1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association local government 
1.3 	correctional service retirement plan; providing coverage for probation officers; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 353E.02, subdivision 1, by adding a 
1.5 	subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 353E.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Retirement coverage. The members of the local government correctional 
1.9 	service retirement plan established by this chapter are:
1.10 	(1) local government correctional service employees as defined in subdivision 2; ~~and~~
1.11 	(2) medical center protection officers as defined in subdivision 2a~~.~~; and
1.12 	(3) county probation officers as defined in subdivision 2b.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

1.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 353E.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
1.15 	read:
1.16 		Subd. 2b.County probation officers. (a) A county probation officer for purposes of 
1.17 	subdivision 1 is a person whom the employer certifies:
1.18 	(1) is an appointed probation officer under section 244.19, subdivision 1, except is not 
1.19 	an employee of the Department of Corrections;
1.20 	(2) spends at least 75 percent of the employee's working time in direct contact with 
1.21 	persons who are in probation or parole status; and
2.1 	(3) is a public employee as defined in section 353.01, but is not a member of the public 
2.2 	employees police and fire retirement plan.
2.3 	(b) The certification required under paragraph (a) must be in writing on a form prescribed 
2.4 	by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association.

2.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

2.6 	Sec. 3. PAST SERVICE NOT ELIGIBLE.
 2.7 	Employment as a county probation officer under Minnesota Statutes, section 353E.02, 
2.8 	subdivision 2b, that occurred before the effective date is not allowable service in the local 
2.9 	government correctional service retirement plan.

2.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.