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354A.096 MEDICAL LEAVE.
Any teacher in the coordinated program of the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association
or the new law coordinated program of the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association who
is on an authorized medical leave of absence and subsequently returns to teaching service is
entitled to receive allowable service credit, not to exceed one year, for the period of leave, upon
making the prescribed payment to the fund. This payment must include the required employee
and employer contributions at the rates specified in section 354A.12, subdivisions 1 and 2, as
applied to the member's average full-time monthly salary rate on the date the leave of absence
commenced plus annual interest at the rate of 8.5 percent per year from the end of the fiscal
year during which the leave terminates to the end of the month during which payment is made.
The member must pay the total amount required unless the employing unit, at its option, pays
the employer contributions. The total amount required must be paid by the end of the fiscal year
following the fiscal year in which the leave of absence terminated or before the member retires,
whichever is earlier. Payment must be accompanied by a copy of the resolution or action of the
employing authority granting the leave and the employing authority, upon granting the leave, must
certify the leave to the association in a manner specified by the executive director. A member
may not receive more than one year of allowable service credit during any fiscal year by making
payment under this section. A member may not receive disability benefits under section 354A.36
and receive allowable service credit under this section for the same period of time.
History: 1990 c 570 art 7 s 2; 1992 c 598 art 6 s 14; 2006 c 277 art 3 s 17

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