2007 Minnesota Statutes

352.15 EXEMPTION FROM PROCESS AND TAXATION.
    Subdivision 1. Exemption. The provisions of section 356.401 apply to the general state
employees retirement plan and to the correctional state employees retirement plan.
    Subd. 1a.[Repealed, 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 81]
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1994 c 528 art 1 s 15]
    Subd. 3. Deducting health or dental insurance premiums. The board may authorize, at its
discretion, the deduction of a retiree's health or dental insurance premiums and transfer of the
amounts to a health or dental insurance carrier covering state employees. The insurance carrier
must certify that the retired employee has signed an authorization for the deduction and provide a
computer readable roster of covered retirees and amounts. The health or dental insurance carrier
must refund deductions withheld from a retiree's check in error directly to the retiree. The board
shall require that the insurance carrier reimburse the fund for the administrative expense of
withholding the premium amounts. The insurance carrier shall assume liability for any failure of
the system to properly withhold the premium amounts.
    Subd. 4. Direct transfer of refunds. A direct transfer of refunds under this chapter may
be made to an individual retirement savings account or a qualified retirement plan of the person
upon the receipt of an application for transfer by a former employee, on forms acceptable to
the executive director.
History: (254-17) 1929 c 191 s 17; 1931 c 351; 1933 c 326; 1935 c 238 s 15; 1941 c 391
s 14; Ex1959 c 6 s 21; 1971 c 789 s 4; 1975 c 368 s 30; 1979 c 303 art 3 s 28; 1983 c 128
s 12; 1984 c 547 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 157 s 2; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1; 1993 c 307 art 1 s 18;
art 3 s 3,4; 1995 c 254 art 1 s 89; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92; 2000 c 461 art 3 s 1; 2003 c 127 art 3
s 18; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 21-23