1.1    Senator .................... moves to amend S.F. No. 2720, the first engrossment, as
1.2follows:
1.3Page 45, after line 12, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353.64, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
1.5    Subd. 11. Pension coverage for certain tribal police officers exercising state
1.6arrest powers. (a) The governing body of a tribal police department which is exercising
1.7state arrest powers under section 626.90, 626.91, 626.92, or 626.93 may request by
1.8resolution to the executive director that its police officers be considered public employees
1.9under section 353.01, subdivision 2, be considered a police officer under section 353.64,
1.10subdivision 1 , and become members of the public employees police and fire retirement
1.11plan and that the tribal police department be considered a governmental subdivision under
1.12section 353.01, subdivision 6.
1.13    (b) The executive director of the association must approve the request by a tribal
1.14police department under paragraph (a) if a ruling made by the federal Internal Revenue
1.15Service provides that:
1.16    (1) the tribal police department is an agency or instrumentality of the state of
1.17Minnesota for purposes of enforcing state law; and
1.18    (2) contributions made by the tribal police department to a retirement plan on behalf
1.19of employees of the tribal police department are contributions to a governmental plan
1.20within the meaning of section 414(d) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.
1.21    (c) (b) Following the approval of the request by the executive director, the head of
1.22the police department or that person's designee must immediately report for membership in
1.23the police and fire fund a person who is employed as a full-time or part-time police officer
1.24in a position that meets the conditions in sections 353.01, subdivision 2a, and 353.64,
1.25subdivisions 1 and 2 . The police department head or that person's designee must deduct
1.26the employee contributions from the salary of each eligible police officer as required by
1.27section 353.65, subdivision 2, and make the employer contributions required by section
1.28353.65, subdivision 3 . The head of the police department or that person's designee must
1.29meet the reporting requirements in section 353.65, subdivision 4.
1.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
1.31Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
1.32Amend the title accordingly