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April 5, 2016, Pension Commission Agenda

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement

Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 5:30 p.m.
Basement Room, State Office Building

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Agenda

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  1. Approval of March 29, 2016, meeting minutes. Approved
     
  2. Amendment H2807-2A (PDF / HTML); Commission staff technical corrections. Passed
     
  3. Amendment H2807-4A (PDF / HTML); related to HF2785 (Loon); SF2443 (Hann): Effective date change for the service pension maximums previously adopted by the Commission, applicable to the Eden Prairie Firefighter Relief Association. Passed
     
  4. HF3606 (Erhardt); SFxxxx: MSRS-Correctional; Department of Corrections retiree, transfer of prior general plan service credit and retirement annuity adjustment. see #5a below
    • Staff memo from 3/29 meeting (PDF / HTML)
  5. Items laid over for possible inclusion in the 2016 Omnibus Pension Bill:
    • Summary of laid-over bills (PDF / HTML)
    Individual/Small Group Legislation:
    1. HF3606 (Erhardt); SFxxxx: MSRS-Correctional; Department of Corrections retiree, transfer of prior general plan service credit and retirement annuity adjustment. No action
       
    2. HF1919 (Daniels); SF1972 (Lourey): MSRS-General; Department of Corrections former Correction Counselor 1 Trainees, authorize purchases of prior service credit for Rule of 90 eligibility. Failed due to lack of a motion
       
    3. HFxxxx (Whelan, by request); SFxxxx, (Revisor #15-3939 PDF / HTML): MSRS; Purchase of allowable service credit for state internship employment and Rule of 90 eligibility for one former OLA intern. Failed due to lack of a motion
       
    4. HF2560 (Zerwas); SFxxxx: PERA-P&F; Authorize payment of duty disability benefits and benefit recalculation for former Fridley police officer. Failed due to lack of a motion
       
    5. HF3351 (Theis); SF2890 (Pederson): PERA/MnSCU-IRAP; Service credit purchase; St. Cloud State University employee. Passed
       
    6. HF3422 (Knoblach), as amended; SFxxxx: TRA/MnSCU-IRAP; Authorize MnSCU employee to repay refund and elect prospective/retroactive TRA coverage. Passed
       
    7. HF3718 (Metsa); SF3366 (Tomassoni): TRA/MnSCU-IRAP; Coverage election for certain Mesabi Range Community and Technical College faculty members not offered a coverage election upon reaching tenure. Passed
    Generally Applicable Legislation:
    1. HF2810 (Howe), Sec. 2 only; SF2743 (Pappas), Sec. 3 only: PERA-P&F; Modifying public safety officer death benefits; adopting definitions of the Hometown Heroes Act, in the form of Amendment H2807-5A. Passed
       
    2. HF3136 (Thissen); SF2853 (Pappas): Increasing the maximum permissible employer contribution to a supplemental laborers pension fund. Passed
  6. HF3716 (O'Driscoll); SFxxxx: MSRS; Fairview Hospital privatized employees; revising augmentation rates, revising exception regarding public reemployment. No action
  7. HF3805 (O'Driscoll); SFxxxx: Minnesota public pension plans; additional sources of funding authorized. No action
  8. Other items as designated by the Commission chair.