2000 Minnesota Statutes

     352C.01 Legislative finding and intent. 

    The legislature finds that service to Minnesota in the 
 capacity of a constitutional officer as defined in section 
 352C.021 constitutes a unique contribution to the state and that 
 such service is dissimilar to any other public employment.  The 
 legislature further finds that service as a constitutional 
 officer for a period of eight years or longer deprives the 
 individual so serving of normal opportunities to establish 
 retirement benefits in a usual vocational pursuit and justifies 
 adoption of special retirement provisions.  The provisions of 
 this chapter are intended by the legislature to reflect the 
 unique nature of service as a constitutional officer and to have 
 due regard for the unusual disruption of normal retirement 
 planning that such service entails. 

    HIST: 1967 c 700 s 1; 1978 c 796 s 12; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 307 
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