LCPR05‑146
1.1 M ............... moves to amend S.F. No. 997; H.F. No.
1.2 1753, as follows:
1.3 Page 2, after line 4, insert:
1.4 "Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 356.215,
1.5 subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 11. AMORTIZATION CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) In addition to
1.7 the exhibit indicating the level normal cost, the actuarial
1.8 valuation must contain an exhibit indicating the additional
1.9 annual contribution sufficient to amortize the unfunded
1.10 actuarial accrued liability. For funds governed by chapters 3A,
1.11 352, 352B, 352C, 353, 354, 354A, and 490, the additional
1.12 contribution must be calculated on a level percentage of covered
1.13 payroll basis by the established date for full funding in effect
1.14 when the valuation is prepared. For funds governed by chapter
1.15 3A, sections 352.90 through 352.951, chapters 352B, 352C,
1.16 sections 353.63 through 353.68, and chapters 353C, 354A, and
1.17 490, the level percent additional contribution must be
1.18 calculated assuming annual payroll growth of 6.5 percent. For
1.19 funds governed by sections 352.01 through 352.86 and chapter
1.20 354, the level percent additional contribution must be
1.21 calculated assuming an annual payroll growth of five percent.
1.22 For the fund governed by sections 353.01 through 353.46, the
1.23 level percent additional contribution must be calculated
1.24 assuming an annual payroll growth of six percent. For all other
1.25 funds, the additional annual contribution must be calculated on
1.26 a level annual dollar amount basis.
1.27 (b) For any fund other than the Minneapolis Employees
1.28 Retirement Fund and the Public Employees Retirement Association
1.29 general plan, if there has not been a change in the actuarial
1.30 assumptions used for calculating the actuarial accrued liability
1.31 of the fund, a change in the benefit plan governing annuities
1.32 and benefits payable from the fund, a change in the actuarial
1.33 cost method used in calculating the actuarial accrued liability
1.34 of all or a portion of the fund, or a combination of the three,
1.35 which change or changes by itself or by themselves without
1.36 inclusion of any other items of increase or decrease produce a
2.1 net increase in the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the
2.2 fund, the established date for full funding is the first
2.3 actuarial valuation date occurring after June 1, 2020.
2.4 (c) For any fund or plan other than the Minneapolis
2.5 Employees Retirement Fund and the Public Employees Retirement
2.6 Association general plan, if there has been a change in any or
2.7 all of the actuarial assumptions used for calculating the
2.8 actuarial accrued liability of the fund, a change in the benefit
2.9 plan governing annuities and benefits payable from the fund, a
2.10 change in the actuarial cost method used in calculating the
2.11 actuarial accrued liability of all or a portion of the fund, or
2.12 a combination of the three, and the change or changes, by itself
2.13 or by themselves and without inclusion of any other items of
2.14 increase or decrease, produce a net increase in the unfunded
2.15 actuarial accrued liability in the fund, the established date
2.16 for full funding must be determined using the following
2.17 procedure:
2.18 (i) the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the fund
2.19 must be determined in accordance with the plan provisions
2.20 governing annuities and retirement benefits and the actuarial
2.21 assumptions in effect before an applicable change;
2.22 (ii) the level annual dollar contribution or level
2.23 percentage, whichever is applicable, needed to amortize the
2.24 unfunded actuarial accrued liability amount determined under
2.25 item (i) by the established date for full funding in effect
2.26 before the change must be calculated using the interest
2.27 assumption specified in subdivision 8 in effect before the
2.28 change;
2.29 (iii) the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of the fund
2.30 must be determined in accordance with any new plan provisions
2.31 governing annuities and benefits payable from the fund and any
2.32 new actuarial assumptions and the remaining plan provisions
2.33 governing annuities and benefits payable from the fund and
2.34 actuarial assumptions in effect before the change;
2.35 (iv) the level annual dollar contribution or level
2.36 percentage, whichever is applicable, needed to amortize the
3.1 difference between the unfunded actuarial accrued liability
3.2 amount calculated under item (i) and the unfunded actuarial
3.3 accrued liability amount calculated under item (iii) over a
3.4 period of 30 years from the end of the plan year in which the
3.5 applicable change is effective must be calculated using the
3.6 applicable interest assumption specified in subdivision 8 in
3.7 effect after any applicable change;
3.8 (v) the level annual dollar or level percentage
3.9 amortization contribution under item (iv) must be added to the
3.10 level annual dollar amortization contribution or level
3.11 percentage calculated under item (ii);
3.12 (vi) the period in which the unfunded actuarial accrued
3.13 liability amount determined in item (iii) is amortized by the
3.14 total level annual dollar or level percentage amortization
3.15 contribution computed under item (v) must be calculated using
3.16 the interest assumption specified in subdivision 8 in effect
3.17 after any applicable change, rounded to the nearest integral
3.18 number of years, but not to exceed 30 years from the end of the
3.19 plan year in which the determination of the established date for
3.20 full funding using the procedure set forth in this clause is
3.21 made and not to be less than the period of years beginning in
3.22 the plan year in which the determination of the established date
3.23 for full funding using the procedure set forth in this clause is
3.24 made and ending by the date for full funding in effect before
3.25 the change; and
3.26 (vii) the period determined under item (vi) must be added
3.27 to the date as of which the actuarial valuation was prepared and
3.28 the date obtained is the new established date for full funding.
3.29 (d) For the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund, the
3.30 established date for full funding is June 30, 2020.
3.31 (e) For the general employees retirement plan of the Public
3.32 Employees Retirement Association, the established date for full
3.33 funding is June 30, 2031.
3.34 (f) For the retirement plans for which the annual actuarial
3.35 valuation indicates an excess of valuation assets over the
3.36 actuarial accrued liability, the valuation assets in excess of
4.1 the actuarial accrued liability must be recognized as a
4.2 reduction in the current contribution requirements by an amount
4.3 equal to the amortization of the excess expressed as a level
4.4 percentage of pay over a 30‑year period beginning anew with each
4.5 annual actuarial valuation of the plan.
4.6 (g) If a full funding date was set under paragraph (f) and
4.7 the next actuarial valuation indicates valuation assets which
4.8 are less than the actuarial accrued liability, the full funding
4.9 date shall be the greater of the date of the first actuarial
4.10 valuation occurring after June 30, 2020, or the date determined
4.11 by subtracting the average age of the plan's active membership
4.12 from the plan's normal retirement age, not to exceed age 65, and
4.13 adding the result to the date as of which the actuarial
4.14 valuation was prepared. In subsequent valuations, this
4.15 paragraph or paragraph (c) or (f) applies, whichever is
4.16 applicable."
4.17 Page 2, line 6, delete "and 2" and insert "to 3"
4.18 Renumber the sections in sequence
4.19 Amend the title accordingly