HF 857

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/20/2013 03:32pm

A bill for an act
relating to public pensions; imposing an insurance surcharge; modifying pension
aids; providing pension funding; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section
69.021, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 297I.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 69.021, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 12. new text end

new text begin Surcharge aid accounts. new text end

new text begin (a) A surcharge fire pension aid account is
established in the general fund to receive amounts as provided under section 297I.07,
subdivision 3, clause (1). The commissioner shall administer the account and allocate
money in the account as follows:
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new text begin (1) 17.342 percent as supplemental state pension funding paid to the executive
director of the Public Employees Retirement Association for deposit in the public
employees police and fire retirement fund established by section 353.65, subdivision 1;
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new text begin (2) 8.658 percent to municipalities employing firefighters with retirement coverage
by the public employees police and fire retirement plan, allocated in proportion to
the relationship that the preceding June 30 number of firefighters employed by each
municipality who have public employees police and fire retirement plan coverage bears
to the total preceding June 30 number of municipal firefighters covered by the public
employees police and fire retirement plan; and
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new text begin (3) 74 percent for municipalities other than the municipalities receiving a
disbursement under clause (2) which qualified to receive fire state aid in that calendar year,
allocated in proportion to the most recent amount of fire state aid paid under subdivision 7
for the municipality bears to the most recent total fire state aid for all municipalities other
than the municipalities receiving a disbursement under clause (2) paid under subdivision
7, with the allocated amount for fire departments participating in the voluntary statewide
lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan paid to the executive director of the Public
Employees Retirement Association for deposit in the fund established by section 353G.02,
subdivision 3, and credited to the respective account and with the balance paid to the
treasurer of each municipality for transmittal within 30 days of receipt to the treasurer of
the applicable volunteer firefighter relief association for deposit in its special fund.
new text end

new text begin (b) A surcharge police pension aid account is established in the general fund
to receive amounts as provided by section 297I.07, subdivision 3, clause (2). The
commissioner shall administer the account and allocate money in the account as follows:
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new text begin (1) one-third to be distributed as police state aid as provided under subdivision 7a; and
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new text begin (2) two-thirds to be apportioned, on the basis of the number of active police officers
certified for police state aid receipt under section 69.011, subdivisions 2 and 2b, between:
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new text begin (i) the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association for
deposit as a supplemental state pension funding aid in the public employees police and fire
retirement fund established by section 353.65, subdivision 1; and
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new text begin (ii) the executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System for deposit as a
supplemental state pension funding aid in the state patrol retirement fund.
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new text begin (c) On or before September 1, annually, the executive director of the Public
Employees Retirement Association shall report to the commissioner the following:
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new text begin (1) the municipalities which employ firefighters with retirement coverage by the
public employees police and fire retirement plan;
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new text begin (2) the number of firefighters with public employees police and fire retirement plan
employed by each municipality;
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new text begin (3) the fire departments covered by the voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer
firefighter retirement plan; and
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new text begin (4) any other information requested by the commissioner to administer the surcharge
fire pension aid account.
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new text begin (d) For this subdivision, (i) the number of firefighters employed by a municipality
who have public employees police and fire retirement plan coverage means the number
of firefighters with public employees police and fire retirement plan coverage that were
employed by the municipality for not less than 30 hours per week for a minimum of six
months prior to December 31 preceding the date of the payment under this section and, if
the person was employed for less than the full year, prorated to the number of full months
employed; and, (ii) the number of active police officers certified for police state aid receipt
under section 69.011, subdivisions 2 and 2b means, for each municipality, the number of
police officers meeting the definition of peace officer in section 69.011, subdivision 1,
counted as provided and limited by section 69.011, subdivisions 2 and 2b.
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new text begin (e) The payments under this section shall be made on October 1 each year, based
on the amount in the surcharge fire pension aid account and the amount in the surcharge
police pension aid account on the preceding June 30, with interest at 1 percent for each
month, or portion of a month, that the amount remains unpaid after October 1. The
amounts necessary to make the payments under this subdivision are annually appropriated
to the commissioner from the surcharge fire and police pension aid accounts. Any
necessary adjustments shall be made to subsequent payments.
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new text begin (f) The provisions of this chapter that prevent municipalities and relief associations
from being eligible for, or receiving state aid under this chapter until the applicable
financial reporting requirements have been complied with, apply to the amounts payable
to municipalities and relief associations under this subdivision.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective beginning in the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2013.
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Sec. 2.

new text begin [297I.07] SURCHARGE ON HOMEOWNERS AND AUTO POLICIES.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Surcharge on policies. new text end

new text begin (a) Each licensed insurer engaged in writing
insurance shall collect a surcharge equal to $5 per calendar year for each policy issued
or renewed during that calendar year for:
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new text begin (1) homeowners insurance authorized in section 60A.06, subdivision 1, clause
(1)(c); and
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new text begin (2) automobile insurance as defined in section 65B.14, subdivision 2.
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new text begin (b) The surcharge amount collected under this subdivision must not be considered
premium for any other purpose. The surcharge amount must be separately stated on either a
billing or policy declaration or document containing similar information sent to an insured.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Collection and administration. new text end

new text begin The commissioner shall administer the
surcharge imposed by this section in the same manner as the taxes imposed by this chapter.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Deposit of revenues. new text end

new text begin The commissioner shall deposit revenues from the
surcharge under this section as follows:
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new text begin (1) amounts from the surcharge imposed under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause
(1), in a surcharge fire pension aid account in the general fund; and
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new text begin (2) amounts from the surcharge imposed under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause
(2), in a surcharge police pension aid account in the general fund.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Surcharge termination. new text end

new text begin The surcharge imposed under subdivision
1 ends on the December 31 next following the actuarial valuation date on which the
assets of the retirement plan on a market value equals or exceeds 90 percent of the total
actuarial accrued liabilities of the retirement plan as disclosed in an actuarial valuation
prepared under section 356.215 and the Standards for Actuarial Work promulgated by the
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, for the State Patrol retirement plan
or the public employees police and fire retirement plan, whichever occurs last.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for policies issued after June 30, 2013.
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