2007 Minnesota Statutes

CHAPTER 423B. MINNEAPOLIS POLICE PENSIONS

423B.01 MINNEAPOLIS POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATION; DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Terms. For purposes of sections 423B.01 to 423B.18, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, each of the terms defined in this section has the indicated meaning.
    Subd. 2. Active member. "Active member" means a person who was hired and duly
appointed by the city of Minneapolis before May 1, 1959, as a police stenographer, police clerk,
police telephone operator, police radio operator, or police mechanic or before June 15, 1980, as a
police officer, police matron, or assistant police matron, who is regularly entered on the payroll of
the police department, and who serves on active duty.
    Subd. 3. Active member percentage. The "active member percentage" is the total number
of units accrued by active members of the association divided by the sum of the total number of
units to which eligible members are entitled and active members of the association have accrued.
    Subd. 4. Age. "Age" means a person's age at the person's latest birthday.
    Subd. 4a.MS 2002 [Expired]
    Subd. 5. Annual postretirement payment. "Annual postretirement payment" means the
payment of a lump sum postretirement benefit under section 423B.15 to an eligible member on
June 1 following the determination date in any year.
    Subd. 6. Association. "Association" means the Minneapolis Police Relief Association.
    Subd. 7. City. "City" means the city of Minneapolis.
    Subd. 8. Determination date. "Determination date" means December 31 of each year.
    Subd. 9. Disability. "Disability" means a physical or mental incapacity of an active member
to perform the duties of the person's position in the service of the police department.
    Subd. 10. Discharge. "Discharge" means a complete separation from service in the police
department.
    Subd. 11. Eligible member. "Eligible member" means a person, including a service
pensioner, a disability pensioner, a survivor, or dependent of a deceased active member, service
pensioner, or disability pensioner, who received a pension or benefit from the relief association
during the 12 months before the determination date.
    Subd. 12. Excess investment income. "Excess investment income" means the amount, if
any, by which the average time weighted total rate of return earned by the fund in the most recent
prior five fiscal years has exceeded the actual average percentage increase in the current monthly
salary of a first grade patrol officer in the most recent prior five fiscal years plus two percent, and
must be expressed as a dollar amount. The amount may not exceed one percent of the total
assets of the fund, except when the actuarial value of assets of the fund according to the most
recent annual actuarial valuation prepared in accordance with sections 356.215 and 356.216 is
greater than 102 percent of its actuarial accrued liabilities, in which case the amount must not
exceed 1-1/2 percent of the total assets of the fund, and does not exist unless the yearly average
percentage increase of the time weighted total rate of return of the fund for the previous five years
exceeds by two percent the yearly average percentage increase in monthly salary of a first grade
patrol officer during the previous five calendar years.
    Subd. 13. Fund. "Fund" means the special fund of the relief association.
    Subd. 14. Net excess asset amount payment. "Net excess asset amount payment" means the
payment of an additional postretirement payment under section 423B.151 to an eligible member
on June 1 following the determination date in the given year.
    Subd. 15. Net total excess asset amount. "Net total excess asset amount" is the total excess
asset amount stated in dollars and multiplied by the quantity one minus the active member
percentage.
    Subd. 16. Retired member. "Retired member" means a former active member who has
terminated active service in the police department and who is entitled to receive a pension or
benefit under sections 423B.01 to 423B.18, as amended, or any predecessor law.
    Subd. 17. Surviving spouse member. "Surviving spouse member" means the person who
was the legally married spouse of the member, who was residing with the decedent, and who was
married while or before the time the decedent was an active member and was on the payroll of the
police department, and who, in case the deceased member was a pensioner or deferred pensioner,
was legally married to the member at least one year before the decedent's termination of active
service with the police department. The term does not include the surviving spouse who has
deserted a member or who has not been dependent upon the member for support, nor does it
include the surviving common law spouse of a member.
    Subd. 18. Time weighted total rate of return. "Time weighted total rate of return" means
the percentage amount determined by using the formula or formulas established by the State
Board of Investment under section 11A.04, clause (11), and in effect on January 1, 1987.
    Subd. 19. Total excess asset amount. (a) "Total excess asset amount" means the difference,
if positive, expressed in dollars, between the fund's market value of assets after any deductions
required by section 423B.15, subdivision 2, and 110 percent of the actuarial accrued liabilities
based on the actuarial valuation indicated in paragraph (b).
(b) The total excess asset amount in paragraph (a) exists if the actuarial liability funding
ratio, according to the most recent annual actuarial valuation for the fund prepared in accordance
with sections 69.77, 356.215, and 356.216, with adjustments required by section 423B.15,
subdivision 2 , equals or exceeds 110 percent.
    Subd. 20. Unit. "Unit" means one-eightieth of the current monthly salary of a first grade
patrol officer.
    Subd. 21. Actuarial equivalent. "Actuarial equivalent" or "actuarially equivalent" means
the condition of one annuity or benefit having an equal actuarial present value as another annuity
or benefit, determined as of a given date at a specified age with each actuarial present value based
on the appropriate mortality table adopted by the board of directors based on the experience of
the fund and approved by the actuary retained under section 356.214 and using the applicable
preretirement or postretirement interest rate assumptions specified in section 356.216.
    Subd. 22. Covered salary. "Salary" is subject to the limitations of section 356.611.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 1; 1996 c 438 art 4 s 10; 1997 c 233 art 4 s 1,2; 2000 c 461
art 17 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 6 s 19,21; 2002 c 392 art 7 s 3; 1Sp2003 c 12 art 6 s 5; 1Sp2005 c
8 art 1 s 28; 2006 c 271 art 3 s 47

423B.02 [Repealed, 1995 c 262 art 10 s 7]

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.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 3

423B.04 RELIEF ASSOCIATION AND RETIREMENT FUND.
    Subdivision 1. Relief association. The active and retired members of the police department
of the city of Minneapolis and their surviving spouses shall maintain the Minneapolis Police
Relief Association.
    Subd. 2. Pension fund. This association shall create, maintain, and administer a police
officer's pension fund for the benefit of its members, and their survivors and beneficiaries. The
sources of revenue of the fund are governed by section 423B.06. The authorized disbursements
from the fund are governed by section 423B.07.
    Subd. 3. Membership. All members as defined in section 423B.01 are members of the
Minneapolis Police Relief Association.
    Subd. 4. Management of relief association and fund. The board created in section 423B.05
shall manage and control the fund.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 4

423B.05 INCORPORATION, GOVERNMENT BY BOARD.
    Subdivision 1. Members, terms, elections. The association must be incorporated. It must
be governed by a board of nine members. The Minneapolis City Council shall appoint two
persons to serve as members. Those members must be appointed for a term of two years. All city
appointments are effective from January 1 in the odd-numbered years through December 31 in
the even-numbered years. The other members of the board must be elected by the members of
the association. Board members elected from the active membership have a term of five years.
Board members elected from the retired or surviving spouse membership must have a term of
three years. An elective member of the board holds office until the person's successor is elected
and has qualified. A vacancy in the office of an elective member of the board must be filled by a
special election called for that purpose. There are three classes of board members, consisting of a
class comprised of active board members, a class comprised of retired board members, and a class
comprised of surviving spouse board members. Active members of the relief association may
only vote for active board member positions. Retired members of the relief association may only
vote for retired board member positions. Surviving spouse members of the relief association may
only vote for the surviving spouse board member positions. Once established, a retired board
member position and a surviving spouse board member position must remain as such.
In 1994, for the election for board member seat G, the board member position must be
filled by a surviving spouse member. In 1995, for the regular election for board member seat C,
previously held by an active member, the board member position must be filled by a retired
member. In 1999, for the regular election for board member seat B, previously held by an active
member, the board member position must be filled by a retired member.
The following sets forth the schedule for the election of the seven elected board member
positions on the Minneapolis Police Relief Association Board:

	Active board member position		Retired board member position	Surviving spouse board member position
Year	five-year term		three-year term	three-year term
1992			seat C
1993	seat A		seat E
1994	seat B		seat F	seat G
1995			seats C and D
1996			seat E
1997			seat F	seat G
1998	seat A		seats C and D
1999			seats B and E
2000			seat F	seat G
2001			seats C and D
2002			seats B and E
2003	seat A		seat F	seat G
2004			seats C and D
2005			seats B and E
2006			seat F	seat G
2007			seats C and D
2008	seat A		seats B and E
2009			seat F	seat G
2010			seats C and D

As long as there remains at least one active member on active duty with the Minneapolis
Police Department, there must be a member of the board of directors from the active ranks in
accordance with the election procedures outlined in this section.
    Subd. 2. Articles of incorporation. The affairs of the association must be regulated by its
articles of incorporation and bylaws.
    Subd. 3. Continuation of board. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 423A.01,
subdivision 2 , or any other law, the board of trustees and its successors established under
subdivision 1 shall continue to govern the association until there are no more than 225 members
of the police pension fund. The fund thereafter must become a trust fund in accordance with
section 423A.01, subdivision 2.
    Subd. 4. Right to participate by mail-in ballot. Active members, retired members, and
surviving spouse members of the relief association have the right to participate in the election of
board members of the association by mail-in ballot.
    Subd. 5. Mail-in referendum on voting by mail. (a) The board of the association is
authorized to submit the following question in a binding member referendum to be conducted by
mail:
"Shall the bylaws of the Minneapolis police relief association be amended to allow future
proposed amendments to the bylaws of the relief association to be approved by a vote of
relief association members by mail?

	Yes .....
	No ..... "

(b) The board of the relief association shall conduct the referendum by mailing a printed
copy of the referendum question and of the ballot to all active members, retired members, and
surviving spouse members in accordance with the voting procedures that the board of the relief
association used in the most recent board election prior to March 1, 2001.
(c) Before submitting the referendum question to a vote by the relief association membership,
the relief association board shall solicit the opinions of relief association members for the question
and against the question. The solicitation for member comments must be included in the next
regular relief association communication to relief association members following the proposal
of the bylaw amendment and on the Web site of the relief association. The comment period
continues for 30 days. The executive director of the relief association shall prepare a summary of
the comments of relief association members for and against the question in a fair and impartial
manner. A draft of the summary document must be placed on the Web site of the relief association
for five days. If a relief association board member challenges the objectivity of the draft summary,
the draft summary must be reviewed by a neutral third party. The neutral third party must be
an accredited professional mediator. The relief association executive director shall include the
recommendations of the neutral third party in the final summary document. The written summary
prepared by the relief association executive director must be included with the question and the
ballot mailed to relief association members.
(d) Balloting procedures must be designed to maintain secrecy as to the identity of voting
members. The receipt of returned ballots and the counting of those ballots must be conducted by
an accounting firm designated by the relief association board to perform those functions.
(e) For adoption, the question must receive favorable votes from two-thirds of the relief
association members who return ballots on the question.
(f) If the question in paragraph (a) is approved in the referendum, future bylaw amendments
must be conducted in the same manner as provided in this subdivision.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 5; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 14 s 1,2; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 11 s 9

423B.06 SOURCE OF FUNDS.
    Subdivision 1. Sources. The fund is derived from the following sources:
(1) gifts provided to the fund;
(2) rewards received by members of the Minneapolis Police Department;
(3) money coming into the hands of members of the Minneapolis Police Department in their
official capacity and remaining unclaimed for six months;
(4) proceeds from sales of property coming into the hands of members of the Minneapolis
Police Department in their official capacity and remaining unclaimed for six months, upon sale by
the chief of police of the city;
(5) an amount equal to the minimum percentage specified in section 69.77, subdivision 3, of
the salary of a first grade patrol officer deducted from the monthly salary of each active member;
(6) all money derived from taxation as provided by sections 69.77, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, 7,
and 8 ; and 423A.01, subdivision 2;
(7) all money received from the state amortization aid programs under section 423A.02, to
fund the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the association;
(8) all money received from the state under chapter 69, as state police aid;
(9) all money provided by the state for the association in addition to clauses (7) and (8);
(10) all money derived from taxation by the municipality for the support of the association
and the payment of pensions; and
(11) money from the investment of, earnings on, and interest on the assets of the fund.
    Subd. 1a. Sales of unclaimed property. The chief of police of the city shall sell property
coming into the hands of members of the Minneapolis Police Department in their official capacity
and remaining unclaimed for six months.
    Subd. 2. Continuation of assets. Assets remaining in the fund at the close of a fiscal year
continue.
    Subd. 3. Tax levy limits inapplicable. (a) The amount of tax levies required under sections
69.77, and 423A.01, subdivision 2, must not be included as a part of the general tax levy for
city purposes or in the calculation of any limitation of any percent of the assessed valuation
upon which taxes are required to be extended.
(b) Any appropriation made to the fund from a city tax levy must not be considered a part
of the cost of government as defined in the charter of the city.
    Subd. 4. Impact on other laws. No provision of Laws 1992, chapter 471, may be construed
as reducing the amount or rate of contribution to the association by the municipality or a member
of the association from the minimum contributions prescribed by section 69.77.
    Subd. 5. Tax levy. Notwithstanding any provision of section 69.77 to the contrary, if in any
year after the actuarial value of assets of the fund according to the most recent annual actuarial
valuation prepared in accordance with sections 356.215 and 356.216 is greater than 102 percent of
the actuarial accrued liabilities of the fund and subsequently the actuarial value of assets are less
than 100 percent of the actuarial accrued liabilities, the city of Minneapolis is not required to levy
a property tax to amortize any unfunded actuarial accrued liability unless the fund experiences
two successive years when the actuarial value of assets are less than 100 percent of the actuarial
accrued liabilities according to the most recent annual actuarial valuation prepared in accordance
with sections 356.215 and 356.216.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 6; 1997 c 233 art 4 s 3; 1997 c 241 art 9 s 2,3; 2002 c 392 art 1 s 8

423B.07 AUTHORIZED FUND DISBURSEMENTS.
The police pension fund may be used only for the payment of:
(1) service, disability, or dependency pensions;
(2) notwithstanding a contrary provision of section 69.80, the salaries of the elected members
of the board of trustees in an amount not to exceed seven units for the president and five units
for other elected board members;
(3) expenses of officers and employees of the association in connection with the protection
of the fund;
(4) expenses of operating and maintaining the association, including the administrative
expenses related to the administration of the insurance plan authorized in section 423B.08; and
(5) other expenses authorized by section 69.80, or other applicable law.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 7; 1997 c 233 art 4 s 4; 1999 c 222 art 6 s 1; 2006 c 271 art 9 s 1
NOTE: The amendment to this section by Laws 2006, chapter 271, article 9, section 1, is
effective the day after the date of approval by the city council of the city of Minneapolis and the
timely completion by the chief clerical officer of the city of Minneapolis of compliance with
Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3. Laws 2006, chapter 271, article 9,
section 4.

423B.08 INSURANCE PLAN.
The board of the association may adopt a hospital and medical insurance plan for pension
and benefit recipients, to be funded by the participating pension and benefit recipients. A
pensioner or surviving spouse may authorize, in writing, a deduction from the person's pension or
benefit for the insurance plan adopted by the association board.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 8

423B.09 RELIEF ASSOCIATION SERVICE PENSIONS AND DISABILITY PENSIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Minneapolis police; persons entitled to receive pensions. The association
shall grant pensions payable from the police pension fund in monthly installments to persons
entitled to pensions in the manner and for the following purposes.
(a) An active member or a deferred pensioner who has performed duty as a member of the
police department of the city for five years or more, upon written application after retiring from
duty and reaching at least age 50, is entitled to be paid monthly for life a service pension. Active
members, deferred members, and service pensioners are entitled to a service pension according
to the following schedule:

		A	B
	5 years	8.5 units	9.0 units
	6 years	10.1 units	10.6 units
	7 years	11.7 units	12.2 units
	8 years	13.3 units	13.8 units
	9 years	14.9 units	15.4 units
	10 years	16.5 units	17.0 units
	11 years	18.1 units	18.6 units
	12 years	19.7 units	20.2 units
	13 years	21.3 units	21.8 units
	14 years	22.9 units	23.4 units
	15 years	24.5 units	25.0 units
	16 years	26.1 units	26.6 units
	17 years	27.7 units	28.2 units
	18 years	29.3 units	29.8 units
	19 years	30.9 units	31.4 units
	20 years	34.5 units	35.0 units
	21 years	36.1 units	36.6 units
	22 years	37.7 units	38.2 units
	23 years	39.3 units	39.8 units
	24 years	40.9 units	41.4 units
	25 years	42.5 units	43.0 units

Column A is applicable until December 31, 2005, and applies retroactively to January 1,
2005, for a service pensioner who retired before January 1, 2005. Column B applies on and
after January 1, 2006.
Fractional years of service may not be used in computing pensions.
(b) An active member who after five years' service but less than 20 years' service with the
police department of the city, becomes superannuated so as to be permanently unable to perform
the person's assigned duties, is entitled to be paid monthly for life a superannuation pension equal
to four units for five years of service and an additional two units for each full year of service over
five years and less than 20 years.
(c) An active member who is not eligible for a service pension and who, while a member
of the police department of the city, becomes diseased or sustains an injury while in the service
that permanently unfits the member for the performance of police duties is entitled to be paid
monthly for life a pension equal to 34 units while so disabled.
    Subd. 2. Death refund. No refund of member contributions is payable upon separation from
service. If an active member dies leaving no surviving spouse or children entitled to survivor
benefits, the member's heirs, executors, or administrators are entitled to a refund of $100 for each
completed year of service.
    Subd. 3. Service in military forces, effect. (a) An applicant for a pension under subdivision
1, paragraph (a) or (b), who, after becoming an active member has served in the military forces of
the United States in a war or national defense emergency after January 1, 1940, and thereafter
returned honorably discharged from military service and resumed active membership in the
association, is entitled to have the period that the applicant spent in military service counted in
computing periods of service required for benefits under this section, but the total credit for
military service involving service rendered after June 1, 1963, may not exceed six years.
(b) During the period of military service or defense emergency service, the person is not
considered to be an active member of the association and is not entitled to any pension provided
by subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and (c).
(c) If the member does not return to employment in the police department of the city within
one year from the time peace is declared or within one year from the termination of the period of
emergency, whichever is later, the provisions of this subdivision do not apply.
(d) The provisions of this subdivision apply notwithstanding the provisions of the veteran's
preference law or any other law, rule, or bylaw providing for credit for military service in
computing the pensions for members of the Minneapolis Police Relief Association.
    Subd. 4. Certificate of physicians required. (a) No member is entitled to a pension under
subdivision 1, paragraph (b) or (c), except upon the certificate of two or more physicians,
surgeons, chiropractors, licensed psychologists, or a combination of experts chosen by the
governing board. This certificate must set forth the cause, nature, and extent of the disability,
disease, or injury of the member.
(b) No active member may be awarded, granted, or paid a disability pension under
subdivision 1, paragraph (c), unless the certificate states that the disability, disease, or injury was
incurred or sustained by the member while in the service of the police department of the city. The
certificate must be filed with the secretary of the association.
    Subd. 5. Member convicted of felony. A member who has been convicted of a felony is not
entitled to any pension during the period of incarceration in a penal institution as a punishment for
the commission of a felony.
    Subd. 6. Optional annuities. A member who is retired or disabled on the effective date of
Laws 1997, chapter 233, article 4, section 6, may elect an optional retirement annuity within 60
days of the effective date of Laws 1997, chapter 233, article 4, section 6, instead of the normal
retirement annuity. A member who retires or becomes disabled after the effective date of Laws
1997, chapter 233, article 4, section 6, may elect an optional retirement annuity prior to the
receipt of any benefits. The optional retirement annuity may be a 50 percent, a 75 percent, or
a 100 percent joint and survivor annuity without reinstatement in the event of the designated
beneficiary predeceasing the member or a 50 percent, a 75 percent, or a 100 percent joint and
survivor annuity with reinstatement in the event of the designated beneficiary predeceasing the
member. Optional retirement annuity forms must be actuarially equivalent to the service pension
and automatic survivor coverage otherwise payable to the retiring member and the member's
beneficiaries. A member may only designate the member's spouse as the recipient of a joint
and survivor annuity and no benefit or annuity may be paid to a person who does not meet the
definition of a surviving spouse member under section 423B.01, subdivision 17. Once selected,
the optional annuity is irrevocable.
    Subd. 7. Additional unit. The additional half units provided to members by subdivision 1
must also be provided under the same terms and at the same time as applicable under subdivision
1 to members who selected a joint annuity option under subdivision 6 and must be in an amount
that is actuarially equivalent to the service pension and the automatic survivor coverage for
that additional unit.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 9; 1994 c 590 art 1 s 1; 1997 c 233 art 4 s 5,6; 2002 c 392 art 16
s 1; 2004 c 267 art 8 s 36; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 11 s 10,11; 2006 c 271 art 9 s 2

423B.10 SURVIVOR BENEFITS.
    Subdivision 1. Entitlement; benefit amount. (a) The surviving spouse of a deceased service
pensioner, disability pensioner, deferred pensioner, superannuation pensioner, or active member,
who was the legally married spouse of the decedent, residing with the decedent, and who was
married while or before the time the decedent was on the payroll of the police department,
and who, if the deceased member was a service or deferred pensioner, was legally married to
the member for a period of at least one year before retirement from the police department, is
entitled to a surviving spouse benefit. The surviving spouse benefit is equal to 23 units per
month beginning on January 1, 2006, if the person is the surviving spouse of a deceased active
member or disabilitant. The surviving spouse benefit is equal to eight units per month, plus an
additional one unit for each year of service to the credit of the decedent in excess of five years, to
a maximum of 23 units per month beginning on January 1, 2006, if the person is the surviving
spouse of a deceased service pensioner, deferred pensioner, or superannuation pensioner. The
surviving spouse benefit is payable for the life of the surviving spouse.
    (b) A surviving child of a deceased service pensioner, disability pensioner, deferred
pensioner, superannuation pensioner, or active member, who was living while the decedent was
an active member of the police department or was born within nine months after the decedent
terminated active service in the police department, is entitled to a surviving child benefit. The
surviving child benefit is equal to eight units per month if the person is the surviving child of
a deceased active member or disabilitant. The surviving child benefit is equal to two units per
month, plus an additional four-tenths of one unit per month for each year of service to the credit
of the decedent in excess of five years, to a maximum of eight units, if the person is the surviving
child of a deceased service pensioner, deferred pensioner, or superannuation pensioner. The
surviving child benefit is payable until the person attains age 18, or, if in full-time attendance
during the normal school year, in a school approved by the board of directors, until the person
receives a bachelor's degree or attains the age of 22 years, whichever occurs first. In the event of
the death of both parents leaving a surviving child or children entitled to a surviving child benefit
as determined in this paragraph, the surviving child is, or the surviving children are, entitled to a
surviving child benefit in such sums as determined by the board of directors to be necessary for
the care and education of such surviving child or children, but not to exceed the family maximum
benefit per month, to the children of any one family.
    (c) The surviving spouse and surviving child benefits are subject to a family maximum
benefit. The family maximum benefit is 41 units per month.
    (d) A surviving spouse who is otherwise not qualified may receive a benefit if the surviving
spouse was married to the decedent for a period of five years and was residing with the decedent
at the time of death. The surviving spouse benefit is the same as that provided in paragraph (a),
except that if the surviving spouse is younger than the decedent, the surviving spouse benefit
must be actuarially equivalent to a surviving spouse benefit that would have been paid to the
member's spouse had the member been married to a person of the same age or a greater age than
the member's age before retirement.
    (e) For any surviving spouse who began receiving survivor benefits before January 1, 2005,
the half-unit increase under paragraph (a) is effective retroactive to January 1, 2005.
    Subd. 2. Survivor benefit coverage for a member convicted of a felony. The surviving
spouse or a surviving child of a deceased member who was convicted of a felony may not be
deprived of a survivor benefit by reason of the conviction unless the person was a party to the
commission of the felony. For a member who is receiving a pension at the time of conviction,
a survivor who was not a party to the commission of the felony remains entitled to receive the
survivor benefit provided for in subdivision 1, in the event of the member's death.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 10; 1993 c 124 art 1 s 2; 1997 c 233 art 4 s 7; 1Sp2005 c
8 art 11 s 12; 2007 c 134 art 9 s 1

423B.11 TEMPORARY DISABILITY BENEFITS.
An active member who becomes disabled from performing duties as an active member of
the police department of the city by reason of sickness or accident, who is off the payroll of
the police department, and who has exhausted all accumulated vacation, overtime, and sick
leave credits due to the member, is entitled to receive from the association temporary disability
benefits in an amount as the bylaws of the association provide during the disability period. The
temporary disability benefits may not extend beyond a six-month period except when an active
member is disabled because of an injury sustained while on duty and then benefits may extend for
an indefinite time during the existence of the disability. The bylaws may provide that an active
member must have completed a minimum number of years of service in order to be entitled to
temporary disability benefits. Before temporary disability benefits may be paid or allowed, notice
of the disability and application for benefits on account of the disability must be made to the
secretary of the association within 90 days after the sickness or disability.
The bylaws may provide that an active member's periods of disability up to one year may be
included in computing the member's total years of service for pension entitlement and benefit
calculation purposes.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 11

423B.12 MANDATORY RETIREMENT; CONSEQUENCE OF CONTINUED ACTIVE
MEMBERSHIP.
Subject only to the provisions of section 423.075, an active member must retire upon
attaining age 65, and upon attaining age 65 must cease to be an active member of the association.
An active member who knowingly fails or refuses to comply with this section thereby renders
the person and the person's survivors ineligible for any pension or benefits provided under
sections 423B.01 to 423B.18, as amended. A person who has ceased to be an active member of
the association or has knowingly failed or refused to retire, is entitled only for the refund in an
amount equal to $100 per year of service credit, payable in a lump sum.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 12; 1994 c 465 art 2 s 20

423B.13 HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFIT.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person who, after July 1, 1980, retires on a
service pension with at least 20 years of service or a permanent disability benefit from the relief
association is entitled on January 1, 1981, or upon the date of retirement, whichever occurs later,
to receive a monthly health and welfare benefit. The monthly health and welfare benefit is an
amount equal to one unit. The monthly health and welfare benefit is payable to the retired member
unless the retired member designates in writing that the amount be paid to an insurance carrier to
defray the cost of any health or welfare related insurance coverage.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 13

423B.14 HEALTH INSURANCE ACCOUNT.
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, contributions of active members of the relief
association with at least 25 years of service made after the 25th year of service must be deposited
in a separate account and used to pay the future health insurance costs of the individual member
upon that member's retirement.
(b) A member who retires with at least 25 years of service is entitled to receive periodic
distributions from the remaining balance in the member's health insurance account, in the amount
and with the frequency specified by the retiring member in conformance with rules adopted by the
board of trustees for this purpose.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 14

423B.15 INVESTMENT RELATED POSTRETIREMENT ADJUSTMENTS.
    Subdivision 1. Annual postretirement payment authorized. Notwithstanding the
provisions of chapter 69, or any other law to the contrary, the relief association may provide
annual postretirement payments to eligible members under this section.
    Subd. 2. Determination of excess investment income. The board of trustees of the relief
association shall determine by May 1 of each year whether or not the fund has excess investment
income. The amount of excess investment income, if any, must be stated as a dollar amount and
reported by the chief administrative officer of the relief association to the mayor and governing
body of the city, the state auditor, the commissioner of finance, and the executive director of the
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement. The dollar amount of excess investment
income up to one percent of the assets of the fund, except when the actuarial value of assets of the
fund according to the most recent annual actuarial valuation prepared in accordance with sections
356.215 and 356.216 is greater than 102 percent of its actuarial accrued liabilities in which case
the amount may not exceed 1-1/2 percent of the assets of the fund, must be applied for the purpose
specified in subdivision 3. Excess investment income must not be considered as income to or
assets of the fund for actuarial valuations of the fund for that year under sections 69.77, 356.215,
and 356.216 and the provisions of this section except to offset the annual postretirement payment.
Additional investment income is any realized or unrealized investment income other than the
excess investment income and must be included in the actuarial valuations performed under
sections 69.77, 356.215, and 356.216 and the provisions of this section.
    Subd. 3. Amount of annual postretirement payment. The amount determined under
subdivision 2 must be applied in accordance with this subdivision. When the actuarial value of
assets of the fund according to the most recent annual actuarial valuation prepared in accordance
with sections 356.215 and 356.216 is less than 102 percent of its total actuarial liabilities, the
relief association shall apply the first one-half of excess investment income to the payment of
an annual postretirement payment as specified in this subdivision and the second one-half of
excess investment income up to one-half of one percent of the assets of the fund must be applied
to reduce the state amortization state aid or supplementary amortization state aid payments
otherwise due to the relief association under section 423A.02 for the current calendar year. When
the actuarial value of assets of the fund according to the most recent annual actuarial valuation
prepared in accordance with sections 356.215 and 356.216 is less than 102 percent funded and
other conditions are met, the relief association shall pay an annual postretirement payment to all
eligible members in an amount not to exceed one-half of one percent of the assets of the fund.
When the actuarial value of assets of the fund according to the most recent annual actuarial
valuation prepared in accordance with sections 356.215 and 356.216 is greater than 102 percent of
its actuarial accrued liabilities, the relief association shall pay an annual postretirement payment to
all eligible members in an amount not to exceed 1-1/2 percent of the assets of the fund. Payment
of the annual postretirement payment must be in a lump sum amount on June 1 following the
determination date in any year. Payment of the annual postretirement payment may be made only
if the average time weighted total rate of return for the most recent prior five years exceeds by two
percent the actual average percentage increase in the current monthly salary of a top grade patrol
officer in the most recent prior five fiscal years. The total amount of all payments to members may
not exceed the amount determined under this subdivision. Payment to each eligible member must
be calculated by dividing the total number of pension units to which eligible members are entitled
into the excess investment income available for distribution to members, and then multiplying
that result by the number of units to which each eligible member is entitled to determine each
eligible member's annual postretirement payment. When the actuarial value of assets of the fund
according to the most recent annual actuarial valuation prepared in accordance with sections
356.215 and 356.216 is less than 102 percent of its actuarial accrued liabilities, payment to
each eligible member may not exceed an amount equal to the total monthly benefit that the
eligible member was entitled to in the prior year under the terms of the benefit plan of the relief
association or each eligible member's proportionate share of the excess investment income,
whichever is less. When the actuarial value of assets of the fund according to the most recent
annual actuarial valuation prepared in accordance with sections 356.215 and 356.216 is greater
than 102 percent of its actuarial accrued liabilities, payment to each eligible member must not
exceed the member's proportionate share of 1-1/2 percent of the assets of the fund.
A person who received a pension or benefit for the entire 12 months before the determination
date is eligible for a full annual postretirement payment. A person who received a pension or
benefit for less than 12 months before the determination date is eligible for a prorated annual
postretirement payment.
    Subd. 4. Annual postretirement payment in the event of death. In the event an eligible
member dies after the determination date and before the payment of the annual postretirement
payment, the chief administrative officer of the relief association shall pay that eligible member's
estate the amount of the postretirement payment to which the eligible member was entitled.
    Subd. 5. Report on annual postretirement payment. The chief administrative officer of
the relief association shall prepare a report on the amount of all postretirement payments made
under this section and the manner in which those payments were determined. That report must be
submitted to the state auditor, the executive director of the Legislative Commission on Pensions
and Retirement, and the city clerk of the city.
    Subd. 6. No guarantee of annual postretirement payment. No provision of or payment
made under this section may be interpreted or relied upon by any member of the relief association
to guarantee or entitle a member to annual postretirement payments for a period when no excess
investment income is earned by the fund. If the actuarial value of assets of the fund according
to the most recent annual actuarial valuation prepared in accordance with sections 356.215 and
356.216 is less than 102 percent of its actuarial accrued liabilities, the distribution of assets under
this section must not exceed one-half of one percent.
    Subd. 7. Annual actuarial valuation date. Notwithstanding any provision of section 69.77,
subdivision 10 , 356.215, or 356.216 to the contrary, the annual actuarial valuation of the fund
must be completed by May 1 of each year.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 15; 1996 c 438 art 4 s 11; 1997 c 233 art 4 s 8-11; 2002
c 392 art 1 s 8

423B.151 EXCESS ASSET AMOUNT PAYMENT.
    Subdivision 1. Determination of net total excess amount. The board of the association
shall determine by May 1 of each year whether the fund has a total excess asset amount for that
year. If a total excess asset amount exists for the given year, the net total excess asset amount
shall be determined. The total excess asset amount and net total excess asset amount shall be
reported to the chief administrative officer of the association, the mayor and governing body of
the city, the state auditor, the commissioner of finance, and the executive director of the legislative
commission on pensions and retirement. The portion of the net excess asset amount which is
distributed under this section must not be considered as income to or assets of the fund for
actuarial valuations of the fund for that year under sections 69.77, 356.215, 356.216, and Laws
2000, chapter 461, except to offset the amount distributed.
    Subd. 2. Total available for payment. Twenty percent of the net total excess asset amount
determined under subdivision 1 is available for excess asset amount payments under subdivision 3.
    Subd. 3. Net excess asset amount payments. Except as limited under subdivision 4, the
net excess asset amount payment to an eligible member is equal to the amount determined under
subdivision 2 multiplied by the units applicable to the eligible member and divided by the total
units of all eligible members.
    Subd. 4. Entitlement; priority. A person who is an eligible member for the entire 12 months
before the determination date is eligible for a full excess asset amount payment under subdivision
2. A person who is an eligible member for less than 12 months before the determination date
is eligible for a prorated excess asset amount payment. If an eligible member dies after the
determination date and before the excess asset amount payment commences, the association must
pay the eligible member's excess asset amount payment to the eligible member's surviving spouse
or, if no surviving spouse, to the member's estate.
    Subd. 5. Payment method. The excess asset amount payments determined under this section
commence on June 1 following the determination date. These amounts may be paid as a lump
sum, disbursed to the eligible members in 12 equal monthly installments, or any other manner
which the board shall determine.
    Subd. 6. No guarantee of annual residual investment payment. No provision of Laws
2000, chapter 461, may be interpreted or relied upon by any member of the association to
guarantee or entitle a member to a net excess asset amount payment relating to any year in which
there is no net total excess asset amount.
History: 2000 c 461 art 17 s 2

423B.16 SUIT FOR BENEFITS; BONDS.
No person may sue for any pensions or benefits provided from the special fund of the relief
association under sections 423B.01 to 423B.18, as amended, unless the person applying for a
pension or benefit first posts a bond from a surety company competent to undertake the business
in a sufficient amount to defray the expense of the governing board of defending the action. In
the event that the governing board is sustained, the portion of the bond necessary to defray these
expenses is forfeited to the relief association.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 16

423B.17 PAYMENTS EXEMPT FROM PROCESS.
The provisions of section 356.401 apply to the Minneapolis Police Relief Association.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 17; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 77

423B.18 DISPOSITION OF ASSETS UPON CONCLUSION OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS.
Upon the death of the last benefit recipient and the certification by the chief administrative
officer of the city of Minneapolis to the state auditor of the absence of any remaining person with
a benefit entitlement, the assets of the relief association or trust fund, whichever applies, reverts to
the city and may be used by the city only for law enforcement expenditure purposes.
History: 1992 c 471 art 1 s 18

423B.19 CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS; NORMAL COST CONTRIBUTION ADJUSTMENT.
Notwithstanding section 69.77, 356.215, 356.216, or any other law to the contrary, the
required city contributions toward the association's normal cost, as determined by the actuary,
are reduced below that otherwise payable by the full amount of active member contributions
required by law to be directed to the association's health insurance escrow account rather than
to the special fund.
History: 2000 c 461 art 17 s 3

423B.20 SUSPENSION OF NORMAL COST CONTRIBUTIONS.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 69.77 or any other law to the contrary, if a total
excess asset amount exists, as defined in section 423B.01, subdivision 19, the city is not required
to make a contribution to the fund for the normal cost of active members.
History: 2000 c 461 art 17 s 4

423B.21 CHANGE IN AMORTIZATION PERIOD.
    Subdivision 1. Amortization treatment. Notwithstanding section 69.77, subdivision 4;
356.215; 356.216; or any other law to the contrary, if the actuarial report for the association
indicates an unfunded actuarial accrued liability after the fund has first achieved 100 percent
funding, the unfunded obligation is to be amortized on a level dollar basis by December 31 of
the year occurring 15 years later. If subsequent actuarial valuations determine a net actuarial
experience loss incurred during the year which ended as of the day before the most recent
actuarial valuation date, any unfunded liability due to that loss is to be amortized on a level dollar
basis by December 31 of the year occurring 15 years later.
    Subd. 2. Limitation. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the amortization period may not exceed
the average life expectancy of the remaining members.
History: 2000 c 461 art 17 s 5; 2002 c 392 art 1 s 8

423B.22 [Never Effective, 2004 c 267 art 18 s 8]

423B.23 RECOMPUTATION OF DISABLED BENEFIT PROHIBITED.
Notwithstanding section 423A.11, the Board of Directors of the Minneapolis Police Relief
Association shall not recompute the disability benefit of a member who became permanently
disabled as the result of a service-related disease or injury. Any prior recomputation of a disabled
member's service-related disability pension must be revoked upon the member's request and upon
the member's signed and sworn agreement to waive any right to a recomputation of that benefit in
the future. Non-service-related disability pension benefits that were recomputed as full 25-year
service pensions remain in effect.
History: 2006 c 271 art 9 s 3