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2011 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)
RETIREMENT PLANS
See also LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; STATE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN; VESTED RIGHTS; INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
Accounting, see Accounting and bookkeeping under specific plans
Actuarial valuations, pension benefits or rights
Dissolution of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2011 518.582
Age
Mandatory retirement age, see under AGE
Unfair discriminatory practices, Minn. Statutes 2011 363A.08
Ambulance service personnel
Longevity award and incentive program, Minn. Statutes 2011 69.021, 144E.40 to 144E.48
Public employees defined contribution plan, see PUBLIC EMPLOYEES DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN
Annuities
Attachment, exemption from, Minn. Statutes 2011 550.143, 550.37, 570.025, 570.026
Debts owed to state, setoff exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2011 16D.16
Income and franchise taxes, Minn. Statutes 2011 290.0675
Appropriations from, Investment Board expenses, Minn. Statutes 2011 11A.07
Assets, medical assistance eligibility, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2011 256B.057
Beneficiaries, data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2011 13.43
Benefits
Attachment, exemption from, Minn. Statutes 2011 550.143, 550.37, 570.025, 570.026
Attorney's summary executions, exemption from, Minn. Statutes 2011 551.05
Debts owed to state, setoff exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2011 16D.16
Defined as unearned income, Minn. Statutes 2011 256J.08
Execution sale, exemption from, Minn. Statutes 2011 550.37
Garnishment, exemption from, Minn. Statutes 2011 550.143, 550.37
Income and franchise taxes, Minn. Statutes 2011 290.0675
Personal property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2011 277.20, 277.21
Surviving spouse benefits, Minn. Statutes 2011 518.581
Trunk highway privatization contracts, Minn. Statutes 2011 161.3203
Unemployment benefits, effect, Minn. Statutes 2011 268.085
Unfair discriminatory practices, Minn. Statutes 2011 363A.08
Construction workers insurance benefit funds, Minn. Statutes 2011 179.254 to 179.257
Consultants, volunteer firefighter relief associations, Minn. Statutes 2011 424A.04
Contributions to
Employers, appropriations for, deficiencies, Minn. Statutes 2011 16A.19
Lawful gambling, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2011 349.12, 471.6151
Correctional employees
Local government employees, see LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORRECTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT PLAN
State employees, Minn. Statutes 2011 352.90 to 352.95
Dakota County, Minn. Statutes 2011 383D.28, 383D.49
Data, Minn. Statutes 2011 13.43
Deferred compensation plans
Establishment, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.24, 356.25
Financial reviews, insurance or mutual fund companies, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.24
State plan, see STATE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Defined contribution benefit plans
Minnesota Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association coverage, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2011 61B.19
Public employees defined contribution plan, see PUBLIC EMPLOYEES DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN
Definitions
Dissolution of marriage, Minn. Statutes 2011 518.581
Property Tax Refund Act, Minn. Statutes 2011 290A.03
Disability benefits, increases, effect on health and accident insurance, Minn. Statutes 2011 62A.18
Distributions from, income and franchise taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2011 290.17
DTRFA, see DULUTH TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION (DTRFA)
Elective state officers retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2011 352C.001, 352C.10
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Contracts, interest rate law, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2011 334.01
Employee welfare benefit plans, see under HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE
Health care purchasing alliances, affiliate members, status, Minn. Statutes 2011 62T.03
Utilization review organizations, see HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION REVIEW
Employees' accumulated sick or vacation leave and severance pay supplemental plans, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.24
Endowment contracts, information returns (taxes), filing, Minn. Statutes 2011 289A.12
Firefighters
Local retirement plans or funds, see LOCAL FIREFIGHTER RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS
Public employees, see PUBLIC EMPLOYEES POLICE AND FIRE FUND
Volunteer firefighters, see VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS
401(K) plans
Assets, medical assistance eligibility, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2011 256B.057
Contributions to, defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2011 290A.03
Nursing homes, medical assistance reimbursements, allowable plans, Minn. Statutes 2011 256B.431
403(B) plans
Assets, medical assistance eligibility, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2011 256B.057
Nursing homes, medical assistance reimbursements, allowable plans, Minn. Statutes 2011 256B.431
School personnel, annuities, Minn. Statutes 2011 123B.02
408(k) plans, nursing homes, medical assistance reimbursements, allowable plans, Minn. Statutes 2011 256B.431
Future estates, real estate held in trust, rents and profits
Accumulation, Minn. Statutes 2011 500.17
Governmental pension plans
Service-based government retirement pensions, Minn. Statutes 2011 176.101
Hennepin County supplemental retirement program, see HENNEPIN COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM
Highway Patrolmen's Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2011 352B.27, 352B.29
Individual retirement annuities, information returns (taxes), filing, Minn. Statutes 2011 289A.12
Insurance, public employees program, Minn. Statutes 2011 43A.316, 356.87
Interference with pension rights
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2011 363A.06
Unfair discriminatory practice, Minn. Statutes 2011 363A.08
Intermediate care facilities, medical assistance reimbursements, allowable plans, Minn. Statutes 2011 256B.501
IRAP, see INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN (IRAP)
Job performance as basis for, Minn. Statutes 2011 181.82
Judges retirement plan, see JUDGES RETIREMENT PLAN (UJRP)
Laborer's national industrial pension fund, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.24
Legislators retirement plan, see LEGISLATORS RETIREMENT PLAN
Local government employees
Postemployment benefits, Minn. Statutes 2011 475.51, 475.52, 475.58
Retiree postemployment benefits, bonds for, Minn. Statutes 2011 471.6175
Local governments, bonding for, Minn. Statutes 2011 475.52
Local retirement plans or funds
Correctional service retirement plan, see LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORRECTIONAL SERVICE RETIREMENT PLAN
Establishments, exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.25
Firefighters, see LOCAL FIREFIGHTER RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS
Police, see LOCAL POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS
Public employees defined contribution plan, exception, Minn. Statutes 2011 353D.10
Mandatory retirement age, see under AGE
Marital property, Minn. Statutes 2011 518.58, 518.581
Members, data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2011 13.43
Military Affairs Department, Minn. Statutes 2011 352.85, 352.951
Minneapolis
Employees, see MERF Division under PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION (PERA)
Firefighters, see MINNEAPOLIS FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATION
Police, see MINNEAPOLIS POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATION
MTC transit operating employees retirement fund, see Metropolitan area transit programs under PUBLIC TRANSIT
Municipal retirement plans, contributions of lawful gambling receipts, Minn. Statutes 2011 471.6151
Municipalities, bonding for, Minn. Statutes 2011 475.52
Nonresidents, Minnesota Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association coverage, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2011 61B.19
Notice given, dissolution of marriage, notice to former spouse, Minn. Statutes 2011 518.581
Nursing homes, medical assistance reimbursements
Allowable plans, Minn. Statutes 2011 256B.431
Operating engineers international union pension fund, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.24
Peace officers
Local retirement plans or funds, see LOCAL POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS
Minneapolis, see MINNEAPOLIS POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATION
Public employees, see PUBLIC EMPLOYEES POLICE AND FIRE FUND
Pension or investment funds, corporate and partnership farming, Minn. Statutes 2011 500.24
Pension plan benefits or rights, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2011 518.581
Pensions garnishment, exemption from, Minn. Statutes 2011 571.72, 571.912, 571.931, 571.932
Personnel benefits (businesses)
Business corporations, Minn. Statutes 2011 302A.161
Limited liability companies, Minn. Statutes 2011 302A.161, 322B.20
Nonprofit corporations, Minn. Statutes 2011 317A.161
Plumbers' and pipefitters' pension funds, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.24
Postretirement health care savings plan, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.24
Public employees
Defined contribution plan, see PUBLIC EMPLOYEES DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN
Generally, see PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION (PERA)
Insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2011 43A.316, 356.87
Police and fire fund, see PUBLIC EMPLOYEES POLICE AND FIRE FUND
Public retirement plans
Actuaries for
Actuarial valuations for specific plans, see Actuarial valuations under specific retirement plans
Audits, contracts, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.214
Local government correctional service retirement plan, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2011 353E.07
Local relief association consolidation accounts, duties, Minn. Statutes 2011 353A.05, 353A.08, 353A.09
Local relief consolidation accounts, merger, Minn. Statutes 2011 353.665
MERF, see Actuarial valuations under PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION (PERA)
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2011 352.116, 352.72
MSRS correctional employees retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2011 352.93, 352.931
Prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.551
Public employees retirement association, Minn. Statutes 2011 353.27, 353.665, 353.71
Public Employees Retirement Association, optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2011 353.29, 353.30
State patrol retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2011 352B.08, 352B.30
Teachers retirement, Saint Paul and Duluth, optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2011 354A.12, 354A.27, 354A.32, 354A.33, 354A.41, 356.214
Teachers Retirement Association, optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2011 354.07, 354.35, 354.41, 354.45
Attorney general, opinion given on request, Minn. Statutes 2011 8.07
Combined investment funds, participation, Minn. Statutes 2011 11A.14
Meetings by telephone or other electronic means, Minn. Statutes 2011 13D.015
Unclaimed benefits, see ABANDONED AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY
Qualified voluntary employee contributions, defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2011 290A.03
Railroad retirement plans, see Retirement plans under RAILROAD PERSONNEL
Ramsey County, see Officers and employees under RAMSEY COUNTY
Reports to legislature, see Reports given under LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT
Residential mortgage originator and servicer licenses, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2011 58.04, 58.05
Retirement accounts, defined as personal property, Minn. Statutes 2011 256J.08
Self-employed retirement plans, contributions to, defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2011 290A.03
Simplified employee pension plans
Benefits, delinquent personal property taxes, liens or levies for, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2011 277.20, 277.21
Contributions to, defined as income, Minn. Statutes 2011 290A.03
Contributions to, income and franchise taxes, Minn. Statutes 2011 290.067
Distributions from, income and franchise taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2011 290.17
State employees
Correctional employees, Minn. Statutes 2011 352.90 to 352.95
General state employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2011 352.021
Generally, see MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (MSRS)
IRAP, see INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN (IRAP)
Medical assistance quality assurance teams, coverage exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2011 256B.0952
Military Affairs Department, Minn. Statutes 2011 352.85, 352.951
Occupational title changes, effect on eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2011 352.91
Potential employment positions, evaluation for inclusion in retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2011 352.91
Retirement association, continuation as general state employees retirement plans of MSRS, Minn. Statutes 2011 352.021
Retirement fund, see State employees retirement fund under MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (MSRS)
State Patrol, see STATE PATROL RETIREMENT FUND
State police officers retirement fund, see STATE PATROL RETIREMENT FUND
Transportation Department pilots, see TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT PILOTS RETIREMENT PLAN
Unclassified employees, Minn. Statutes 2011 352D.02
State pension aid
Ambulance service personnel longevity award and incentive state aid, Minn. Statutes 2011 69.021, 144E.40
Cooper/Sams program, state aid, Minn. Statutes 2011 69.021, 144E.40
Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association
State supplemental contribution, 1996, Minn. Statutes 2011 423A.02
State supplemental contribution, 1997, Minn. Statutes 2011 354A.12
Teacher retirement and categorical aid funding, Minn. Statutes 2011 127A.50
Fire state aid, Minn. Statutes 2011 69.011 to 69.051
Firefighters relief associations
Fire state aid, Minn. Statutes 2011 69.011 to 69.051
Local firefighter relief associations, amortization state aid, Minn. Statutes 2011 423A.01
Local firefighter relief associations, supplemental amortization state aid, Minn. Statutes 2011 423A.02
Volunteer firefighters lump sum supplemental benefit, state reimbursement, Minn. Statutes 2011 424A.10
Volunteer firefighters relief associations, minimum state aid, Minn. Statutes 2011 69.021, 423A.01
MERF Division, Public Employees Retirement Fund, state contribution, Minn. Statutes 2011 353.505
Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association
State supplemental contribution, 1993, Minn. Statutes 2011 354A.12
State supplemental contribution, 1996, Minn. Statutes 2011 423A.02
State supplemental contribution, 1997, Minn. Statutes 2011 354A.12
Teacher retirement and categorical aid funding, Minn. Statutes 2011 127A.50
Police relief associations
Local police relief associations, amortization state aid, Minn. Statutes 2011 423A.01
Local police relief associations, supplemental amortization state aid, Minn. Statutes 2011 423A.02
Police state aid, Minn. Statutes 2011 69.011 to 69.051
Public Employees Retirement Association, general employer contribution rate increase, 1997, Minn. Statutes 2011 127A.49, 273.1385
Saint Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association
State supplemental contribution, 1993, Minn. Statutes 2011 354A.12
State supplemental contribution, 1996, Minn. Statutes 2011 423A.02
State supplemental contribution, 1997, Minn. Statutes 2011 354A.12
Teacher retirement and categorical aid funding, Minn. Statutes 2011 127A.50
Teachers Retirement Association, teacher retirement and categorical aid funding, Minn. Statutes 2011 127A.50
Volunteer firefighters relief associations
Minimum state aid, Minn. Statutes 2011 69.021, 423A.01
Volunteer firefighters lump sum supplemental benefit, state reimbursement, Minn. Statutes 2011 424A.10
Statutory rule against perpetuities, nonvested property interests, Minn. Statutes 2011 501A.04
STPTRFA, see SAINT PAUL TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION (STPTRFA)
Study commission, see LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT
Supplemental pension plans
Colleges and universities, see HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN
Establishment, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.24, 356.25
Financial reviews, insurance or mutual fund companies, Minn. Statutes 2011 356.24
Hennepin County, see HENNEPIN COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM
Surviving spouse benefits, Minn. Statutes 2011 518.581
Survivors, data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2011 13.43
Teachers
Duluth, see DULUTH TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION (DTRFA)
Generally, see TEACHERS RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION (TRA)
Saint Paul, see SAINT PAUL TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND ASSOCIATION (STPTRFA)
TRA, see TEACHERS RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION (TRA)
Transfer of funds to, direct transfers authorized
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2011 352.15
Transportation Department pilots, see TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT PILOTS RETIREMENT PLAN
Trusts, see Retirement plans under BENEFICIARIES
Unfair discriminatory practices
Interference with pension rights, Minn. Statutes 2011 363A.08
University of Minnesota faculty retirement plan, see UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FACULTY RETIREMENT PLAN
Volunteer firefighter relief associations, see VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER RELIEF ASSOCIATIONS