2005 Minnesota Statutes

     298.215 Iron Range resources and rehabilitation; early 
  separation incentive program authorization. 

    (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
 commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation, in 
 consultation with the commissioner of employee relations, may 
 offer a targeted early separation incentive program for 
 employees of the commissioner who have attained the age of 60 
 years and have at least five years of allowable service credit 
 under chapter 352, or who have received credit for at least 30 
 years of allowable service under the provisions of chapter 352. 

    (b) The early separation incentive program may include one 
 or more of the following: 

    (1) employer-paid postseparation health, medical, and 
 dental insurance until age 65; and 

    (2) cash incentives that may, but are not required to be, 
 used to purchase additional years of service credit through the 
 Minnesota State Retirement System, to the extent that the 
 purchases are otherwise authorized by law. 

    (c) The commissioner of Iron Range resources and 
 rehabilitation shall establish eligibility requirements for 
 employees to receive an incentive. 

    (d) The commissioner of Iron Range resources and 
 rehabilitation, consistent with the established program 
 provisions under paragraph (b), and with the eligibility 
 requirements under paragraph (c), may designate specific 
 programs or employees as eligible to be offered the incentive 
 program. 

    (e) Acceptance of the offered incentive must be voluntary 
 on the part of the employee and must be in writing.  The 
 incentive may only be offered at the sole discretion of the 
 commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation. 

    (f) The cost of the incentive is payable solely by funds 
 made available to the commissioner of Iron Range resources and 
 rehabilitation by law, but only on prior approval of the 
 expenditures by a majority of the Iron Range Resources and 
 Rehabilitation Board. 

    (g) This section and section 298.216 are repealed June 30, 
 2006. 

    HIST: 2005 c 156 art 2 s 34