2003 Minnesota Statutes

     354A.098 Prior out-of-state teaching service credit 
  purchase. 

    Subdivision 1.    Service credit purchase authorized.  
 (a) A teacher who has at least three years of allowable service 
 credit with one of the retirement fund associations under this 
 chapter and who rendered out-of-state teaching service for an 
 educational institution established and operated by another 
 governmental entity specified in paragraph (b) is entitled to 
 purchase up to ten years of allowable service credit for that 
 out-of-state service by making payment under section 356.55, 
 provided the teacher is not entitled to receive a current or 
 deferred age and service retirement annuity or disability 
 benefit and has not purchased service credit from another 
 defined benefit public employee pension plan for that 
 out-of-state teaching service.  Payment must be made before the 
 teacher's effective date of retirement.  

    (b) An eligible governmental entity for purposes of 
 paragraph (a) is: 

    (1) another state of the United States; 

    (2) a governmental subdivision of another state of the 
 United States; 

    (3) the federal government; 

    (4) a federally recognized American Indian tribe; or 

    (5) a public education institution in a foreign country. 

    Subd. 2.    Application and documentation.  A teacher 
 who desires to purchase service credit under subdivision 1 must 
 apply with the executive director or secretary of the respective 
 teachers retirement fund association to make the purchase.  The 
 application must include all necessary documentation of the 
 teacher's qualifications to make the purchase, signed written 
 permission to allow the executive director or secretary to 
 request and receive necessary verification of applicable facts 
 and eligibility requirements, and any other relevant information 
 that the executive director or secretary may require. 

    Subd. 3.    Service credit grant.  Allowable service 
 credit for the purchase period must be granted by the applicable 
 teachers retirement fund association to the purchasing teacher 
 on receipt of the purchase payment amount. 

    HIST: 1999 c 222 art 16 s 8; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 6 s 11 

*   NOTE:  This section, as added by Laws 1999, chapter 222, 
*article 16, section 8, is repealed effective May 16, 2003.  Laws 
*1999, chapter 222, article 16, section 16, as amended by Laws 
*2002, chapter 392, article 7, section 1.