2005 Minnesota Statutes

     423B.03 Leave of absence; continuation of membership. 

    Subdivision 1.    Leave of absence.  A member of the 
 police department who is an active member of the police relief 
 association of the city of Minneapolis and who after January 1, 
 1969, is elected to a public office of the city may apply for 
 and must be granted a leave of absence from the police 
 department during the time the person is an incumbent of the 
 elective public office of the city. 

    Subd. 2.    Continuation of membership.  Upon obtaining 
 a leave of absence provided in subdivision 1, a member with ten 
 or more years of service in the police department and the police 
 relief association has the option to continue active membership 
 in the police relief association of the city of Minneapolis.  
 This option applies to future service as well as past service.  
 The member desiring to exercise this option must make 
 application to the governing body of the association, must 
 designate the period of service for which the person desires 
 coverage, and must pay the employee contribution to the police 
 relief association to the same extent that the member would have 
 paid had the person been on active duty with the police 
 department during that period. 

    Subd. 3.    No simultaneous coverage.  A payment into 
 the pension fund as provided in subdivision 2 may not be made or 
 accepted and pension credit may not be allowed for any period of 
 time for which the member pays into or earns pension credit from 
 any other Minnesota pension plan for public employees. 

    Subd. 4.    Waiver of other rights.  A qualified member 
 who exercises the option provided in subdivision 2 and is at 
 that time a contributing member of another retirement fund or 
 relief association by whatever name known, organized under any 
 other law, and supported in whole or in part by the taxes on the 
 same city, shall waive all benefits from the other retirement 
 fund or relief association, for concurrent time, and shall be 
 entitled to receive a refund of the net accumulated 
 contributions made by the member to the other retirement fund or 
 relief association, with interest, regardless of the provision 
 of any law, rule, bylaw, or other action permitting or requiring 
 membership in the other retirement fund or relief association, 
 however organized. 

    HIST: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 3