1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; Teachers Retirement Association; authorizing an 
1.3 	Anoka-Hennepin school district teacher to purchase service credit for a voluntary 
1.4 	layoff and extended leave of absence despite a failure to make timely payments.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. TRA; PURCHASE OF SERVICE CREDIT FOR VOLUNTARY 
1.7 	LAYOFF AND EXTENDED LEAVE PERIODS; ANOKA-HENNEPIN TEACHER.
 1.8 	(a) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) is authorized to purchase allowable 
1.9 	and formula service credit in the Teachers Retirement Association for the period of 
1.10 	voluntary layoff or "other" leave, and for an extended leave of absence specified in 
1.11 	paragraph (b), notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 354.05, subdivision 13, and 
1.12 	section 354.094.
1.13 	(b) An eligible person is a person who:
1.14 	(1) was born on August 13, 1951;
1.15 	(2) became a member of the Teachers Retirement Association in 1977 due to 
1.16 	teaching service in Lynd, Minnesota;
1.17 	(3) began Independent School District No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin, teaching service in 
1.18 	January 1979;
1.19 	(4) went on a voluntary layoff or miscellaneous "other" leave of absence from 
1.20 	July 1, 1989, to June 30, 1991, followed by an extended leave of absence from July 1, 
1.21 	1991, to June 30, 1994;
1.22 	(5) failed to make the contributions required to receive service credit for the 
1.23 	extended leave; and
2.1 	(6) failed to return to teaching service until approximately six years after the end of 
2.2 	the extended leave.
2.3 	(c) Minnesota Statutes, section 356.551, applies to this purchase.
2.4 	(d) Authority for an eligible person to purchase service credit under this provision 
2.5 	expires one year from the effective date of this section.

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.