LCPR05‑131
1.1 M ............... moves to amend S.F. No. 1519; H.F. No.
1.2 1615, as follows:
1.3 Page 10, line 15, after "2005" insert "and shall transfer
1.4 the balance of the assets of the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement
1.5 Fund Association to the State Board of Investment for investment
1.6 in the Minnesota combined investment funds under section 11A.14"
1.7 Page 10, line 21, after "transferred" insert "Minneapolis
1.8 Teachers Retirement Fund Association coordinated program"
1.9 Page 10, line 26, delete "and management responsibilities"
1.10 Page 12, after line 16, insert:
1.11 "Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 354A.021,
1.12 subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.13 Subd. 3. FUND. (a) Within each the Duluth Teachers
1.14 Retirement Fund Association and the St. Paul Teachers Retirement
1.15 Fund Association there shall be created a special retirement
1.16 fund, which shall include all of the assets of the teachers
1.17 retirement fund association other than assets of a tax sheltered
1.18 annuity program and fund authorized pursuant to subdivision 5
1.19 which were acquired for the specific purpose of being credited
1.20 to that fund. The special retirement fund shall be credited
1.21 with all employee and employer contributions, all interest and
1.22 all other income authorized by law. Within the special
1.23 retirement fund there may be established separate special
1.24 retirement fund accounts for the purpose of providing
1.25 convenience in the funding of and accounting for retirement
1.26 annuities and any authorized ancillary benefits.
1.27 (b) The assets of the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund
1.28 Association must be invested in the Minnesota combined
1.29 investment funds under section 11A.14 and the participation of
1.30 the Minneapolis Teacher Retirement Fund Association in the
1.31 Minnesota combined investment funds is the special retirement
1.32 fund of the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association.
1.33 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 354A.08, is
1.34 amended to read:
1.35 354A.08 AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS.
1.36 A (a) The Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association and
2.1 the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association may receive,
2.2 hold, and dispose of real estate or personal property acquired
2.3 by it, whether the acquisition was by purchase, or any other
2.4 lawful means, as provided in this chapter or in the
2.5 association's articles of incorporation. In addition to other
2.6 authorized real estate investments, an association may also
2.7 invest funds in Minnesota situs nonfarm real estate ownership
2.8 interests or loans secured by mortgages or deeds of trust.
2.9 (b) The State Board of Investment must invest the assets of
2.10 the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association.
2.11 Sec. 11. 354A.081
2.12 STATE BOARD OF INVESTMENT TO INVEST MINNEAPOLIS TEACHERS
2.13 RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION ASSETS.
2.14 The executive director shall from time to time certify to
2.15 the State Board of Investment for investment such portions of
2.16 the retirement fund as in the director's judgment may not be
2.17 required for immediate use. Assets from the Minneapolis
2.18 Teachers Retirement Fund Association must be transferred to the
2.19 Minnesota postretirement investment fund as provided in section
2.20 11A.18. The State Board of Investment shall thereupon invest
2.21 and reinvest the sum so certified, or transferred, in such
2.22 securities as are duly authorized as legal investments for state
2.23 employees retirement fund and shall have authority to sell,
2.24 convey, and exchange such securities and invest and reinvest the
2.25 securities when it deems it desirable to do so and shall sell
2.26 securities upon request of the board of trustees when such funds
2.27 are needed for its purposes. All of the provisions regarding
2.28 accounting procedures and restrictions and conditions for the
2.29 purchase and sale of securities for the general state employees
2.30 retirement fund shall apply to the accounting, purchase and sale
2.31 of securities for the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund
2.32 Association."
2.33 Renumber the sections in sequence
2.34 Correct the internal references
2.35 Amend the title accordingly