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MN Stat § 352.017 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.017 — Authorized Leave Of Absence Service Credit Purchase Procedure.

352.017 AUTHORIZED LEAVE OF ABSENCE SERVICE CREDIT PURCHASE PROCEDURE. Subdivision 1. Application. Except for leaves or breaks in service covered by section 352.27, this section applies to all plans specified in this chapter for any period of authorized leave of absence without pay that does not exceed one year and for which the employee obtains credit for allowable service by making payment as specified in this section to the applicable fund. Subd. 2. Purchase procedure. (a) An employee covered by a plan specified in this chapter may purchase credit for allowable service in that plan for a period specified in subdivision 1 if the employee makes a payment as specified in paragraph (b) or (c), whichever applies. The employing unit, at its option, may pay the employer portion of the amount specified in paragraph (b) on behalf of its employees. (b) If payment is received by the executive director within one year from the date the employee returned to work following the authorized leave, the payment amount is equal to the employee and employer contribution rates specified in law for the applicable plan at the end of the leave period multiplied by the employee's hourly rate of salary on the date of return from the leave of absence and by the days and months of the leave of absence for which the employee is eligible for allowable service credit. The payment must include compound interest at the applicable monthly rate or rates specified in section 356.59, subdivision 2, from the last day of the leave period until the last day of the month in which payment is received. If payment is received by the executive director after one year, the payment amount is the amount determined under section 356.551. Payment under this paragraph must be made before the date of termination from public employment covered under this chapter. (c) If the employee terminates employment covered by this chapter during the leave or following the leave rather than returning to covered employment, payment must be received by the executive director within 30 days after the termination date. The payment amount is equal to the employee and employer contribution rates specified in law for the applicable plan on the day prior to the termination date, multiplied by the employee's hourly rate of salary on that date and by the days and months of the leave of absence prior to termination. History:  2007 c 134 art 2 s 5; 2008 c 349 art 5 s 2; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 64; 2015 c 68 art 3 s 1; 2018 c 211 art 6 s 3
MN Stat § 352.021 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.021 — Minnesota State Retirement System.

352.021 MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Subdivision 1. Establishment. (a) There is established the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System for state employees. (b) The general state employees retirement plan is a continuation of the State Employees Retirement Association. Subd. 2. State employees covered. Every person who becomes a state employee as defined in section 352.01 is covered by the general state employees retirement plan. Acceptance of state employment or continuance in state service is deemed to be consent to have deductions made from salary for deposit to the credit of the account of the state employee in the retirement fund. Subd. 3. Optional exemptions. (a) Any person who is appointed by the governor or lieutenant governor who is not already covered by the general state employees retirement plan under this chapter and who is not an employee listed in section 352D.02, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), may request, in writing, an exemption from coverage by the plan. (b) To qualify for this exemption, the request must be made within 90 days from the date of entering upon the duties of the position to which the person is appointed. (c) After making the request, a person requesting the exemption is not entitled to coverage by the general state employees retirement plan while employed in the position that entitled that person to an exemption from coverage. Subd. 4.  MS 1957 [Repealed, Ex1959 c 6 s 34] Subd. 4. Reentering service after refund. When a former employee who has withdrawn accumulated contributions reenters employment in a position entitled to coverage under the general state employees retirement plan, the employee must be covered by the plan on the same basis as a new employee and is not entitled to allowable service credit for any former service. The annuity rights forfeited when taking a refund can only be restored as provided in section 352.23. Subd. 5.  MS 1994 [Repealed, 1995 c 262 art 1 s 26] Subd. 5. Determining applicable law. An annuity under this chapter must be computed under the law in effect as of the last day for which the employee receives pay, or if on medical leave, the day that the leave terminates. However, if the employee has returned to covered employment following a termination, the employee must have earned at least six months of allowable service following a return to employment as a state employee in order to qualify for improved benefits resulting from any law change enacted subsequent to that termination. History:  1957 c 928 s 7; Ex1959 c 6 s 5,6; 1963 c 383 s 9; Ex1967 c 57 s 8; 1973 c 221 s 3; 1983 c 128 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1; 1989 c 319 art 1 s 3; 1990 c 570 art 10 s 2; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 11-14; 2009 c 169 art 1 s 9; 2015 c 68 art 13 s 3-5
MN Stat § 352.028 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.028 — Coverage Termination.

352.028 COVERAGE TERMINATION. Coverage of any person under the system ends when the person ceases to be a state employee. History:  1963 c 383 s 10; Ex1967 c 57 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1
MN Stat § 352.041 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.041 — Leave Of Absence For Employment By Political Subdivision.

352.041 LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR EMPLOYMENT BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. Subdivision 1. Allowable service credit. (a) An employee covered by the general state employees retirement plan who is given a leave of absence for employment by a political subdivision of the state remains a member of the plan and must continue to pay member contributions into the general state employees retirement fund for the period of leave. (b) Upon payment of member contributions, the employee must be given allowable service credit as a state employee on the records of the retirement plan as though the employee had received salary from the state during the leave. Payments into the retirement fund must be at the rate required in section 352.04, subdivision 2, and must be based upon the salary received from the political subdivision. Subd. 2. Employee contributions, procedure. The officer or employee who is authorized by law to pay salaries to employees of the political subdivision which is employing a state employee must deduct employee contributions for the general state employees retirement plan under section 352.04, subdivision 2, from the salary of each employee who is on leave of absence from state service on each payroll abstract and must pay the sum to the director following the conclusion of each pay period. Subd. 3. Employer contributions, procedure. The officer or employee who is authorized by law to pay salaries to employees of the political subdivision which is employing a state employee covered by the general state employees retirement plan also must have employer contributions made to the general state employees retirement fund following the conclusion of each payroll abstract in the amount required by section 352.04, subdivision 3. These contributions must be charged to the political subdivision as an administrative cost. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1963 c 383 s 59] Subd. 5. Employer contributions, leaves of absence; tax levies. (a) Every political subdivision which is employing a state employee covered by the system on leave of absence from state service for employment by a political subdivision of the state must pay into the general state employees retirement fund the amount of the employer contribution required by law for state employees covered by the system under section 352.04, subdivision 3. (b) Employing political subdivisions other than school districts may levy taxes necessary for the payment of employer contributions without limitation as to rate or amount. The levy of the taxes does not reduce the amount of other taxes that may be levied by political subdivisions other than school districts which are subject to any limitation. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1983 c 128 s 36] Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 1963 c 383 s 59] History:  1959 c 647 s 1; 1963 c 383 s 20,21; Ex1967 c 57 s 12; Ex1971 c 31 art 20 s 10; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 17-20
MN Stat § 352.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.05 — Commissioner Of Management And Budget To Be Treasurer Of System.

352.05 COMMISSIONER OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO BE TREASURER OF SYSTEM. The commissioner of management and budget is ex officio treasurer of the retirement funds of the system. The general bond to the state shall cover all liability for actions as treasurer of these funds. Funds of the system received by the commissioner of management and budget must be set aside in the state treasury to the credit of the proper fund. The commissioner of management and budget shall deliver to the director copies of all payroll abstracts of the state together with the commissioner of management and budget's payments covering the deductions made on these payroll abstracts for the retirement fund. The director shall have a list made of the commissioner of management and budget's payments. These payments must then be credited to the retirement fund. The commissioner of management and budget shall pay out of this fund only upon abstracts signed by the director, or by the finance officer designated by the director during the disability or the absence of the director from the city of St. Paul, Minnesota. Abstracts for investments may be signed by the executive director of the State Board of Investment. History:  (254-5) 1929 c 191 s 5; 1931 c 351 s 5; 1935 c 238 s 5; 1941 c 391 s 5; 1945 c 284 s 8; 1957 c 928 s 28; Ex1961 c 67 s 7; Ex1967 c 57 c 13; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 39; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 40
MN Stat § 352.061 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.061 — Investment Board To Invest Funds.

352.061 INVESTMENT BOARD TO INVEST FUNDS. The director shall, from time to time, certify to the State Board of Investment any portions of the state employees retirement fund that in the judgment of the director are not required for immediate use. The State Board of Investment shall invest and reinvest sums so certified in securities that are duly authorized legal investments under section 11A.24. History:  1967 c 404 s 7; Ex1967 c 57 s 14; 1969 c 893 s 6; 1980 c 607 art 14 s 45 subd 2; s 46; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1; 2009 c 169 art 1 s 12
MN Stat § 352.1155 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.1155 — No Annuity Reduction.

352.1155 NO ANNUITY REDUCTION. Subdivision 1. Eligibility. Except as indicated in subdivision 4, the annuity reduction provisions of section 352.115, subdivision 10, do not apply to a person who: (1) retires from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system with at least ten years of combined service credit in a system under the jurisdiction of the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; (2) was employed on a full-time basis immediately preceding retirement as a faculty member or as an unclassified administrator in that system; (3) was not a recipient of an early retirement incentive under section 136F.481; (4) begins drawing an annuity from the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System; and (5) returns to work on not less than a one-third time basis and not more than a two-thirds time basis in the system from which the person retired under an agreement in which the person may not earn a salary of more than $62,000 in a calendar year through employment after retirement in the system from which the person retired. Subd. 2. Approval requirements. Initial participation, the amount of time worked, and the duration of participation under this section must be mutually agreed upon by the president of the institution where the person returns to work and the employee. The president may require up to one-year notice of intent to participate in the program as a condition of participation under this section. The president shall determine the time of year the employee shall work. The employer or the president may not require a person to waive any rights under a collective bargaining agreement as a condition of participation under this section. Subd. 3. Service credit prohibition. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person eligible under this section may not, based on employment to which the waiver in this section applies, earn further service credit in a Minnesota public defined benefit plan and is not eligible to participate in a Minnesota public defined contribution plan, other than a volunteer fire plan governed by chapter 424A. No employer or employee contribution to any of these plans may be made on behalf of such a person. Subd. 4. Exemption limit. For a person eligible under this section who earns more than $62,000 in a calendar year through reemployment in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system following retirement, the annuity reduction provisions of section 352.115, subdivision 10, apply only to income over $62,000. Subd. 5. Continuing rights. A person who returns to work under this section is a member of the appropriate bargaining unit and is covered by the appropriate collective bargaining contract. Except as provided in this section, the person's coverage is subject to any part of the contract limiting rights of part-time employees. History:  1999 c 222 art 19 s 3; 2000 c 461 art 2 s 3,4; 2014 c 296 art 8 s 2,3
MN Stat § 352.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.15 — Exemption From Process And Taxation.

352.15 EXEMPTION FROM PROCESS AND TAXATION. Subdivision 1. Exemption. The provisions of section 356.401 apply to the general state employees retirement plan and to the correctional state employees retirement plan. Subd. 1a.  [Repealed, 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 81] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1994 c 528 art 1 s 15] Subd. 3. Deducting health or dental insurance premiums. The board may authorize, at its discretion, the deduction of a retiree's health or dental insurance premiums and transfer of the amounts to a health or dental insurance carrier covering state employees. The insurance carrier must certify that the retired employee has signed an authorization for the deduction and provide a computer readable roster of covered retirees and amounts. The health or dental insurance carrier must refund deductions withheld from a retiree's check in error directly to the retiree. The board shall require that the insurance carrier reimburse the fund for the administrative expense of withholding the premium amounts. The insurance carrier shall assume liability for any failure of the system to properly withhold the premium amounts. Subd. 4. Direct transfer of refunds. A direct transfer of refunds under this chapter may be made to an individual retirement savings account or a qualified retirement plan of the person upon the receipt of an application for transfer by a former employee, on forms acceptable to the executive director. History:  (254-17) 1929 c 191 s 17; 1931 c 351; 1933 c 326; 1935 c 238 s 15; 1941 c 391 s 14; Ex1959 c 6 s 21; 1971 c 789 s 4; 1975 c 368 s 30; 1979 c 303 art 3 s 28; 1983 c 128 s 12; 1984 c 547 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 157 s 2; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1; 1993 c 307 art 1 s 18; art 3 s 3,4; 1995 c 254 art 1 s 89; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92; 2000 c 461 art 3 s 1; 2003 c 127 art 3 s 18; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 21-23
MN Stat § 352.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.16 — Insurance Laws Not To Apply.

352.16 INSURANCE LAWS NOT TO APPLY. None of the laws of this state regulating insurance or insurance companies apply to the Minnesota State Retirement System or any of its funds. History:  (254-18) 1929 c 191 s 18; 1933 c 326; 1935 c 238 s 16; 1941 c 391 s 15; Ex1967 c 57 s 19; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1
MN Stat § 352.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.23 — Termination Of Rights; Repayment Of Refund.

352.23 TERMINATION OF RIGHTS; REPAYMENT OF REFUND. (a) When any employee accepts a refund as provided in section 352.22, all existing allowable service credits and all rights and benefits to which the employee was entitled before accepting the refund terminate. (b) Terminated service credits and rights must not again be restored until the former employee acquires at least six months of allowable service credit after taking the last refund and repays all refunds previously taken from the retirement fund with interest as provided in paragraph (d). An employee will not be considered as entitled to any other benefit, including benefits for which the employee may be eligible because of the employee's original hire date into public employment, until full repayment of all refunds has been made. (c) Repayment of refunds entitles the employee only to credit for service covered by (1) salary deductions; (2) payments previously made in lieu of salary deductions as permitted under law in effect when the payment in lieu of deductions was made; (3) payments made to obtain credit for service as permitted by laws in effect when payment was made; and (4) allowable service previously credited while receiving temporary workers' compensation as provided in section 352.01, subdivision 11, paragraph (a), clause (3). (d) Payments under this section for repayment of refunds are to be paid with interest at the applicable annual rate or rates specified in section 356.59, subdivision 2, compounded annually, from the date the refund was taken until the date the refund is repaid. Repayment may be made in a lump sum during employment or up to six months after termination from service. History:  1957 c 928 s 15; Ex1959 c 6 s 22; 1965 c 230 s 14; Ex1967 c 57 s 21; 1969 c 1083 s 1; 1973 c 653 s 37; 1980 c 607 art 14 s 34; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1; 1992 c 598 art 1 s 4; 1993 c 307 art 2 s 5; 2015 c 68 art 2 s 5; art 13 s 9,64; 2018 c 211 art 6 s 6; art 9 s 9; 1Sp2019 c 8 art 1 s 7; 2020 c 108 art 5 s 8
MN Stat § 352.75 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.75 — Transfer Of Pension Coverage Savings Clause; Increase In Existing Annuities And Benefits.

352.75 TRANSFER OF PENSION COVERAGE SAVINGS CLAUSE; INCREASE IN EXISTING ANNUITIES AND BENEFITS. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 13 s 65] Subd. 2. New employees. All persons employed by the Metropolitan Council as employees of the Transit Operating Division are members of the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System and are state employees for purposes of this chapter unless specifically excluded under section 352.01, subdivision 2b. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 13 s 65] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 13 s 65] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 13 s 65] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 13 s 65] History:  1978 c 538 s 8-10; 1980 c 607 art 14 s 35,45 subd 2; 1981 c 224 s 56; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 29; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 75; 2009 c 169 art 1 s 16,17; 2010 c 359 art 1 s 9; 2015 c 68 art 13 s 10
MN Stat § 352.86 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.86 — Transportation Department Pilots.

352.86 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT PILOTS. Subdivision 1. Eligibility. This section applies to any employee of the Department of Transportation in the civil service employment classification of aircraft pilot or chief pilot, who is covered for that employment by the general employee retirement plan, and who elected before June 1, 2008, special retirement coverage under this section by an irrevocable election on forms provided by the executive director. Subd. 1a.  MS 2008 [Renumbered subd 6] Subd. 2.  MS 2008 [Renumbered subd 7] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2009 c 169 art 12 s 17] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1991 c 269 art 3 s 21] Subd. 5. Retirement annuity. An eligible person under subdivision 1 who terminates employment as a state employee on or after age 62 but prior to normal retirement age is entitled, upon application, to a retirement annuity computed under section 352.115, subdivisions 2 and 3, without any reduction for early retirement under section 352.116, subdivision 1. Subd. 6. Disability benefits. An employee described in subdivision 1, who becomes disabled and physically or mentally unfit to perform occupational duties due to injury, sickness, or other disability, and who is found disqualified for retention as chief pilot or pilot as a result of a physical examination required by applicable federal laws or regulations, may submit an application for disability benefits calculated under section 352.113, subdivision 3. In considering the disability benefit application, the executive director must use the disability standard specified in this subdivision rather than the total and permanent standard specified in section 352.113, subdivision 1. If disability benefits commence under section 352.113, subdivision 3, the appointing authority shall also provide payments from the state airports fund, totaling 75 percent of current monthly salary less the amount payable under section 352.113, subdivision 3. Payments from the state airports fund must be made for five years or until normal retirement age, whichever is earlier. These benefits are in lieu of all other state benefits for the disability, including, but not limited to, workers' compensation benefits. Subd. 7. Additional contributions. An employee covered by this section must pay an additional employee contribution of 1.6 percent of salary. The Department of Transportation must pay an additional employer contribution of 1.6 percent of salary. These contributions are in addition to the contributions required by section 352.04, subdivisions 2 and 3. They must be made in the manner provided for in section 352.04, subdivisions 4, 5, and 6. History:  1982 c 575 s 3; 1983 c 293 s 98,99; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 7 s 35; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1; art 11 s 1; 1987 c 259 s 19; 2004 c 267 art 7 s 1; 2009 c 169 art 12 s 1-3
MN Stat § 352.90 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352 — State Retirement|Section 352.90 — Policy.

352.90 POLICY. It is the policy of the legislature to provide special retirement benefits for and special contributions by certain correctional employees who may be required to retire at an early age because they lose the mental or physical capacity required to maintain the safety, security, discipline, and custody of inmates at state correctional facilities; of patients in the state-operated forensic services program, which is comprised of the Minnesota Security Hospital, the forensic nursing home, the forensic transition service, and the competency restoration program; of patients in the Minnesota Sex Offender Program; or of patients in the Minnesota Specialty Health System-Cambridge. History:  1973 c 653 s 39; 1980 c 600 s 2; 1981 c 224 s 58; 1987 c 229 art 6 s 1; 1996 c 408 art 8 s 9; 1999 c 222 art 13 s 1; 2006 c 271 art 2 s 1; 2012 c 286 art 3 s 1; 2014 c 296 art 5 s 1