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3/25/2014 Agenda
MEETING:    Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement
PLACE:    Room 112 Capitol
DATE: March 25, 2014
TIME: 5:30 PM

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Agenda Revision #2

Materials

Action


1. 

Approval of minutes.
 

Minutes

Approved

2. 

S.F. 2427 (Pappas); H.F. 2790 (Murphy, M.): PERA, PERA-P&F; City of Duluth and Duluth Airport Authority employee salary-supplement payments coverage following Court of Appeals decision.
Amendment adopted: S2427-3A
 

Staff Memo

Amended;
passed

3. 

S.F. 2442 (Pappas); H.F. 2827 (Murphy, M.): MSRS, TRA;
MSRS: Specifying interest rate for computing joint-and-survivor annuities; revising post-retirement adjustment triggers; revising reemployed annuitant withholding in certain divorce situations;
TRA: clarifying medical advisor and resumption of teaching provisions.
Amendments adopted: S2442-1A, S2442-2A, S2442-3A, S2442-4A
 

Staff Memo

Amended;
passed

4. 

S.F. 2641 (Pappas); H.F. xxxx: Explicit post-retirement adjustment assumption.
Amendment adopted: S2641-2A (with oral amendment)
 

Staff Memo

Amended;
passed

5. 

S.F. 2428 (Pappas); H.F. 2682 (Nelson): MSRS, PERA, TRA; Membership inclusion and exclusion provisions reorganized and updated.
Amendments adopted: S2428-4A, S2428-5A, S2428-1A-R
 

Staff Memo

Amended;
passed

6. 

S.F. 2741 (Johnson); H.F. 3155 (Kahn): VFRAs; Allowing volunteer firefighter relief associations to pay state fire chiefs association dues from the special fund.
 

Staff Memo

Passed

7. 

S.F. 2749 (Tomassoni); H.F. 3118 (Metsa): MnSCU-IRAP, TRA; Authorizing MnSCU employee to elect TRA coverage and transfer past service from IRAP to TRA; offering comparable treatment to similarly situated individuals. Amendment adopted: S2749-2A
 

Staff Memo

Amended;
passed

8. 

Unofficial engrossment of Commission amendment LCPR14-01A: PERA-P&F; Applicability of 2013 post-retirement adjustment modifications to certain county sheriffs.
Amendment adopted:
LCPR1401A-2A
 

no materials

Amended;
passed

9. 

S.F. 2308 (Johnson); H.F. 2604 (Murphy, M., by request): MSRS-Correctional; Modifications of coverage for Department of Human Services employees.
Amendment adopted: LCPR14-04A
 

3/18 Staff memo

Amended;
passed

10. 

S.F. xxxx; H.F. 3220 (Radinovich): PERA-P&F; Service credit purchase; Mille Lacs tribal police department service.
 

Staff Memo

Passed

11. 

S.F. 2886 (Johnson); S.F. xxxx; H.F. 3229 (Sanders): PERA; Service credit purchase; Hennepin County Medical Center employee omitted contribution period.
 

Staff Memo

Withdrawn

12. 

S.F. 2169 (Hayden); H.F. 2316 (Kahn): PERA; Service credit purchase for certain Hennepin Co. elected service.
 

3/04 Staff Memo

Passed

13. 

S.F. 1630 (Hayden); H.F. 1800 (Kahn): Local police and fire relief association former members pension benefits adjustment. Amendment adopted: LCPR14-07A-Paragraph (a) only
 

3/18 Staff memo

LCPR14-07A, Para. (a)
passed

14. 

Final action on the Commission's recommendation of the 2014 Omnibus Retirement Bill.
Amendment adopted: S1803-21A (orally amended), S1803-22A
Summary of the Amendments
 

Summary

Amended;
passed

15.  

Other items as designated by the Commission Chair:
    Amendment LCPR14-02A: TRA; Voluntary membership dues deductions
 

 


Passed


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