2000 Minnesota Statutes

     181B.09 Investigation by commissioner.  

    Upon receipt of such notification, or upon the 
 commissioner's initiative when such notification is not given as 
 required, the commissioner shall cause an investigation to be 
 made of the employer to determine the number of employees who 
 have completed ten or more years of covered service under the 
 pension plan of the employer and whose nonvested or vested 
 pension benefits have been or will be forfeited by such 
 cessation, the number of employees whose vested pension benefits 
 have been or will be forfeited by such cessation, the amounts of 
 such nonvested or vested pension benefits, if any, of such 
 employees, and any other facts or circumstances concerning the 
 employer, employees and the pension plan for such employees as 
 may be necessary or useful to the commissioner to carry out 
 duties and responsibilities under sections 181B.01 to 181B.17.  
 The investigation, insofar as practicable, shall be conducted at 
 the employer's place of business during normal business hours.  
 The employer shall cooperate fully with the commissioner in such 
 investigation, and shall make available to the commissioner any 
 books, records or other information necessary or useful to such 
 investigation.  To aid in such investigations, the commissioner 
 is authorized to administer oaths and affirmations and to issue 
 subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses or the 
 production of books, records or other documents.  The 
 commissioner may seek, through the attorney general, orders from 
 any court of competent jurisdiction to compel an employer to 
 comply with the provisions of sections 181B.01 to 181B.17 and to 
 punish disobedience of any subpoena issued pursuant to sections 
 181B.01 to 181B.17.  

    HIST: 1974 c 437 s 9; 1986 c 444