2006 Minnesota Statutes

144E.40 AMBULANCE SERVICE PERSONNEL LONGEVITY AWARD AND
INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Establishment. An ambulance service personnel longevity award and
incentive program is established. The program is intended to recognize the service rendered
to state and local government and the citizens of Minnesota by qualified ambulance service
personnel, and to reward qualified ambulance service personnel for significant contributions to
state and local government and to the public. The purpose of the ambulance service personnel
longevity award and incentive trust is to accumulate resources to allow for the payment of
longevity awards to qualified ambulance service personnel upon the completion of a substantial
ambulance service career.
    Subd. 2. Administration. (a) Unless paragraph (c) applies, consistent with the
responsibilities of the State Board of Investment and the various ambulance services, the
ambulance service personnel longevity award and incentive program must be administered by
the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board. The administrative responsibilities of
the board for the program relate solely to the record keeping, award application, and award
payment functions. The State Board of Investment is responsible for the investment of the
ambulance service personnel longevity award and incentive trust. The applicable ambulance
service is responsible for determining, consistent with this chapter, who is a qualified ambulance
service person, what constitutes a year of credited ambulance service, what constitutes sufficient
documentation of a year of prior service, and for submission of all necessary data to the board in a
manner consistent with this chapter. Determinations of an ambulance service are final.
(b) The board may administer its assigned responsibilities regarding the program directly
or may retain a qualified governmental or nongovernmental plan administrator under contract
to administer those responsibilities regarding the program. A contract with a qualified plan
administrator must be the result of an open competitive bidding process and must be reopened for
competitive bidding at least once during every five-year period after July 1, 1993.
(c) The commissioner of employee relations shall review the options within state government
for the most appropriate administration of pension plans or similar arrangements for emergency
service personnel and recommend to the governor the most appropriate future pension plan or
nonpension plan administrative arrangement for this chapter. If the governor concurs in the
recommendation, the governor shall transfer the future administrative responsibilities relating
to this chapter to that administrative agency.
History: 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 54; 1995 c 207 art 9 s 23; 1997 c 199 s 14