§ 490.1221 — Judges Plan Programs
Plain-Language Summary
Minnesota's judges' retirement plan has two programs — tier I and tier II — with different benefit levels. Tier I generally covers judges first appointed or elected before July 1, 2013, who had five or more years of service by the end of 2013. Tier II covers judges first appointed or elected after June 30, 2013, and some earlier-appointed judges who had fewer than five years of service and chose to switch.
490.1221 JUDGES PLAN PROGRAMS.
(a) Members of the judges retirement plan are members of either the tier I or tier II program.
(b) A tier I program judge is a person who was first appointed or elected as a judge before July 1, 2013, who was not eligible for the tier II program because the judge had five or more years of allowable service on or before December 30, 2013, or did not elect that program.
(c) A tier II program judge is a person who:
(1) was first appointed or elected as a judge after June 30, 2013; or
(2) was first appointed or elected as a judge before July 1, 2013, had less than five years of allowable service on or before December 30, 2013, and made an election under Laws 2013, chapter 111, article 14, section 14, to be in the tier II program.
History:
History: History:
2013 c 111 art 14 s 8