1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to data practices; requiring statewide retirement systems to provide 
1.3 	member service credit and retirement eligibility data to political subdivisions 
1.4 	upon request; authorizing statewide retirement systems to charge a fee for data 
1.5 	retrieval;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.43, subdivision 2a, by 
1.6 	adding a subdivision.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.43, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 2a.Data disclosure by statewide pension plans; general rule.
 1.10 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, with respect to data collected and maintained on 
1.11 	members, survivors, and beneficiaries by statewide retirement systems that is classified 
1.12 	as public data in accordance with subdivision 2, those retirement systems may be only 
1.13 	required to disclose name, gross pension, and type of benefit awarded, except as required by
1.14 	subdivision 2b, and sections 13.03, subdivisions 4 and 6; and 13.05, subdivisions 4 and 9.

1.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 13.43, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
1.16 	read:
1.17 		Subd. 2b.Statewide retirement systems; data on member service credit and 
1.18 	retirement eligibility. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, statewide retirement 
1.19 	systems shall provide to political subdivisions, upon request of the political subdivision 
1.20 	for its employees, all member service credit data and all retirement eligibility data, 
1.21 	regardless of how that data is classified in accordance with subdivision 2. The statewide 
1.22 	retirement system may require the requesting political subdivision to pay the cost of 
1.23 	supplying the data. For purposes of this subdivision, member service data and retirement 
2.1 	eligibility data shall include any data from a member's previous employers that apply to 
2.2 	their service credit and retirement eligibility.