1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to retirement; Minneapolis teachers 
  1.3             retirement fund association; authorizing the purchase 
  1.4             of service credit for various periods of prior 
  1.5             teaching service. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [MTRFA; PRIOR SERVICE CREDIT PURCHASE FOR 
  1.8   UNCREDITED TEACHING SERVICE PERIODS.] 
  1.9      (a) An eligible person described in paragraph (b) is 
  1.10  entitled to purchase allowable service credit from the 
  1.11  Minneapolis teachers retirement fund association basic program 
  1.12  for the periods of teaching employment specified in paragraph 
  1.13  (c) by making the payment required under Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.14  section 356.55. 
  1.15     (b) An eligible person is a person who: 
  1.16     (1) was employed by special school district No. 1 
  1.17  (Minneapolis) as a long call reserve teacher from October 1972 
  1.18  to June 1973, and was covered by the Minneapolis employees 
  1.19  retirement fund; 
  1.20     (2) was employed by special school district No. 1 
  1.21  (Minneapolis) as a school social worker at the St. Anthony 
  1.22  school from August 28, 1973, through June 12, 1974, without 
  1.23  retirement coverage; 
  1.24     (3) was employed by special school district No. 1 
  1.25  (Minneapolis) as a school social worker at Franklin junior high 
  2.1   school from August 29, 1974, through June 11, 1975, without 
  2.2   retirement coverage; 
  2.3      (4) was employed by special school district No. 1 
  2.4   (Minneapolis) as a school social worker at North high school 
  2.5   from August 29, 1975, through December 19, 1975, covered by the 
  2.6   Minneapolis teachers retirement fund association; 
  2.7      (5) was retained by special school district No. 1 
  2.8   (Minneapolis) in the capacity of a school social worker at North 
  2.9   high school as an independent contractor from August 1976 
  2.10  through June 1983, without retirement coverage; and 
  2.11     (6) is currently employed by Hennepin county, covered by 
  2.12  the public employees retirement association. 
  2.13     (c) The periods for allowable service credit purchase are 
  2.14  August 28, 1973, through June 12, 1974; August 29, 1974, through 
  2.15  June 11, 1975; and August 1976 through June 1983. 
  2.16     (d) An eligible person must provide any relevant 
  2.17  documentation related to eligibility to make this service credit 
  2.18  purchase required by the executive director of the Minneapolis 
  2.19  teachers retirement fund association. 
  2.20     (e) Allowable service credit for the purchase periods must 
  2.21  be granted by the Minneapolis teachers retirement fund 
  2.22  association to the account of the eligible person upon receipt 
  2.23  of the prior service credit purchase payment amount. 
  2.24     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.25     Section 1 is effective on the day following final enactment.