See also JUDGES
Financial and actuarial reporting practices, Minn. Statutes 2008 16A.055, 2008 356.20, 2008 356.215
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.441
Accrued annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.01
Accumulated contributions, abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.65
Actuarial equivalent, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121
Alternative valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.23
Copies, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07
Employee/employer contributions, changes in, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.27
Financial reporting, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.214, 2008 356.215
Legislature, rights, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.22
Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Supplemental actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.23
Actuarial valuations, see same under this topic
Approved actuaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.214, 2008 356.215, 2008 490.121
Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.214
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.214
Expenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.03, 2008 490.122
Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.03
Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.302
Mandatory retirement, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124, 2008 490.125
Normal retirement age, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.01, 2008 354A.011, 2008 356.403
Annuities, see Retirement annuities under this topic
Appeals procedure, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.96
Appropriations to, withholding
Investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Investment diversification, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Limitations on use, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.63
Market valuation method, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Title, holding, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Transfers, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Unneeded assets, certification, Minn. Statutes 2008 11A.23
Assignments, annuities, benefits, or refunds, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Attachment, annuities, benefits, or refunds
Exemption, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Audits and examinations, financial reporting, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20
Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.65
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401
Benefit provisions summary, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07
Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.302, 2008 356.303
Deferred benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30, 2008 490.124
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.01
Disability benefits, see same under this topic
Eligible rollover distributions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.635
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Internal Revenue Code compliance, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.635
Maximum benefit limitations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.611
Members' nonforfeitable interest, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Payment, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001, 2008 356.40
Provisions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07
Survivor benefits, see same under this topic
Suspension, retirement, or removal, rights not affected, Minn. Statutes 2008 490A.02
Termination of plan or fund, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.96
Cofiduciaries, liability, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.10
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.09
Indemnification, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.11
Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.12
Prior service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30, 2008 356.95
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Service credit, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50
Certificates and certification
Economic interest statements, list of filings, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Unneeded assets, Minn. Statutes 2008 11A.23
Chief administrative officer, duties, see Executive director under MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM (MSRS)
Child support, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.10
Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.12
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30
Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.302
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.303
Disability retirement salary, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06, 2008 356A.08
Compulsory retirement, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Adverse determination of eligibility, benefits, or other rights, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07
Appeals of benefit termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.96
Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.13
Contributions to more than one public retirement plan
Age of retirement, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.01
Restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2008 354.094
Copies, plan documents, summaries, and reports, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07
County court judges, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Court of Appeals judges, prior service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.133
Court, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121
Covered employees, referendum, Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2008 355.095
Covered governmental entities, see Employers under this topic
Creditors remedies, annuities, benefits, or refunds
Use prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Custodian bank accounts, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Data, access, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.49
Decedents estates, payments to, death refunds, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Dedicated funds, uses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.63
Combined service annuities, augmentation, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Deferred compensation, see STATE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.406
Minnesota State Retirement System, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.01
Public pension fiduciary responsibility, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.01, 2008 356A.06
Retirement, survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121
Dependent children, see Survivor benefits under this topic
Dependent surviving child, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121
Depositories, designation, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Adjustments, certain recipients, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.41
Combined service disability benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.302
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121
Disability retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Health insurance premiums, withholding, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.87
Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.465
Wrongful discharges, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.03, 2008 356A.06
Financial reporting, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20
Division of property, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Retirement benefits or rights, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.49
District court judges, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Division of plan, based on election or nonelection of Social Security coverage, Minn. Statutes 2008 355.091
Actuarial reduction, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.116
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.30
Combined service, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.71
Coordinated benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 354A.31
Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.30
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Incentive, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.351
Economic interest statements, fiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Employee contributions, see Member contributions under this topic
Employees of the retirement plan, indemnification, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.11
Employer contributions, Medicare coverage, Minn. Statutes 2008 355.095
Benefit provision summaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.07
Contributions, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.27, 2008 356.50, 2008 490.123
Dissolution, allocation of receivables, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.98
Payments by, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.551
Reports given, employee contribution pick ups, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.62
Reports given, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50
Reports received, financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20
Employing units, see Employers under this topic
Estate taxes, annuities, benefits, or refunds, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Execution (creditors remedies), annuities, benefits, or refunds, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Executive director, benefit termination or denial, appeals, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.96
Executive orders, generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.214, 2008 356.215
Activities, generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02
Assets, title, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Breach of conduct or duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.09 to 2008 356A.12
Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06, 2008 356A.08
Continuing education, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.13
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.01
Direct or indirect profits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.03, 2008 356A.06
Duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02, 2008 356A.04, 2008 356A.05, 2008 490.122
Economic interest statements, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Felony violations, documentation, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.03, 2008 609B.177
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.01 to 2008 356A.13
Investments, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02, 2008 356A.06
Prohibited transactions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.12
Standard of conduct, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.04
Alternative reports, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.23
Copies, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20, 2008 356A.07
Requirements, generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20
Former members, marriage dissolution actions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.49
Full funding, established dates for, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Custodian bank accounts, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Dedicated fund, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.63
Investment, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215, 2008 356.219, 2008 356A.06, 2008 490.123
Judges' retirement fund, see same under this topic
Garnishment, annuities, benefits, or refunds, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
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 2008 356A.01
Governmental subdivisions, duties, see Employers under this topic
Insurance companies law, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.16
Insurance law, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.16
Insurance, public employees insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2008 43A.316, 2008 356.87
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Forfeited service, refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.44
Refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Certification of available funds, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02, 2008 356A.06
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Investment Board, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Investment expenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Minnesota State Retirement System, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Policy statement, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219
Joint and survivor annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46, 2008 490.124
Judge, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121
Credits to, abandoned contributions, annuities, or benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.65
Deposits to, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123, 2008 490.124
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Lawsuits, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.12
Cofiduciaries, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.10
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215, 2008 356.22
Benefit distribution notice, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Retirement annuities, information, completed applications, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.125
Mandatory retirement date, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121
Proportionate annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Meetings, Open Meeting Law, see OPEN MEETING LAW
Amount, formula, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Changes in, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.27
Employers, pick up after 1982, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.62
Exception from process, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401
Federal compensation limits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.611
Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.62
Wrongful discharges, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Death caused by surviving beneficiary, loss of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.406
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.406, 2008 356A.01
Marriage dissolution actions, information requirements, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.49
Payments by, prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.551
Payments to, benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Proof of death, notice, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20, 2008 356.62, 2008 356A.07
Military or uniformed service, service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.1211
Amount, formula, Minn. Statutes 2008 352.115
Benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 354.44
Coordinated benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 354A.31
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
PERA, termination of membership, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.29
Normal retirement date, defined, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121
Benefit distribution, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Investment restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Information summaries, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46
Supplemental needs trusts, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.465
Administration expenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Allowable expenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Benefit distribution upon plan termination, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02
Health insurance premiums, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.87
Payments to, health insurance, administrative expenses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.87
Payroll deductions, member contributions, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Plan documents, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.01, 2008 356A.07
Policy of state, actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Prior service credit, purchases, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.195, 2008 356.30, 2008 356.551, 2008 356.95
Probate judges, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Proportionate annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Public employees insurance program, Minn. Statutes 2008 43A.316, 2008 356.87
Purpose, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Appeals of benefit termination or denial, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.96
Fiduciaries, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.02
Investments, liquidity documentation, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124, 2008 490.126
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30
Forfeited service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.44
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Individual retirement accounts, using, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.441
Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.71
Qualified annuities, using, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.441
Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.441
Actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Experience studies, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215
Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20, 2008 356.23
Investment of funds, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219
Marriage dissolution actions, pension benefits or rights, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.49
State auditor, duties, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219
Insufficient amounts, certification, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30
Abandoned amounts, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.65
Automatic deposit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30
Completed applications, copies to spouses, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46
Deferred annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30, 2008 490.124, 2008 490.125
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121
Early retirement, see same under this topic
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124, 2008 490.126
Health insurance premiums, withholding, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.87
Normal retirement annuities, see same under this topic
Optional annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46, 2008 490.124
Payment, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.40, 2008 490.126
Qualified annuities, using for refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.441
Repayment, wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50
Service credit purchase procedures, strike periods, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.195
Simultaneous payment of survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.40
Retirement dates, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.121
Application for, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Compulsory retirement, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Executive orders, filing, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Rule of 90, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2008 353.30
Combined service annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.30
Combined service benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.302, 2008 356.303
Court of Appeals judges, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.133
Forfeited service, refund repayments, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.44
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Military or uniformed service, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.1211
Prior service credit purchases, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.195, 2008 356.30, 2008 356.551
Restored service credit, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.44
Service credit limit, Minn. Statutes 2008 352D.02, 2008 490.121, 2008 490.123, 2008 490.124
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50
Spousal maintenance, income withholding, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.126
Spouses, retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.46
Investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219
Statutes of limitations, breach of fiduciary duty, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.12
Successor organizations, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.20, 2008 356.215
Supplemental needs trusts, optional annuity, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.465
Supreme Court justices, survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Surviving spouses, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.303
Adjustments, certain recipients, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.41
Beneficiaries charged or convicted of causing member's death, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.406
Combined service survivor benefits, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.303
Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.303, 2008 356.406, 2008 490.121
Exemption from process, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.401
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Health insurance premiums, withholding, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.87
Simultaneous payment of retirement annuities, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.40
Termination of plan or fund, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.001
Termination of rights, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.124
Transfer of assets to postretirement investment fund, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Treasurer, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.215, 2008 356.22
Vesting requirements, see Service credit under this topic
Fiduciaries, felony violations, service prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2008 609B.177
Investment reporting, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219
Prohibited transactions, Minn. Statutes 2008 356A.06
Waivers, state aid or appropriations, withholding for investment reporting noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.219
Warrants for payment of money, Minn. Statutes 2008 490.123
Wrongful discharges, Minn. Statutes 2008 356.50