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2010 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION (PERA)
See also PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Access to data, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.49
Accounting and bookkeeping
Executive director, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Financial and actuarial reporting practices, Minn. Statutes 2010 16A.055, 356.20, 356.215
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.441
Accumulated contributions, abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.65
Actuarial valuations
Alternative valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.23
Copies, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Early retirement, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Employee/employer contributions, changes in, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Financial reporting requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.20
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.214, 356.215
Legislature, rights, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.22
Mortality table, adoption, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 353.30
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 356.215
Supplemental actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.23
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32
Actuaries
Actuarial valuations, see same under this topic
Approved actuaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 356.214, 356.215
Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 356.214
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 356.214
Reports given, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.09
Administration, generally
Costs, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 356.215
Executive director, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Local government correctional service retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 353E.01
Proposed legislation, Minn. Statutes 2010 356B.05
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Administration building, acquisition and construction, Minn. Statutes 2010 356B.10
Administration of retirement plans
Local relief association benefit plans, Minn. Statutes 2010 353B.04
Local relief association consolidation, transfer of duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.07
MERF Division, formally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Public employees defined contribution plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 353D.01
Administrative services, consolidation with other pension plans, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 356B.10
Age of retirement
Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.302
Disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Early retirement, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32
Normal retirement age, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 354A.011, 356.403, 356.82
Proportionate retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.32
Reemployed annuitants, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.37
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31
Allowable service, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353F.02
Amortization state aid, additional, Minn. Statutes 2010 423A.02
Annuities
Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.65
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Automatic increases, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Bounce back annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Combined payments authorized, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.405
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.30
Deductions, voluntary membership dues, labor organizations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.91
Deferred annuities, see same under this topic
Early retirement, see same under this topic
Elected public officers, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.37
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.46
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.15
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.30 to 353.32, 356.46
Normal retirement annuities, see same under this topic
Optional annuities, see same under this topic
Particular members, special provisions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.46
Payment, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 353.15, 356.40
Pre-1962 retirees, supplemental payments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.83
Proportionate retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.32
Qualified annuities, using for refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.441
Receipts, payees' duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Reduced payments, monthly payments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Repayment, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Suspended payments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.37
Appeals procedure, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.96
Appropriations to, withholding
Investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Approvals by, disability benefit payments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353B.08
Assessments by
Public employees defined contribution plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 353D.05
Assets
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Investment diversification, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Limitations on use, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.63
Market valuation method, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Title, holding, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Title to, MERF Division, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Unneeded assets, certification, Minn. Statutes 2010 11A.23
Assignments, annuities or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.15
Attachment, annuities or benefits, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.15
Attorney general, counsel for, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.08
Audits and examinations
Costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.16
Legislative auditor, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.16
Payroll records, field audits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.16, 356.20
Basic members
Disability benefits, see same under this topic
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.42
Beneficiaries
Data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2010 13.63
Payments to
Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Disability benefits, accrued amounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Normal retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Postretirement adjustments, unpaid amounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.42
Pre-1962 retirees, supplemental payments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.83
Reemployment earnings limitation, excess amounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.47
Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32
Rollover election, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.47
Benefits
Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.65
Armed forces members, active service, Minn. Statutes 2010 43A.183
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Benefit provisions summary, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Combined payments authorized, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.405
Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.302, 356.303
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 356A.01
Disability benefits, see same under this topic
Eligible rollover distributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.635
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.15
Increases, automatic, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30, 353.84
Internal Revenue Code compliance, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.635
Liability for, MERF Division, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Maximum benefit limitations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.611
Members' nonforfeitable interest, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Other public retirement funds, benefits from, effect, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.14
Payment, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 353.15, 356.40
Receipts, payees' duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Reduced monthly payments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Subpoena authority, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Survivor benefits, see same under this topic
Termination of plan or fund, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.96
Board of trustees
Appeals to, Minn. Statutes 2010 353B.08
Designation by, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Duties and powers, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 353.19, 353A.07
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Members
Defined as fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02
Exclusive representatives, public employees' unions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.017
Fiduciaries, see same under this topic
Sheriffs' association members, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.64
Open meetings, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.08
Bonds (officers and fiduciaries), Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Bounce back annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Breach of fiduciary duty
Cofiduciaries, liability, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.10
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.09
Indemnification, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.11
Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.12
Budgets, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Buybacks
Leaves of absence, authorized, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.0161
Local relief associations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.10
Omitted deductions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Prior service credit, see same under this topic
Reduced salary periods, salary credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.0162
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.35
Service credit, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Striking members, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Bylaws
Adoption, modification, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Defined as plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01
Certificates and certification
Economic interest statements, list of filings, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Employer contributions, amounts due, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.28
Funds for investment, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.06
Local relief association consolidation accounts, municipal contributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.09, 353A.10
Social Security, deficiency appropriations, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.03
State aid, offset to employer contribution rate increase, Minn. Statutes 2010 273.1385
Unneeded assets, Minn. Statutes 2010 11A.23
Certifying to
Disability benefit applicants, employment status, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Exclusion reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Local government correctional service employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353E.02
Local relief association consolidation, accuracy of data, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.06
Optional annuity beneficiaries, death, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Chief administrative officer, duties, see Executive director under this topic
Child support, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.15
City managers, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.028
Claims against, local relief association consolidation
Breach of fiduciary duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.07
Cofiduciaries
Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.10
Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.12
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 356.30
Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.302
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.303
Compensation and salaries
Armed forces members, active service, salary differential, Minn. Statutes 2010 43A.183
Covered salary, limitation, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.017
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.29
Directors, trustees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06, 356A.08
Minimum monthly salary, included members, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Confidential secretary, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Consolidation, local relief associations
Firefighters, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.01 to 353A.08, 353A.10
Police, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.01 to 353A.08, 353A.10
Contested cases
Adverse determination of eligibility, benefits, or other rights, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Appeals of benefit termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.96
Continuation of coverage, deputy registrars of motor vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2010 168.33
Continuing education, fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.13
Contracts and agreements
Administration building, acquisition and construction, Minn. Statutes 2010 356B.10
Deceased annuitants and benefit recipients, identification, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Medical advisor, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.031
Medicare, agreements to extend coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.095
Social Security, agreements to provide benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.02
Contributions to more than one public retirement plan
Restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2010 354.094
Retirement age, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Coordinated members
Disability benefits, see same under this topic
Exclusive representatives, public employees' unions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.017
Former MERF members, benefit computation, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.46
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.42
Right to receive annuities, restriction, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Copies, plan documents, summaries, and reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Counseling services, public facilities employees, after privatization, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.08
Coverage by more than one system, see Portability with other retirement plans under this topic
Coverage errors, correction, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.99
Covered employees, referendum, Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.095
Creditors remedies, annuities or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.15
Custodian bank accounts, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Data
Beneficiaries and survivors, classification, Minn. Statutes 2010 13.63
Marriage dissolution actions, access, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.49
Decedents estates, payments to
Disability benefits, accrued amounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Normal retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Postretirement adjustments, unpaid amounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.42
Reemployment earnings limitation, excess amounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.47
Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32
Rollover election, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.47
Dedicated fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.63
Deductions
Minneapolis Municipal Retirement Association dues, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Voluntary membership dues, labor organizations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.91
Deferred annuities
Application for, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32
Augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71, 353F.04 to 353F.06, 356.30
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.34
Interest rates, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Public employees police and fire fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.68
Reserves, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Deferred compensation, see STATE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Definitions
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
City managers, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.028
Correction of coverage errors, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.99
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.29
Governmental subdivisions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.025
Local relief association consolidation, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.02
Loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.406
MERF Division, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
MERF Division account, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Privatized public facilities employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.02
Public pension fiduciary responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01, 356A.02, 356A.06
Social Security law, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.01
Teachers retirement, Saint Paul and Duluth, Minn. Statutes 2010 354A.011
Vesting requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Volunteer ambulance service personnel, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.86
Volunteer firefighters, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.87
Dependent children, see Survivor benefits under this topic
Depositories, designation, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Disability benefits
Applicants, medical reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 353B.08
Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353E.06, 356.302
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Disability determination procedures, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.031
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33, 353.46
Firefighters, duty disability, Minn. Statutes 2010 299A.465
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Increases, automatic, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.84
Medical examinations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 353.031
Optional annuities, see same under this topic
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33, 356.42
Postretirement interest rate adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71, 356.215
Privatized public facilities employee, continued coverage after termination, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.051
Recipients, earnings reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.335
Reemployment earnings, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.335
Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.465
Suspension, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.335
Suspension or reduction to recover overpayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27, 353.33
Wrongful discharges, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Disclosure
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.03, 356A.06
Financial reporting requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.20
Dissolution of marriage
Division of property, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.15
Optional annuities, revocation, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.48
Retirement benefits or rights, information regarding, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.49
District court reporters, payroll deductions, county auditors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Division of plan, based on election or nonelection of Social Security coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.091
Duluth postemployment benefits, trust fund for, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.95
Early retirement
Actuarial reduction, Minn. Statutes 2010 352.116
Coordinated benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 354A.31
Deferred annuities, see same under this topic
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Privatized public facilities employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.05
Retirement benefit formula percentage, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 356.315
Service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Economic interest statements, fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Employee contributions
Employers, pick up after 1982, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.62
Exclusive representatives, public employees' unions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.017
Federal compensation limits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.611
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Members electing participation in individual retirement account plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 354D.04
MERF Division account, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Property tax levies, Minn. Statutes 2010 126C.41
Ramsey Health Care, Inc. employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 383A.91
Refunds, see same under this topic
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.62
School districts, retirees' health benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 126C.41
Volunteer ambulance service personnel, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.86
Volunteer firefighters, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.87
Wrongful discharges, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Employees of the retirement plan
Benefits, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 43A.24
Defined as public employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 353.19
Executive branch, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2010 43A.02
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Indemnification, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.11
Management and Budget Department powers, Minn. Statutes 2010 43A.04
Postretirement option employment, Minn. Statutes 2010 43A.346
Employer contributions
Exclusive representatives, public employees' unions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.017
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27, 353.28
Increases, special property tax levies, Minn. Statutes 2010 275.70
Leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.095
Members electing participation in individual retirement account plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 354D.04
MERF Division account, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Metropolitan Sports Area Commission employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 473.565
Nursing homes, treatment, medical assistance rate determination, Minn. Statutes 2010 256B.431
Property tax levies, Minn. Statutes 2010 126C.41
Ramsey Health Care, Inc. employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 383A.91
Rate changes, school aid adjustments due to, Minn. Statutes 2010 127A.50
School districts, retirees' health benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 126C.41
State aid, offset to rate increase, Minn. Statutes 2010 273.1385
Volunteer ambulance service personnel, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.86
Volunteer firefighters, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.87
Workers' compensation recipients, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Wrongful discharges, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Employers
Benefit provision summaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.27, 353.33
Certifying to, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.28
Contributions, see Employer contributions under this topic
Dissolution, allocation of receivables, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.98
Filing with, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.20
Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.20
Payments by, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.551
Payroll deductions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Reports given
Employee contributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.62
Exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Resolutions by, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.64
Employing units, duties, see Employers under this topic
Exclusions from coverage
City managers, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.028
Deputy registrars of motor vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2010 168.33
Excluded employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Exclusive representatives, public employees' unions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.017, 353.37
Execution (creditors remedies), annuities or benefits, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.15
Executive director
Benefit termination or denial, appeals, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.96
Certification of retirement coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 69.011
Compensation and salaries
Compensation Council, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 15A.082
Expense allowance, Minn. Statutes 2010 15A.081
Salary range, Minn. Statutes 2010 15A.01, 15A.0815, 15A.13
Salary recommendations, Minn. Statutes 2010 15A.0815
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.01, 356A.01, 356A.02
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.19
Fiduciaries, see same under this topic
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Memberships, Minn. Statutes 2010 11A.08
Prior service credit purchases, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.551
Retirement, Minn. Statutes 2010 352D.02
Exemptions from coverage, Health Coverage Reinsurance Association, Minn. Statutes 2010 62L.13
Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 356.214, 356.215
False statements to, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.19
Fiduciaries
Activities, generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02
Breach of conduct or duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.09 to 356A.12
Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06, 356A.08
Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.13
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01
Direct or indirect profits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.03, 356A.06
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02, 356A.04, 356A.05
Economic interest statements, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Felony violations, documentation, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.03, 609B.177
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01 to 356A.13
Investments, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02, 356A.06
Nonliability, self-directed investments by privatized public facilities employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Prohibited transactions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.12
Standard of conduct, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.04
Filing with
Annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 353.30
Benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 353.30, 353.84
Board of trustees, candidates, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Disability benefit applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.031, 353.33, 353.656, 353D.07, 353E.06
Election of coverage, local relief associations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.08
Election of deferred compensation in lieu of PERA coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 353D.02
Local consolidation associations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.09
Local relief associations, municipal resolutions to retain consolidation accounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.665
Membership, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.028, 353.87
Membership applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353D.02
Normal retirement annuity applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 353.656
Optional annuities
Applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Revocation, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.48
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.42
Proportionate retirement annuities, applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.32
Refund applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.34
Resolutions, part-time police and firefighters, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.64
Retirement plan alternatives, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.017, 353.64, 353.86
Survivor benefit applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31
Financial reports
Alternative reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.23
Copies, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.20, 356A.07
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.20
Former members
Deferred annuities, see same under this topic
Marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.49
Refunds, see same under this topic
Return to active service, restoration of rights, benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.35
Former spouses, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31, 353.32
Forms
Disability benefit applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33, 353.335, 353.656, 353B.08, 353D.07, 353E.06
Election of coverage, local relief associations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.08, 353A.081
Exclusion reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Local relief association consolidation, data, reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.06
Membership, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.028, 353.27, 353.87
Membership applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.86, 353D.02
Normal retirement annuity applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Postretirement adjustments, optional payment schedule, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.42
Postretirement option employment, Minn. Statutes 2010 43A.346
Proportionate retirement annuities, applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.32
Public employees defined contribution plan, reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 353D.06
Receipts, annuities or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Reemployment earnings limitation, excess amounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.47
Retirement plan alternatives, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.64, 353.86
Service pension applications, local relief association benefit plans, Minn. Statutes 2010 353B.07
Survivor benefit applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31
Full funding, established dates for, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Funds and accounts
Custodian bank accounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Dedicated fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.63
Local government correctional service retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 353E.01
Local relief consolidation accounts
Firefighters, see Consolidation accounts under LOCAL FIREFIGHTER RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS
Police, see Consolidation accounts under LOCAL POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS
MERF Division account, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.27, 353.50
Public employees police and fire fund, see PUBLIC EMPLOYEES POLICE AND FIRE FUND
Public employees retirement fund, see same under this topic
Garnishment, annuities or benefits, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.15
Governing board of a pension plan, see Board of trustees under this topic
Governing bodies, duties, see Employers under this topic
Governing body rules and policies
Defined as plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01
Governmental subdivisions, duties, see Employers under this topic
Grievance awards, exclusion from salary, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Guardians of minors, payments to, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31
Heads of departments
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Duties, see Employers under this topic
In-service training, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Indefinite layoffs, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Insurance
Public employees insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2010 43A.316, 356.87
Self-insurance risk reserve, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Interest rates
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Deferred annuities augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Employer contributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.28
Forfeited service, refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.44
Leaves of absence, employee and employer contributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Omitted deductions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71, 356.215
Reemployment earnings limitation, excess amounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.47
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.35
Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32, 353.34, 353.87
Reserves, augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Workers' compensation recipients, service credit contributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Investigations, benefit applications and claims, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Investment of funds
Certification, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.06
Executive director, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.06
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02, 356A.06
Investment Board, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 11A.23, 353.05, 353.06
Investment expenses, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Policy statement, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Joint and survivor annuities
Accrual, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32
Application for, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Mandatory, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.46
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31
Lawsuits
Breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.12
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.08
Omitted deductions, recovery, commencement date, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Leaves of absence
Armed forces members, active service, salary differential, Minn. Statutes 2010 43A.183
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Legal advisor, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.08
Legal settlements, exclusion from salary, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Legislative proposals, Minn. Statutes 2010 356B.05
Liability
Cofiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.10
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215, 356.22
Liability insurance, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Life insurance, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Local firefighter relief associations, voluntary consolidation
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.01 to 353A.08, 353A.10
Local government correctional service retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 353E.01, 353E.06, 353E.08
Local police relief associations, voluntary consolidation
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.01 to 353A.08, 353A.10
Local relief association consolidation
Data, reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.05
Notice, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.04, 353A.06
Local relief association consolidation accounts
Firefighters, see Consolidation accounts under LOCAL FIREFIGHTER RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS
Police, see Consolidation accounts under LOCAL POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS
Lump sum payments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.47
Mail and mailing
Annuities or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Benefit distribution notice, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Board of trustees, election requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Retirement annuities, information, completed applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.46
Management of association, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Medical advisor
Duties and requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.031
Local relief association benefit plans, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353B.08
Medical leave, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Meetings, see OPEN MEETING LAW
Members
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Basic members, see same under this topic
Charter school employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 124D.10
City managers, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.028
Contributions, see Employee contributions under this topic
Coordinated members, see same under this topic
Death caused by surviving beneficiary, loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.406
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 356.406, 356A.01
District court personnel, transfer to state plans, Minn. Statutes 2010 480.181
District public defenders, employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 611.265
Exclusion by other plans, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.86, 353D.01
Exclusion reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Exclusions from coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 168.33, 353.01, 353.028
Exclusive representatives, public employees' unions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.017
Exemption from coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 62L.13
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Individual retirement account plan, election of participation, Minn. Statutes 2010 354D.02, 354D.04
Judicial district administrators, Minn. Statutes 2010 484.48
Marriage dissolution actions, information requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.49
Membership based on erroneous deductions, continued, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
MERF Division, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Metropolitan Airports Commission employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.026, 353.855
Metropolitan Sports Area Commission employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 473.565
Metropolitan Waste Control Commission employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.026
Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, former employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.855
Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.026
Minneapolis officers and employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.855
Municipal gas agency employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 453A.11
Municipal power agency employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 453.61
Payments by, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.551
Payments to, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Private vendors of public services, Minn. Statutes 2010 471A.10
Proof of death, notice, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Ramsey Health Care, Inc. employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 383A.91
Range association of municipalities and schools employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.025
Regional railroad authorities employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 398A.03
Regional sanitary sewer district employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 115.63
Remarriage, effect on survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 356.407
Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.20, 356.47, 356.62, 356A.07
Saint Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 458A.03
Special School District 1 (Minneapolis) employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.026, 353.855
Status determination, board of trustees, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.18
Transfer local government correctional plan, state aid reduction, Minn. Statutes 2010 273.1385
Volunteer ambulance service personnel, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.86
Volunteer firefighters, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.87
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, Minn. Statutes 2010 458D.04
MERF Division
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Employees transferred to local social services agency, continuation, Minn. Statutes 2010 256D.21
School districts, retirees' health benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 126C.41
Special School District 1 (Minneapolis), continuity, Minn. Statutes 2010 128D.10
State contribution, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.505
Transfer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund administration, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
MERF Division account
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Employee contributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Employer contributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27, 353.50
State aid rededication, Minn. Statutes 2010 354.71
Military of uniformed service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.635
Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, see MERF Division under this topic
Minneapolis Municipal Retirement Association dues, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Minnesota Risk Adjustment Association, Minn. Statutes 2010 62Q.03
Normal retirement annuities
Amount, formula, Minn. Statutes 2010 352.115
Application for, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 353.33, 353.656
Benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 354.44
Completed applications, copies to spouses, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.46
Coordinated benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 354A.31
Deferred annuities, see same under this topic
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Early retirement, see same under this topic
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Former Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund members, computation, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.46
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Optional annuities, see same under this topic
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.42
Postretirement interest rate adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71, 356.215
Proportionate retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.32
Public employees defined contribution plan annuities, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Retirement benefit formula percentage, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 356.315
Service credit, salary calculations, Minn. Statutes 2010 354A.011
Simultaneous payment of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.40
Suspension or reduction to recover overpayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Notice given
Benefit distribution, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Investment restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Local relief associations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.06, 353A.10
Voluntary consolidation preliminary actions, completion, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.05
Nursing facilities, payment rates, Minn. Statutes 2010 256B.434
Office space, Administration Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Officers
Bonds (officers and fiduciaries), Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Defined as public employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Duties, failure or refusal to perform, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.19
Liability insurance, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Optional annuities
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 353.30
Application for, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Board of trustees, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 353.30
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Establishment, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Information summaries, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.46
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.30 to 353.32, 356.46
Pensions and retirement commission, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 353.30
Retirement before Social Security eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Revocation, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.48
Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.465
Suspension or reduction to recover overpayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Payments by
Allowable expenses, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Audits and examinations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.16
Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Medical examinations, costs, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.656
Nursing facilities, Minn. Statutes 2010 256B.434
Overpayments, recovery, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Public employees defined contribution plan, refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 353D.04
Payments in lieu of deductions, allowable service, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Payments to
Amortization state aid, Minn. Statutes 2010 126C.41
Public employees defined contribution plan, employee and employer contributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353D.04
Rulemaking, generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Unredeemed payment warrants, cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Payroll deductions
Disability benefits, deductions for retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Exclusive representatives, public employees' unions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.017
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Local relief associations, membership dues, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.07
Ramsey Health Care, Inc. employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 383A.91
Refunds, see same under this topic
Volunteer ambulance service personnel, exemption from payment, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.86
Personal leave, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01, 356A.07
Policies
Board of trustees, candidate statements, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Public employees defined contribution plan, payroll deductions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353D.04
Portability with other retirement plans
Early retirement, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Legislators retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.12
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2010 352.72
State Patrol retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 352B.30
Teachers retirement, Saint Paul and Duluth, Minn. Statutes 2010 354A.39
Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2010 354.60
Unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 352D.12
Vesting portability, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Postretirement adjustments
Disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 356.42
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.415
Interest rates, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71, 356.215
Lump-sum payments, conversion to monthly annuity, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.431
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31
Postretirement option, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.371
Postretirement option employment, Minn. Statutes 2010 43A.346
Prior service contributions, transfer to unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 352D.12
Prior service credit
Employers, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.35
Purchases
Executive director, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.551
Leaves of absence, generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Payment amount, determination, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.551
Post-July 1, 2004, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.551
Reserves requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.30
Strike periods, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 356.195
Privatized public facilities employees
Allowable service, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.02, 353F.03
Certification and decertification of medical facilities and other units, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.025
Counseling services after privatization, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.08
Deferred annuities, augmentation, interest rate, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.04
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.02
Early retirement, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.05
Purpose of law, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.01
Reemployment earnings limitation, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.06
Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.07
Self-directed investments, nonliability of fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Surviving spouse, dependent child provision, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.052
Terminated employee, continuation of disability coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.051
Vesting rule, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.03
Professional management surveys, reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Property insurance, purchase authorization, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Proportionate retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.32
Public employee, defined, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 355.01
Public employees insurance program, see under PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Public employees police and fire fund, see PUBLIC EMPLOYEES POLICE AND FIRE FUND
Public employees retirement fund
Credits to, abandoned contributions, annuities, or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.65
Deposits to, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27, 353.32, 353.34
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Public pension facilities, acquisition and construction, Minn. Statutes 2010 356B.10
Public service
Reemployment after termination, effect on annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.37
Termination, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.34
Purpose, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Receipts, annuities or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Recommendations by, proposed legislation, Minn. Statutes 2010 356B.05
Records and record keeping
Appeals of benefit termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.96
Executive director, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02
Investment Board, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.06
Investments, liquidity documentation, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Local relief association consolidation, transfer, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.07
MERF Division, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Optional annuities, pensions and retirement commission recommendations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 353.30
Reemployment earnings limitation, excess amounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.47
Reemployment earnings limitation
Community hospital employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.06
Disability benefit recipients, reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.335
Exclusive representatives, public employees' unions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.017
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.37, 356.47
Refunds
Amount, formula, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32
Application for, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.34
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Canceled payment warrants, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
City managers, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.028
Death, before or after retirement, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32
Deferments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.34
Erroneous deductions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Former spouses, survivor benefits, lump sum refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31, 353.32
Interest rates, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32, 353.34, 353.87
Payment, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 353.15, 353.32
Privatized public facilities employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.07
Repayment to
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.30
Disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Forfeited service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.44
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.35, 353.71
Individual retirement accounts, using, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.441
Legislators retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.12
Local relief associations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.10
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2010 352.72
Privatized public facilities employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.07
Qualified annuities, using, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.441
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.441
State Patrol retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 352B.30
Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2010 354.50
Unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 352D.12
Rights to, generally unlimited, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.34
Service credit termination, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.35
Suspension or reduction to recover overpayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Volunteer firefighters, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.87
Remarriage, effect on survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 356.407
Repeals, additional employer contributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Reports given
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 356.215
Administrative services, consolidation with other pension plans, Minn. Statutes 2010 356B.10
Board of trustees, election requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Budgets, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 356.215
Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 356.20, 356.23
Investment of funds, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Local relief associations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.09, 353B.14
Marriage dissolution actions, pension benefits or rights, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.49
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.42
State auditor, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Reserves
Prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.30
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Retirees
Reemployed annuitants, exclusion from coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Reemployment earnings limitation, see same under this topic
Retirement
Date, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Retirement annuities, see Normal retirement annuities under this topic
Retirement plan alternatives
Arts Board employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 354D.02, 354D.04
Commissioners, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Elected public officials, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Exclusive representatives, public employees' unions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.017
Humanities Center employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 354D.02, 354D.04
Metropolitan Council employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 473.129
Metropolitan Sports Area Commission employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 473.565
Minnesota Historical Society employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 354D.02, 354D.04
Volunteer ambulance service personnel, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.86
Volunteer firefighters, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.87
Review of benefit application or claim eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Rule of 90, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Rulemaking
Executive director, recommendations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03, 353.18
Public employees defined contribution plan, administration, Minn. Statutes 2010 353D.09
Social Security, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.035, 355.05
Salary, see Compensation and salaries under this topic
Self-insurance risk reserve, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Service credit
Average salary calculations, Minn. Statutes 2010 354.05
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.30
Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.302, 356.303
Erroneous deductions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Forfeited service, refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.44
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Local relief association service, purchase, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.10
Members electing participation in individual retirement account plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 354D.04
MERF Division, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.50
Military or uniformed service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.635
Postretirement option employment, Minn. Statutes 2010 43A.346
Proportionate retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.32
Purchase procedures, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.0161, 356.195
Restored service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.44
Termination after refund, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.35
Uncredited military service, purchase, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Uninterrupted service, defined, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Severance pay, erroneous deductions from, refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Sick leave
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Unused sick leave, disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Spousal maintenance, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.15
Spouses, retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.46
State aid
Amortization state aid, Minn. Statutes 2010 126C.41, 423A.02
Offset, employer contribution rate increase, Minn. Statutes 2010 273.1385
Reduction prohibited, transfer of members to local government correctional plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 273.1385
Withholding, investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Statutes of limitations
Breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.12
Omitted deductions, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Subpoenas, overpayment of benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Successor in interest, consolidated local relief associations, claims, defenses, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.07
Successor organizations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.20, 356.215
Supplemental needs trusts, optional annuity, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.465
Surviving child
Data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2010 13.63
Survivor benefits, see same under this topic
Surviving spouses
Data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2010 13.63
Former spouses, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31, 353.32
Payments to, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 353.32, 353.33, 356.42, 356.47
Survivor benefits
Basic disability survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Beneficiaries charged or convicted of causing member's death, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.406
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.303
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.406
Early retirement, see same under this topic
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31, 353.32
Increases, automatic, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.84
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.30 to 353.32, 356.46
Maximum family benefit, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31, 353.33
Overpayment of benefits, subpoenas, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Post-1973 basic members, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.85
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31, 356.42
Postretirement interest rate adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71, 356.215
Remarriage, effect, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29, 353.46, 356.407
Simultaneous payment of retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.40
Suspension or reduction to recover overpayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Waivers, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32, 353.33
Temporary layoffs
Allowable service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Termination of membership
City managers, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.028
Deferred annuities, see same under this topic
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Refunds, see same under this topic
Retirement annuities, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Volunteer firefighters, notice, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.87
Termination of plan or fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Termination of public service
Independent contractors, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Reemployment after termination, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.37
Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.34
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Termination of rights, see Refunds under this topic
Transfer of funds
Erroneous deductions and contributions, transfer to appropriate public retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Local relief association consolidation, assets and other items of value, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.07
Treasurer, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.05
Trustees, see Board of trustees under this topic
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215, 356.22
Vacation benefits
Erroneous deductions from, refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Unused vacation time, disability benefits prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Vesting requirements
Deferred annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.34
Disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.33
Early retirement, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01, 353.29
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32
Portability with other retirement plans, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Privatized public facilities employees, Minn. Statutes 2010 353F.03
Service credit, see same under this topic
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.31
Violations and penalties
Fiduciaries, felony violations, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2010 609B.177
Investment reporting, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Prohibited transactions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Voluntary consolidation, local relief associations
Firefighters, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.01 to 353A.08, 353A.10
Police, Minn. Statutes 2010 353A.01 to 353A.08, 353A.10
Voluntary Statewide Lump-sum Volunteer Firefighter Retirement Plan, see VOLUNTARY STATEWIDE LUMP-SUM VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER RETIREMENT PLAN
Volunteer ambulance service personnel
Retirement plan alternatives, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.86
Volunteer firefighters, retirement plan alternatives, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.87
Wages, see Compensation and salaries under this topic
Waivers
State aid or appropriations, withholding for investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.32, 353.33
Warrants for payment of money
Management and Budget Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.05
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.05
Unredeemed payment warrants, cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Witnesses, authority to examine, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.03
Workers' compensation benefits
Erroneous deductions from, refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Service credit, while receiving temporary benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50