1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; State Patrol retirement fund;
1.3 	modifying the definition; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.4 	2004, section 352B.01, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 352B.01,
1.7 	subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Member.  "Member" means:
1.9 	(1) a State Patrol member currently employed after June 30,
1.10 	1943, under section 299D.03 by the state, who is a peace officer
1.11 	under section 626.84, and whose salary or compensation is paid
1.12 	out of state funds;
1.13 	(2) a conservation officer employed under section 97A.201,
1.14 	currently employed by the state, whose salary or compensation is
1.15 	paid out of state funds;
1.16 	(3) a crime bureau officer who was employed by the crime
1.17 	bureau and was a member of the Highway Patrolmen's retirement
1.18 	fund on July 1, 1978, whether or not that person has the power
1.19 	of arrest by warrant after that date, or who is employed as
1.20 	police personnel, with powers of arrest by warrant under section
1.21 	299C.04, and who is currently employed by the state, and whose
1.22 	salary or compensation is paid out of state funds;
1.23 	(4) a person who is employed by the state in the Department
1.24 	of Public Safety in a data processing management position with
1.25 	salary or compensation paid from state funds, who was a crime
2.1 	bureau officer covered by the State Patrol retirement plan on
2.2 	August 15, 1987, and who was initially hired in the data
2.3 	processing management position within the department during
2.4 	September 1987, or January 1988, with membership continuing for
2.5 	the duration of the person's employment in that position,
2.6 	whether or not the person has the power of arrest by warrant
2.7 	after August 15, 1987;
2.8 	(5) a public safety employee defined as a peace officer in
2.9 	section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and employed with
2.10 	the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement under section
2.11 	299L.01; and 
2.12 	(6) a Fugitive Apprehension Unit officer after October 31,
2.13 	2000, employed by the Office of Special Investigations of the
2.14 	Department of Corrections who is a peace officer under section
2.15 	626.84; and 
2.16 	(7) a commerce employee defined as a peace officer in
2.17 	section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), and employed with
2.18 	the Division of Insurance Fraud Prevention under section 45.0135
2.19 	after January 1, 2005.

2.20 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.21 	Section 1 applies retroactively from January 1, 2005.