1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; Minnesota State Retirement System; allowing service 
1.3 	credit purchase and Rule of 90 eligibility for certain Minnesota Department 
1.4 	of Transportation employees.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. MSRS-GENERAL RETIREMENT ELIGIBILITY CLARIFICATION; 
1.7 	SERVICE CREDIT PURCHASE IN CERTAIN INSTANCES.
 1.8 	(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an eligible person 
1.9 	described in paragraph (b) is entitled to purchase prior uncredited service credit under 
1.10 	paragraph (c) and, if the service credit purchase is made, to have an effective start date 
1.11 	for active retirement plan membership of June 1, 1989, and to retire under Minnesota 
1.12 	Statutes, section 352.116, subdivision 1.
1.13 	(b) An eligible person is a person who:
1.14 	(1) was born on the dates as follows:

1.15		employee
	birth date
	
1.16		A
	October 2, 1968
	
1.17		B
	June 12, 1965
	
1.18		C
	August 10, 1958
	
1.19		D
	April 29, 1963
	
1.20		E
	April 11, 1955
	
1.21		F
	August 13, 1966
	
1.22		G
	April 22, 1961
	
1.23		H
	December 31, 1958
	
1.24		I
	October 10, 1966
	
1.25		J
	February 4, 1961
	
1.26		K
	August 21, 1963
	
2.1		L
	January 23, 1960
	
2.2		M
	September 19, 1966
	
2.3		N
	November 3, 1961
	
2.4		O
	June 13, 1958
	
2.5		P
	June 23, 1954
	
2.6		Q
	October 20, 1956
	
2.7		R
	July 28, 1955
	
2.8		S
	May 6, 1960
	
2.9		T
	March 19, 1966
	
2.10		U
	August 19, 1966
	
2.11		V
	March 14, 1959
	
2.12 	(2) became an employee of the Minnesota Department of Transportation prior 
2.13 	to July 1, 1989, in a position which was not covered by the general state employees 
2.14 	retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System; 
2.15 	(3) was eventually employed as a permanent employee after June 30, 1989, and 
2.16 	covered by the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement 
2.17 	System on the dates as follows:

2.18		employee
	membership record date
	
2.19		A
	September 27, 1989
	
2.20		B
	September 27, 1989
	
2.21		C
	September 26, 1989
	
2.22		D
	September 27, 1989
	
2.23		E
	September 26, 1989
	
2.24		F
	September 13, 1989
	
2.25		G
	September 1, 1989
	
2.26		H
	September 27, 1989
	
2.27		I
	September 27, 1989
	
2.28		J
	September 13, 1989
	
2.29		K
	September 13, 1989
	
2.30		L
	September 26, 1989
	
2.31		M
	August 30, 1989
	
2.32		N
	September 26, 1989
	
2.33		O
	September 13, 1989
	
2.34		P
	September 27, 1989
	
2.35		Q
	September 27, 1989
	
2.36		R
	September 27, 1989
	
2.37		S
	September 13, 1989
	
2.38		T
	September 13, 1989
	
2.39		U
	September 27, 1989
	
2.40		V
	September 26, 1989
	
3.1 	(4) was sent annual statements by the Minnesota State Retirement System between 
3.2 	July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2015, indicating eligibility for a retirement benefit under 
3.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 352.116, subdivision 1; and
3.4 	(5) was sent notification from the Minnesota State Retirement System revising the 
3.5 	start date for general state employees retirement plan membership from a date before 
3.6 	July 1, 1989, to a date after June 30, 1989, and indicating consequent inapplicability of 
3.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 352.116, subdivision 1.
3.8 	(c) An eligible person may purchase allowable service credit in the general state 
3.9 	employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System by paying an 
3.10 	amount equal to the employer contributions and employee contributions that would have 
3.11 	been paid from June 1, 1989, to the end of the month prior to the date the employee 
3.12 	entered covered service plus interest at the rate of 8.5 percent until June 30, 2015, and 
3.13 	eight percent thereafter compounded annually on the combined employer and employee 
3.14 	contribution amount from the date the contributions would have been paid to the date the 
3.15 	Minnesota State Retirement System receives payment for this service credit purchase. 
3.16 	The payment must be made in a lump sum.
3.17 	(d) An eligible person who purchases allowable service credit under paragraph (c) 
3.18 	has a June 1, 1989, start date for the purpose of allowable service credited by the general 
3.19 	state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System and is eligible 
3.20 	for a retirement annuity under Minnesota Statutes, section 352.116, subdivision 1.
3.21 	(e) Authority to purchase prior uncredited service credit under this section expires 
3.22 	on July 1, 2017.

3.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.