§ 352B.02 — State Patrol Retirement Fund
Plain-Language Summary
This section creates the State Patrol retirement fund and sets contribution rates. Members contribute 15.4% of salary (as of July 2020). Employers contribute 23.1% of salary, plus a supplemental contribution of 7% that continues until the fund is fully funded at 110% for three straight years. The fund is managed by the Minnesota State Retirement System and audited by the legislative auditor.
352B.02 STATE PATROL RETIREMENT FUND.
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Subdivision 1.Fund created; membership.
A State Patrol retirement fund is established. Its membership consists of all persons defined in section 352B.011, subdivision 10. §
Subd. 1a.Member contributions.
(a) The member contribution is the following percentage of the member’s salary:
| from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016 | 13.4 | |
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| from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018 | 14.4 | |
| from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2020 | 14.9 | |
| after June 30, 2020 | 15.4 |
(b) These contributions must be made by deduction from salary as provided in section 352.04, subdivision 4.
(c) Contribution increases under paragraph (a) must be paid starting the first day of the first full pay period after the effective date of the increase. §
Subd. 1b.Salary deductions.
Member contribution amounts must be deducted each pay period by the department head, who shall have the total amount of the deductions paid to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the State Patrol retirement fund, and have a detailed report of all deductions made each pay period to the executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System. §
Subd. 1c.Employer contributions and supplemental employer contribution.
(a) In addition to member contributions, department heads shall pay a sum equal to the specified percentage of the salary upon which deductions were made, which constitutes the employer contribution to the fund as follows:
| from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016 | 20.1 | |
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| from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018 | 21.6 | |
| from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019 | 22.35 | |
| after June 30, 2019 | 23.1 |
(b) Department contributions must be paid out of money appropriated to departments for this purpose.
(c) Contribution increases under paragraph (a) must be paid starting the first day of the first full pay period after the effective date of the increase.
(d) Effective July 1, 2018, department heads shall pay a supplemental employer contribution. The supplemental contribution is 1.75 percent of the salary upon which deductions are made from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019; three percent of the salary upon which deductions are made from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020; five percent of the salary which deductions are made from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021; and seven percent of the salary upon which deductions are made thereafter. The supplemental contribution must be paid starting the first day of the first full pay period after June 30, 2018. The supplemental contribution rate of seven percent remains in effect until, for three consecutive years, the market value of the assets of the State Patrol retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System equals or exceeds 110 percent of the actuarial accrued liability of the plan as determined by the actuary retained under section 356.214. The expiration of the supplemental employer contribution is effective the first day of the first full pay period of the fiscal year immediately following the issuance of the third actuarial valuation upon which the expiration is based. §
Subd. 1d.Fund revenue and expenses.
The amounts provided for in this section must be credited to the State Patrol retirement fund. All money received must be deposited by the commissioner of management and budget in the State Patrol retirement fund. The fund must be used to pay the administrative expenses of the retirement fund, and the benefits and annuities provided in this chapter. §
Subd. 1e.Audit; actuarial valuation.
(a) The legislative auditor shall audit the fund.
(b) Any actuarial valuation of the fund required under section 356.215 must be prepared by the actuary retained under section 356.214.
(c) Any approved actuary retained by the executive director under section 352.03, subdivision 6, may perform actuarial valuations and experience studies to supplement those performed by the actuary retained under section 356.214. Any supplemental actuarial valuation or experience studies must be filed with the executive director of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement. §
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1983 c 128 s 36] §
Subd. 3.Correction of plan coverage errors.
If erroneous employee deductions and employer contributions are caused by an error in plan coverage involving the State Patrol retirement plan and any other plan specified in section 356.637, that section applies.
History:
1943 c 637 s 1; 1947 c 577 s 1; 1949 c 627 s 2; 1957 c 869 s 1; 1959 c 642 s 1; 1961 c 493 s 1; 1965 c 889 s 1; 1967 c 244 s 1; 1969 c 693 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 1 s 13 subd 2; 1973 c 178 s 2; 1973 c 755 s 1; 1976 c 163 s 62; 1978 c 646 s 1; 1981 c 37 s 2; 1981 c 224 s 61,274; 1982 c 397 s 1; 1983 c 128 s 20; 1984 c 564 s 17; 1987 c 229 art 7 s 1; art 11 s 1; 1987 c 259 s 22; 1990 c 591 art 2 s 4; 1995 c 262 art 3 s 1; 1997 c 233 art 1 s 29,30; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2004 c 223 s 2; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 28; 2006 c 271 art 1 s 6,7; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2009 c 169 art 1 s 23; art 2 s 16; art 4 s 3,4; 2010 c 359 art 1 s 16; art 2 s 10; 2013 c 111 art 9 s 2,3; 2018 c 211 art 7 s 6,7; 2023 c 45 art 3 s 4; 2024 c 102 art 8 s 14; 2025 c 37 art 16 s 2
History: History: 1943 c 637 s 1; 1947 c 577 s 1; 1949 c 627 s 2; 1957 c 869 s 1; 1959 c 642 s 1; 1961 c 493 s 1; 1965 c 889 s 1; 1967 c 244 s 1; 1969 c 693 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 1 s 13 subd 2; 1973 c 178 s 2; 1973 c 755 s 1; 1976 c 163 s 62; 1978 c 646 s 1; 1981 c 37 s 2; 1981 c 224 s 61,274; 1982 c 397 s 1; 1983 c 128 s 20; 1984 c 564 s 17; 1987 c 229 art 7 s 1; art 11 s 1; 1987 c 259 s 22; 1990 c 591 art 2 s 4; 1995 c 262 art 3 s 1; 1997 c 233 art 1 s 29,30; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2004 c 223 s 2; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 28; 2006 c 271 art 1 s 6,7; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2009 c 169 art 1 s 23; art 2 s 16; art 4 s 3,4; 2010 c 359 art 1 s 16; art 2 s 10; 2013 c 111 art 9 s 2,3; 2018 c 211 art 7 s 6,7; 2023 c 45 art 3 s 4; 2024 c 102 art 8 s 14; 2025 c 37 art 16 s 2