Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: HF1978

HF 1978

THIRD ENGROSSMENT

Omnibus pension bill modifying provisions of various
state and local retirement plans.

ARTICLE 1: VARIOUS CLARIFICATIONS AND
CORRECTIONS

Section 1: Application for survivor benefit language
modified.

Section 2: Beneficiary and survivor data language modified.

Section
3: Minneapolis health insurance subsidy language modified.

Section 4: Excluded
employees language modified.

Section 5: Computation of formula program
retirement annuity language modified.

Section 6: Special direct state matching
aid to the Teachers Retirement Association language modified.

Section 7:
Termination of supplemental contributions and direct matching and state aid
language modified.

Section 8: Supplemental administrative expense assessment
language modified.

Section 9: Default coverage language modified.

Section 10:
Minneapolis teacher language modified.

Section 11: Limited list of authorized
investment securities language modified.

Section 12: Reallocation of
amortization or supplementary amortization state aid language modified.

Section
13: Termination of state aid programs language modified.

Section 14: Election
of prior state coverage modified.

Section 15: Employee equivalent contribution
language modified.

Section 16: Payment language modified.

ARTICLE 2:
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 1: Qualifications language modified.

Section
2: Included employees language modified.

Section 3: Excluded employees language
modified.

Section 4: Allowable service language modified.

Section 5:
Authorized leave of absence service credit purchase procedure language
provided.

Section 6: Surviving spouse coverage term certain language
modified.

Section 7: Credit for break in service to provide uniformed service
language modified.

Section 8: Applicability of general law language
modified.

Section 9: Exemption from process language provided.

Section 10:
Coverage language modified.

Section 11: Transfer to general plan language
modified.

Section 12: Accrual date language modified.

Section 13: Included
employees language modified.

Section 14: Excluded employees language
modified.

Section 15: Governmental subdivision language modified.

Section 16:
Allowable service; limits and computation language modified.

Section 17:
Retirement language modified.

Section 18: Authorized leave of absence service
credit purchase procedure language provided.

Section 19: Duties and powers of
the board language modified.

Section 20: Executive director language
modified.

Section 21: Offices language modified.

Section 22: Treatment of
periods before initial coverage date language provided.

Section 23: Collection
of unpaid amounts language modified.

Section 24: Retirement annuity formula
language modified.

Section 25: Pre-July 1, 1989 members: rule of 90 language
modified.

Section 26: Pre-July 1, 1989 members: 30 years of service language
modified.

Section 27: Pre-July 1, 1989 members: early retirement language
modified.

Section 28: Surviving spouse optional annuity language
modified.

Section 29: Survivor coverage term certain language
modified.

Section 30: Deferred annuity; eligibility; computation language
modified.

Section 31: Allowable service language modified.

Section 32:
Parental leave language modified.

Section 33: Extended leaves of absence
language modified.

Section 34: Medical leave; payment procedures language
modified.

Section 35: Payment language modified.

Section 36: Payments using
pretax transfers language provided.

Section 37: Optional accelerated retirement
annuity before normal retirement age language modified.

Section 38: Bounce-back
annuity language modified.

Section 39: Account termination; restoration
language provided.

Section 40: Computation of benefits language
modified.

Section 41: Authorized leave of absence and strike period service
credit purchase procedure language provided.

Section 42: Covered plans language
modified.

Section 43: Combined payment of retirement annuities language
modified.

Section 44: Requirement of notice to member's spouse language
modified.

Section 45: Purchase of prior comprehensive employment training act
service language provided.

Section 46: Allocation of receivable language
provided

Section 47: Early retirement date language modified.

Section 48:
Normal retirement date language modified.

Section 49: Revisor instruction
language provided.

Section 50: Repealer language provided.

ARTICLE 3:
MSRS-CORRECTIONAL PLAN MEMBERSHIP PROVISIONS

Section 1: Other correctional
personnel language modified.

Section 2: Minnesota extended treatment options
program language modified.

Section 3: Additional Department of Human Services
personnel language modified.

Section 4: Department of Corrections; procedure
for coverage change considerations language modified.

Section 5: Transfer of
prior MSRS-general service credit for certain employees with transferred
retirement coverage language provided.

Section 6: Coverage for prior state
service for certain persons language provided.

ARTICLE 4: DISABILITY BENEFIT
CHANGES

Section 1: Normal retirement age language modified.

Section 2: Duty
disability language provided.

Section 3: Less frequent duties language
provided.

Section 4: Line of duty death language provided.

Section 5: Normal
duties language provided.

Section 6: Not line of duty death language
provided.

Section 7: Regular disability language provided.

Section 8:
Disability determination procedures language provided.

Section 9: Age, service,
and salary requirements language modified.

Section 10: Accrual of benefits
language modified.

Section 11: Procedure to determine eligibility language
modified.

Section 12: Continuing eligibility for benefits language
modified.

Section 13: Trial work period language modified.

Section 14: Early
retirement language modified.

Section 15: Duty disability; computation of
benefits language modified.

Section 16: Total permanent duty disability;
computation of benefits language provided.

Section 17: Optional annuity
election language modified.

Section 18: Regular disability benefit language
modified.

Section 19: Total and permanent regular disability; computation of
benefits language provided.

Section 20: Limitation on disability benefit
payments language modified.

Section 21: Cessation of disability benefit
language modified.

Section 22: Disability survivor benefits for pre-July 1,
2007, disabilitants language modified.

Section 23: Application procedure to
determine eligibility for police and fire plan disability benefits language
modified.

Section 24: Accrual of benefits language modified.

Section 25:
Chemical dependency limitations to disability benefit eligibility language
provided.

Section 26: Generally language modified.

Section 27: Benefit amount
language modified.

Section 28: Death while eligible survivor benefit language
modified.

Section 29: Dependent children language modified.

Section 30:
Subsequent medical reexaminations language modified.

Section 31: Definitions
language provided.

Section 32: Duty disability qualification requirements
language modified.

Section 33: Regular disability qualification requirements
language modified.

Section 34: Disability benefit application; accrual of
benefits language modified.

Section 35: Continuing benefit eligibility language
modified.

Section 36: Repealer provided.

ARTICLE 5: HEALTH CARE FACILITY
PRIVATIZATIONS

Section 1: Medical facility language modified.

Section 2:
Enhanced augmentation rates language modified.

ARTICLE 6: STATEWIDE RETIREMENT
PLAN APPEALS PROCESS LANGAUGE

Section 1: Duties and powers of the board
language modified.

Section 2: Pension plan appeal procedure language
provided.

Section 3: Repealer language provided.

ARTICLE 7: FIRST CLASS CITY
TEACHER RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION CHANGES

Section 1: St. Paul teachers
retirement fund association; pilot postretirement adjustment; limitations
language provided.

Section 2: Mandated study and report on SPTRFA
postretirement adjustment experience language provided.

Section 3: Repealer
provided.

ARTICLE 8: MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND LIQUIDITY
CHANGES

Section 1: Deposit accumulation fund language modified.

Section 2:
Transfer of reserves to retirement benefit fund; adjustments of annuities and
benefits language modified.

Section 3: Disability benefit fund language
modified.

Section 4: Retirement benefit fund language modified.

Section 7:
State contributions language modified.

Section 8: Repealer language
provided.

Section 9: Effective date; local approval language provided.

ARTICLE
9: MINNEAPOLIS POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS CHANGES

Section 1:
Entitlement; benefit amount language modified.

Section 2: Actuarial assets of
special fund less than 102 percent language modified.

ARTICLE 10: VOLUNTEER
FIREFIGHTER BENEFIT CHANGES

Section 1: Definitions language modified.

Section
2: Payment of supplemental benefit language modified.

Section 3: State
reimbursement language modified.

ARTICLE 11: VARIOUS BENEFIT AND OTHER
CHANGES

Section 1: Membership language modified.

Section 2: Standards for
pension valuations and cost estimates language modified.

Section 3: Optional
annuities language modified.

Section 4: Optional division of retirement
allowance language provided.

Section 5: Definition language modified.

Section
6: Eligibility language modified.

Section 7: Included employees language
modified.

Section 8: Member language modified.

Section 9: Health insurance
withholding language modified.

Section 10: Definitions language
modified.

Section 11: Thief River Falls Police; survivor benefits language
modified.

Section 12: Retirement incentive language modified.

ARTICLE 12:
SMALL GROUP/SINGLE PERSON PROVISIONS

Section 1: Pera-general; city of St. Paul
employee service credit purchase language provided.

Section 2: Pera-police and
fire plan; exempting certain Anoka county field investigators from reemployed
annuitant earnings limitations language provided.

Section 3: MSRS-general and
pera-general; annuity back payments language provided.

Section 4: Teachers
retirement association; Sabbatical leave salary credit purchase language
provided.

Section 5: Community education teacher; prior service purchase
language provided.

Section 6: Pera-general; late disability benefit application
authorized language provided.

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