§ 3A.17 — Constitutional Officers
Plain-Language Summary
This section extends retirement plan coverage to Minnesota's constitutional officers, such as the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state. These officers can participate in the same plan as legislators.
3A.17 CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.
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Subdivision 1.Application.
(a) This section specifies the retirement plan applicable to a former constitutional officer who was first elected to a constitutional office after July 1, 1967, and before July 1, 1997. The plan includes the applicable portions of chapters 352C and 356 in effect on the date on which the person terminated active service as a constitutional officer.
(b) Nothing in this section, this act, or Laws 2006, chapter 271, article 10, section 33, subdivision 2, is intended to increase or reduce the benefits of former constitutional officers or their survivors or to adversely modify their eligibility for benefits in effect as of June 30, 2012. §
Subd. 2.Benefit adjustments.
Retirement allowances payable to retired constitutional officers and surviving spouse benefits payable must be adjusted under section 356.415.
History:
History: History:
2013 c 111 art 2 s 8