April 5, 2016, Pension Commission Meeting

Agenda

1. Approval of March 29, 2016, meeting minutes. ‑ Approved


2. Amendment H2807-2A; Commission staff technical corrections. ‑ Adopted


3. 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. ‑ Adopted


4. HF3606 (Erhardt); SFxxxx: MSRS-Correctional; Department of Corrections retiree, transfer of prior general plan service credit and retirement annuity adjustment. ‑ (see #5a below)
   • H3606-Sxxxx Memo from 3/29 meeting


5. Items laid over for possible inclusion in the 2016 Omnibus Pension Bill:
   • Summary of laid-over bills

   Individual/Small Group Legislation:

   1. HF3606 (Erhardt); SFxxxx: MSRS-Correctional; Department of Corrections retiree, transfer of prior general plan service credit and retirement annuity adjustment. ‑ No action
   
   
   2. 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. ‑ Failed due to lack of a motion
   
   
   3. 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. ‑ Failed due to lack of a motion
   
   
   4. HF2560 (Zerwas); SFxxxx: PERA-P&F; Authorize payment of duty disability benefits and benefit recalculation for former Fridley police officer. ‑ Failed due to lack of a motion
   
   
   5. HF3351 (Theis); SF2890 (Pederson): PERA/MnSCU-IRAP; Service credit purchase; St. Cloud State University employee. ‑ Passed
   
   
   6. HF3422 (Knoblach), as previously amended (draft engrossment); SFxxxx: TRA/MnSCU-IRAP; Authorize MnSCU employee to repay refund and elect prospective/retroactive TRA coverage. ‑ Passed as previously amended
   
   
   7. 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. ‑ Passed

   Generally Applicable Legislation:

   8. Amendment H2807-5A, drawn from 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 ‑ Adopted
   
   
   9. HF3136 (Thissen); SF2853 (Pappas): Increasing the maximum permissible employer contribution to a supplemental laborers pension fund. ‑ Passed


6. HF3716 (O'Driscoll); SFxxxx: MSRS; Fairview Hospital privatized employees; revising augmentation rates, revising exception regarding public reemployment. ‑ No action
   • Staff Update on bills relating to the Fairview Employees
   • LCPR16-016 Memo from 2/24 meeting
   • MSRS handout: Fairview charts


7. HF3805 (O'Driscoll); SFxxxx: Minnesota public pension plans; additional sources of funding authorized. ‑ No action
   • H3805-Sxxxx Memo


8. Other items as designated by the Commission chair.

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