2007 Minnesota Statutes

611.265 TRANSITION.
(a) District public defenders and their employees, other than in the Second and Fourth
Judicial Districts, are state employees in the judicial branch, and are governed by the personnel
rules adopted by the state Board of Public Defense.
(b) A district public defender or district public defender employee who becomes a state
employee under this section, and who participated in a county insurance program on June
30, 1993, may elect to continue to participate in the county program according to procedures
established by the Board of Public Defense. An affected county shall bill the Board of Public
Defense for employer contributions, in a manner prescribed by the board. The county shall not
charge the board any administrative fee. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person who
is first employed as a district public defender after July 1, 1993, shall participate in the state
employee insurance program, as determined by the state Board of Public Defense, in consultation
with the commissioner of employee relations.
(c) A district public defender or district public defender employee who becomes a state
employee under this section, and who participated in the Public Employee Retirement Association
on June 30, 1993, may elect to continue to participate in the Public Employees Retirement
Association according to procedures established by the Board of Public Defense and the
association. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person who is first employed as a state
employee or by a district public defender after July 1, 1993, must participate in the Minnesota
State Retirement System.
(d) A person performing district public defender work as an independent contractor is not
eligible to be covered under the state group insurance plan or the Public Employee Retirement
Association.
History: 1993 c 146 art 2 s 24