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MN Stat § 353E.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353E — Local Government Correctional Service Retirement|Section 353E.02 — Correctional Service Retirement Plan Membership.

353E.02 CORRECTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT PLAN MEMBERSHIP. Subdivision 1. Retirement coverage. The members of the local government correctional service retirement plan established by this chapter are: (1) local government correctional service employees as defined in subdivision 2; and (2) medical center protection officers as defined in subdivision 2a. Subd. 2. Local government correctional service employee. (a) A local government correctional service employee, for purposes of subdivision 1, is a person whom the employer certifies: (1) is employed in a county correctional institution as a correctional guard or officer, a joint jailer/dispatcher, or as a supervisor of correctional guards or officers or of joint jailers/dispatchers; (2) is directly responsible for the direct security, custody, and control of the county correctional institution and its inmates; (3) is expected to respond to incidents within the county correctional institution as part of the person's regular employment duties and is trained to do so; and (4) is a "public employee" as defined in section 353.01, but is not a member of the public employees police and fire plan. (b) The certification required under paragraph (a) must be made in writing on a form prescribed by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association. (c) A person who was a member of the local government correctional service retirement plan on May 15, 2000, remains a member of the plan after May 16, 2000, for the duration of the person's employment in that county correctional institution position, even if the person's subsequent service in this position does not meet the requirements set forth in paragraph (a). Subd. 2a. Medical center protection officer. (a) A medical center protection officer, for purposes of subdivision 1, is a person whom the employer certifies: (1) is employed by Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. as a protection officer; (2) is directly responsible for the direct security of the medical center; (3) is expected to respond to any incidents within the medical center as part of the person's regular employment duties and is trained to do so; and (4) is a "public employee" as defined in section 353.01, but is not a member of the public employees police and fire plan. (b) The certification required under paragraph (a) must be made in writing on a form prescribed by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association. Subd. 3. County correctional institution. A county correctional institution is: (1) a jail administered by a county; (2) a correctional facility administered by a county; (3) a regional correctional facility administered by or on behalf of multiple counties; or (4) a juvenile correctional facility administered by a county or on behalf of multiple counties. History:  1999 c 222 art 2 s 8; 2000 c 461 art 10 s 1; 2002 c 392 art 4 s 1,2; 2005 c 125 art 1, s 29; art 3 s 5,7; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 34; 2006 c 271 art 3 s 36; 2021 c 22 art 10 s 1
MN Stat § 353E.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353E — Local Government Correctional Service Retirement|Section 353E.03 — Correctional Service Plan Contributions.

353E.03 CORRECTIONAL SERVICE PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS. Subdivision 1. Member contributions. A member of the local government correctional service retirement plan shall make an employee contribution in an amount equal to 5.83 percent of salary. Subd. 2. Employer contributions. The employer shall contribute for a member of the local government correctional service retirement plan an amount equal to 8.75 percent of salary. History:  1999 c 222 art 2 s 9; 2000 c 461 art 10 s 2; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 3 s 28; 2002 c 392 art 4 s 3-6
MN Stat § 353E.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353E — Local Government Correctional Service Retirement|Section 353E.05 — Augmentation In Certain Cases.

353E.05 AUGMENTATION IN CERTAIN CASES. Unless prior service has been transferred or unless a combined service annuity under section 356.30 has been elected, an employee who becomes a local government correctional employee after being a member of the Public Employees Retirement Association or the public employees police and fire fund is covered under section 353.34, subdivision 3, with respect to that prior service. An employee who becomes a member of the Public Employees Retirement Association or the public employees police and fire plan after being a local government correctional employee is also covered under section 353.34, subdivision 3, with respect to that prior service, unless calculated under section 356.30. History:  1999 c 222 art 2 s 11; 1Sp2019 c 8 art 8 s 9
MN Stat § 353E.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353E — Local Government Correctional Service Retirement|Section 353E.08 — Scope And Application.

353E.08 SCOPE AND APPLICATION. The general provisions of chapter 353 apply to the local government correctional service retirement plan except where otherwise specifically provided in sections 353E.01 to 353E.07. History:   1999 c 222 art 2 s 14
MN Stat § 353F.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353F — Privatized Public Hospital, Pera Pension Benefits|Section 353F.01 — Purpose And Intent.

353F.01 PURPOSE AND INTENT. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure, to the extent possible, that persons employed at public medical facilities who are privatized and consequently are excluded from retirement coverage by the Public Employees Retirement Association will be entitled to receive future retirement benefits under the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association commensurate with the prior contributions made by them or made on their behalf upon the privatization of the medical facility. History:  1999 c 222 art 1 s 1; 2015 c 68 art 12 s 27
MN Stat § 353F.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353F — Privatized Public Hospital, Pera Pension Benefits|Section 353F.03 — Vesting Rule For Certain Employees.

353F.03 VESTING RULE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 353 to the contrary, a privatized former public employee is eligible to receive a retirement annuity under section 353.29 of the edition of Minnesota Statutes published in the year before the year in which the privatization occurred, without regard to the requirement specified in section 353.01, subdivision 47. History:  1999 c 222 art 1 s 3; 2010 c 359 art 1 s 47; 2013 c 111 art 3 s 19
MN Stat § 353F.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353F — Privatized Public Hospital, Pera Pension Benefits|Section 353F.05 — Authorization For Additional Allowable Service For Early Retirement Purposes.

353F.05 AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL ALLOWABLE SERVICE FOR EARLY RETIREMENT PURPOSES. (a) For the purpose of determining eligibility for early retirement benefits provided under section 353.30, subdivision 1a, of the edition of Minnesota Statutes published in the year before the year in which the privatization occurred, and notwithstanding any provision of chapter 353, to the contrary, the years of allowable service for a privatized former public employee who transfers employment on the effective date of privatization and does not apply for a refund of contributions under section 353.34, subdivision 1, of the edition of Minnesota Statutes published in the year before the year in which the privatization occurred, or any similar provision, includes service with the privatized former public employer following the effective date. The privatized former public employer shall provide any reports that the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association may reasonably request to permit calculation of benefits. (b) To be eligible for early retirement benefits under this section, the individual must separate from service with the privatized former public employer. The privatized former public employee, or an individual authorized to act on behalf of that employee, may apply for an annuity following application procedures under section 353.29, subdivision 4. History:  1999 c 222 art 1 s 5; 2013 c 111 art 3 s 21; 2018 c 211 art 10 s 17
MN Stat § 353F.051 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353F — Privatized Public Hospital, Pera Pension Benefits|Section 353F.051 — Continuation Of Disability Coverage.

353F.051 CONTINUATION OF DISABILITY COVERAGE. Subdivision 1. Eligibility. A privatized former public employee who is totally and permanently disabled under section 353.01, subdivision 19, and who had a medically documented preexisting condition of the disability before the termination of coverage, may apply for a disability benefit. Subd. 2. Calculation of benefits. A person qualifying under subdivision 1 is entitled to receive a disability benefit calculated under section 353.33, subdivision 3. The disability benefit must be augmented under section 353.71, subdivision 2, from the date of termination to the date the disability benefit begins to accrue. Subd. 3. Applicability of general law. Except as otherwise provided, section 353.33 applies to a person who qualifies for disability under subdivision 1. History:  1Sp2001 c 10 art 9 s 2; 2013 c 111 art 3 s 22; 2015 c 68 art 12 s 31-33
MN Stat § 353F.052 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353F — Privatized Public Hospital, Pera Pension Benefits|Section 353F.052 — Application Of Surviving Spouse, Dependent Child Provision.

353F.052 APPLICATION OF SURVIVING SPOUSE, DEPENDENT CHILD PROVISION. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, subdivisions within section 353.32 of the edition of Minnesota Statutes published in the year before the year in which a privatization occurred, applicable to the surviving spouse or dependent children of a former member as defined in section 353.01, subdivision 7a, apply to the survivors of a privatized former public employee. History:  2004 c 267 art 9 s 16; 2013 c 111 art 3 s 23
MN Stat § 353F.057 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353F — Privatized Public Hospital, Pera Pension Benefits|Section 353F.057 — Termination From Service Requirement.

353F.057 TERMINATION FROM SERVICE REQUIREMENT. Upon termination of service from the privatized former public employer after the effective date of privatization, a privatized former public employee must separate from any employment relationship with the privatized former public employer for at least 30 days to qualify to receive a retirement annuity under this chapter. History:  2013 c 111 art 3 s 24; 2018 c 211 art 10 s 18
MN Stat § 353F.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353F — Privatized Public Hospital, Pera Pension Benefits|Section 353F.06 — Application Of Reemployed Annuitant Earnings Limitations.

353F.06 APPLICATION OF REEMPLOYED ANNUITANT EARNINGS LIMITATIONS. If a privatized former public employee satisfies the separation from service requirement in section 353F.057 and thereafter resumes employment with the privatized former public employer or a governmental subdivision under section 353.01, subdivision 6, the reemployed annuitant earnings limitations of section 353.37 apply. History:  1999 c 222 art 1 s 6; 2013 c 111 art 3 s 25; 2018 c 211 art 10 s 19
MN Stat § 353F.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353F — Privatized Public Hospital, Pera Pension Benefits|Section 353F.07 — Effect On Refund.

353F.07 EFFECT ON REFUND. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 353 to the contrary, privatized former public employees may receive a refund of employee accumulated contributions plus interest as provided in section 353.34, subdivision 2, at any time after the transfer of employment to the privatized former public employer. If a privatized former public employee has received a refund from a pension plan listed in section 356.30, subdivision 3, the person may not repay that refund unless the person again becomes a member of one of those listed plans and complies with section 356.30, subdivision 2. History:  1999 c 222 art 1 s 7; 2012 c 286 art 7 s 3; 2013 c 111 art 3 s 26; 2018 c 211 art 10 s 20
MN Stat § 353F.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353F — Privatized Public Hospital, Pera Pension Benefits|Section 353F.08 — Counseling Services.

353F.08 COUNSELING SERVICES. The privatized former public employer and the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association shall provide privatized former public employees with counseling on their benefits available under the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association during a period mutually agreed upon before or after the effective date of privatization. History:  1999 c 222 art 1 s 8; 2013 c 111 art 3 s 27
MN Stat § 353F.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353F — Privatized Public Hospital, Pera Pension Benefits|Section 353F.09 — Application To Sales Of Privatized Former Public Employers.

353F.09 APPLICATION TO SALES OF PRIVATIZED FORMER PUBLIC EMPLOYERS. A medical facility or other employing unit shall cease to be a privatized former public employer and its employees shall cease to be considered privatized former public employees under this chapter upon the sale of the operations of the medical facility or employing unit to another employer or the sale of the medical facility or employing unit to another employer. The privatized former public employees shall be entitled to benefits accrued under this chapter to the date of the sale, but shall not accrue additional benefits after the date of the sale. History:   2018 c 211 art 10 s 21
MN Stat § 353G.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353G — Volunteer Firefighters; Retirement|Section 353G.03 — Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan Advisory Board.

353G.03 STATEWIDE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER PLAN ADVISORY BOARD. Subdivision 1. Establishment. A Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan Advisory Board is created. Subd. 2. Function; purpose. The advisory board shall meet periodically to provide advice to the board of trustees of the Public Employees Retirement Association about the retirement coverage needs of volunteer firefighters who are members of the retirement plan and about the legislative and administrative changes that would assist the retirement plan in accommodating volunteer firefighters who are not members of the retirement plan. Subd. 3. Composition. (a) The advisory board consists of ten members. (b) The advisory board members are: (1) one representative of Minnesota townships, appointed by the Minnesota Association of Townships; (2) two representatives of Minnesota cities, appointed by the League of Minnesota Cities; (3) one representative of Minnesota fire chiefs, who is a fire chief, appointed by the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association; (4) two representatives of Minnesota volunteer firefighters, all who are active volunteer firefighters, one of whom is covered by the lump-sum retirement division and one of whom is covered by the monthly benefit retirement division, appointed by the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association; (5) three representatives of Minnesota volunteer firefighters who are covered by the lump-sum retirement division, appointed by the Minnesota State Fire Departments Association; and (6) one representative of the Office of the State Auditor, designated by the state auditor. Subd. 4. Term. (a) The term for the Office of the State Auditor representative is determined by the state auditor. (b) Terms on the advisory board other than the Office of the State Auditor representative are three years. Subd. 5. Compensation of advisory board. The compensation of members of the advisory board, other than the Office of the State Auditor representative, is governed by section 15.0575, subdivision 3. History:  2009 c 169 art 9 s 12; 2015 c 68 art 8 s 12; 2018 c 211 art 16 s 7; 2020 c 108 art 7 s 9
MN Stat § 353G.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353G — Volunteer Firefighters; Retirement|Section 353G.04 — Information From Municipalities And Fire Departments.

353G.04 INFORMATION FROM MUNICIPALITIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. The chief executive officers of municipalities and fire departments with volunteer firefighters covered by the statewide volunteer firefighter plan shall provide all relevant information and records requested by the board, the executive director, and the State Board of Investment as required to perform their duties. History:  2009 c 169 art 9 s 13; 2015 c 68 art 8 s 13; 2020 c 108 art 7 s 9
MN Stat § 353G.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353G — Volunteer Firefighters; Retirement|Section 353G.07 — Certification Of Good Time Service Credit.

353G.07 CERTIFICATION OF GOOD TIME SERVICE CREDIT. (a) Annually, by March 31, the fire chief of the fire department with firefighters who are active members of either the lump-sum retirement division or the monthly benefit retirement division shall certify to the executive director the good time service credit for the previous calendar year of each firefighter rendering active service with the fire department. (b) The fire chief shall provide to each firefighter rendering active service with the fire department notification of the amount of good time service credit rendered by the firefighter for the calendar year. The good time service credit notification must be provided to the firefighter 60 days before its certification to the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association, along with an indication of the process for the firefighter to challenge the fire chief's determination of good time service credit. If the good time service credit amount is challenged in a timely fashion, the fire chief shall hold a hearing on the challenge, accept and consider any additional pertinent information, and make a final determination of good time service credit. The final determination of good time service credit by the fire chief is not reviewable by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association or by the board of trustees of the Public Employees Retirement Association. (c) The good time service credit certification is an official public document. If a false good time service credit certification is filed or if false information regarding good time service credits is provided, section 353.19 applies. (d) The good time service credit certification must be expressed as a percentage of a full year of service during which an active firefighter rendered at least the minimum level and quantity of fire suppression, emergency response, fire prevention, or fire education duties required by the fire department under the rules and regulations applicable to the fire department. No more than one year of good time service credit may be certified for a calendar year. (e) If a firefighter covered by the retirement plan leaves active firefighting service to render active military service that is required to be governed by the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, as amended, the person must be certified as providing a full year of good time service credit in each year of the military service, up to the applicable limit of the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. If the firefighter does not return from the military service in compliance with the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the good time service credits applicable to that military service credit period are forfeited and cancel at the end of the calendar year in which the federal law time limit occurs. History:  2009 c 169 art 9 s 16; 2015 c 68 art 8 s 16
MN Stat § 353G.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353G — Volunteer Firefighters; Retirement|Section 353G.10 — Deferred Service Pension Amount.

353G.10 DEFERRED SERVICE PENSION AMOUNT. A person who was an active member of a fire department covered by either the lump-sum retirement division or the monthly benefit retirement division of the retirement plan who has separated from active firefighting service for at least 30 days and who has completed at least five years of good time service credit, but has not attained the age of 50 years, is entitled to a deferred service pension on or after attaining the age of 50 years and applying in a manner specified by the executive director for the service pension. The service pension payable is the nonforfeitable percentage of the service pension under section 353G.09, subdivision 2, and is payable without any interest on or increase in the service pension over the period of deferral. History:  2009 c 169 art 9 s 19; 2015 c 68 art 8 s 19
MN Stat § 353G.112 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353G — Volunteer Firefighters; Retirement|Section 353G.112 — Monthly Benefit Retirement Division Service Pension Levels.

353G.112 MONTHLY BENEFIT RETIREMENT DIVISION SERVICE PENSION LEVELS. The service pension amount for the firefighters of a fire department covered by the monthly benefit retirement division of the retirement plan is the amount specified in the retirement benefit plan document applicable to the fire department. History:   2015 c 68 art 8 s 21
MN Stat § 353G.115 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement|Chapter 353G — Volunteer Firefighters; Retirement|Section 353G.115 — Disability Benefit Coverage; Authority For Casualty Insurance.

353G.115 DISABILITY BENEFIT COVERAGE; AUTHORITY FOR CASUALTY INSURANCE. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or (c), no disability benefit is payable from the statewide retirement plan. (b) If the board approves the arrangement, disability coverage for the lump-sum retirement division of the statewide retirement plan members may be provided through a group disability insurance policy obtained from an insurance company licensed to do business in this state. The lump-sum retirement account of the statewide volunteer firefighter plan is authorized to pay the premium for the disability insurance authorized by this paragraph. The proportional amount of the total annual disability insurance premium must be added to the required contribution amount determined under section 353G.08. (c) The disability benefit coverage for the monthly benefit retirement division is the disability service pension amount specified in the retirement benefit plan document applicable to the fire department, applicable former volunteer firefighter relief association in effect as of the last day before the date on which retirement coverage transferred to the statewide volunteer firefighter plan, subject to all conditions and limitations in the disability service pension specified therein. History:  2010 c 359 art 6 s 8; 2015 c 68 art 8 s 22; 2020 c 108 art 7 s 9