1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; authorizing purchase of
1.3 	service credit in the Teachers Retirement Association.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PURCHASE OF PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT.
 1.6 	(a) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) is
1.7 	entitled to purchase up to one year of allowable service credit
1.8 	from the Teachers Retirement Association for the 2003-2004
1.9 	school year.  The service credit purchase under this section
1.10 	must be made in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section
1.11 	354.094.
1.12 	(b) An eligible person is a person who:
1.13 	(1) is currently a member of the Teachers Retirement
1.14 	Association;
1.15 	(2) has been employed by Independent School District No.
1.16 	11, Anoka-Hennepin, since the 1971-1972 school year;
1.17 	(3) applied for and was granted an extended leave of
1.18 	absence from Independent School District No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin,
1.19 	for the 2002-2003, 2003-2004, and 2004-2005 school years
1.20 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.46; and 
1.21 	(4) was unable to make timely payment for the 2003-2004
1.22 	school year because the Teachers Retirement Association did not
1.23 	forward her paperwork to the administrator of the individual's
1.24 	tax-sheltered deferred compensation account which delayed the
2.1 	transfer of funds necessary for payment.
2.2 	(c) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) must
2.3 	apply with the executive director of the Teachers Retirement
2.4 	Association to make the service credit purchase under this
2.5 	section.  The application must be in writing and must include
2.6 	all necessary documentation of the applicability of this
2.7 	section, documentation of the eligible person's eligibility for
2.8 	retirement coverage by the Teachers Retirement Association, and
2.9 	any other relevant information that the executive director may
2.10 	require.

2.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
2.12 	following final enactment.