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MN Stat § 352F.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352F — University Hospital Employee Retirement|Section 352F.07 — Effect On Refund.

352F.07 EFFECT ON REFUND. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 352 to the contrary, terminated hospital employees may receive a refund of employee accumulated contributions plus interest in accordance with section 352.22, subdivision 2, at any time after the transfer of employment to Fairview, University of Minnesota Physicians, or University Affiliated Family Physicians. If a terminated hospital employee has received a refund from a pension plan enumerated in section 356.30, subdivision 3, the person may not repay that refund unless the person again becomes a member of one of those enumerated plans and complies with section 356.30, subdivision 2. History:  1996 c 460 art 1 s 7; 1997 c 241 art 7 s 10; 2010 c 359 art 1 s 22
MN Stat § 352F.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 352F — University Hospital Employee Retirement|Section 352F.08 — Counseling Services.

352F.08 COUNSELING SERVICES. The University of Minnesota hospital and clinics or the Academic Health Center, whichever is applicable and the Minnesota State Retirement System shall provide terminated hospital employees with counseling on their benefits available under the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System. History:  1996 c 460 art 1 s 8; 1997 c 241 art 7 s 11
MN Stat § 353.012 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.012 — University Of Minnesota Employees; Furlough Service And Salary Credit.

353.012 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EMPLOYEES; FURLOUGH SERVICE AND SALARY CREDIT. A furloughed employee of the University of Minnesota who is a member of the public employees police and fire plan may obtain allowable service and salary credit for the furlough period. The allowable service and salary credit authorization is a leave of absence authorization for purposes of section 353.0162. History:  2010 c 359 art 15 s 2; 2018 c 211 art 19 s 2
MN Stat § 353.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.05 — Custodian Of Funds.

353.05 CUSTODIAN OF FUNDS. The commissioner of management and budget shall be ex officio treasurer of the retirement funds of the association and the general bond of the commissioner of management and budget to the state must be so conditioned as to cover all liability for acts as treasurer of these funds. All money of the association received by the commissioner of management and budget must be set aside in the state treasury to the credit of the proper fund or account. The commissioner of management and budget shall transmit monthly to the executive director a detailed statement of all amounts so received and credited to the funds. Payments out of the funds may only be made as payments issued by the commissioner of management and budget, upon abstracts signed by the executive director; provided that abstracts for investment may be signed by the executive director of the State Board of Investment. History:  (254-27) 1931 c 307 s 5; 1959 c 650 s 58; 1971 c 106 s 12; 1974 c 229 s 10; 1975 c 102 s 6; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2010 c 359 art 11 s 5; 2015 c 68 art 14 s 5; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 34
MN Stat § 353.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.06 — State Board Of Investment To Invest Funds.

353.06 STATE BOARD OF INVESTMENT TO INVEST FUNDS. The executive director shall from time to time certify to the State Board of Investment for investment such portions of the funds of the association as in the director's judgment may not be required for immediate use. The State Board of Investment shall thereupon invest and reinvest the sum so certified, or transferred, in such securities as are duly authorized as legal investments under section 11A.24 and has authority to sell, convey, and exchange such securities and invest and reinvest the securities when it deems it desirable to do so and shall sell securities upon request of the executive director when such funds are needed for its purposes. All of the provisions regarding accounting procedures and restrictions and conditions for the purchase and sale of securities under chapter 11A must apply to the accounting, purchase and sale of securities for the funds of the Public Employees Retirement Association. History:  (254-28) 1931 c 307 s 6; 1959 c 650 s 58; 1961 c 380 s 5; 1965 c 305 s 5; 1973 c 753 s 21; 1975 c 102 s 6; 1980 c 607 art 14 s 45 subd 2; s 46; 2009 c 169 art 1 s 31; 2010 c 359 art 11 s 6; 2015 c 68 art 14 s 6
MN Stat § 353.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.08 — Legal Adviser, Attorney General; Venue.

353.08 LEGAL ADVISER, ATTORNEY GENERAL; VENUE. The attorney general shall be the legal adviser of the board of trustees. The board may sue or be sued in the name of the board of trustees of the Public Employees Retirement Association and, in all actions brought by it or against it, the board shall be represented by the attorney general. The venue of all actions against and by the Public Employees Retirement Association shall be Ramsey County. History:  (254-30) 1931 c 307 s 8; 1933 c 374 s 1; 1959 c 650 s 58; 1973 c 753 s 22; 1975 c 102 s 9
MN Stat § 353.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.14 — Benefits From Other Funds.

353.14 BENEFITS FROM OTHER FUNDS. No annuity or benefit provided by this chapter may be affected, diminished, or impaired by any pension, benefit, or annuity which any member or survivor is entitled to receive from a tax-supported public retirement plan or system authorized by any other law based on service that is different service than the service for which the member or survivor is entitled to receive benefit or annuity from a retirement plan administered by the Public Employees Retirement Association. History:  1963 c 641 s 1; 1973 c 753 s 23; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 44
MN Stat § 353.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.15 — Nonassignability And Exemption From Judicial Process.

353.15 NONASSIGNABILITY AND EXEMPTION FROM JUDICIAL PROCESS. Subdivision 1. Exemption. The provisions of section 356.401 apply to the general employees retirement plan, to the public employees police and fire retirement plan, and to the local government correctional service retirement plan. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 81] Subd. 3. Payment to public bodies. If, in the judgment of the executive director, conditions so warrant, payment of an annuity, a retirement benefit, or a refund may be made to a public body in behalf of an annuitant, disabilitant, or survivor upon such terms as the executive director may prescribe. History:  (254-40) 1931 c 307 s 18; 1955 c 815 s 9; 1971 c 789 s 5; 1973 c 753 s 24; 1975 c 102 s 6,10; 1976 c 329 s 19; 1978 c 772 s 62; 1979 c 303 art 3 s 29; 1981 c 180 s 5; 1984 c 547 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 157 s 5; 1990 c 570 art 11 s 4; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92; 2000 c 461 art 3 s 13; 2003 c 127 art 3 s 19; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 45,46
MN Stat § 353.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.16 — Audit Of Books And Accounts; Insurance Laws Not Applicable.

353.16 AUDIT OF BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS; INSURANCE LAWS NOT APPLICABLE. None of the laws of this state regulating insurance or insurance companies shall apply to the retirement association or any of its funds. The books and accounts of the association and the retirement fund shall be examined and audited annually, if funds and personnel permit, by the legislative auditor of the state and a full and detailed report thereof made to the board of trustees. The cost of any examination shall be paid by the retirement association in accordance with the provisions of section 16A.127, subdivision 7, and for the purposes of this section the public employees retirement association shall be considered a state agency as referred to in section 16A.127, subdivision 7. History:  (254-41) 1931 c 307 s 19; 1933 c 374 s 1; 1959 c 645 s 1; 1959 c 650 s 58; 1971 c 106 s 15; 1974 c 229 s 11; 1979 c 50 s 45; 1981 c 224 s 80
MN Stat § 353.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.18 — Rules.

353.18 RULES. All matters and administrative details not specifically provided for in this chapter shall be governed by rules issued and promulgated by the board of trustees. The final power to determine the status of any individual in the employ of any governmental subdivision, for the purposes of this chapter, is hereby vested in the board, and such determination shall not be disturbed unless found to be arbitrary and capricious. History:  (254-44) 1931 c 307 s 22; 1941 c 285 s 9; 1959 c 650 s 58; 1973 c 753 s 25; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 353.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.19 — Penalties For False Information.

353.19 PENALTIES FOR FALSE INFORMATION. Any person who shall give any false information to the board of trustees or any officer or agent of the retirement association, or any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to perform or discharge any duty prescribed by this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. History:  (254-45) 1931 c 307 s 23; 1959 c 650 s 58; 1973 c 753 s 26
MN Stat § 353.335 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.335 — Disabilitant Earnings Reports.

353.335 DISABILITANT EARNINGS REPORTS. Unless waived by the executive director, a disability benefit recipient must report all earnings from reemployment and from income from workers' compensation to the association annually by May 15 in a format prescribed by the executive director. If the form is not submitted by May 15, benefits must be suspended effective June 1. Upon receipt of the form by the association, if the disability benefit recipient is deemed by the executive director to be eligible for continued payment, benefits must be reinstated retroactive to June 1. The executive director may waive the requirements in this section if the medical evidence supports that the disability benefit recipient will not have earnings from reemployment. History:  2006 c 271 art 3 s 27; 2021 c 22 art 3 s 9
MN Stat § 353.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.35 — Consequences Of Refund; Repayment, Rights Restored.

353.35 CONSEQUENCES OF REFUND; REPAYMENT, RIGHTS RESTORED. Subdivision 1. Refund rights. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), when any former member accepts a refund, all existing service credits and all rights and benefits to which the person was entitled prior to the acceptance of the refund terminate. (b) A refund under section 353.651, subdivision 3, paragraph (c), does not result in a forfeiture of salary credit for the allowable service credit covered by the refund. (c) If a person forfeits service credits, rights, and benefits under paragraph (a), the person's service credits, rights, and benefits shall be restored if the person returns to employment covered by the association for at least six months of allowable service and repays all amounts previously received under section 353.34, subdivision 2, plus interest at the applicable rate or rates specified in section 356.59, subdivision 3, compounded annually, from the date each amount was received to the date the amount is repaid. The repayment must be made within six months of the last day of public service employment. A person may have service credits, rights, and benefits restored under this paragraph only one time. Subd. 2. Refund repayment. A person who receives a refund of accumulated employee deductions, plus interest, may repay the total amount of the refund including the interest, within 30 days of the date the refund was issued, to retain allowable service. History:  1957 c 935 s 15; 1959 c 650 s 38; 1963 c 641 s 30; 1971 c 106 s 32; 1973 c 753 s 60; 1976 c 329 s 27; 1979 c 216 s 16; 1982 c 404 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 319 art 3 s 18; 1990 c 570 art 11 s 7; 1992 c 598 art 2 s 6; 1993 c 307 art 4 s 29; 2013 c 111 art 11 s 5; 2015 c 68 art 2 s 13; 2018 c 211 art 6 s 24; art 10 s 11
MN Stat § 353.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.46 — Savings Clauses.

353.46 SAVINGS CLAUSES. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1981 c 180 s 18] Subd. 1a.  [Repealed, 2010 c 359 art 5 s 28] Subd. 2. Rights of deferred annuitant. (a) The entitlement of a deferred annuitant or other former member of the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association, the public employees police and fire retirement plan, or the local government correctional employees retirement plan to receive an annuity under the law in effect at the time the person terminated public service is preserved. (b) The entitlement of a deferred annuitant or former member of the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, upon merger with the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association, continues under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 422A.16. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1977 c 429 s 65] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 81] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1973 c 753 s 85] Subd. 6. Computation of benefits for certain coordinated members. Any coordinated member of the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association who, before July 1, 1979, was a member of the former coordinated program of the former Minneapolis Municipal Employees Retirement Fund and who, before July 1, 1978, was a member of the basic program of the Minneapolis Municipal Employees Retirement Fund is entitled to receive a retirement annuity when otherwise qualified, the calculation of which must utilize the formula accrual rates specified in Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 422A.15, subdivision 1, for that portion of credited service which was rendered before July 1, 1978, and the formula accrual rates specified in section 353.29, subdivision 3, for the remainder of credited service, both applied to the average salary as specified in section 353.01, subdivision 17a. The formula accrual rates to be used in calculating the retirement annuity must recognize the service after July 1, 1978, as a member of the former coordinated program of the former Minneapolis Municipal Employees Retirement Fund and after July 1, 1979, as a member of the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association as a continuation of service rendered before July 1, 1978. The annuity amount attributable to service as a member of the basic program of the former Minneapolis Municipal Employees Retirement Fund and the annuity amount attributable to all other service is payable from the general employees retirement fund of the Public Employees Retirement Association. History:  1957 c 935 s 26; 1959 c 650 s 27; Ex1961 c 87 s 2; 1965 c 814 s 1,3; 1971 c 106 s 36; 1973 c 753 s 65-68; 1975 c 102 s 19; 1977 c 4 29 s 33; 1981 c 224 s 93,94; 1981 c 298 s 11; 1990 c 570 art 11 s 8; 1991 c 341 s 21; 2010 c 359 art 11 s 15,16; 2012 c 187 art 1 s 61; 2015 c 68 art 13 s 20; art 14 s 12,13
MN Stat § 353.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.50 — Merf Consolidation Account; Establishment And Operation.

353.50 MERF CONSOLIDATION ACCOUNT; ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 14 s 30] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 14 s 30] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 14 s 30] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 14 s 30] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 14 s 30] Subd. 6. Benefits for former MERF division members. (a) Retired, disabled, deferred, and inactive member benefits. The annuities and benefits of, or attributable to, retired, disabled, deferred, or inactive members of the former MERF division, as calculated under Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 422A.11; 422A.12; 422A.13; 422A.14; 422A.15; 422A.151; 422A.155; 422A.156; 422A.16; 422A.17; 422A.18; 422A.19; 422A.20; and 422A.23, continue in force and are payable from the general employees retirement plan. (b) Benefits; benefit eligibility for active members. Persons who were active members covered by the former MERF division on December 31, 2014, upon satisfying eligibility requirements stated in the applicable sections of Minnesota Statutes 2008 specified in paragraph (a), are entitled to annuities or benefits specified in those sections. Eligibility for a formula retirement annuity includes the requirement in Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 422A.13 and 422A.16, that the terminating member has attained the normal retirement age, which is age 60 if the person has at least ten years of service credit, or any age if the person has 30 or more years of service credit. (c) Postretirement adjustments. After December 31, 2014, annuities and benefits for former members of the former MERF division are eligible for annual automatic postretirement adjustments solely under the applicable portions of section 356.415. Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 14 s 30] Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 14 s 30] Subd. 9.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 14 s 30] Subd. 10.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 14 s 30] History:  2010 c 359 art 11 s 17; 2012 c 286 art 6 s 3; 2013 c 111 art 3 s 8,9; 2015 c 68 art 14 s 14
MN Stat § 353.505 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.505 — State Contributions; Former Merf Division.

353.505 STATE CONTRIBUTIONS; FORMER MERF DIVISION. (a) On September 15, 2019, and annually thereafter, the state shall pay to the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association, with respect to the former MERF division, $16,000,000. (b) State contributions under this section end on September 15, 2031. (c) The commissioner of management and budget shall pay the contribution specified in this section. The amount required is appropriated annually from the general fund to the commissioner of management and budget. 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 7,9; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 82; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2010 c 359 art 11 s 21,26; 2015 c 68 art 14 s 15; 1Sp2017 c 4 art 2 s 45; 1Sp2019 c 6 art 11 s 14
MN Stat § 353.63 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.63 — Policy.

353.63 POLICY. It is the recognized policy of the state that special consideration should be given to employees of governmental subdivisions who devote their time and skills to protecting the property and personal safety of others. Since this work is hazardous, special provisions are hereby made for retirement pensions, disability benefits and survivors benefits based on the particular dangers inherent in these occupations. The benefits provided in sections 353.63 to 353.68 are more costly than similar benefits for other public employees since they are computed on the basis of a shorter working lifetime taking into account experience which has been universally recognized. This extra cost should be borne by the employee and employer alike at the ratio of 40 percent employee contributions and 60 percent employer contributions. History:   1959 c 650 s 31
MN Stat § 353.652 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.652 — Social Security Benefit Offset.

353.652 SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT OFFSET. (a) If a public employee continues in retirement plan coverage by the public employees police and fire retirement plan by virtue of this article and subsequently is covered by the federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance program for service as a Rice County correctional officer, the retirement annuity of the person under section 353.651 or the disability benefit of the person under section 353.656 must be reduced dollar for dollar for the Social Security benefit that the person is entitled to receive by virtue of Rice County correctional service rendered after the effective date of section 1. (b) To be effective, the retirement annuity or disability benefit application form for a Rice County correctional employee must include signed written permission by the person for the Public Employees Retirement Association to obtain the necessary information from the federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance program to implement the offset provision in paragraph (a). History:   1999 c 222 art 14 s 4
MN Stat § 353.659 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.659 — Local Relief Association Consolidation Account Benefits.

353.659 LOCAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION CONSOLIDATION ACCOUNT BENEFITS. (a) For any person who had prior service covered by a local police or firefighters relief association which has merged with the public employees police and fire retirement plan and who has elected the type of benefit coverage provided by the public employees police and fire fund benefit plan as permitted by the applicable law, the retirement benefits payable are governed by the applicable provisions of this chapter. (b) For any person who had prior service covered by a local police or firefighters relief association which has merged with the public employees police and fire retirement plan and who did not elect the type of benefit coverage provided by the public employees police and fire fund benefit plan as permitted by the applicable law, the retirement benefits payable are governed by the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 353B.01 to 353B.13, which applied to the applicable former relief association or by section 353.6511 or 353.6512, if applicable. History:  1987 c 296 s 7; 1992 c 432 art 2 s 23; 2013 c 111 art 5 s 54