352B.011 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Accumulated deductions. “Accumulated deductions” means the total sums deducted from the salary of a member and the total amount of assessments paid by a member in place of deductions and credited […]
352B.013 AUTHORIZED LEAVE OF ABSENCE SERVICE CREDIT PURCHASE PROCEDURE. Subdivision 1. Application. This section specifies the procedure for purchasing service credit in the State Patrol retirement plan for authorized leaves of absence under section 352B.011, subdivision 3, unless an alternative payment procedure is specified in law for a particular form of leave or break in […]
352B.02 STATE PATROL RETIREMENT FUND. Subdivision 1. Fund created; membership. A State Patrol retirement fund is established. Its membership consists of all persons defined in section 352B.011, subdivision 10. Subd. 1a. Member contributions. (a) The member contribution is the following percentage of the member’s salary: from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016 13.4 from […]
352B.03 OFFICERS, DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Officers. The policy-making, management, and administrative functions governing the operation of the State Patrol retirement fund are vested in the board of directors and executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System with duties, authority, and responsibility as provided in chapter 352. Fiduciary activities of the fund must be undertaken […]
352B.05 INVESTMENTS. The State Board of Investment may invest and reinvest any portions of the State Patrol retirement fund not needed for immediate purposes. The executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System shall determine what funds may be invested. Money may be invested in securities authorized as legal investments for the Minnesota State Retirement […]
352B.07 ACTIONS BY OR AGAINST THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE RETIREMENT PLAN. With respect to the State Patrol retirement plan, the board of the Minnesota State Retirement System may sue or be sued in the name of the board of directors of the state retirement system. In all actions brought by or against it, the […]
352B.071 EXEMPTION FROM PROCESS. The provisions of section 356.401 apply to the State Patrol retirement plan. History: 1973 c 178 s 8; 1983 c 128 s 24; 1984 c 547 s 5; 1987 c 157 s 4; 1987 c 229 art 7 s 1; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92; 1Sp2005 c 8 art […]
352B.08 BENEFITS. Subdivision 1. Eligibility; when to apply; accrual. (a) Every member who is credited with three or more years of allowable service if first employed before July 1, 2013, or with at least ten years of allowable service if first employed after June 30, 2013, is entitled to separate from state service and upon […]
352B.085 SERVICE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN DISABILITY LEAVES OF ABSENCE. A member on leave of absence receiving temporary workers’ compensation payments and a reduced salary or no salary from the employer who is entitled to allowable service credit for the period of absence under section 352B.011, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), may make payment to the fund […]
352B.086 FEDERALLY PROTECTED PURCHASE OF SERVICE CREDIT FOR PERIODS OF MILITARY SERVICE. (a) A member who is absent from employment by reason of service in the uniformed services, as defined in United States Code, title 38, section 4303(13), and who returns to state employment in a position covered by the plan upon discharge from service […]
352B.087 STATE-AUTHORIZED PURCHASE OF SERVICE CREDIT FOR PERIODS OF MILITARY SERVICE. Subdivision 1. Service credit purchase authorized. (a) Unless prohibited under paragraph (b), a member is eligible to purchase service credit, not to exceed five cumulative years of service credit, for one or more periods of service in the uniformed services, as defined in United […]
352B.10 DISABILITY BENEFITS. Subdivision 1. Duty disability. A member who is determined to qualify for duty disability as defined in section 352B.011, subdivision 7, is entitled to receive a duty disability benefit while disabled. The benefits must be paid monthly. The duty disability benefit is an amount equal to the member’s average monthly salary multiplied […]
352B.101 APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY BENEFIT. A member claiming a disability benefit must file a written application for benefits in the office of the system in a form and manner prescribed by the executive director. The member shall provide medical or psychological evidence to support the application. The benefit begins to accrue the day following the […]
352B.105 TERMINATION OF DISABILITY BENEFITS. Subdivision 1. Termination. Disability benefits payable under section 352B.10 must terminate on the date on which the disabilitant transfers status as a disabilitant to status as a retirement annuitant. Subd. 2. Pre-July 1, 2015, disabilitants. The transfer date for a person whose disability benefits began to accrue before July 1, […]
352B.11 RETIREES. Subdivision 1. Refund of payments. (a) A member who has not received other benefits under this chapter is entitled to a refund of payments made by salary deduction, plus interest, if the member is separated, either voluntarily or involuntarily, from the state service that entitled the member to membership. (b) A refund under […]
352B.25 CONTINUING APPROPRIATION; PAYMENT OF PENSION FUNDS. The State Patrol retirement fund must be disbursed only for the purposes provided in this chapter. The expenses of the system and any benefits or annuities provided in this chapter must be paid from the State Patrol retirement fund. The amounts necessary to make the payments from the […]
352B.27 SAVINGS CLAUSE. Subdivision 1. Earlier retirement laws. The rights, privileges, annuities, and benefits, whether presently accrued or to accrue in the future, extended to those persons designated or described in Laws 1967, chapter 244, section 4; Laws 1969, chapter 693, sections 15 and 17; Laws 1971, chapter 278, section 3; and Laws 1971, chapter […]
