1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; providing that a certain limit
1.3 	on covered salary for public pension purposes does not
1.4 	apply to an elected official of a political
1.5 	subdivision; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
1.6 	356.611, subdivision 1.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 356.611,
1.9 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subdivision 1.State salary limitations.  (a)
1.11 	Notwithstanding any provision of law, bylaws, articles of
1.12 	incorporation, retirement and disability allowance plan
1.13 	agreements, or retirement plan contracts to the contrary, the
1.14 	covered salary for pension purposes for a plan participant of a
1.15 	covered retirement fund enumerated in section 356.30,
1.16 	subdivision 3, may not exceed 95 percent of the salary
1.17 	established for the governor under section 15A.082 at the time
1.18 	the person received the salary.
1.19 	(b) This section does not apply to a salary paid:
1.20 	(1) to the governor or to a judge;
1.21 	(2) to an employee of a political subdivision in a position
1.22 	that is excluded from the limit as specified under section
1.23 	43A.17, subdivision 9;
1.24 	(3) to a state employee as defined under section 43A.02,
1.25 	subdivision 21;
1.26 	(4) to an employee of Gillette Hospital who is covered by
2.1 	the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota
2.2 	State Retirement System;
2.3 	(5) to an employee of the Minnesota Crop Improvement
2.4 	Council; or 
2.5 	(6) to an employee of the Minnesota Historical Society; or 
2.6 	(7) to an elected official of a political subdivision.
2.7 	(c) The limited covered salary determined under this
2.8 	section must be used in determining employee and employer
2.9 	contributions and in determining retirement annuities and other
2.10 	benefits under the respective covered retirement fund and under
2.11 	this chapter.

2.12 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.13 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment
2.14 	and applies retroactively to April 28, 1994.