1997 Minnesota Statutes

     356.45 Membership of certain persons in various 
  retirement funds or plans. 

    Subdivision 1.    Exclusion of certain employees in 
 certain federal programs.  No person employed in subsidized 
 on-the-job training, work experience or public service 
 employment as an enrollee under the federal Comprehensive 
 Employment and Training Act from and after March 30, 1978 shall 
 be included as a member of a public retirement fund, unless the 
 person is employed by an employer where public retirement 
 coverage is to be provided by a covered fund enumerated in 
 section 356.451, subdivision 2, and the city council of the city 
 of Minneapolis specifies that the person is to be considered as 
 a provisional member of the relief association pursuant to 
 section 356.451, or unless the person has as of the later of 
 March 30, 1978 or the date of employment sufficient service 
 credit under the provisions of the plan to meet the minimum 
 vesting requirements for a deferred retirement annuity, or the 
 employer agrees in writing to make the total required employer 
 contributions, including any employer additional contribution, 
 on account of that person from revenue sources other than funds 
 provided under the federal Comprehensive Training and Employment 
 Act, or the person agrees in writing to make the required 
 employer contributions in addition to any required employee 
 contribution. 

    Subd. 2.    Covered funds.  The provisions of this 
 section shall apply to the following retirement funds or plans: 

    (1) University of Minnesota faculty retirement plan; 

    (2) University of Minnesota faculty supplemental retirement 
 plan; 

    (3) any municipal retirement fund or plan providing pension 
 or retirement coverage for police officers or paid firefighters 
 which was established and is governed in whole or in part by 
 special legislation; 

    (4) any retirement fund or plan established, maintained, or 
 supported by any governmental subdivision or public body whose 
 revenues are derived from taxation, fees, assessments or from 
 other public sources which provides pension or retirement 
 coverage for public employees, other than police officers or 
 paid firefighters, who are not covered by a retirement fund 
 enumerated in section 356.30, subdivision 3; or 

    (5) any supplemental retirement plan established, 
 maintained, or supported by any government subdivision or public 
 body whose revenues are derived from taxation, fees, assessments 
 or other public sources. 

    HIST: 1978 c 720 s 10; 1981 c 224 s 176