1999 Minnesota Statutes

     353D.02 Election of coverage. 

    Subdivision 1.    Elected local government officials.  
 Eligible elected local government officials may elect to 
 participate in the defined contribution plan after being elected 
 or appointed to elective public office by filing a membership 
 application on a form prescribed by the executive director of 
 the association authorizing contributions to be deducted from 
 the elected official's salary.  Participation begins on the 
 first day of the pay period for which the contributions were 
 deducted or, if pay period coverage dates are not provided, the 
 date on which the membership application or contributions are 
 received in the office of the association, whichever is received 
 first, provided further that the membership application is 
 received by the association within 60 days of the receipt of the 
 contributions.  An election to participate in the plan is 
 revocable during incumbency.  

    Subd. 2.    Eligible physician.  Eligible physicians may 
 elect to participate in the defined contribution plan within 90 
 days of commencing employment with a government subdivision 
 under section 353.01, subdivision 6, by filing a membership 
 application on a form prescribed by the executive director of 
 the association authorizing contributions to be deducted from 
 the physician's salary.  Participation begins on the first day 
 of the pay period for which the contributions were deducted.  An 
 election to participate in the defined contribution plan is 
 irrevocable. 

    Subd. 3.    Eligible ambulance service personnel.  Each 
 public ambulance service or privately operated ambulance service 
 with eligible personnel that receives an operating subsidy from 
 a governmental entity may elect to participate in the plan.  If 
 a service elects to participate, its eligible personnel may 
 elect to participate or to decline to participate.  An 
 individual's election must be made within 30 days of the 
 service's election to participate or 30 days of the date on 
 which the individual was employed by the service or began to 
 provide service for it, whichever date is later.  An election by 
 a service or an individual is revocable. 

    Subd. 4.    Eligible rescue squad personnel.  The 
 municipality or county, as applicable, associated with a rescue 
 squad under section 353D.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), 
 clause (4), may elect to participate in the plan.  If the 
 municipality or county, as applicable, elects to participate, 
 the eligible personnel may elect to participate or decline to 
 participate.  An eligible individual's election must be made 
 within 30 days of the service's election to participate or 30 
 days of the date on which the individual begins to provide 
 service to the rescue squad, whichever is later.  Elections 
 under this subdivision by a government unit or individual are 
 irrevocable.  The municipality or county, as applicable, must 
 specify by resolution eligibility requirements for rescue squad 
 personnel which must be satisfied if the individual is to be 
 authorized to make the election under this subdivision. 

    HIST: 1987 c 372 art 5 s 2; 1990 c 570 art 8 s 3; 1991 c 291 
 art 19 s 3,11; 1991 c 341 s 36; 1992 c 432 art 2 s 37; 1993 c 
 307 art 4 s 47; 1996 c 438 art 6 s 2; 1999 c 222 art 21 s 2