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2012 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)
DULUTH TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION (DTRFA)
See also SAINT PAUL TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION (STPTRFA); TEACHERS
Accounting and bookkeeping
Financial and actuarial reporting practices, Minn. Statutes 2012 16A.055, 16A.106, 356.20, 356.215
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.441
Accumulated contributions, abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.65
Accumulated deductions, see Refunds under this topic
Actuarial valuations
Alternative valuations, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.23
Copies, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.07
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 356.215
Early retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Employee or employer contributions, changes in, Minn. Statutes 2012 16A.106, 353.27
Financial reporting, Minn. Statutes 2012 16A.106, 356.20
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.214, 356.215
Legislature, rights, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.22
Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32, 354A.33
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2012 16A.106, 354A.021, 356.215
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.41
Supplemental actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.23
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35
Actuaries
Actuarial valuations, see same under this topic
Approved actuaries, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 356.214, 356.215
Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021, 356.214
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021, 356.214
Administration
Coordinated program, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.41
Expenses, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.215
Proposed legislation, Minn. Statutes 2012 356B.05
Age of retirement
Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.302
Coordinated members, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Early retirement, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Mandatory retirement, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.21
Normal retirement age, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.01, 354A.011, 356.403, 356.82
Proportionate retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.32
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35
Annuities
Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.65
Assignment, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Automatic deposits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.401
Bounce back annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32
Creditors remedies, use, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Deferred annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35, 354A.37, 356.30
Early retirement, see same under this topic
Estate taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.401
Generally, see Retirement annuities under this topic
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32, 354A.35, 356.46
Normal retirement annuities, see Retirement annuities under this topic
Optional annuities, see same under this topic
Payment, date, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.40
Proportionate retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.62
Qualified annuities, using for refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.441
Reduced retirement annuities, see Early retirement under this topic
Repayment, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.50
Service credit purchase procedures, strike periods, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.195
Appropriations to, withholding, investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.219
Approvals by, disability benefit payments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.36
Articles of incorporation
Amendments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Defined as plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.01
Updating of, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Assets
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.215
Investment diversification, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Limitations on use, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.63
Market valuation method, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.215
Title, holding, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Assignments, annuities or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Attachment, annuities or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Audits and examinations
Evidence of wrongdoing, reports, Minn. Statutes 2012 6.67
First class cities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Reporting, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.20
Beneficiaries
Data, classification, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2012 13.632
Designation, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Payments to
Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Guaranteed refund annuity, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32
Optional annuities, lump sum payments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.34
Postretirement adjustments, unpaid amounts, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.42
Reemployment earnings limitation, excess amounts, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.47
Refunds after death, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35
Rollover election, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.47
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35
Benefits
Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.65
Assignment, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Automatic deposits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.401
Benefit provisions summary, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.07
Creditors remedies, use, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 356A.01
Disability benefits, see same under this topic
Eligible rollover distributions, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.635
Estate taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.401
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.02
Internal Revenue Code compliance, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.635
Maximum benefit limitations, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.611
Members' nonforfeitable interest, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Overpayment, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Payment, date, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.40
Subpoena authority, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.401
Survivor benefits, see same under this topic
Termination of plan or fund, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Board of trustees
Designation by, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Determination by, postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.27
Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Members
Defined as fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.02
Fiduciaries, see same under this topic
Open meetings, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.08
Bounce back annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32
Breach of fiduciary duty
Cofiduciaries, liability, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.10
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.09
Indemnification, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.11
Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.12
Buybacks
Prior service credit, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.30
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.38
Service credit, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.50
Service credit purchase procedures, strike periods, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.195
Bylaws, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021, 354A.12, 356A.01
Certificates and certification
Economic interest statements, list of filings, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Payroll deductions, shortages, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Timing of reports, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.219
Certifying to
Leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095, 354A.096
Optional annuity beneficiaries, death, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32
Chief administrative officer
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.01, 356A.02
Fiduciaries, see same under this topic
Prior service credit purchases, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.551
Child support, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Cofiduciaries
Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.10
Liability, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.10
Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.12
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.30
Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.302
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.303
Compensation and salaries
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 354A.31
Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06, 356A.08
Contested cases, adverse determination of eligibility, benefits, or other rights, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.07
Continuing education, fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.13
Contracts, actuarial services, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Contribution or deduction errors, correction, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Contributions to more than one public retirement plan
Exclusion by other plans, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.01
Restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2012 354.094, 354A.091
Coordinated members
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.42
Reemployment following termination, improved benefits, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Coordinated program
Administration, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.41
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Establishment, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.24
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31 to 354A.41
Retirement annuities, see same under this topic
Copies, plan documents, summaries, and reports, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.07
Coverage by more than one system, see Portability with other retirement plans under this topic
Coverage errors, correction, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.99
Covered employees, referendum, Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2012 355.095
Creditors remedies, annuities or benefits, use, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Custodian bank accounts, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Data
Access, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.49
Classification, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2012 13.632
Decedents estates, payments to, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.34, 354A.35, 356.42, 356.47
Dedicated fund, uses, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.63
Deferred annuities
Augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.37, 356.30
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.37
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35
Deferred compensation, see STATE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Definitions
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.215
Correction of coverage errors, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.99
Loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.406
Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.01
Public pension fiduciary responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.01, 356A.02, 356A.06
Social Security law, Minn. Statutes 2012 355.01
Teachers retirement, Saint Paul and Duluth, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 354A.021
Dependent children
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Survivor benefits, see same under this topic
Depositories, designation, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Disability benefits
Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.302
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.36
Medical leave, payment during, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.096
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.27, 356.42
Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.465
Wrongful discharges, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.50
Disclosure
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.215
Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.03, 356A.06
Financial reporting requirements, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.20
Dissolution of marriage
Division of property, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Retirement benefits or rights, information regarding, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.49
Early retirement
Actuarial reduction, Minn. Statutes 2012 352.116
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.30
Coverage by more than one plan, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.71
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.30
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Economic interest statements, fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Employee contributions, see Member contributions under this topic
Employees of the retirement plan
Defined as teachers, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Indemnification, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.11
Employer contributions
Adequacy, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2012 16A.106
Changes in, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.27
Erroneous contributions, adjustments for, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Extended leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.091
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Maternity leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095
Medical leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.096
Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2012 355.095
Members receiving temporary workers' compensation payments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.108
Military or uniformed service credit purchase, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.093
Parental/parenting leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095
Part-time teachers, Minn. Statutes 2012 122A.47, 354A.094
Rate changes, school aid adjustments due to, Minn. Statutes 2012 127A.50
Sabbatical leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.092
Wrongful discharges, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.50
Employers
Benefit provision summaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.07
Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095, 354A.096
Contributions, see Employer contributions under this topic
Dissolution, allocation of receivables, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.98
Payments by, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.551
Payroll deductions, remittance, shortages, liability, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Reporting violations, fees and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Reports given, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12, 354A.31, 356.50, 356.62
Reports received, financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.20
Employing units, see Employers under this topic
Established, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Estate taxes, annuities or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Exclusions from coverage, members of other teacher retirement plans, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Execution (creditors remedies), annuities or benefits, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021, 356.214, 356.215
Extended leaves of absence
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.091
Higher education supplemental retirement plan members, Minn. Statutes 2012 136F.43
Fiduciaries
Activities, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.02
Assets, title, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Breach of conduct or duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.09 to 356A.12
Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06, 356A.08
Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.13
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.01
Direct or indirect profits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.03, 356A.06
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021, 356A.02, 356A.04, 356A.05
Economic interest statements, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Felony violations, documentation, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.03, 609B.177
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.01 to 356A.13
Investment of funds, see same under this topic
Prohibited transactions, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.12
Standard of conduct, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.04
Filing with
Beneficiaries, designation form, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Disability benefit applications, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.36
Part-time teaching agreements, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.094
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.42
Refund applications, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.37
Retirement annuity applications, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31, 356.32
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35
Financial reports
Alternative reports, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.23
Copies, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.20, 356A.07
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.20
Fines, members' data reports, violations, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Former members
Marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.49
Reemployment following termination, improved benefits, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Forms
Beneficiaries, designation, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Postretirement adjustments, optional payment schedule, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.42
Proportionate retirement annuities, applications, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.32
Reemployment earnings limitation, excess amounts, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.47
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35
Full funding, established dates for, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.215
Funds and accounts
Custodian bank accounts, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Dedicated fund, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.63
Retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021, 354A.09, 356.65
Tax sheltered annuity fund, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Garnishment, annuities or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Governing board of a pension plan, see Board of trustees under this topic
Governing body rules and policies, defined as plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.01
Governmental subdivisions, see Employers under this topic
Grievance awards, exclusion from salary, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Heirs, payments to, refunds after death, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35
Insurance, public employees program, Minn. Statutes 2012 43A.316, 356.87
Interest rates
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.215
Deferred annuities augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.37
Forfeited service, refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.44
Medical leave, contributions, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.096
Military or uniformed service credit purchase, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.093
Payroll deductions, shortages, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Reemployment earnings limitation, excess amounts, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.47
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.38
Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35, 354A.37
Investment of funds
Authorized investments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.08, 356.64, 356A.06
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.02, 356A.06
Policy statement, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.219
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.219
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Joint and survivor annuities
Bounce back annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32
Establishment, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32
Mandatory, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.46
Survivor benefits, modification, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35
Lawsuits, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.12
Leaves of absence
Extended leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 136F.43, 354A.091
Maternity leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095
Medical leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.096
Military or uniformed service, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.093
Parental/parenting leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095
Sabbatical leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 354A.092
Legal settlements, exclusion from salary, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Legislative proposals, Minn. Statutes 2012 356B.05
Liability
Cofiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.10
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.01
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.215, 356.22
Limitation year, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.611
Loans, authorized real estate investments, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.64
Lump sum payments, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.47
Mail and mailing
Benefit distribution notice, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Retirement annuities, information, completed applications, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.46
Mandatory retirement, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.21
Maternity leave, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095
Medical leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.096
Meetings
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Open Meeting Law, see OPEN MEETING LAW
Member contributions
Adequacy, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2012 16A.106
Changes in|, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.27
Employers, pick up after 1982, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.62
Erroneous contributions, adjustments for, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Extended leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.091
Federal compensation limits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.611
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Maternity leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095
Medical leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.096
Members receiving temporary workers' compensation payments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.108
Military or uniformed service credit purchase, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.093
Parental/parenting leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095
Part-time teachers, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.094
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2012 16A.106, 356.62
Sabbatical leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.092
Wrongful discharges, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.50
Members
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.27, 356.215
Age and identity, proof, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Coordinated members, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 354A.31, 356.42
Data, reports, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Death caused by surviving beneficiary, loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.406
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.406
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.05
Employment condition, Minn. Statutes 2012 354B.22
Exclusion by other plans, Minn. Statutes 2012 352.01, 353.01, 354.41, 354A.011
Exclusions from coverage, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Marriage dissolution actions, information requirements, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.49
Payments by, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.551
Payments to, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Proof of death, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.20, 356.47, 356.62, 356A.07
Representatives of, application for annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Substitute teachers, members acting as, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.094
Military or uniformed service leave of absence, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.093
Municipal charter provisions, defined as plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.01
Municipal ordinance provisions, defined as plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.01
Normal retirement annuities, see Retirement annuities under this topic
Optional annuities
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.46
Disability benefits, see same under this topic
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32
Information summaries, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.46
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32, 354A.35, 356.46
Lump sum payments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.34
Social Security leveling adjustment option, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.33
Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.465
Organization and governance, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Parental/parenting leave, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095
Part-time teachers
Employee and employer contributions, Minn. Statutes 2012 122A.47
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.094
Payments by
Allowable expenses, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Audit and examination costs, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.02
Payments to, health insurance, administrative expenses, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.87
Payroll deductions, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Plan documents
Copies to members, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.07
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.01
Portability with other retirement plans
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.39
Legislators retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2012 3A.12
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2012 352.72
Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.71
Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2012 354.60
Unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2012 352D.12
Postretirement adjustments
Board of trustees, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.27
Calculation, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.27
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.27, 356.42
Lump-sum payments, conversion to monthly annuity, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.431
Optional payment schedule, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.42
Payment, amount, time, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.27, 356.42
Refusal to accept, notice, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.42
Postretirement income, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Prior service contributions, transfer to unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2012 352D.12
Prior service credit
Purchases
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.551
Maternity leave, see same under this topic
Military or uniformed service, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.093
Reserves requirements, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.30
Technical colleges faculty, transfer of coverage, effect, Minn. Statutes 2012 354B.21
Proportionate retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.32
Public employees insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2012 43A.316, 356.87
Purpose, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Real property, authority to accept or invest in, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.08
Recommendations by, proposed legislation, Minn. Statutes 2012 356B.05
Records and record keeping
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.02
Investments, liquidity documentation, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.06
Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32, 354A.33
Reemployment earnings limitation, excess amounts, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.47
Reduced retirement annuity, see Early retirement under this topic
Reemployment earnings limitation, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31, 356.47
Refunds
Automatic deposits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.401
Deferred annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35, 354A.37, 356.30
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35, 354A.37
Guaranteed refund annuity, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32
Repayment to
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.30
Forfeited service credit, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.44
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.38
Individual retirement accounts, using, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.441
Legislators retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2012 3A.12
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2012 352.72
Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.71
Qualified annuities, using, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.441
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.441
Service credit, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.37
Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2012 354.50
Unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2012 352D.12
Service credit termination, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.38
Reports given
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.27, 354A.021, 356.215
Articles of incorporation, proposed amendments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Bylaws, proposed amendments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021, 356.215
Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.20, 356.23
Investment of funds, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.219
Marriage dissolution actions, pension benefits or rights, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.49
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.42
Reemployment earnings limitation, excess amounts, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.47
State auditor, duties, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.219
Timing of reports, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.219
Reserves, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.30
Retirees
Resumption of teaching, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Substitute teachers, employment as, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.21
Technical college system retirees, reemployment earnings limitation, exception, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Retirement annuities
Age, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 354A.31
Benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354.44
Completed applications, copies to spouses, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.46
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 354A.31, 356.46
Early retirement, see same under this topic
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.401
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
MSRS, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 352.115
Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.46
PERA, termination of membership, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.29
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.27, 356.42
Proportionate retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.21, 356.32
Reemployment earnings limitation, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31, 356.47
Retirement benefit formula percentage, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31, 356.315
Rollover election, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.47
Simultaneous payment of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.40
Retirement fund
Creation, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Credits to, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.65
Deposits to, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Disbursements from, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021, 354A.09
Retirement plan alternatives, technical colleges faculty, Minn. Statutes 2012 354B.21
Rule of 90, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2012 353.30, 354A.31
Sabbatical leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 354A.092
Salary, see Compensation and salaries under this topic
Service credit
Average salary calculations and, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.30
Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.302, 356.303
Coordinated members, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 354A.31
Disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.36
Early retirement, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Extended leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.091
Forfeited service, refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.44
Maternity leave, generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095
Medical leave, restriction, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.096
Members receiving temporary workers' compensation payments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.108
Military or uniformed service, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.093
Parental or family leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.095
Part-time teachers, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.094
Proportionate retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.32
Purchase procedures, strike periods, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.195
Restored service credit, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.44
Sabbatical leave, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.092
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35
Technical college system retirees, reemployment, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Termination, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.38
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.50
Social Security
Benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 355.01 to 355.03
Leveling adjustment option, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.33
Spousal maintenance, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.11
Spouses
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Notarized signatures, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.31
Retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.46
Surviving spouses, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.303
Survivor benefits, see same under this topic
State aid
Special direct state aid, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Termination, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Withholding, investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.219
Statutes of limitations, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2012 356A.12
Subpoenas, overpayment of benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.401
Substitute teachers
Extended leaves of absence, teaching during, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.091
Part-time teachers, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.094
Retirees, employment as, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.21
Successor organizations, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.20, 356.215
Supplemental needs trusts, optional annuity, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.465
Surviving child
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.303
Survivor benefits, see same under this topic
Surviving spouses
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.303
Payments to, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.42, 356.47
Survivor benefits
Beneficiaries charged or convicted of causing member's death, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.406
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.303
Deferred annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35, 354A.37, 356.30
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.303, 356.406
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.401
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.35
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.32, 354A.35, 356.46
Overpayment of benefits, subpoenas, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.401
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.27, 356.42
Simultaneous payment of retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.40
Survivors
Data, classification, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2012 13.632
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.406
Survivor benefits, see same under this topic
Tax sheltered annuity program and fund, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Teachers, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011, 355.01
Termination of plan or fund, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.001
Termination of teaching service
Extended leaves of absence, effect, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.091
Proportionate retirement annuity, entitlement, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.21
Refunds, see same under this topic
Trust, establishment as, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.021
Trustees, see Board of trustees under this topic
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.215, 356.22
Vesting requirements
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.011
Part-time teachers, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.094
Portability with other retirement plans, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.39
Service credit, see same under this topic
Violations and penalties
Employers, reporting violations, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Fiduciaries, felony violations, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2012 609B.177
Investment reporting, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.219
Members' data reports, violations, Minn. Statutes 2012 354A.12
Waivers, state aid or appropriations, withholding for investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.219
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2012 356.50