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352.1155 NO ANNUITY REDUCTION.
    Subdivision 1. Eligibility. Except as indicated in subdivision 4, the annuity reduction
provisions of section 352.115, subdivision 10, do not apply to a person who:
(1) retires from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system with at least ten years
of combined service credit in a system under the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees of the
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities;
(2) was employed on a full-time basis immediately preceding retirement as a faculty member
or as an unclassified administrator in that system;
(3) begins drawing an annuity from the general state employees retirement plan of the
Minnesota State Retirement System; and
(4) returns to work on not less than a one-third time basis and not more than a two-thirds
time basis in the system from which the person retired under an agreement in which the person
may not earn a salary of more than $46,000 in a calendar year from employment after retirement
in the system from which the person retired.
    Subd. 2. Approval requirements. Initial participation, the amount of time worked, and the
duration of participation under this section must be mutually agreed upon by the president of the
institution where the person returns to work and the employee. The president may require up to
one-year notice of intent to participate in the program as a condition of participation under this
section. The president shall determine the time of year the employee shall work. The employer
or the president may not require a person to waive any rights under a collective bargaining
agreement as a condition of participation under this section.
    Subd. 3. Service credit prohibition. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person
eligible under this section may not, based on employment to which the waiver in this section
applies, earn further service credit in a Minnesota public defined benefit plan and is not eligible
to participate in a Minnesota public defined contribution plan, other than a volunteer fire plan
governed by chapter 424A. No employer or employee contribution to any of these plans may be
made on behalf of such a person.
    Subd. 4. Exemption limit. For a person eligible under this section who earns more than
$46,000 in a calendar year from reemployment in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
system following retirement, the annuity reduction provisions of section 352.115, subdivision 10,
apply only to income over $46,000.
    Subd. 5. Continuing rights. A person who returns to work under this section is a member of
the appropriate bargaining unit and is covered by the appropriate collective bargaining contract.
Except as provided in this section, the person's coverage is subject to any part of the contract
limiting rights of part-time employees.
History: 1999 c 222 art 19 s 3; 2000 c 461 art 2 s 3,4

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