1999 Minnesota Statutes

     144E.47 Effect of changes. 

    Subdivision 1.    Modifications.  The ambulance service 
 personnel longevity award and incentive program is a gratuity 
 established by the state of Minnesota and may be modified by 
 subsequent legislative enactment at any time without creating 
 any cause of action for any ambulance service personnel related 
 to the program as a result.  No provision of Laws 1993, First 
 Special Session chapter 1, and no subsequent amendment may be 
 interpreted as causing or resulting in the program to be funded 
 for federal Internal Revenue Code or federal Employee Retirement 
 Income Security Act of 1974 purposes, or as causing or resulting 
 in any contributions to or investment income earned by the 
 ambulance service personnel longevity award and incentive trust 
 account to be subject to federal income tax to ambulance service 
 personnel or their beneficiaries before actual receipt of a 
 longevity award under section 144E.46. 

    Subd. 2.    Nonassignability.  No entitlement or claim 
 of a qualified ambulance service person or the person's 
 beneficiary to an ambulance service personnel longevity award is 
 assignable, or subject to garnishment, attachment, execution, 
 levy, or legal process of any kind, except as provided in 
 section 518.58, 518.581, or 518.6111.  The board may not 
 recognize any attempted transfer, assignment, or pledge of an 
 ambulance service personnel longevity award. 

    Subd. 3.    Public employee status.  Recognizing the 
 important public function performed by ambulance service 
 personnel, only for purposes of Laws 1993, First Special Session 
 chapter 1, and the receipt of a state sponsored gratuity in the 
 form of an ambulance service personnel longevity award, all 
 qualified ambulance service personnel are considered to be 
 public employees. 

    HIST: 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 61; 1995 c 207 art 9 s 27; 1997 c 
 199 s 14; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92