2006 Minnesota Statutes

353B.14 DISPUTE OVER BENEFIT AMOUNTS OR PLAN PROVISIONS.
In the event of any dispute by or on behalf of any former member of a consolidating relief
association after the effective date of consolidation over the amount of a benefit to which the
person may be entitled, the proper interpretation of a provision of sections 353B.01 to 353B.14, or
the conformity of the provisions of sections 353B.01 to 353B.14 to the provisions of the benefit
plan of the consolidating relief association in effect immediately before the date on which the
consolidation process was initiated, the dispute shall be submitted in writing to the Legislative
Commission on Pensions and Retirement by the person who is a party to the dispute or by the
executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association. The Legislative Commission
on Pensions and Retirement shall review the dispute as part of its deliberations on proposed or
pending retirement legislation and shall make its recommendation on the resolution of the dispute,
if any, to the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction
over public employee pension matters in the form of the necessary legislation amending the
provisions of sections 353B.01 to 353B.14, which legislation shall include retroactivity of any
increase in a benefit amount or any omitted benefit amount to the date on which the benefit
subject to dispute accrued or would have accrued.
History: 1987 c 296 s 31