1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; Minneapolis Teachers
1.3 	Retirement Fund Association; authorizing a certain
1.4 	teacher to purchase service credit for a study leave.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. MINNEAPOLIS TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND
1.7 	ASSOCIATION; PURCHASE OF PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT FOR A STUDY LEAVE
1.8 	PERIOD.
 1.9 	(a) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) is
1.10 	authorized to purchase service credit from the Minneapolis
1.11 	Teachers Retirement Fund Association coordinated program for a
1.12 	period of study leave that commenced on August 26, 1985, in
1.13 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 356.551.
1.14 	(b) An eligible person is a person who:
1.15 	(1) is currently an active member of the Minneapolis
1.16 	Teachers Retirement Fund Association;
1.17 	(2) was born on February 20, 1950;
1.18 	(3) was first hired as a teacher by Special School District
1.19 	No. 1, Minneapolis, on August 27, 1980; and 
1.20 	(4) was on a study leave from Special School District No.
1.21 	1, Minneapolis, from August 26, 1985, to June 6, 1986.
1.22 	(c) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) shall
1.23 	apply with the executive director of the Minneapolis Teachers
1.24 	Retirement Fund Association to make the service credit purchase
1.25 	under this section.  The application must be in writing and must
2.1 	include all necessary documentation of the applicability of this
2.2 	section, and any other relevant information which the executive
2.3 	director may require.  The payment required under this section
2.4 	to receive the service credit must be received by the executive
2.5 	director of the Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association
2.6 	before December 31, 2005, and before the eligible person's
2.7 	retirement or termination from service.  The service credit
2.8 	authorized by this section shall be granted upon receipt of the
2.9 	service credit purchase payment by the executive director.

2.10 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.11 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.