See also LEGISLATURE
Financial and actuarial reporting practices, Minn. Statutes 2010 16A.055, 2010 356.215
Member contributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.03
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.441
Accumulated contributions, abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.65
Copies, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Early retirement allowances, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Employee/employer contributions, changes in, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.214, 2010 356.215
Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Actuarial valuations, see same under this topic
Approved actuaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.214, 2010 356.215
Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.214
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.214
Expenses, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Minnesota State Retirement System, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.011, 2010 352.03
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2010 352.03
Early retirement, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Normal retirement age, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.01, 2010 353.01, 2010 354A.011, 2010 356.403
Retirement allowances, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.65
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.30
Deferred annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 3A.04, 2010 356.30
Early retirement, see same under this topic
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 356.46
Normal retirement annuities, see Retirement allowances under this topic
Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Payments, generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13, 2010 356.40
Qualified annuities, using for refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.441
Repayment, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.04
Withholding, investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Investment diversification, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Limitations on use, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.63
Market valuation method, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Title, holding, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Assignments, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13
Attachment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13
Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.04
Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.65
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Benefit provisions summary, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.303
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01
Eligible rollover distributions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.635
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02
Internal Revenue Code compliance, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.635
Maximum benefit limitations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.611
Members' nonforfeitable interest, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Payment, date, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.40
Payments generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13
Recipients, defined, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01
Subpoena authority, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Survivor benefits, see same under this topic
Termination of plan or fund, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Cofiduciaries, liability, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.10
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.09
Indemnification, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.11
Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.12
Statutes of limitations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.12
Prior service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 356.30
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.03, 2010 3A.12
Service credit, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Certificates and certification
Economic interest statements, list of filings, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Chief administrative officer, duties, see Executive director under MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (MSRS)
Child support, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.10
Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.12
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.30
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.303
Compensation and salaries, fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06, 2010 356A.08
Contested cases, adverse determination of eligibility, benefits, or other rights, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.13
Contributions to more than one public retirement plan
Restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2010 354.094
Retirement age, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.01
Coordinated program, creation, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.15
Copies, plan documents, summaries, and reports, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Coverage by more than one system, see Portability with other retirement plans under this topic
Covered employees, referendum, Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.095
Benefit provision summaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Creditors remedies, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13
Custodian bank accounts, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Data, access, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.49
Decedents estates, payments to, death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.04
Credits to, abandoned contributions, annuities, or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.65
Uses, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.63
Augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 3A.04, 2010 356.215, 2010 356.30
Interest, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Reserves, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Age of retirement, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.01, 2010 353.01, 2010 354A.011
Assets, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.01
Loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.406
Public pension fiduciary responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01, 2010 356A.06
Dependent children, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.01, 2010 3A.04
Depositories, designation, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.465
Wrongful discharges, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.03, 2010 356A.06
Division of property, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13
Retirement benefits or rights, information regarding, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.49
Division of plan, based on election or nonelection of Social Security coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.091
Actuarial reduction, Minn. Statutes 2010 352.116
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Combined service, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Coordinated benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 354A.31
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Economic interest statements, fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Employee contributions, see Member contributions under this topic
Employees of the retirement plan
Indemnification, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.11
Changes in, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.095
Wrongful discharges, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Payments by, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.551
Employee contribution pick ups, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.62
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Estate taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13
Execution (creditors remedies), exemption, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13
Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.214, 2010 356.215
Activities, generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02
Assets, title, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Breach of conduct or duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.09 to 2010 356A.12
Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06, 2010 356A.08
Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.13
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01
Direct or indirect profits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.03, 2010 356A.06
Duties, purpose, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.04, 2010 356A.05
Economic interest statements, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Felony violations, documentation, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.03, 2010 609B.177
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01 to 2010 356A.13
Investment of funds, see same under this topic
Prohibited transactions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.12
Standard of conduct, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.04
Financial reports, copies to members, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Former members, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.49
Full funding, established dates for, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Funding, fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02
Custodian bank accounts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Dedicated fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.63
Garnishment, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13
Governing board of a pension plan, see Board of directors under MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (MSRS)
Governing body rules and policies
Defined as plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01
Guardians of minors, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.04, 2010 3A.05
Insurance or insurance companies law, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2010 352.16
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Deferred annuities augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Forfeited service, refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.44
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 356.215
Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.03
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02, 2010 356A.06
Investment expenses, defined, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Policy statement, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 356.46
Lawsuits, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.12
Leaves of absence, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 3.088
Legislators retirement fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.03
Cofiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.10
Defined, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01
Benefit distribution notice, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Retirement annuities, information, applications, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.46
Meetings, see OPEN MEETING LAW
Changes in, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.27
Employers, pick up after 1982, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.62
Federal compensation limits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.611
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.03
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.62
Wrongful discharges, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Death caused by surviving beneficiary, loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.406
Loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.406
Public pension fiduciary responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.01
Social Security coverage, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.01
Election of coverage under unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.07
Marriage dissolution actions, information requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.49
Payments by, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.551
Payments to, benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Proof of death, notice, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Remarriage, effect on survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.407
Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.62, 2010 356A.07
Normal retirement annuities, see Retirement allowances under this topic
Benefit distribution, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Investment restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.465
Allowable expenses, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02
Payroll deductions, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.03
Period certain and life thereafter annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Plan documents, copies to members, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.07
Policy of state, actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Portability with other retirement plans
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.12
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2010 352.72
Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Teachers retirement, Saint Paul and Duluth, Minn. Statutes 2010 354A.39
Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2010 354.60
Unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 352D.12
Eligibility for, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.115, 2010 356.415
Interest rates, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 356.215
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.04
Prior service credit, purchases, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 356.30, 2010 356.551
Purpose, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.02
Investments, liquidity documentation, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.06
Application for, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.03, 2010 3A.04
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.04
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.03
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.30
Forfeited service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.44
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.03, 2010 3A.12
Individual retirement accounts, using, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.441
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2010 352.72
Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.71
Qualified annuities, using, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.441
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.441
Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2010 354.50
Unclassified employees retirement plan, Minn. Statutes 2010 352D.12
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Investment of funds, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Marriage dissolution actions, pension benefits or rights, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.49
State auditor, duties, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Deferred annuities augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.30
Amount, formula, Minn. Statutes 2010 352.115
Appropriations for, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 3A.115
Benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 354.44
Completed applications, copies to spouses, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.46
Coordinated benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 354A.31
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Optional division of, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.021
Payment to survivors, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 3A.04
PERA, termination of membership, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.29
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.115
Postretirement interest rate adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 356.215
Simultaneous payment of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.40
Retirement plan alternatives, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.07
Rule of 90, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2010 353.30
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.30
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.303
Forfeited service, refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.44
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.10
Leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2010 3.088
Restored service credit, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.44
Retirement allowances, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.04
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50
Social Security benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 355.01, 2010 355.02
Spousal maintenance, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13
Retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.46
Surviving spouses, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 3A.04, 2010 356.303
State aid, withholding, investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Statutes of limitations, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2010 356A.12
Subpoenas, overpayment of benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Successor organizations, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Supplemental needs trusts, optional annuity, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.465
Surviving children, see Survivor benefits under this topic
Benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.13
Payments to, retirement allowances, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 3A.04
Beneficiaries charged or convicted of causing member's death, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.406
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.303
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.406
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.04, 2010 3A.05
Overpayment of benefits, subpoenas, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.401
Postretirement adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.04, 2010 3A.115
Postretirement interest rate adjustments, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02, 2010 356.215
Remarriage, effect, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.407
Simultaneous payment of retirement allowances, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.40
Waived in lieu of optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.02
Termination of plan or fund, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.001
Termination of rights, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.03
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.215
Portability with other retirement plans, Minn. Statutes 2010 3A.12
Service credit, see same under this topic
Fiduciaries, felony violations, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2010 609B.177
Waivers, state aid or appropriations, withholding for investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.219
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2010 356.50