2000 Minnesota Statutes

     354A.099 Maternity break in service or leave service 
  credit purchase. 

    Subdivision 1.    Service credit purchase authorized.  A 
 teacher who has at least three years of allowable service credit 
 with the teachers retirement fund association and who was 
 granted a maternity leave of absence by a school district or 
 other employing unit covered by the teachers retirement 
 association for which the teacher did not previously receive 
 allowable service credit or who had a maternity break in 
 teaching service for which the teacher did not receive or 
 purchase service credit from another defined benefit public 
 employee pension plan is entitled to purchase the actual period 
 of the leave or of the break in teaching service, up to five 
 years, of allowable service credit for applicable maternity 
 leaves of absence or applicable maternity break in teaching 
 service periods by making payment under section 356.55. 

    Subd. 2.    Application and documentation.  A teacher 
 who desires to purchase service credit under subdivision 1 must 
 apply with the executive director or secretary of the respective 
 retirement fund association to make the purchase.  The 
 application must include all necessary documentation of the 
 teacher's qualifications to make the purchase, signed written 
 permission to allow the executive director or secretary to 
 request and receive any necessary verification of applicable 
 facts and eligibility requirements, and any other relevant 
 information that the executive director or secretary may require.
 Payment must be made before the teacher's effective date of 
 retirement.  

    Subd. 3.    Service credit grant.  Allowable service 
 credit for the purchase period must be granted by the applicable 
 teachers retirement fund association to the purchasing teacher 
 on receipt of the purchase payment amount. 

    HIST: 1999 c 222 art 16 s 9 

*   NOTE:  This section, as added by Laws 1999, chapter 222, 
*article 16, section 9, is repealed effective May 16, 2002.  Laws 
*1999, chapter 222, article 16, section 16.