See also LEGISLATURE
Accounting and bookkeeping
Financial and actuarial reporting practices, Minn. Statutes 2021 16A.055, 356.215
Member contributions, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.03
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.441
Accumulated contributions, abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.65
Actuarial valuations
Copies, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.07
Early retirement allowances, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.214, 356.215
Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Present value, single life annuity, rate conversion to, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.635
Actuaries
Actuarial valuations, see same under this topic
Approved actuaries, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.214, 356.215
Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.214
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.214
Administration
Expenses, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Minnesota State Retirement System, duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.011, 352.03
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2021 352.03
Age of retirement
Early retirement, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Normal retirement age, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.01, 353.01, 356.403
Retirement allowances, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Annuities
Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.65
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.401
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.30
Deferred annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02, 3A.04, 356.30
Early retirement, see same under this topic
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.401
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02, 356.46
Normal retirement annuities, see Retirement allowances under this topic
Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Payments, generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13, 356.40
Qualified annuities, using for refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.441
Repayment, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.50
Appropriations to, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.04
Assets
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Investment diversification, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Limitations on use, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.63
Market valuation method, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Title, holding, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Assignments, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13
Attachment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13
Beneficiaries, payments to
Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.04
Benefits
Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.65
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.401
Benefit provisions summary, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.07
Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.303
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.635, 356A.01
Distribution, notice, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Eligible rollover distributions, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.635
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.401
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.02
Internal Revenue Code compliance, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.635
Maximum benefit limitations, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.611
Members' nonforfeitable interest, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Payment, date, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.40
Payments generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13
Present value, single life annuity, rate conversion to, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.635
Recipients, defined, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.01
Subpoena authority, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.401
Survivor benefits, see same under this topic
Termination of plan or fund, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Breach of fiduciary duty
Cofiduciaries, liability, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.10
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.09
Indemnification, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.11
Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.12
Statutes of limitations, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.12
Buybacks
Prior service credit, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02, 356.30
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.03
Service credit, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.50
Certificates and certification, economic interest statements, list of filings, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Chief administrative officer, duties, see Executive director under MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (MSRS)
Child support, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13
Cofiduciaries
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.10
Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.12
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.30
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.303
Compensation and salaries, fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06, 356A.08
Contested cases, adverse determination of eligibility, benefits, or other rights, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.07
Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.13
Contributions to more than one public retirement plan
Restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2021 354.094
Retirement age, Minn. Statutes 2021 353.01
Coordinated and basic programs, creation, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.15
Copies, plan documents, summaries, and reports, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.07
Coverage by more than one system
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.311
Unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2021 352D.12
Covered employees, referendum, Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2021 355.095
Covered governmental entity, benefit provision summaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.07
Creditors remedies, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13
Custodian bank accounts, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Data, access, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.49
Decedents estates, payments to, death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.04
Dedicated fund
Credits to, abandoned contributions, annuities, or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.65
Uses, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.63
Deferred annuities
Augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02, 3A.04, 356.30
Interest, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Reserves, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Definitions
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Age of retirement, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.01, 353.01
Assets, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.01
Internal Revenue Code compliance, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.635
Loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.406
Public pension fiduciary responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.01, 356A.06
Dependent children, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.01, 3A.04
Depositories, designation, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Disability benefits
Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.465
Wrongful discharges, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.50
Disclosure
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.03, 356A.06
Dissolution of marriage
Division of property, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13
Retirement benefits or rights, information regarding, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.49
Division of plan, based on election or nonelection of Social Security coverage, Minn. Statutes 2021 355.091
Donations, authority to accept, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.631
Early retirement
Actuarial reduction, Minn. Statutes 2021 352.116
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Economic interest statements, fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Employee contributions, see Member contributions under this topic
Employees of the retirement plan, indemnification, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.11
Employer contributions
Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2021 355.095
Wrongful discharges, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.50
Employers
Payments by, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.551
Reports given, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.50, 356.62
Estate taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13
Execution (creditors remedies), exemption, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13
Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.214, 356.215
Fiduciaries
Activities, generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.02
Assets, title, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Breach of conduct or duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.09 to 356A.12
Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06, 356A.08
Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.13
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.01
Direct or indirect profits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.03, 356A.06
Duties, purpose, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.04, 356A.05
Economic interest statements, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Felony violations, documentation, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.03, 609B.177
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.01 to 356A.13
Investment of funds, see same under this topic
Prohibited transactions, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.12
Standard of conduct, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.04
Financial reports, copies to members, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.07
Former constitutional officers, application of law, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.17
Former members, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.49
Full funding, established dates for, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Funding, fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.02
Funds and accounts
Custodian bank accounts, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Dedicated fund, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.63
Garnishment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13
Gifts and bequests, authority to accept, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.631
Governing board of a pension plan, see Board of directors under MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (MSRS)
Governing body rules and policies, defined as plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.01
Guardians of minors, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.04, 3A.05
Information services, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.97
Insurance or insurance companies law, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2021 352.16
Interest rates
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Deferred annuities augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.59
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.03, 356.59
Investment of funds
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.02, 356A.06
Investment expenses, defined, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.219
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Restrictions, notice, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02, 356.46, 356.461
Lawsuits, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.12
Leaves of absence, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2021 3.088
Legislators retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.03
Liability
Cofiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.10
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.01
Life insurance death benefits, authority to accept, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.631
Limitation year, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.611
Mail and mailing
Benefit distribution notice, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Retirement annuities, information, applications, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.46
Meetings, see OPEN MEETING LAW
Member contributions
Employers, pick up after 1982, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.62
Federal compensation limits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.611
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.03
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.62
Wrongful discharges, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.50
Members of the legislature
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Death caused by surviving beneficiary, loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.406
Definitions
Loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.406
Public pension fiduciary responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.01
Social Security coverage, Minn. Statutes 2021 355.01
Election of coverage under unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.07
Marriage dissolution actions, information requirements, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.49
Payments by, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.551
Payments to, benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Proof of death, notice, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Remarriage, effect on survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.407
Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.62, 356A.07
Normal retirement annuities, see Retirement allowances under this topic
Optional annuities
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.465
Payments by
Allowable expenses, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.02
Payroll deductions, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.03
Period certain and life thereafter annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Plan documents, copies to members, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.07
Policy of state, actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Portability with other retirement plans, unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2021 352D.12
Postretirement adjustments
Eligibility for, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.115, 356.415
Interest rates, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.04
Prior service credit, purchases, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02, 356.30, 356.551
Purpose, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Records and record keeping
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.02
Investments, liquidity documentation, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.06
Refunds
Application for, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.03, 3A.04
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.401
Death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.04
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.03
Interest rates, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.59
Repayment to
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.30
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.03
Individual retirement accounts, using, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.441
Interest rates, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.59
Qualified annuities, using, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.441
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.441
Unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2021 352D.12
Reports given
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Investment of funds, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.219
Marriage dissolution actions, pension benefits or rights, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.49
Reserves, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.30
Retirement allowances
Amount, formula, Minn. Statutes 2021 352.115
Appropriations for, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.115
Completed applications, copies to spouses, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.46
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.401
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Optional division of, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.021
Payment to survivors, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02, 3A.04
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.115, 3A.17
Postretirement interest rate adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Simultaneous payment of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.40
Retirement plan alternatives, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.07
Service credit
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.30
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.303
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.10
Leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2021 3.088
Retirement allowances, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.04
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.50
Social Security benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 355.01, 355.02
Spousal maintenance, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13
Spouses
Retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.46
Surviving spouses, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02, 3A.04, 356.303
Statutes of limitations, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2021 356A.12
Subpoenas, overpayment of benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.401
Successor organizations, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Supplemental needs trusts, optional annuity, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.465
Surviving children, see Survivor benefits under this topic
Surviving spouses
Benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.13
Payments to, retirement allowances, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02, 3A.04
Survivor benefits
Beneficiaries charged or convicted of causing member's death, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.406
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.303
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.406
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.401
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.04, 3A.05
Overpayment of benefits, subpoenas, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.401
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.04, 3A.115
Postretirement interest rate adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Remarriage, effect, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.407
Simultaneous payment of retirement allowances, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.40
Waived in lieu of optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.02
Termination of plan or fund, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.001
Termination of rights, Minn. Statutes 2021 3A.03
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.215
Vesting requirements, see Service credit under this topic
Violations and penalties, fiduciaries, felony violations, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2021 609B.177
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2021 356.50