2007 Minnesota Statutes

422A.101 PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS OF FUND; EMPLOYER
CONTRIBUTIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Financial requirements of fund. Prior to July 31 annually, the retirement
board, in consultation with the actuary retained under section 356.214, shall prepare an itemized
statement of the financial requirements of the fund for the succeeding fiscal year. A copy of the
statement shall be submitted to the city council, the board of estimate and taxation of the city, the
managing board or chief administrative officer of each city owned public utility, improvement
project or municipal activity supported in whole or in part by revenues other than real estate taxes,
public corporation, or unit of metropolitan government employing members of the fund, the board
of Special School District No. 1, and the state commissioner of finance prior to July 31 annually.
The statement shall be itemized and shall include the following:
(1) an estimate of the administrative expenses of the fund for the following year, including
the amount necessary to amortize through June 30, 2020, the annual costs that are determined by
the retirement board to be related to investment activities of the deposit accumulation fund other
than actual investment transaction amounts;
(2) an estimate of the normal cost of the fund expressed as a dollar amount, which shall be
determined by applying the normal cost of the fund as reported in the most recent actuarial
valuation prepared by the actuary retained under section 356.214 and expressed as a percentage
of covered payroll to the estimated total covered payroll of all employees covered by the fund
for the following year;
(3) an estimate of the contribution required to amortize on a level annual dollar basis the
unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the fund by June 30, 2020, using an interest rate of six
percent compounded annually as reported in the most recent actuarial valuation, prepared by
the actuary retained under section 356.214 expressed as a dollar amount. In determining the
amount of the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the fund, all assets other than the assets of
the retirement benefit fund shall be valued as current assets as defined under section 356.215,
subdivision 1 , clause (6), and the assets of the retirement benefit fund shall be valued equal to the
actuarially determined required reserves for benefits payable from that fund;
(4) the amount of any deficiency in the actual amount of any employer contribution provided
for in this section when compared to the required contribution amount certified for the previous
year, plus interest on the amount at the rate of six percent per annum.
    Subd. 1a. City contributions. Prior to August 31 of each year, the retirement board shall
prepare an itemized statement of the financial requirements of the fund payable by the city for the
succeeding fiscal year, and a copy of the statement shall be submitted to the board of estimate
and taxation and to the city council by September 15. The financial requirements of the fund
payable by the city shall be calculated as follows:
(a) a regular employer contribution of an amount equal to the percentage rounded to the
nearest two decimal places of the salaries and wages of all employees covered by the retirement
fund which equals the difference between the level normal cost plus administrative cost as
reported in the annual actuarial valuation prepared by the actuary retained under section 356.214
and the employee contributions provided for in section 422A.10 less any amounts contributed
toward the payment of the balance of the normal cost not paid by employee contributions by any
city owned public utility, improvement project, other municipal activities supported in whole or
in part by revenues other than real estate taxes, any public corporation, any employing unit of
metropolitan government, or by Special School District No. 1 pursuant to subdivision 2;
(b) an additional employer contribution of an amount equal to the percent specified in section
353.27, subdivision 3a, clause (a), multiplied by the salaries and wages of all employees covered
by the retirement fund less any amounts contributed toward amortization of the unfunded actuarial
accrued liability by June 30, 2020, attributable to their respective covered employees by any city
owned public utility, improvement project, other municipal activities supported in whole or in
part by revenues other than real estate taxes, any public corporation, any employing unit of
metropolitan government, or by Special School District No. 1 pursuant to subdivision 2; and
(c) a proportional share of an additional employer amortization contribution of an amount
equal to $3,900,000 annually until June 30, 2020, based upon the share of the fund's unfunded
actuarial accrued liability attributed to the city as disclosed in the annual actuarial valuation
prepared by the actuary retained under section 356.214.
The city council shall, in addition to other taxes levied by the city, annually levy a tax equal
to the amount of the financial requirements of the fund which are payable by the city. The tax,
when levied, shall be extended upon the county lists and shall be collected and enforced in the
same manner as other taxes levied by the city. If the city does not levy a tax sufficient to meet the
requirements of this subdivision, the retirement board shall submit the tax levy statement directly
to the county auditor, who shall levy the tax. The tax, when levied, shall be extended upon the
county lists and shall be collected and paid into the city treasury to the credit of the retirement
fund. Any amount to the credit of the retirement fund shall constitute a special fund and shall be
used only for the payment of obligations authorized pursuant to this chapter.
    Subd. 2. Contributions by or for city-owned public utilities, improvements, or municipal
activities. Contributions by or for any city-owned public utility, improvement project, and other
municipal activities supported in whole or in part by revenues other than real estate taxes, any
public corporation, any employing unit of metropolitan government, Special School District No.
1, or Hennepin County, on account of any employee covered by the fund, shall be calculated
as follows:
(a) a regular employer contribution of an amount equal to the percentage rounded to the
nearest two decimal places of the salaries and wages of all employees of the employing unit
covered by the retirement fund which equals the difference between the level normal cost plus
administrative cost reported in the annual actuarial valuation prepared by the actuary retained
under section 356.214 and the employee contributions provided for in section 422A.10;
(b) an additional employer contribution of an amount equal to the percent specified in section
353.27, subdivision 3a, clause (a), multiplied by the salaries and wages of all employees of the
employing unit covered by the retirement fund;
(c) a proportional share of an additional employer amortization contribution of an amount
equal to $3,900,000 annually until June 30, 2020, based upon the share of the fund's unfunded
actuarial accrued liability attributed to the employer as disclosed in the annual actuarial valuation
prepared by the actuary retained under section 356.214.
The city council or any board or commission may, by proper action, provide for the inclusion
of the cost of the retirement contributions for employees of any city-owned public utility or for
persons employed in any improvement project or other municipal activity supported in whole or in
part by revenues other than taxes who are covered by the retirement fund in the cost of operating
the utility, improvement project, or municipal activity. The cost of retirement contributions for
these employees shall be determined by the retirement board and the respective governing bodies
having jurisdiction over the financing of these operating costs.
The cost of the employer contributions on behalf of employees of Special School District
No. 1 who are covered by the retirement fund shall be the obligation of the school district.
Contributions by the school district to the retirement fund or any other public pension or
retirement fund of which its employees are members must be remitted to the fund each month. An
amount due and not transmitted begins to accrue interest at the rate of six percent compounded
annually 15 days after the date due. The retirement board shall prepare an itemized statement of
the financial requirements of the fund payable by the school district, which shall be submitted
prior to September 15. Contributions by the school district shall be made at times designated by
the retirement board. The school district may levy for its contribution to the retirement fund only
to the extent permitted pursuant to section 126C.41, subdivision 3.
The cost of the employer contributions on behalf of elective officers or other employees
of Hennepin County who are covered by the retirement fund pursuant to section 422A.09,
subdivision 3 , clause (2), 422A.22, subdivision 2, or 488A.115, or Laws 1973, chapter 380,
section 3, Laws 1975, chapter 402, section 2, or any other applicable law shall be the obligation
of Hennepin County. The retirement board shall prepare an itemized statement of the financial
requirements of the fund payable by Hennepin County, which shall be submitted prior to
September 15. Contributions by Hennepin County shall be made at times designated by the
retirement board. Hennepin County may levy for its contribution to the retirement fund.
    Subd. 2a. Contributions by Metropolitan Airports Commission and Metropolitan
Council. The Metropolitan Airports Commission and the Metropolitan Council shall pay to the
Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund annually in installments as specified in subdivision 3
the share of the additional support rate required for full amortization of the unfunded actuarial
accrued liabilities by June 30, 2020, that is attributable to employees of the airports commission
or former Metropolitan Waste Control Commission who are members of the fund. The amount
of the payment shall be determined as if the airport commission and Metropolitan Council's
employer contributions determined under subdivision 2 had also included a proportionate share
of a $1,000,000 annual employer amortization contribution. The amount of this $1,000,000
annual employer amortization contribution that would have been allocated to the commission or
council would have been based on the share of the fund's unfunded actuarial accrued liability
attributed to the commission or council compared to the total unfunded actuarial accrued liability
attributed to all employers under subdivisions 1a and 2. The determinations required under this
subdivision must be based on the most recent actuarial valuation prepared by the actuary retained
under section 356.214.
    Subd. 3. State contributions. (a) Subject to the limitation set forth in paragraph (c), the
state shall pay to the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund annually an amount equal to
the amount calculated under paragraph (b).
    (b) The payment amount is an amount equal to the financial requirements of the Minneapolis
Employees Retirement Fund reported in the actuarial valuation of the fund prepared by the
actuary retained under section 356.214 consistent with section 356.215 for the most recent year
but based on a target date for full amortization of the unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities by
June 30, 2020, less the amount of employee contributions required under section 422A.10, and
the amount of employer contributions required under subdivisions 1a, 2, and 2a. Payments shall
be made September 15 annually.
    (c) The annual state contribution under this subdivision may not exceed $9,000,000, plus the
cost of the annual supplemental benefit determined under section 356.43.
    (d) If the amount determined under paragraph (b) exceeds $9,000,000, the excess must be
allocated to and paid to the fund by the employers identified in subdivisions 1a and 2, other than
units of metropolitan government. Each employer's share of the excess is proportionate to the
employer's share of the fund's unfunded actuarial accrued liability as disclosed in the annual
actuarial valuation prepared by the actuary retained under section 356.214 compared to the total
unfunded actuarial accrued liability attributed to all employers identified in subdivisions 1a and 2,
other than units of metropolitan government. Payments must be made in equal installments as
set forth in paragraph (b).
    Subd. 4. Additional employer contribution in certain instances. (a) If a participating
employing unit, other than the state, has a negative asset balance in the deposit accumulation fund,
the executive director shall bill the employing unit for the amount of the deficiency. Any amount
billed must include six percent interest, compounded annually, for any year or portion of a year
from the billing date until the date of payment.
(b) If assets in the deposit accumulation fund are insufficient to make a transfer to the
retirement benefit fund, the city of Minneapolis shall pay the amount of that insufficiency to the
retirement benefit fund within three days of certification of the insufficiency by the executive
director of the fund. The city of Minneapolis may bill any other participating employing unit
other than the state for its proportion of the amount paid. Any amount billed by the city under this
paragraph must include interest as specified in paragraph (a).
History: 1979 c 303 art 6 s 9; 1980 c 614 s 148; 1981 c 224 s 186; 1981 c 298 s 11;
1Sp1981 c 1 art 10 s 22; 1985 c 248 s 58; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 331,332; 1987 c 259 s 70; 1988
c 718 art 7 s 56; 1989 c 329 art 9 s 28; 1991 c 130 s 37; 1991 c 345 art 4 s 10; 1992 c 480 s
1; 1992 c 499 art 12 s 29; 1993 c 307 art 10 s 5; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 34; 1997 c 202 art 2 s 48;
1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 1999 c 222 art 17 s 3; 2000 c 488 art 12 s 18; 2002 c 392 art 11 s 52;
2006 c 271 art 3 s 47; 2007 c 134 art 8 s 7
NOTE:The amendment to subdivision 3 by Laws 2007, chapter 134, article 8, section 7, is
effective retroactively from July 1, 2006, if the city council of the city of Minneapolis and its
chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021,
subdivisions 2 and 3. Laws 2007, chapter 134, article 8, section 9.