JUDGES RETIREMENT PLAN (UJRP)

See also JUDGES

Accounting and bookkeeping

Financial and actuarial reporting practices, Minn. Statutes 2008 16A.055, 356.20, 356.215

Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.441

Accrued annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.01

Accumulated contributions, abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.65

Actuarial equivalent, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121

Actuarial valuations

Alternative valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.23

Copies, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07

Employee/employer contributions, changes in, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.27

Financial reporting, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.214, 356.215

Legislature, rights, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.22

Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Supplemental actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.23

Actuaries

Actuarial valuations, see same under this topic

Approved actuaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.214, 356.215, 490.121

Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.214

Duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.214

Administration

Expenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.03, 490.122

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.03

Age of retirement

Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.302

Mandatory retirement, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124, 490.125

Normal retirement age, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.01, 354A.011, 356.403

Annuities, see Retirement annuities under this topic

Appeals procedure, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.96

Appropriations to, withholding

Investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219

Assets

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Investment diversification, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Limitations on use, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.63

Market valuation method, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Title, holding, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Transfers, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Unneeded assets, certification, Minn. Statutes 2008 11A.23

Assignments, annuities, benefits, or refunds, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Attachment, annuities, benefits, or refunds

Exemption, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Audits and examinations, financial reporting, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20

Beneficiaries, payments to

Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Benefits

Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.65

Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401

Benefit provisions summary, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07

Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.302, 356.303

Deferred benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30, 490.124

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.01

Disability benefits, see same under this topic

Eligible rollover distributions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.635

Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401

Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Internal Revenue Code compliance, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.635

Maximum benefit limitations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.611

Members' nonforfeitable interest, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Payment, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001, 356.40

Provisions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07

Survivor benefits, see same under this topic

Suspension, retirement, or removal, rights not affected, Minn. Statutes 2008 490A.02

Termination of plan or fund, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.96

Breach of fiduciary duty

Cofiduciaries, liability, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.10

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.09

Indemnification, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.11

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.12

Buybacks

Prior service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30, 356.95

Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Service credit, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50

Certificates and certification

Economic interest statements, list of filings, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Unneeded assets, Minn. Statutes 2008 11A.23

Chief administrative officer, duties, see Executive director under MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (MSRS)

Child support, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Cofiduciaries

Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.10

Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.12

Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30

Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.302

Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.303

Compensation and salaries

Disability retirement salary, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06, 356A.08

Compulsory retirement, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Contested cases

Adverse determination of eligibility, benefits, or other rights, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07

Appeals of benefit termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.96

Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.13

Contributions to more than one public retirement plan

Age of retirement, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.01

Restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2008 354.094

Copies, plan documents, summaries, and reports, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07

County court judges, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Court, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121

Court of Appeals judges, prior service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.133

Covered employees, referendum, Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2008 355.095

Covered governmental entities, see Employers under this topic

Creditors remedies, annuities, benefits, or refunds

Use prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Custodian bank accounts, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Data, access, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.49

Decedents estates, payments to, death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Dedicated funds, uses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.63

Deferred annuities

Combined service annuities, augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Deferred compensation, see STATE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Definitions

Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.406

Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.01

Public pension fiduciary responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.01, 356A.06

Retirement, survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121

Dependent children, see Survivor benefits under this topic

Dependent surviving child, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121

Depositories, designation, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Disability benefits

Adjustments, certain recipients, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.41

Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.302

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121

Disability retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Health insurance premiums, withholding, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.87

Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.465

Wrongful discharges, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50

Disclosure

Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.03, 356A.06

Financial reporting, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20

Dissolution of marriage

Division of property, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Retirement benefits or rights, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.49

District court judges, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Division of plan, based on election or nonelection of Social Security coverage, Minn. Statutes 2008 355.091

Early retirement

Actuarial reduction, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.116

Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.30

Combined service, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.71

Coordinated benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 354A.31

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.30

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Incentive, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.351

Economic interest statements, fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Employee contributions, see Member contributions under this topic

Employees of the retirement plan, indemnification, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.11

Employer contributions, Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2008 355.095

Employers

Benefit provision summaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07

Contributions, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.27, 356.50, 490.123

Dissolution, allocation of receivables, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.98

Payments by, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.551

Reports given, employee contribution pick ups, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.62

Reports given, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50

Reports received, financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20

Employing units, see Employers under this topic

Estate taxes, annuities, benefits, or refunds, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Execution (creditors remedies), annuities, benefits, or refunds, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Executive director, benefit termination or denial, appeals, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.96

Executive orders, generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.214, 356.215

Fiduciaries

Activities, generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02

Assets, title, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Breach of conduct or duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.09 to 356A.12

Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06, 356A.08

Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.13

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.01

Direct or indirect profits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.03, 356A.06

Duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02, 356A.04, 356A.05, 490.122

Economic interest statements, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Felony violations, documentation, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.03, 609B.177

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.01 to 356A.13

Investments, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02, 356A.06

Prohibited transactions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.12

Standard of conduct, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.04

Financial reports

Alternative reports, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.23

Copies, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20, 356A.07

Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20

Former members, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.49

Full funding, established dates for, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Funds and accounts

Custodian bank accounts, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Dedicated fund, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.63

Investment, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215, 356.219, 356A.06, 490.123

Judges' retirement fund, see same under this topic

Garnishment, annuities, benefits, or refunds, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Governing board of a pension plan, see Board of directors under MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (MSRS)

Governing body rules and policies

Defined as plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.01

Governmental subdivisions, duties, see Employers under this topic

Insurance, public employees insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2008 43A.316, 356.87

Insurance companies law, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.16

Insurance law, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.16

Interest rates

Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Forfeited service, refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.44

Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Investment of funds

Certification of available funds, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02, 356A.06

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Investment Board, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Investment expenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Minnesota State Retirement System, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Policy statement, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219

Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46, 490.124

Judge, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121

Judges' retirement fund

Credits to, abandoned contributions, annuities, or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.65

Deposits to, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123, 490.124

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Lawsuits, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.12

Liability

Cofiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.10

Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215, 356.22

Mail and mailing

Benefit distribution notice, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Retirement annuities, information, completed applications, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46

Mandatory retirement

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.125

Mandatory retirement date, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121

Proportionate annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Meetings, Open Meeting Law, see OPEN MEETING LAW

Member contributions

Amount, formula, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Changes in, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.27

Employers, pick up after 1982, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.62

Exception from process, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401

Federal compensation limits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.611

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.62

Wrongful discharges, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50

Members

Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Death caused by surviving beneficiary, loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.406

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.406, 356A.01

Marriage dissolution actions, information requirements, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.49

Payments by, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.551

Payments to, benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Proof of death, notice, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20, 356.62, 356A.07

Military or uniformed service, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.1211

Normal retirement annuities

Amount, formula, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.115

Benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 354.44

Coordinated benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 354A.31

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

PERA, termination of membership, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.29

Normal retirement date, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121

Notice given

Benefit distribution, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Investment restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Optional annuities

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Information summaries, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46

Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.465

Payments by

Administration expenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Allowable expenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02

Health insurance premiums, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.87

Payments to, health insurance, administrative expenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.87

Payroll deductions, member contributions, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.01, 356A.07

Policy of state, actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Prior service credit, purchases, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.195, 356.30, 356.551, 356.95

Probate judges, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Proportionate annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Public employees insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2008 43A.316, 356.87

Purpose, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Records and record keeping

Appeals of benefit termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.96

Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02

Investments, liquidity documentation, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Refunds

Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124, 490.126

Repayment to

Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30

Forfeited service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.44

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Individual retirement accounts, using, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.441

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.71

Qualified annuities, using, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.441

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.441

Reports given

Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215

Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20, 356.23

Investment of funds, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219

Marriage dissolution actions, pension benefits or rights, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.49

State auditor, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219

Reserves

Insufficient amounts, certification, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30

Retirement

Application for, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Compulsory retirement, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Executive orders, filing, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Retirement annuities

Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.65

Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401

Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30

Completed applications, copies to spouses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46

Deferred annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30, 490.124, 490.125

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121

Early retirement, see same under this topic

Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124, 490.126

Health insurance premiums, withholding, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.87

Normal retirement annuities, see same under this topic

Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46, 490.124

Payment, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.40, 490.126

Qualified annuities, using for refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.441

Repayment, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50

Service credit purchase procedures, strike periods, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.195

Simultaneous payment of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.40

Retirement dates, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121

Rule of 90, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.30

Service credit

Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30

Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.302, 356.303

Court of Appeals judges, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.133

Forfeited service, refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.44

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Military or uniformed service, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.1211

Prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.195, 356.30, 356.551

Restored service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.44

Service credit limit, Minn. Statutes 2008 352D.02, 490.121, 490.123, 490.124

Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50

Spousal maintenance, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126

Spouses, retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46

State aid, withholding

Investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219

Statutes of limitations, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.12

Successor organizations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20, 356.215

Supplemental needs trusts, optional annuity, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.465

Supreme Court justices, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Surviving spouses, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.303

Survivor benefits

Adjustments, certain recipients, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.41

Beneficiaries charged or convicted of causing member's death, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.406

Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.303

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.303, 356.406, 490.121

Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Health insurance premiums, withholding, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.87

Simultaneous payment of retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.40

Termination of plan or fund, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001

Termination of rights, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124

Transfer of assets to postretirement investment fund, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Treasurer, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215, 356.22

Vesting requirements, see Service credit under this topic

Violations and penalties

Fiduciaries, felony violations, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2008 609B.177

Investment reporting, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219

Prohibited transactions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06

Waivers, state aid or appropriations, withholding for investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219

Warrants for payment of money, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123

Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50