1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; authorizing purchase of service credit from the public 
1.3 	employees police and fire plan for city of Eveleth police service.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PURCHASE OF SERVICE CREDIT.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Eligibility. An eligible person may purchase allowable service credit 
1.7 	from the public employees police and fire plan for a period of service as a police officer 
1.8 	provided to the city of Eveleth immediately prior to January 1, 1978, not to exceed 14 
1.9 	months.  An eligible person is a person who:
1.10 	(1) is currently a member of the public employees police and fire plan;
1.11 	(2) was first employed by the city of Eveleth police department on November 29, 
1.12 	1976; and
1.13 	(3) was born on June 5, 1956.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Purchase requirements. An eligible person must apply to the executive 
1.15 	director of the Public Employees Retirement Association to make the service credit 
1.16 	purchase authorized in this section.  This application for a purchase of service credit under 
1.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 356.551, must be in writing and must contain documentation 
1.18 	required by the executive director.
1.19 		Subd. 3.Additional requirements; restrictions. (a) In addition to the one-year 
1.20 	payment time limit in Minnesota Statutes, section 356.551, the authority provided by this 
1.21 	section is voided if the payment amount is not paid to the executive director of the Public 
1.22 	Employees Retirement Association prior to termination of service by the eligible person.
2.1 	(b) This section is voided if the eligible person received a refund of contributions 
2.2 	relating to the eligible period stated in subdivision 1, due to Laws 1977, chapter 61, section 
2.3 	4, or any other refund provision in applicable law or plan documents.
2.4 	(c) This section is voided relating to any portion of the eligible period specified in 
2.5 	subdivision 1 which was properly excluded from coverage by statute, law, or ordinance 
2.6 	then in effect, or if the lack of coverage was due to an election made by the eligible 
2.7 	individual, or by a failure by that individual to obtain the applicable service credit under 
2.8 	service credit purchase authority in effect when the service was rendered or within two 
2.9 	years following the merger of the Eveleth Police Relief Association members into the 
2.10 	Public Employees Retirement Association police and fire plan as authorized by Laws 
2.11 	1977, chapter 61.

2.12 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.13 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.