February 3, 2016
1:00 PM
February 4, 2016
9:00 AM |
200 State Office Building |
Agenda, Materials & Action
- Actuarial assumption changes for MSRS, PERA, and TRA
- Financial sustainability/funding proposals for MSRS, TRA, and SPTRFA
- Administrative bills for MSRS, PERA, TRA, and SPTRFA
- Supplemental public pension plan financing program proposal (update on EPOCH)
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February 24, 2016,
1:00 PM
February 25, 2016,
9:00 AM - Cancelled |
200 State Office Building |
Agenda, Materials & Action
- LCPR16-016: MSRS-covered Fairview Hospital privatized employees; Revising augmentation rates, revising exception regarding public reemployment.
- LCPR16-025: Eden Prairie Volunteer Firefighter Relief Association; Vesting, maximum lump sum amounts.
- Chair's comments on MSRS, TRA, and SPTRFA funding package proposals
- Mortality assumption changes for Appleton and White Bear Lake fire relief associations.
- HF1908 (Atkins); SF1774 (Hayden): Benefit increase for certain former local police and paid fire relief association recipients.
- Revisor #16-5720: Implementing the recommendations of 2015-2016 State Auditor's Volunteer Fire Relief Association Working Group.
- HF659 (O'Driscoll); SF588 (Pappas): MSRS; Modifying disability application deadlines in certain instances.
- LCPR16-015 (PDF HTML): MSRS; Rule of 90 eligibility for certain Department of Transportation (MnDOT) employees.
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March 15, 2016
5:30 PM |
10 State Office Building |
Agenda, Materials & Action
- HF2807 (O'Driscoll); SF2536 (Pappas): MSRS, PERA, TRA, and SPTRFA; Administrative and actuarial assumption provisions.
- HF2785 (Loon); SF2536 (Hann): VFRAs; Increasing lump-sum service pension maximums for defined benefit relief associations; lowering the vesting requirement for Eden Prairie VFRA firefighters returning to active service
- HFxxxx; SF2473 (Rosen/Pappas): 2015-2016 Volunteer Fire Relief Association Working Group bill.
- HF659 (O'Driscoll); SF588 (Pappas): MSRS; Modifying disability application deadlines in certain instances.
- HFxxxx (Metsa); SFxxxx (LCPR16-015): MSRS; Rule of 90 eligibility for certain MnDOT employees.
- HFxxxx (Whelan, by request); SFxxxx (Revisor #15-3939): MSRS; Purchase of allowable service credit for state internship employment and Rule of 90 eligibility in certain cases.
- Update on the Minnesota State Retirement System funding proposal: LCPR16-012.
- Update on the Teachers Retirement Association funding proposal: HF3070 (Murphy, M.); SF2521 (Pappas) .
- Update on the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association funding proposal: HF3085 (Albright); SF2724 (Pappas).
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March 22, 2016
5:30 PM |
10 State Office Building |
Agenda, Materials & Action
- HFxxxx (Anzelc); SFxxxx (Revisor #16-6859): Coleraine and Bovey Fire Relief Associations consolidation date change.
- HFxxxx (Hornstein/Thissen); SFxxxx (Revisor #16-6647): MSRS; Fairview Hospital privatized employees; revising the treatment for employees who return to public service.
- HFxxxx (O'Driscoll); SFxxxx (LCPR16-033): PERA; Increase minimum annual and monthly salary thresholds for membership eligibility.
- HF2560 (Zerwas); SFxxxx: PERA-P&F; Authorize payment of duty disability benefits and benefit recalculation for former Fridley police officer.
- HF1919 (Daniels); SF1972 (Lourey): MSRS-General; Authorize purchases of prior service credit for Rule of 90 eligibility, former Department of Corrections Correction Counselor 1 Trainees.
- HF3351 (Theis); SF2890 (Pederson): PERA, MnSCU-IRAP; Service credit purchase; St. Cloud State University employee.
- HF3422 (Knoblach); SFxxxx: TRA, MnSCU-IRAP; Authorize MnSCU employee to repay refund and elect prospective/retroactive TRA coverage.
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March 29, 2016
5:30 PM |
10 State Office Building |
Agenda, Materials & Action
- HF2810 (Howe); SF2743 (Pappas): PERA-P&F; Modifying public safety officer death benefits; adopting definitions of the Hometown Heroes Act.
- HF3136 (Thissen); SF2853 (Pappas): Increasing the maximum permissible employer contribution to a supplemental laborers pension fund.
- HFxxxx (Metsa); SFxxxx, LCPR16-035: TRA, MnSCU-IRAP; Coverage election for certain eligible faculty members not offered a coverage election upon reaching tenure.
- HF3606 (Erhardt); SFxxxx: MSRS-Correctional; Corrections Department employee transfer of prior general plan service and retirement annuity adjustment.
- Amendment H2807-2A (PDF / HTML): Commission staff technical corrections.
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April 5, 2016
5:30 PM |
Basement
State Office Building |
Agenda, Materials & Action
- Amendment H2807-2A: Commission staff technical corrections.
- Amendment H2807-4A; 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.
- HF3606 (Erhardt); SFxxxx: MSRS-Correctional; Department of Corrections retiree, transfer of prior general plan service credit and retirement annuity adjustment.
- Items laid over for possible inclusion in the 2016 Omnibus Pension Bill:
- HF3606 (Erhardt); SFxxxx: MSRS-Correctional; Department of Corrections retiree, transfer of prior general plan service credit and retirement annuity adjustment.
- 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.
- HFxxxx (Whelan, by request); SFxxxx, (Revisor #15-3939): MSRS; Purchase of allowable service credit for state internship employment and Rule of 90 eligibility for one former OLA intern.
- HF2560 (Zerwas); SFxxxx: PERA-P&F; Authorize payment of duty disability benefits and benefit recalculation for former Fridley police officer.
- HF3351 (Theis); SF2890 (Pederson): PERA/MnSCU-IRAP; Service credit purchase; St. Cloud State University employee
- HF3422 (Knoblach), as amended; SFxxxx: TRA/MnSCU-IRAP; Authorize MnSCU employee to repay refund and elect prospective/retroactive TRA coverage.
- 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.
- 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.
- HF3136 (Thissen); SF2853 (Pappas): Increasing the maximum permissible employer contribution to a supplemental laborers pension fund.
- HF3716 (O'Driscoll); SFxxxx: MSRS; Fairview Hospital privatized employees; revising augmentation rates, revising exception regarding public reemployment.
- HF3805 (O'Driscoll); SFxxxx: Minnesota public pension plans; additional sources of funding authorized.
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April 12, 2016
5:30 PM |
Basement
State Office Building |
Agenda, Materials & Action
- HF3606 (Erhardt); SFxxxx: MSRS-Correctional; Department of Corrections retiree, transfer of prior general plan service credit and retirement annuity adjustment.
- Chair's proposed resolution regarding the Fairview Hospital privatized employees issues.
- HF3805 (O'Driscoll); SFxxxx: Minnesota public pension plans; additional sources of funding authorize.
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May 17, 2016
6:00 PM or at the
call of the chair |
Basement
State Office Building |
Agenda, Materials & Action
- Amendment H2807-12A (PDF / HTML): PERA Statewide Volunteer Fire Plan; Delete requirement that the first relief association to join the monthly benefit division be reimbursed for PERA's administrative expenses by relief associations that join later.
- Amendment H2807-11A: Technical corrections.
- Amendment H2807-16A: MSRS, TRA, SPTRFA; Reduction of COLA for one year, elimination of COLA triggers and, for SPTRFA, increase in employer contribuiton.
- 2016 Omnibus Retirement Bill, in the form of delete-all amendment H2807-10A.
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