MEETING: | Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement |
PLACE: | Room 112 Capitol |
DATE: | March 25, 2014 | TIME: | 5:30 PM |
Agenda Revision #2 |
Materials |
Action |
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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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