All Retirement-PERA Legislation - Minnesota
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Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing public employees retirement association (PERA) pension benefits for employees at the Lakefield nursing home upon privatization of the facility (rt) Comment on Bill SF2501 - Worthington regional hospital employees privatized PERA benefits
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Including the Worthington regional hospital in privatized public employee retirement (PERA) coverage (je) Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing a Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS) and public employees retirement association (PERA) annuitant an annuity back payment (rt) Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing public employees retirement association (PERA) pension benefits for employees at the Lakeview nursing home in the city of Gaylord upon privatization of the facility (rt) SF1644 - PERA police and fire plan survivor benefits eligibility for Hayfield chief of police
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement; entitling the surviving spouse of a certain Hayfield chief of police killed in the line of duty to survivor benefits from the public employees police and fire plan of the public employees retirement association (PERA); requiring commissioner of health review of autopsy (me) Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the purchase of prior uncredited service in the public employees retirement system (PERA) by a certain former community education employee for independent school district #535, Rochester (je) SF2016 - PERA prior service credit purchase for St. Paul employee
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the purchase of prior service credit in the public employees retirement association (PERA) by a certain former employee of the city of St. Paul (rt) SF1922 - School district employees statewide health insurance program
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Bill Text Creating a statewide health insurance program for school district employees; creating the Minnesota school employee insurance board as a public corporation to create and administer the program, specifying certain membership requirements and certain duties of the board relating to the design and nature of the plan, providing a contingent expiration date; requiring the board to report to the legislature by a certain date on the final design for the health plan platforms and on governance requirements for the board, specifying certain report content requirements; requiring periodic reports by the board to the commissioner of commerce and the legislature summarizing and evaluating the performance of the program; requiring the legislative auditor to conduct a study by a certain date to determine the impact of the cash in lieu provisions on the public employees retirement system (PERA) and the teachers retirement association (TRA) [...] show full description SF1469 - Postsentencing officers and emergency dispatchers retirement plan actuarial study appropriation
Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the public employees retirement association (PERA) to reimburse the association for the cost of preparing an actuarial cost study of a potential separate special retirement plan for postsentencing officers and emergency dispatchers (je) SF2467 - PERA police and fire fund joint and survivor annuity for surviving spouse authorization
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing a joint and survivor annuity for a divorced spouse of a deceased retiree under the public employees retirement association (PERA) police and fire fund, specifying eligibility, annuity and application requirements (je) SF2469 - PERA individual retirement annuity application revocation and disability benefit application authorization
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for a certain St. Paul public works employee and eligible member of the public employees retirement association (PERA) to withdraw a previously filed retirement annuity application and submit a disability benefit application (rt) Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing public employees retirement association (PERA) pension benefits for employees at the Oakland Park nursing home in Pennington county upon privatization of the facility (je) SF3127 - PERA prior service credit purchase for Maple Grove firefighter
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the purchase of prior service credit in the public employees retirement association (PERA) police and fire fund by a certain former employee of the city of Maple Grove with a prior period of firefighter employment (me) SF0143 - Nursing facilities PERA costs of reimbursement determination and appropriation
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Relating to human services; providing a method to determine costs reimbursement for nursing facilities participating in the public employee retirement association (PERA); requiring the commissioner of human services to determine the portion of the payment rate by using a certain formula; appropriating money to the commissioner for payment of PERA costs (je) SF2470 - Sibley county nursing facility employee pension benefit costs reporting for payment rate computation requirements
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Requiring a Sibley county medical assistance (MA) nursing facility to have reported employee pension benefit costs treated as public employees retirement association (PERA) contributions for purpose of payment rate computation (ra) Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing the filing of a late disability benefit application from the general employees retirement plan of the public employees retirement association (PERA) by a certain former employee of independent school district #777, Benson; providing disability benefits under certain conditions (je) SF2086 - PERA police and fire plan line of duty disability benefits redetermination
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing certain disabled members of the public employees retirement association (PERA) police and fire plan to elect to change the determination of line of duty disability benefits under certain conditions (je) SF2485 - PERA police and fire plan disabled members election option
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Permitting qualifying public employees retirement association (PERA) police and fire plan members to elect to redetermine disability benefits, specifying time limitations and PERA obligations and exemptions (rt) SF1392 - PERA police and fire fund duty disability status clarification
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Clarifying the duty disability status of a certain eligible member formerly employed by Anoka county for public employees retirement association (PERA) police and fire plan disability benefits (je) Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Extending eligibility for early retirement incentives to certain eligible employees in the executive or legislative branches of state government, the board of public defense, the Minnesota historical society, the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) and school districts (je) SF1299 - PERA privatized public hospital benefits for Hutchinson area health care employees effective date clarification
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement; clarifying the Hutchinson area health care privatization effective date for purposes of publice employees retirement association (PERA) general employees retirement plan (rt) SF2884 - Meeker, McLeod, Jackson and Pennington counties nursing facilities medical assistance payment rate pension benefit costs recognition requirement
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Author added Stumpf Bill Text 1E Relating to human services; requiring certain employee pension benefits costs reported on the alternative payments systems costs report treated as public employees retirement association (PERA) contributions for calculating nursing facility payment rates for certain nursing facilities in the counties of Meeker, McLeod, Jackson and Pennington (ra) SF3150 - PERA general employees retirement plan annuitant repayment requirement waiver for consolidated independent school district #2859, Glencoe/Silver Lake school district retiree
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Waiving the annuity repayment requirement for a certain former employee of independent school district #2859, Glencoe/Silver Lake under the public employees retirement association (PERA) general employees retirement plan (me) SF0266 - PERA prior service credit purchase for independent school district #625, St. Paul school board member
Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing the purchase of prior service credit in the public employees retirement association (PERA) defined contribution retirement plan for a certain independent school district #625, St. Paul school board member (ra) SF0917 - Political subdivisions postemployment retirement benefit trusts
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Author added Rest Bill Text Authorizing political subdivisions to establish irrevocable trusts to pay postemployment benefits; providing for withdrawal of funds and the status of the irrevocable trust fund (ra) SF0007 - Pension plan appeal procedures
Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement; defining procedures for appealing administrative decisions by chief administrative officers; repealing certain appeal procedures (me) SF0084 - PERA police and fire fund and local government correctional retirement plans disability and survivor benefits modification
Latest Action: 01/16/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement; defining normal retirement age for the public employees police and fire retirement plan and local government correctional service retirement plan members under the public employees retirement association (PERA), defining occupational disability, normal duties, less frequent duties and early retirement, modifying disability and survivor benefits, specifying chemical dependency limitations (rt) SF0085 - PERA disability benefits eligibility determination modifications
Latest Action: 01/16/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement; modifying disability benefits determination procedures under the public employees retirement association (PERA) general fund, public employees police and fire fund and local government correctional service retirement plan, authorizing contracts with licensed physicians, requiring independent medical examinations and proof of continuing disability, modifying accrual start time and benefits and trial work period deductions (rt) SF0296 - PERA administrative and surviving spouse modifications; health insurance withholding; comprehensive employment training act service credit purchase
Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Author added Chaudhary Bill Text Relating to the public employees retirement association (PERA); making certain administrative changes; clarifying PERA membership; modifying the definition of governmental subdivision and retirement; clarifying board of trustees powers and duties; specifying a payment schedule in the event of insufficient state aid payment to the fund and governmental subdivision dissolution; making certain technical changes; modifying the surviving spouse optional annuity; clarifying surviving spouse benefit termination; authorizing health insurance withholding for certain public safety retirees; authorizing and providing for purchase of comprehensive employment training act service credit under certain conditions, sunset provision; providing for allocation of receivables upon dissolution of employing unit; repealing certain provisions relating to PERA annuities upon retirement, rights upon termination of membership and officers or employees [...] show full description SF0427 - Public pension plans proposed legislation submission and review process modification
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement; modifying the proposed public pension plan administrative legislation submission and review process for the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS), public employees retirement association (PERA), teachers retirement association (TRA), Minneapolis employees retirement fund (MERF), Duluth and St. Paul teachers retirement fund associations and Minnesota state colleges and university system (MnSCU); specifying mandated subjects for revision recommendations and a schedule; modifying supporting documentation requirements (rt) SF0429 - Public pension plans salary, average salary and severance payments definition
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Updating and making consistent the definitions of salary, average salary and severance payments under the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS), state troopers and judges retirement plans, the public employees retirement association (PERA), the teachers retirement associations (TRA) and the Minneapolis employees retirement fund (MERF) for retirement annuity calculation purposes (ra) Latest Action: 02/22/2007 - Author stricken Rest Bill Text Relating to retirement; modifying legislator retirement allowance accrual start date; clarifying the definitions of state employee and removing obsolete references under Minnesota state retirement system coverage (MSRS) definitions; modifying the definition of allowable service; providing an authorized leave of absence service credit purchase procedure under MSRS; removing certain restrictions on surviving spouse coverage; including state fire marshal employees under MSRS provisions; providing an exemption from process for MSRS health care savings plan account assets, exception for marriage dissolution and child support; including agricultural utilization research institute, Minnesota technology incorporated and certain Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) faculty and employees in the MSRS unclassified program; making transfer from the unclassified program to the general plan irrevocable; modifying the [...] show full description SF0892 - Political subdivisions postemployment retirement benefit trusts
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Taxes Bill Text 1E Authorizing political subdivisions with an actuarial liability to pay postemployment benefits to create a trust to pay benefits; providing for a trust administrator; specifying account maintenance and investment provisions; providing for a limit on deposit, withdrawal of funds and termination of account and the status of the irrevocable fund; providing for the validation of trusts (rt) SF0929 - PERA police and fire plan Anoka county field investigator reemployed annuitant provisions exemption
Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Exempting Anoka county field investigators from reemployment annuitant provisions under the public employee retirement association (PERA) police and fire plan (rt) SF1632 - MSRS correctional employees retirement plan and PERA police and fire retirement plan full funding dates establishment
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement; establishing dates for full funding for correctional employees retirement plan under the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS) and the police and fire retirement plan under the public employees retirement association (PERA) (je) Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Extending the state of Minnesota postretirement option eligibility to staff of public employees retirement association (PERA) (me) Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Allowing a bounce back annuity after marriage dissolution under the public employees retirement association (PERA); authorizing the court to order the revocation of the designation of an optional annuity beneficiary under certain marriage dissolution conditions (je) SF2120 - PERA, MSRS and TRA executive directors salary limit modification
Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying certain provisions relating to the salary limits for the executive directors of the public employees retirement association (PERA), the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS) and the teachers retirement association (TRA); eliminating the requirement for the senate to confirm the appointment of the executive director of the PERA (je) SF2286 - Retirement plans omitted salary deductions provisions update and clarification
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Updating and clarifying certain omitted salary deduction provisions under the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS), the state patrol retirement fund, the public employees retirement association (PERA), the local government correctional service retirement plan, the teachers retirement associations (TRA), the Minneapolis employees retirement fund (MERF) and the judges retirement plan (je) SF2424 - PERA prior service credit purchase authorization for former Hennepin county commissioner
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the purchase of prior service credit from the public employees retirement association (PERA) general employees retirement plan for service as elected Hennepin county commissioner (rt) SF2998 - Public pension plans retirement annuity voluntary membership dues deduction
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement; authorizing certain voluntary deductions from persons entitled to receive an annuity from a public pension fund administered by the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS), the public employees retirement system (PERA) or the Minneapolis employees retirement system (MERF); restricting liability (je) SF3324 - Miscellaneous PERA, MSRS and TRA retirement provisions modifications
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement ARTICLE 1 - POSTRETIREMENT OPTION REVISION Restricting the state employee postretirement program to conform with federal in-service distribution restrictions ARTICLE 2 - REVISED REEMPLOYMENT ANNUITANT TREATMENT Increasing teachers retirement association (TRA) reemployed annuitant exempt income limit; revising reemployed annuitant account holding period ARTICLE 3 - TEACHER RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION CLARIFICATION OF STRIKE PERIOD PROCEDURE Revising TRA strike period and leave of absence service credit purchase procedures ARTICLE 4 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION REVISED PRIVATIZATION PROCEDURES Providing for certification and decertification of medical facilities and other public employing units; specifying certain eligibility determination requirements; requiring recommendation report to the legislature under certain show full description SF3405 - Injured police officers and firefighters duty disability pension amount and less hazardous duty requirements
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring employers to make reasonable efforts to provide less hazardous duty for certain injured police officers and firefighters and requiring a maintenance of compensation, benefits and rank; providing for duty disabity pension amount for injured police officers and firefighters (rt) SF2058 - PERA amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disability payment requirement
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the public employees retirement association (PERA) to pay disability benefits to a certain person with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (me) SF3188 - PERA prior service credit purchase for St. Paul employee
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the purchase of prior service credit in the public employees retirement association (PERA) general plan by a certain former employee of the city of St. Paul (rt) SF2403 - Disabled peace officers or firefighters continued health insurance eligibility provision modification
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/25/05 Bill Text 1E Modifying the provision relating to duty disability benefits of peace officers or firefighters for continued health insurance eligibility purposes; specifying certain determination procedures for members of the public employees retirement association (PERA) or a local police or salaried firefighters relief association (Ch. 243, 2008) SF0430 - Omnibus pension bill
Latest Action: 05/20/2007 - House conferees Murphy, M.; Smith; Thissen; Kahn; Nelson Bill Text 4E Relating to retirement ARTICLE 1 - VARIOUS CLARIFICATIONS AND CORRECTIONS Correcting obsolete references to the former Minneapolis teachers retirement fund association; correcting certain errors and omissions in legislators, teachers and Faribault correctional facility retirement provisions ARTICLE 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Modifying legislator retirement allowance accrual start date; clarifying the definitions of state employee and removing obsolete references under Minnesota state retirement system coverage (MSRS) definitions; modifying the definition of allowable service; providing an authorized leave of absence service credit purchase procedure under MSRS; removing certain restrictions on surviving spouse coverage; including state fire marshal employees under MSRS provisions; providing an exemption from process for MSRS health care savings plan account assets, exception for [...] show full description SF3807 - PERA postsentencing officers retirement plan actuarial study requirement
Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the public employees retirement association (PERA) to conduct an actuarial cost study of a potential separate special retirement plan for postsentencing officers to allow retirement at a certain age, study deadline (rt) SF2720 - Omnibus retirement bill
Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - HF substituted by motion [HF3082] Bill Text 3E Relating to retirement; ARTICLE 1 - POSTRETIREMENT PROVISIONS Requiring the state board of investment to annually determine a composite funded ratio for state pension assets, modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation, requiring the board to determine fund total fair market value, limiting the postretirement adjustment percentage, providing a lost purchasing power increase for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund and specifying conditions, requiring a legislative report under condition of excess assets ARTICLE 2 - MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION Modifying the procedures used by the state board of investment to determine postretirement adjustments for the Minneapolis employees retirement fund; providing for Minnesota postretirement investment fund dissolution according to a transition schedule, providing for postretirement adjustments, requiring a show full description SF0060 - Duluth PERA postemployment benefits accounts establishment
Latest Action: 04/10/2007 - Governor's action Approval 03/30/07 Bill Text 4E Requiring the public employees retirement association (PERA) to administer an account representing the irrevocable fund established by the city of Duluth to fund and pay for postemployment benefits owed to retired employees; providing for account maintenance, investment, management and termination of account; providing for the status of the irrevocable fund; authorizing the state board of investment upon request of the city to invest the funds or assets of the community investment fund to generate revenue to meet certain city obligations; requiring city council approval; establishing intent and purpose; preventing the establishment of a precedent (Ch. 14, 20007) Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Increasing the percentage of police officer and firefighter salaries received in disability benefits (me) SF1073 - Public employment labor agreements and compensation plans ratification
Latest Action: 05/14/2007 - Governor's action Approval 05/10/07 Bill Text 2E Relating to state employment; ratifying certain labor agreements, compensation plans and salary modifications between the state and Minnesota law enforcement association, Minnesota nurses association, office of higher education compensation plan for unrepresented employees, directors of the gambling control board, public employees retirement association (PERA), Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS) and the teachers retirement assoication (TRA) approved by the legislative coordinating commission subcommittee on employee relations on certain dates (Ch. 63, 2007) SF1418 - PERA police and fire fund joint and survivor annuity authorization
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing a joint annuity for a surviving spouse under the public employees retirement association (PERA) police and fire fund, specifying eligibility, annuity and application requirements (rt) SF1643 - Retirement annuity application authorization for certain employees of Olmsted county, the city of Rochester and independent school district #535
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing an individual employed by Olmsted county, the city of Rochester and independent school district #535 to apply for a retirement annuity under the public employees retirement association (PERA) under certain conditions (me) Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the purchase of prior uncredited service in the public employees retirement system (PERA) by a certain former community education employee for independent school district #535, Rochester (je) SF2855 - Willmar Rice memorial hospital employees privatized PERA benefits
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Including certain departments of the Willmar Rice memorial hospital in privatized public employee retirement (PERA) coverage (rt) SF0688 - Public employees police and fire retirement plan reimbursement of enhanced survivor benefit
Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the public employees police and fire retirement fund to cover the actuarial accrued liability of the enhanced survivor benefit coverage for a former St. Louis Park police officer killed while serving with the Minnesota national guard in Iraq (me) SF2923 - Legislative commission on pensions and retirement actuarial services retention
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement ARTICLE 1 - ACTUARY RETAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONS ON PENSION AND RETIREMENT Providing for actuarial services to the legislature and the state; mandating the retention of the consulting actuary for various retirement related reports by the legislative commission on pensions and retirement (LCPR); eliminating certain joint contractual duties of the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS), the public employees retirement association (PERA), the teachers retirement association (TRA), the Duluth teachers retirement fund association, the Minneapolis employees retirement fund (MERF) and the St. Paul teachers retirement fund; allocating the costs of actuarial services among retirement plans; creating a legislative commission on pensions and retirement revolving fund for actuarial services, requiring actuarial costs assessments to be credited to the account; modifying certain [...] show full description SF3422 - Fire inspectors PERA public employees police and fire plan pension coverage
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing pension coverage for fire inspectors in the public employees police and fire plan under the public employees retirement association (PERA) (je) Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Bill was repassed as amended by Conference Bill Text 5E Relating to retirement ARTICLE 1 - POSTRETIREMENT PROVISIONS Requiring the state board of investment to annually determine a composite funded ratio for state pension assets, modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation, requiring the board to determine fund total fair market value, limiting the postretirement adjustment percentage, providing a lost purchasing power increase for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund and specifying conditions, requiring a legislative report under condition of excess assets; instructing the legislative commission on pensions and retirement to review teacher retirement benefits, requiring the commission to report to the commissioner ARTICLE 2 - MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION Modifying the procedures used by the state board of investment to determine postretirement adjustments for the Minneapolis employees retirement [...] show full description |
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