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MN Stat § 353.666 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.666 — Past Service Credit For Certain Members Extended Coverage.

353.666 PAST SERVICE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS EXTENDED COVERAGE. (a) A member to whom public employees police and fire retirement plan membership was extended under section 353.64, subdivision 11, may receive retroactive service credit in the public employees police and fire retirement plan for service as a tribal police officer rendered before the effective date of membership of the tribal police department employee in the police and fire fund, provided that the employee and the police department did not make contributions into a qualified tax-deferred retirement plan for that employment period. (b) The request for retroactive coverage must be in writing and must be filed with the association within 60 days of when police and fire fund membership commenced. The prior service credit purchase payment is governed by section 356.551, except that the member must pay an amount equal to the employee salary deductions. The employee salary deductions for the retroactive period must be based on the police and fire pension plan member contribution rates in effect when the service was rendered and applied to the salary amount that was earned and paid to the police officer. The employer must pay the balance of the prior service credit purchase payment amount within 30 days of the member contribution payment. History:  2000 c 461 art 7 s 3; 2005 c 10 art 5 s 4
MN Stat § 353.67 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.67 — Application For Annuity.

353.67 APPLICATION FOR ANNUITY. Application for retirement annuity may be made by a member or by someone authorized to act in behalf of the member. History:  1959 c 650 s 35; 1965 c 880 s 9; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 353.68 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.68 — Scope And Application.

353.68 SCOPE AND APPLICATION. Subdivision 1. Application. The general provisions of this chapter apply to all police officers and firefighters who are members of the police and fire fund and also to all governmental subdivisions employing such members except where otherwise specifically provided in sections 353.63 to 353.68. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1973 c 753 s 85] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1973 c 753 s 85] Subd. 4. Deferred annuity. The deferred annuity of section 353.34, subdivision 3, as it applies to members of the police and fire fund, begins and is computed in the manner provided in section 353.651 on the basis of the law in effect on the date of termination of public service. The deferred annuity is augmented under section 353.71, subdivision 2. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1973 c 753 s 85] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1973 c 753 s 85] Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 1973 c 753 s 85] Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 1973 c 753 s 85] Subd. 9.  [Repealed, 1973 c 753 s 85] History:  1959 c 650 s 36; 1961 c 743 s 3; 1963 c 639 s 2; 1963 c 641 s 35-37; 1963 c 659 s 1; 1965 c 814 s 2; Ex1967 c 37 s 4; 1969 c 940 s 15; 1971 c 412 s 3; 1973 c 753 s 78; 1992 c 432 art 2 s 24
MN Stat § 353.855 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.855 — Coverage By The Public Employees Retirement Association.

353.855 COVERAGE BY THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person whose employment by, or assumption of a position as an appointed or elected officer of, the city of Minneapolis, any of the boards, departments, or commissions operated as a department of the city of Minneapolis or independently if financed in whole or in part by funds of the city of Minneapolis, the Metropolitan Airports Commission, the former Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, or Special School District Number 1 if the person is not a member of the Teachers Retirement Association by virtue of that employment or position, initially commences on or after July 1, 1979, is a member of the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association unless excluded from membership under section 353.01, subdivision 2b. History:  1979 c 303 art 6 s 10; 1981 c 224 s 193; 1981 c 298 s 11; 2010 c 359 art 11 s 22,26
MN Stat § 353.86 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.86 — Volunteer Ambulance Service Personnel; Participation; Election; Limitation; And Compensation.

353.86 VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICE PERSONNEL; PARTICIPATION; ELECTION; LIMITATION; AND COMPENSATION. Subdivision 1. Participation. Volunteer ambulance service personnel, as defined in section 353.01, subdivision 35, who are or become members of and participants in the general employees retirement fund or the public employees police and fire fund before July 1, 2002, and make contributions to either of those funds based on compensation for service other than volunteer ambulance service may elect to participate in that same fund with respect to compensation received for volunteer ambulance service, provided that the volunteer ambulance service is not credited to another public or private pension plan including the public employees retirement plan established by chapter 353D and provided further that the volunteer ambulance service is rendered for the same governmental unit for which the nonvolunteer ambulance service is rendered. Subd. 2. Election. Volunteer ambulance service personnel to whom subdivision 1 applies may exercise the election authorized under subdivision 1 within the earlier of the one-year period beginning on July 1, 1989, and extending through June 30, 1990, or the one-year period commencing on the first day of the first month following the start of employment in a position covered by the general employees retirement fund or the public employees police and fire fund. The election must be exercised by filing a written notice on a form prescribed by the executive director of the association. Subd. 3. Limitation. Volunteer ambulance service personnel to whom subdivision 1 applies who exercise their option in accordance with subdivision 2 and their governmental employers are not required to pay omitted deductions and contributions under section 353.27, subdivision 12, for volunteer ambulance service rendered before July 1, 1989. Subd. 4. Compensation. Notwithstanding section 353.01, subdivision 10, compensation received for service rendered by volunteer ambulance service personnel to whom subdivision 1 applies who exercise their option in accordance with subdivision 2 shall be considered salary. History:  1989 c 319 art 3 s 23; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 11 s 17; 2010 c 359 art 12 s 14,15
MN Stat § 353.87 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353 — Public Employees Retirement Association|Section 353.87 — Volunteer Firefighters; Participation; Limitation; And Refund.

353.87 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS; PARTICIPATION; LIMITATION; AND REFUND. Subdivision 1. Participation. Except as provided in subdivision 2, a volunteer firefighter, as defined in section 353.01, subdivision 36, who, on June 30, 1989, was a member of, and a participant in, the general employees retirement fund or the public employees police and fire fund and was making contributions to either of those funds based, at least in part, on compensation for services performed as a volunteer firefighter shall continue as a member of, and a participant in, the general employees retirement fund or the public employees police and fire fund and compensation for services performed as a volunteer firefighter must be considered salary. Subd. 2. Option. A volunteer firefighter to whom subdivision 1 applies has the option to terminate membership and future participation in the general employees retirement fund or the public employees police and fire fund upon filing of a written notice of intention to terminate participation. Notice must be given on a form prescribed by the executive director of the association and must be filed in the offices of the association not later than June 30, 1990. Subd. 3. Limitation. No volunteer firefighter to whom subdivision 1 applies or the governmental employer of the volunteer firefighter is required to make back contributions to the Public Employees Retirement Association for volunteer firefighter services rendered before July 1, 1989, notwithstanding the provisions of section 353.27, subdivision 12. Subd. 4. Refund. Upon timely filing of a valid notice of termination of participation in accordance with subdivision 2, a volunteer firefighter to whom subdivision 1 applies must be given a refund of all past employee contributions made on account of volunteer firefighter service with five percent interest compounded annually. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1990 c 570 art 11 s 13] History:  1989 c 319 art 3 s 24; 2010 c 359 art 12 s 16,17
MN Stat § 353D.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353D — Public Employees Defined Contribution Plan|Section 353D.03 — Funding Of Plan.

353D.03 FUNDING OF PLAN. Subdivision 1. Contributions for eligible participants. (a) The following classes of eligible participants who elect to participate in the public employees defined contribution plan under section 353D.02 shall contribute an amount equal to five percent of salary as defined in section 353.01, subdivision 10: (1) elected local government officials; (2) physicians; and (3) persons who are excluded from membership under section 353.01, subdivision 2b, paragraph (a), clause (23). (b) A participant's governmental subdivision shall contribute a matching amount. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2010 c 359 art 5 s 28] Subd. 3. Ambulance service, rescue squad personnel contribution. (a) A public ambulance service that elects to participate in the plan shall fund benefits for its qualified personnel who individually elect to participate. (b) Personnel who are paid for their services may elect to make member contributions in an amount not to exceed the service's contribution on their behalf. (c) Ambulance service contributions on behalf of salaried employees must be a fixed percentage of salary. (d) An ambulance service making contributions for volunteer or largely uncompensated personnel, or a municipality or county making contributions on behalf of rescue squad members who are volunteers or largely uncompensated personnel, may assign a unit value for each call or each period of alert duty for the purpose of calculating ambulance service or rescue squad service contributions, as applicable. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2015 c 68 art 12 s 42] Subd. 5. City managers. A city manager who elects to participate in the plan shall contribute an amount equal to the contribution under section 353.27, subdivision 2. The applicable city shall make a contribution equal to the contribution required under section 353.27, subdivision 3. Subd. 6. Volunteer firefighters. (a) Unless paragraph (b) applies, a volunteer or emergency on-call firefighter who elects to participate in the plan shall contribute at least 7.5 percent of any compensation received for firefighting services. (b) If the municipality or the independent nonprofit firefighting corporation ratified the election of plan coverage under section 353D.02, subdivision 6, the volunteer firefighter and the employing unit shall contribute in total an amount equal at least to 7.5 percent of any compensation received for firefighting services. History:  1987 c 372 art 5 s 3; 1990 c 570 art 8 s 4; 1991 c 291 art 19 s 5,11; 1992 c 432 art 2 s 38; 1996 c 438 art 6 s 3; 1999 c 222 art 21 s 3; 2006 c 271 art 3 s 34,35; 2010 c 359 art 5 s 14; 2014 c 275 art 2 s 11; 2015 c 68 art 12 s 24
MN Stat § 353D.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353D — Public Employees Defined Contribution Plan|Section 353D.04 — Contributions And Deductions In Error.

353D.04 CONTRIBUTIONS AND DEDUCTIONS IN ERROR. Subdivision 1. Crediting of contributions to participant accounts. (a) Contributions made by or on behalf of a participant under section 353D.03, subdivisions 1, 5, and 6, paragraph (a), must be remitted to the Public Employees Retirement Association and credited to the individual account established for the participant. (b) Contributions as provided under section 353D.03, subdivisions 3 and 6, paragraph (b), must be remitted on a regular basis to the association together with any member contributions paid or withheld. Those contributions must be credited to the individual account of each participating member. Subd. 2. Authority to adopt policies correcting erroneous contributions. The executive director may adopt policies and procedures regarding deductions taken totally or partially in error by the employer from the salary of an elected official. History:  1987 c 372 art 5 s 4; 1990 c 570 art 8 s 5; 1991 c 341 s 37; 1992 c 432 art 2 s 39; 1993 c 307 art 4 s 48; 1996 c 438 art 6 s 4; 2010 c 359 art 5 s 15,16
MN Stat § 353D.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353D — Public Employees Defined Contribution Plan|Section 353D.05 — Investment Of Funds.

353D.05 INVESTMENT OF FUNDS. Subdivision 1. Investment. As further specified under this section, employing unit contributions, after the deduction of an amount for administrative expenses, and individual participant contributions must be invested in the participant's account or accounts in investment products authorized by the association that are made available for this purpose by the State Board of Investment under section 356.645. Subd. 1a. Participant selection of investments. (a) A plan participant may elect to allocate contributions, made by and on behalf of the participant, in one or more of the investment products authorized by the association to be made available under the plan, by specifying the percentage of the participant's contributions to be used to purchase shares in the authorized products. (b) If contributions are received before the participant has made an allocation election, or if the participant fails to specify an allocation, the executive director shall, on behalf of that participant, purchase shares in a default investment alternative. The investment option must be specified by the Public Employees Retirement Association board of trustees from the designated available investment options authorized under this section. (c) A participant may revise the investment allocation for subsequent purchase of shares, and a participant or former participant may also change the investment options selected for all or a portion of shares previously purchased. (d) Any investment allocation selection authorized under this subdivision, whether relating to subsequent purchases of new shares or reallocating the existing portfolio, must be conducted at times and under procedures prescribed by the executive director. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2014 c 296 art 13 s 28] Subd. 3. Administrative expenses. The executive director of the association with the advice and consent of the board shall annually set an amount to recover the costs of the association in administering the public employees defined contribution plan. History:  1987 c 372 art 5 s 5; 1988 c 453 s 11; 1988 c 709 art 5 s 34; 1990 c 570 art 8 s 6,7; 1991 c 291 art 19 s 7,11; 1991 c 341 s 38; 1992 c 432 art 2 s 40,41; 1992 c 539 s 13,14; 1993 c 307 art 4 s 49; 1994 c 465 art 3 s 57; 1994 c 604 art 1 s 14; 1998 c 390 art 2 s 8; 2008 c 349 art 5 s 24; 2014 c 296 art 13 s 15,16
MN Stat § 353D.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353D — Public Employees Defined Contribution Plan|Section 353D.06 — Reporting.

353D.06 REPORTING. The executive director of the public employees retirement association shall prescribe the reporting forms required from employing units and the election forms required from participants. Reporting forms must contain names, identification numbers, amount of contribution by and on behalf of each participant, and such other data as is required to keep an accurate record of the account value of each participant. History:  1987 c 372 art 5 s 6; 1990 c 570 art 8 s 8; 1991 c 291 art 19 s 9,11
MN Stat § 353D.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353D — Public Employees Defined Contribution Plan|Section 353D.08 — Portability.

353D.08 PORTABILITY. Participating ambulance service personnel who change employment or membership among participating ambulance services shall continue participation in the plan if termination from one participating ambulance service and commencement in another participating ambulance service occurs within 30 days. History:  1987 c 372 art 5 s 8; 1988 c 709 art 5 s 38; 1990 c 570 art 8 s 10
MN Stat § 353D.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353D — Public Employees Defined Contribution Plan|Section 353D.09 — Tax Qualification.

353D.09 TAX QUALIFICATION. The Public Employees Retirement Association shall adopt rules necessary for administration of the plan. The proposed plan shall be formulated and adopted in accordance with applicable restrictions and standards of the Internal Revenue Code and rulings and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service in order to assure the tax-exempt status of the plan as a qualified pension plan. Contributions may be accepted only after approval by the Internal Revenue Service. History:  1987 c 372 art 5 s 9; 1990 c 570 art 8 s 11
MN Stat § 353D.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353D — Public Employees Defined Contribution Plan|Section 353D.10 — Not Considered A Local Plan.

353D.10 NOT CONSIDERED A LOCAL PLAN. The plan is not a local governmental pension plan or fund for purposes of section 356.25. History:   1987 c 372 art 5 s 10
MN Stat § 353E.001 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353E — Local Government Correctional Service Retirement|Section 353E.001 — Definitions.

353E.001 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Duty disability. "Duty disability," physical or psychological, means a condition that is expected to prevent a member, for a period of not less than 12 months, from performing the normal duties of a local government correctional service employee as defined under section 353E.02 and that is the direct result of an injury incurred during, or a disease arising out of, the performance of inherently dangerous duties that are specific to the positions covered by the local government correctional service retirement plan. Subd. 2. Less frequent duties. "Less frequent duties" means tasks designated in the applicant's job description as either required from time to time or as assigned, but which are not carried out as part of the normal routine of the applicant's job. Subd. 3. Normal duties. "Normal duties" means specific tasks designated in the applicant's job description and which the applicant performs on a day-to-day basis, but do not include less frequent duties which may be requested to be done by the employer from time to time. Subd. 4. Regular disability. "Regular disability," physical or psychological, means a condition that is expected to prevent a member, for a period of not less than 12 months, from performing the normal duties of a local government correctional service employee as defined under section 353E.02 and that results from a disease or an injury that arises from any activities while not at work or while at work from performing those normal or less frequent duties that do not present inherent dangers that are specific to the occupations covered by the local government correctional service retirement plan. History:  2007 c 134 art 4 s 31; 2013 c 111 art 11 s 12
MN Stat § 353E.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353E — Local Government Correctional Service Retirement|Section 353E.01 — Local Government Correctional Service Retirement Plan.

353E.01 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORRECTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT PLAN. Subdivision 1. Plan administration; fund. (a) The public employees local government correctional service retirement plan is established as a separate plan to be administered by the board of trustees and the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association. (b) The board of trustees and the executive director shall undertake their activities in a manner consistent with chapter 356A. (c) The association shall maintain a special fund to be known as the public employees local government correctional service retirement fund. Subd. 2. Revenue sources. Member contributions under section 353E.03, subdivision 1, and employer contributions under section 353E.03, subdivision 2, and other amounts authorized by law, including any investment return on invested fund assets, must be deposited in the fund. Subd. 3. Investment. Assets of the public employees local government correctional service retirement fund must be deposited in the Minnesota combined investment fund as provided in section 11A.14, if applicable, or otherwise invested under section 11A.23. Subd. 4. Collection of contributions. The collection of member and employer contributions is governed by section 353.27, subdivisions 4, 7, 7b, 10, 11, and 12. Subd. 5. Fund disbursement restricted. (a) The public employees local government correctional service retirement fund may be disbursed only for the purposes provided for in this chapter. (b) The proportional share of the necessary and reasonable administrative expenses of the association and any benefits provided in this chapter must be paid from the public employees local government correctional service retirement fund. Retirement annuities, disability benefits, survivorship benefits, and any refunds of accumulated deductions may be paid only from the correctional service retirement fund after those needs have been certified by the executive director. (c) The amounts necessary to make the payments from the public employees local government correctional service retirement fund are annually appropriated from those funds for those purposes. History:  1999 c 222 art 2 s 7; 2009 c 169 art 1 s 55,56