Minnesota Session Laws - 1994, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 518-H.F.No. 2013 
                  An act relating to public employment; correcting 
                  unintended omissions from previous early retirement 
                  legislation; ratifying certain prior payments. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [INCENTIVE.] 
           (a) An eligible elected local government official or an 
        employee of a charitable hospital, as defined in Minnesota 
        Statutes, section 179.35, subdivision 2, is eligible to receive 
        an incentive provided in Laws 1993, chapter 192, section 108, 
        subdivision 3, if all applicable conditions in paragraph (b) are 
        met.  For purposes of this section, "eligible elected local 
        government official" means only:  an elected city clerk, 
        treasurer, or clerk-treasurer; an elected township clerk, 
        treasurer, or clerk-treasurer; or an elected county auditor, 
        treasurer, auditor-treasurer, recorder, attorney, or coroner. 
           (b)(1) The person must have met, before January 31, 1994, 
        the conditions specified in Laws 1993, chapter 192, section 108, 
        subdivision 2, clauses (1) to (3), other than being considered 
        to be an employee of a public employer. 
           (2) The person must terminate active employment with the 
        charitable hospital or eligible elective service with the unit 
        of local government and apply for retirement benefits on or 
        after April 30, 1994, and before July 15, 1994. 
           (3) The person must be an active member of the public 
        employees retirement association immediately before retirement.  
           (c) An eligible elected local government official is 
        eligible to receive only those incentives offered by the 
        employing governmental unit under Laws 1993, chapter 192, 
        section 108, to other employees of that governmental unit.  The 
        increased multiplier percentage under Laws 1993, chapter 192, 
        section 108, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), does not apply to 
        service after January 31, 1994. 
           (d) Laws 1993, chapter 192, section 108, subdivisions 3 to 
        7, apply to persons who select an early retirement incentive 
        under authority of this section and to their former employers. 
           Sec. 2.  [RATIFICATION OF PAYMENTS.] 
           (a) Increased pension benefits paid or payable to persons 
        covered under paragraph (b), by the public employees retirement 
        association under apparent authority of Laws 1993, chapter 192, 
        section 108, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), are ratified, and 
        must continue or be paid at the higher level specified in that 
        paragraph.  Postretirement hospital, medical, and dental 
        insurance premiums paid on behalf of persons covered under 
        paragraph (b) by a local government unit under the apparent 
        authority of Laws 1993, chapter 192, section 108, subdivision 3, 
        paragraph (c), are ratified and must continue.  
           (b) Paragraph (a) applies to: 
           (1) employees of a charitable hospital, as defined in 
        Minnesota Statutes, section 179.35, subdivision 2, who retired 
        on or after May 17, 1993, and before January 31, 1994; and 
           (2) eligible elected local government officials listed in 
        section 1, paragraph (a), who retired on or after May 17, 1993, 
        and before January 31, 1994. 
           Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
        enactment.  Section 2 applies retroactively to May 17, 1993. 
           Presented to the governor April 25, 1994 
           Signed by the governor April 28, 1994, 10:16 a.m.