2006 Minnesota Statutes

352.271 METROPOLITAN TRANSIT COMMISSION-TRANSIT OPERATING
DIVISION EMPLOYEES; CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE.
Any employee of the Metropolitan Transit Commission Operating Division who was on a
leave of absence to enter military service on July 1, 1978, who has not taken a refund of employee
contributions as authorized by article 12 of the Metropolitan Transit Commission-Transit
Operating Division employees retirement fund document or section 352.22, subdivision 2a,
and who returns to service as an employee of the Metropolitan Transit Commission-Transit
Operating Division upon discharge from military service as provided in section 192.262 is
entitled to allowable service credit for the period of military service. If an employee has taken a
refund of employee contributions, and would otherwise be entitled to allowable service credit
under this section, the employee is entitled to allowable service credit for the period of military
service upon repayment to the executive director of the system of the amount refunded plus
interest at an annual rate of 8.5 percent compounded annually from the date on which the refund
was taken to the date of repayment. No employee is entitled to allowable service credit for any
voluntary extensions of military service at the instance of the employee beyond any initial period
of enlistment, induction, or call to active duty.
History: 1980 c 342 s 19; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1; 1992 c 598 art 1 s 6