LCPR05‑066
1.1 M ............... moves to amend S.F. No. ....; H.F. No.
1.2 853, as follows:
1.3 Page 3, line 21, delete "special fund"
1.4 Page 3, line 23, before the first "The" insert
1.5 "Alternatively or in addition,"
1.6 Page 4, line 10, after "extent" insert "that"
1.7 Page 4, line 13, after the first "fund" insert "under
1.8 subdivisions 5 and 7" and after the second "fund" insert "under
1.9 subdivisions 5 and 8" and after "required," insert "the deposit
1.10 accumulation fund has a transfer amount payable on which an
1.11 interest charge accrues."
1.12 Page 4, line 14, delete "an" and insert "the"
1.13 Page 4, line 15, after "period" insert "that" and after
1.14 "transfer" insert "amount payable" and delete "that"
1.15 Page 4, line 16, after "plus" insert "the percentage
1.16 increase in"
1.17 Page 4, line 19, delete "as of" and insert "from" and
1.18 delete ", and" and insert an underscored period and after
1.19 "interest" insert "charge"
1.20 Page 4, line 22, after "quarterly" insert "transfer amount
1.21 payable"
1.22 Page 4, line 23, before "subsequent" insert "revenue
1.23 received by the deposit accumulation fund" and after
1.24 "subsequent" insert "to unpaid" and after "transfers" insert
1.25 "must be transferred"
1.26 Page 4, line 24, after the second "fund" insert ",
1.27 whichever applies,"
1.28 Page 4, line 25, after the first "to" insert "any remaining"
1.29 and after "interest" insert "charge" and after "then" insert
1.30 "must be applied" and after "transfer" insert "amount payable"
1.31 Page 4, line 34, strike "commission‑retained" and after
1.32 "actuary" insert "retained under section 356.214"
1.33 Page 4, line 36, strike "shall" and insert "must"
1.34 Page 5, delete lines 4 to 20 and insert:
1.35 "(b) If a full transfer amount is not payable from the
1.36 deposit accumulation fund, the applicable fund must be credited
2.1 with an interest‑bearing transfer amount receivable."
2.2 Page 5, lines 21, 23, and 32, strike "shall" and insert
2.3 "must"
2.4 Page 5, lines 26 and 34, strike "pursuant to" and insert
2.5 "under"
2.6 Page 5, after line 35, insert:
2.7 "Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 422A.06,
2.8 subdivision 7, is amended to read:
2.9 Subd. 7. DISABILITY BENEFIT FUND. (a) Unless subdivision
2.10 3, paragraph (c), applies, the required reserves for disability
2.11 allowances which become effective after December 31, 1973, shall
2.12 must be transferred from the deposit accumulation fund to the
2.13 disability benefit fund. A proportionate share of income from
2.14 investments shall must be allocated to this fund and any
2.15 interest charge under subdivision 3, paragraph (c), must be
2.16 credited to the fund. There shall be paid From this fund, the
2.17 disability allowances which become effective after December 31,
2.18 1973, must be paid.
2.19 (b) In the event of termination of any disability allowance
2.20 for any reason other than the death of the recipient, the
2.21 balance of the required reserves for the disability allowance as
2.22 of the date of termination shall must be transferred from the
2.23 disability benefit fund to the deposit accumulation fund.
2.24 (c) At the end of each fiscal year, as part of the annual
2.25 actuarial valuation, a determination shall must be made of the
2.26 required reserves for all disability allowances being paid from
2.27 the disability benefit fund. Any excess of assets over
2.28 actuarial required reserves in the disability benefit fund shall
2.29 must be transferred to the deposit accumulation fund. Unless
2.30 subdivision 3, paragraph (c), applies, any excess of actuarial
2.31 reserves over assets in the disability benefit fund shall must
2.32 be funded by a transfer of the appropriate amount of assets from
2.33 the deposit accumulation fund.
2.34 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 422A.06,
2.35 subdivision 8, is amended to read:
2.36 Subd. 8. RETIREMENT BENEFIT FUND. (a) The retirement
3.1 benefit fund shall consist consists of amounts held for payment
3.2 of retirement allowances for members retired pursuant to under
3.3 this chapter, including any transfer amount payable under
3.4 subdivision 3, paragraph (c).
3.5 (b) Unless subdivision 3, paragraph (c), applies, assets
3.6 equal to the required reserves for retirement
3.7 allowances pursuant to under this chapter determined in
3.8 accordance with the appropriate mortality table adopted by the
3.9 board of trustees based on the experience of the fund as
3.10 recommended by the commission‑retained actuary shall retained
3.11 under section 356.214, must be transferred from the deposit
3.12 accumulation fund to the retirement benefit fund as of the last
3.13 business day of the month in which the retirement allowance
3.14 begins. The income from investments of these assets shall must
3.15 be allocated to this fund and any interest charge under
3.16 subdivision 3, paragraph (c), must be credited to the fund.
3.17 There shall must be paid from this fund the retirement annuities
3.18 authorized by law. A required reserve calculation for the
3.19 retirement benefit fund must be made by the actuary retained by
3.20 the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement under
3.21 section 356.214 and must be certified to the retirement board by
3.22 the commission‑retained actuary.
3.23 (c) The retirement benefit fund shall must be governed by
3.24 the applicable laws governing the accounting and audit
3.25 procedures, investment, actuarial requirements, calculation and
3.26 payment of postretirement benefit adjustments, discharge of any
3.27 deficiency in the assets of the fund when compared to the
3.28 actuarially determined required reserves, and other applicable
3.29 operations and procedures regarding the Minnesota postretirement
3.30 investment fund in effect on June 30, 1997, established under
3.31 Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 11A.18, and any legal or
3.32 administrative interpretations of those laws of the State Board
3.33 of Investment, the legal advisor to the Board of Investment and
3.34 the executive director of the State Board of Investment in
3.35 effect on June 30, 1997. If a deferred yield adjustment account
3.36 is established for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund
4.1 before June 30, 1997, under Minnesota Statutes 1996, section
4.2 11A.18, subdivision 5, the retirement board shall also establish
4.3 and maintain a deferred yield adjustment account within this
4.4 fund.
4.5 (d) Annually, following the calculation of any
4.6 postretirement adjustment payable from the retirement benefit
4.7 fund, the board of trustees shall submit a report to the
4.8 executive director of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and
4.9 Retirement and to the commissioner of finance indicating the
4.10 amount of any postretirement adjustment and the underlying
4.11 calculations on which that postretirement adjustment amount is
4.12 based, including the amount of dividends, the amount of
4.13 interest, and the amount of net realized capital gains or losses
4.14 utilized in the calculations.
4.15 (e) With respect to a former contributing member who began
4.16 receiving a retirement annuity or disability benefit under
4.17 section 422A.151, paragraph (a), clause (2), after June 30,
4.18 1997, or with respect to a survivor of a former contributing
4.19 member who began receiving a survivor benefit under section
4.20 422A.151, paragraph (a), clause (2), after June 30, 1997, the
4.21 reserves attributable to the one percent lower amount of the
4.22 cost‑of‑living adjustment payable to those annuity or benefit
4.23 recipients annually must be transferred back to the deposit
4.24 accumulation fund to the credit of the Metropolitan Airports
4.25 Commission. The calculation of this annual reduced
4.26 cost‑of‑living adjustment reserve transfer must be reviewed by
4.27 the actuary retained by the Legislative Commission on Pensions
4.28 and Retirement under section 356.214."
4.29 Renumber the sections in sequence
4.30 Correct the internal references
4.31 Amend the title accordingly