JUDGES RETIREMENT PLAN (UJRP)

See also JUDGES

Accounting and bookkeeping

Financial and actuarial reporting practices, Minn. Statutes 2023 16A.055, 356.20, 356.215

Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.441

Accrued annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 352.01

Accumulated contributions, abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.65

Actuarial equivalent, defined, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121

Actuarial valuations

Alternative valuations, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.23

Copies, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.07

Financial reporting, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.20

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.214, 356.215

Legislature, rights, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.22

Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Present value, single life annuity, rate conversion to, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.635

Supplemental actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.23

Actuaries

Actuarial valuations, see same under this topic

Approved actuaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.214, 356.215, 490.121

Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.214

Duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.214

Administration

Expenses, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2023 352.03, 490.122

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2023 352.03

Age of retirement

Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.302

Mandatory retirement, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124, 490.125

Normal retirement age, Minn. Statutes 2023 353.01, 356.403

Annuities, see Retirement annuities under this topic

Appeals procedure, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.96

Assets

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Investment diversification, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Limitations on use, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.63

Market valuation method, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Title, holding, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Unneeded assets, certification, Minn. Statutes 2023 11A.23

Assignments, annuities, benefits, or refunds, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Attachment, annuities, benefits, or refunds, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Audits and examinations, financial reporting, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.20

Beneficiaries, payments to

Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Benefits

Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.65

Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.401

Benefit provisions summary, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.07

Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.302, 356.303

Deferred benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.30, 490.124

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.635, 356A.01

Disability benefits, see same under this topic

Eligible rollover distributions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.635

Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.401

Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.02

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Internal Revenue Code compliance, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.635

Members' nonforfeitable interest, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Payment, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001, 356.40

Present value, single life annuity, rate conversion to, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.635

Provisions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.07

Subpoena authority, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.401

Survivor benefits, see same under this topic

Suspension, retirement, or removal, rights not affected, Minn. Statutes 2023 490A.02

Termination of plan or fund, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.96

Breach of fiduciary duty

Cofiduciaries, liability, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.10

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.09

Indemnification, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.11

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.12

Buybacks

Prior service credit, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.30

Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Service credit, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.50

Certificates and certification

Economic interest statements, list of filings, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Unneeded assets, Minn. Statutes 2023 11A.23

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

Child support, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Cofiduciaries

Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.10

Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.12

Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.30

Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.302

Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.303

Compensation and salaries

Disability retirement salary, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06, 356A.08

Compulsory retirement, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Contested cases

Adverse determination of eligibility, benefits, or other rights, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.07

Appeals of benefit termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.96

Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.13

Contribution errors, correction, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Contributions to more than one public retirement plan

Age of retirement, Minn. Statutes 2023 353.01

Restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2023 354.094

Copies, plan documents, summaries, and reports, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.07

County court judges, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Court, defined, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121

Court of appeals judges, prior service credit, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.133

Coverage errors, correction, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.99

Covered employees, referendum, Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2023 355.095

Covered governmental entities, see Employers under this topic

Creditors remedies, annuities, benefits, or refunds, use prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Custodian bank accounts, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Data, access, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.49

Decedents estates, payments to, death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Dedicated funds, uses, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.63

Deferred annuities

Combined service annuities, augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.30

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Deferred compensation, see STATE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Definitions

Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Correction of coverage errors, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.99

Internal Revenue Code compliance, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.635

Loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.406

Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2023 352.01

Public pension fiduciary responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.01, 356A.06

Retirement, survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121

Dependent children, see Survivor benefits under this topic

Dependent surviving child, defined, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121

Depositories, designation, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Disability benefits

Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.302

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121

Disability retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Health insurance premiums, withholding, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.87

Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.465

Wrongful discharges, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.50

Disclosure

Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.03, 356A.06

Financial reporting, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.20

Dissolution of marriage

Division of property, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Optional annuities, revocation, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.48

Retirement benefits or rights, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.49

District court judges, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Division of plan, based on election or nonelection of Social Security coverage, Minn. Statutes 2023 355.091

Donations, authority to accept, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.631

Early retirement

Actuarial reduction, Minn. Statutes 2023 352.116

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Economic interest statements, fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Employee contributions, see Member contributions under this topic

Employees of the retirement plan, indemnification, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.11

Employer contributions, Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2023 355.095

Employers

Benefit provision summaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.07

Contributions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.50, 490.123

Dissolution, allocation of receivables, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.98

Payments by, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.551

Reports given, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.50, 356.62

Reports received, financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.20

Employing units, see Employers under this topic

Estate taxes, annuities, benefits, or refunds, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Execution (creditors remedies), annuities, benefits, or refunds, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Executive director, benefit termination or denial, appeals, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.96

Executive orders, generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.214, 356.215

Fiduciaries

Activities, generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.02

Assets, title, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Breach of conduct or duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.09 to 356A.12

Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06, 356A.08

Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.13

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.01

Direct or indirect profits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.03, 356A.06

Duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.02, 356A.04, 356A.05, 490.122

Economic interest statements, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Felony violations, documentation, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.03, 609B.177

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.01 to 356A.13

Investments, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.02, 356A.06

Prohibited transactions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.12

Standard of conduct, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.04

Financial reports

Alternative reports, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.23

Copies, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.20, 356A.07

Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.20

Former members, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.49

Full funding, established dates for, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Funds and accounts

Custodian bank accounts, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Dedicated fund, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.63

Investment, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215, 356A.06, 490.123

Judges' retirement fund, see same under this topic

Garnishment, annuities, benefits, or refunds, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Gifts and bequests, authority to accept, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.631

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 2023 356A.01

Governmental subdivisions, duties, see Employers under this topic

Information services, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.97

Insurance, public employees insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2023 43A.316, 356.87

Insurance companies law, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2023 352.16

Insurance law, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2023 352.16

Interest rates

Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.59

Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Investment of funds

Certification of available funds, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.02, 356A.06

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Investment Board, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 11A.23, 490.123

Investment expenses, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Minnesota State Retirement System, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.219

Joint and survivor annuities

Application for, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.46

Computation, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.461

Optional annuity, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Termination of survivor designation, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.408

Judge, defined, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121

Judges' retirement fund

Credits to, abandoned contributions, annuities, or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.65

Deposits to, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123, 490.124

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Lawsuits, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.12

Liability

Cofiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.10

Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215, 356.22

Life insurance death benefits, authority to accept, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.631

Mail and mailing

Benefit distribution notice, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Retirement annuities, information, completed applications, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.46

Mandatory retirement

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.125

Mandatory retirement date, defined, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121

Proportionate annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Meetings, Open Meeting Law, see OPEN MEETING LAW

Member contributions

Amount, formula, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Employers, pick up after 1982, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.62

Exception from process, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.401

Federal compensation limits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.611

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.62

Wrongful discharges, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.50

Members

Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Death caused by surviving beneficiary, loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.406

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.406, 356A.01

Marriage dissolution actions, information requirements, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.49

Payments by, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.551

Payments to, benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Proof of death, notice, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.20, 356.62, 356A.07

Military or uniformed service, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.1211

Normal retirement annuities

Amount, formula, Minn. Statutes 2023 352.115

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Retirement benefit formula percentage, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.315

Normal retirement date, defined, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121

Optional annuities

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Information summaries, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.46

Revocation, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.48

Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.465

Payments by

Administration expenses, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Allowable expenses, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.02

Health insurance premiums, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.87

Payments to, health insurance, administrative expenses, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.87

Payroll deductions, member contributions, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.01, 356A.07

Policy of state, actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.415, 490.124

Prior service credit, purchases, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.195, 356.30, 356.551

Probate judges, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Proportionate annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Public employees insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2023 43A.316, 356.87

Purpose, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Records and record keeping

Appeals of benefit termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.96

Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.02

Investments, liquidity documentation, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Refunds

Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.401

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124, 490.126

Interest rates, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.59

Repayment to

Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.30

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Individual retirement accounts, using, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.441

Interest rates, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.59

Qualified annuities, using, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.441

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.441

Reports given

Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215

Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.20, 356.23

Investment of funds, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.219

Marriage dissolution actions, pension benefits or rights, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.49

Reserves

Insufficient amounts, certification, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.30

Retirement, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Retirement annuities

Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.65

Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.401

Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.30

Completed applications, copies to spouses, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.46

Deferred annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.30, 490.124, 490.125

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121, 490.1221

Early retirement, see same under this topic

Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.401

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124, 490.126

Health insurance premiums, withholding, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.87

Joint and survivor annuities, computation, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.461

Normal retirement annuities, see same under this topic

Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.46, 490.124

Payment, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.40, 490.126

Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Qualified annuities, using for refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.441

Repayment, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.50

Service credit purchase procedures, strike periods, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.195

Simultaneous payment of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.40

Retirement dates, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121

Salary, definition, Minn. Statutes 2023 353.01

Service credit

Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.30

Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.302, 356.303

Court of appeals judges, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.133

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Military or uniformed service, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.1211

Prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.195, 356.30, 356.551

Service credit limit, Minn. Statutes 2023 352D.02, 490.121, 490.1221, 490.123, 490.124

Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.50

Spousal maintenance, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.126

Spouses, retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.46

State aid appropriation, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Statutes of limitations, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.12

Subpoenas, overpayment of benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.401

Successor organizations, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.20, 356.215

Supplemental needs trusts, optional annuity, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.465

Supreme court justices, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Surviving spouses, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.303

Survivor benefits

Beneficiaries charged or convicted of causing member's death, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.406

Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.303

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.303, 356.406, 490.121, 490.1221

Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.401

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Health insurance premiums, withholding, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.87

Overpayment of benefits, subpoenas, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.401

Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Simultaneous payment of retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.40

Termination of plan or fund, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.001

Termination of rights, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Tier I program

Employer contributions, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121

Member contributions, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Members, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.1221

Retirement annuity amounts, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Tier II program

Definition, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121

Employer contributions, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Member contributions, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Members, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.1221

Retirement annuity amounts, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.124

Service credit limit, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.121, 490.1222

Treasurer, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.215, 356.22

Vesting requirements, see Service credit under this topic

Violations and penalties

Fiduciaries, felony violations, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2023 609B.177

Prohibited transactions, Minn. Statutes 2023 356A.06

Warrants for payment of money, Minn. Statutes 2023 490.123

Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2023 356.50