by the city of Minneapolis to 169.2 the Minneapolis teachers retirement fund association under 169.3 paragraph (a), the state shall pay to the Minneapolis Teachers 169.4 Retirement Fund Association $1,000, but not to exceed $2,500,000 169.5 in total in fiscal year 1994. The superintendent of Special 169.6 School District No. 1, the mayor of the city of Minneapolis, and 169.7 the executive director of the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement 169.8 Fund Association shall jointly certify to the commissioner of 169.9 finance the total amount that has been contributed by Special 169.10 School District No. 1 and by the city of Minneapolis to the 169.11 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association. Any 169.12 certification to the commissioner of education must be made 169.13 quarterly. If the total certifications for a fiscal year exceed 169.14 the maximum annual direct state matching aid amount in any 169.15 quarter, the amount of direct state matching aid payable to the 169.16 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association must be limited 169.17 to the balance of the maximum annual direct state matching aid 169.18 amount available. The amount required under this paragraph, 169.19 subject to the maximum direct state matching aid amount, is 169.20 appropriated annually to the commissioner of finance. 169.21 (c) The commissioner of finance may prescribe the form of 169.22 the certifications required under paragraph (b). 169.23 Sec. 9. [SUCCESSOR FOR CERTAIN STATE AID AMOUNTS.] 169.24 Upon the consolidation of the Minneapolis Teachers 169.25 Retirement Fund Association, any state aid payable to the 169.26 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association under Minnesota 169.27 Statutes, sections 354A.12, subdivisions 3a and 3b, and 423A.02, 169.28 subdivision 3, becomes payable to Special School District No. 1, 169.29 Minneapolis, and may only be expended to pay the debt service on 169.30 bonds issued by the school district to defray a portion of the 169.31 unfunded accrued liability of the former Minneapolis Teachers 169.32 Retirement Fund Association, or if no bonds have been issued, 169.33 transferred to the Teachers Retirement Association in addition 169.34 to the employer contributions otherwise payable by the school 169.35 district. 169.36 Sec. 10. [REPEALER.] 170.1 Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 354A.28, is repealed. 170.2 Sec. 11. [INSTRUCTIONS TO REVISOR.] 170.3 (a) If the Revisor of Statutes can readily determine a 170.4 substitute reference for the "Minneapolis Teachers Retirement 170.5 Fund Association" in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 354A, 355, 170.6 356, 356A, and 423A, in Minnesota Statutes 2004 and subsequent 170.7 editions, the Revisor of Statutes shall substitute the 170.8 appropriate reference. 170.9 (b) For references to the "Minneapolis Teachers Retirement 170.10 Fund Association" in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 354A, 355, 170.11 356, 356A, and 423A, for which the Revisor of Statutes is unable 170.12 to readily determine a substitute reference, the Revisor of 170.13 Statutes shall prepare draft proposed legislation for 170.14 introduction during the 2005 legislative session providing 170.15 proposed substitute references. 170.16 Sec. 12. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 170.17 (a) Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are effective on January 1, 170.18 2005. 170.19 (b) Section 10 is effective on December 31, 2004. 170.20 (c) Sections 1, 8, 9, and 11 are effective on July 1, 2004. 170.21 (d) Section 7 is effective July 1, 2005.