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353.46 SAVINGS CLAUSES.
    Subdivision 1.[Repealed, 1981 c 180 s 18]
    Subd. 1a. Purchase of allowable service; annuity. A person who purchased allowable
service in the Public Employees Retirement Association for a period of time including June 30,
1957, but was not in fact a member of the association on June 30, 1957, shall not be entitled to
receive retirement annuity computed under Minnesota Statutes 1971, section 353.46, subdivision
1
. This section shall have retroactive application to any such person receiving or found eligible by
the district court to receive benefits calculated under Minnesota Statutes 1971, section 353.46,
subdivision 1
.
    Subd. 2. Rights of deferred annuitant. The right of a deferred annuitant or other former
member to receive an annuity under the law in effect at the time such person terminated public
service is herein preserved; provided, however, the provisions of section 353.71, subdivision 2, as
amended by Laws 1973, chapter 753 shall apply to a deferred annuitant or other former member
who first begins receiving an annuity after July 1, 1973.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1977 c 429 s 65]
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 81]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1973 c 753 s 85]
    Subd. 6. Computation of benefits for certain coordinated members. Any coordinated
member who prior to July 1, 1979 was a member of the coordinated program of the Minneapolis
Municipal Employees Retirement Fund and who prior to July 1, 1978 was a member of the basic
program of the Minneapolis Municipal Employees Retirement Fund shall:
(1) be entitled to receive a retirement annuity when otherwise qualified, the calculation
of which shall utilize the formula accrual rates specified in section 422A.15, subdivision 1,
for that portion of credited service which was rendered prior to July 1, 1978, and the formula
accrual rates specified in section 353.29, subdivision 3, for the remainder of credited service, both
applied to the average salary as specified in section 353.29, subdivision 2. The formula accrual
rates to be used in calculating the retirement annuity shall recognize the service after July 1, 1978
as a member of the coordinated program of the Minneapolis Municipal Employees Retirement
Fund and after July 1, 1979 as a member of the Public Employees Retirement Association as
a continuation of service rendered prior to July 1, 1978. The annuity amount attributable to
service as a member of the basic program of the Minneapolis Municipal Employees Retirement
Fund shall be payable by the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund and the annuity amount
attributable to all other service shall be payable by the Public Employees Retirement Association;
(2) retain eligibility when otherwise qualified for a disability benefit from the Minneapolis
Employees Retirement Fund until July 1, 1982, notwithstanding coverage by the Public
Employees Retirement Association, if the member has or would, without the transfer of retirement
coverage from the basic program of the Minneapolis Municipal Employees Retirement Fund to
the coordinated program of the Minneapolis Municipal Employees Retirement Fund or from the
coordinated program of the Minneapolis Municipal Employees Retirement Fund to the public
employees retirement fund, have sufficient credited service prior to January 1, 1983, to meet the
minimum service requirements for a disability benefit pursuant to section 422A.18. The disability
benefit amount attributable to service as a member of the basic program of the Minneapolis
Municipal Employees Retirement Fund shall be payable by the Minneapolis Employees
Retirement Fund and the disability benefit amount attributable to all other service shall be payable
by the Public Employees Retirement Association.
History: 1957 c 935 s 26; 1959 c 650 s 27; Ex1961 c 87 s 2; 1965 c 814 s 1,3; 1971 c 106 s
36; 1973 c 753 s 65-68; 1975 c 102 s 19; 1977 c 4 29 s 33; 1981 c 224 s 93,94; 1981 c 298 s
11; 1990 c 570 art 11 s 8; 1991 c 341 s 21

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