1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; correctional state employees retirement plan; 
1.3 	recategorizing past corrections security caseworker employment as covered 
1.4 	correctional service; authorizing past service credit transfer from the general 
1.5 	state employees retirement plan.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. MSRS-CORRECTIONAL; TRANSFER OF CREDIT FOR PRIOR 
1.8 	CORRECTIONS SECURITY CASEWORKER EMPLOYMENT.
 1.9 	(a) An eligible state employee described in paragraph (b) may elect to have allowable 
1.10 	service credit for the period of employment indicated in paragraph (c) transferred from the 
1.11 	general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System to the 
1.12 	correctional state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System 
1.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 352.955, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
1.14 	(b) An eligible state employee is a person who began employment as:
1.15 	(1) a trainee-corrections officer on March 9, 1987;
1.16 	(2) a corrections officer 1 on May 6, 1987;
1.17 	(3) a corrections officer 2 on November 11, 1987;
1.18 	(4) a corrections security caseworker on September 9, 1990;
1.19 	(5) a corrections security caseworker career on December 13, 1995; and
1.20 	(6) a corrections agent career on January 10, 1996.
1.21 	(c) The period of employment by the Department of Corrections eligible for transfer 
1.22 	is from September 9, 1990, to January 9, 1996.
1.23 	(d) The transfer election must be made in writing and must be accompanied by 
1.24 	whatever relevant documentation is required by the executive director of the Minnesota 
1.25 	State Retirement System.
2.1 	(e) Authority to make an election under this section expires on July 1, 2009, or the 
2.2 	day that the eligible state employee terminates state employment, whichever is earlier.

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