A bill for an act
relating to retirement; Teachers Retirement Association; higher education individual
retirement account plan; lowering the normal retirement age to age 64; increasing
employee and employer contributions; extending the end of the amortization period
to 2053; increasing the pension adjustment revenue for school districts;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 126C.10,
subdivision 37; 354.05, subdivision 38; 354.42, subdivisions 2, 3; 354B.23,
subdivision 1; 356.215, subdivision 11.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 126C.10, subdivision 37, is amended to read:


Subd. 37.

Pension adjustment revenue.

(a) A school district's pension adjustment
revenue equals the sum of:

(1) the greater of zero or the product of:

(i) the difference between the district's adjustment under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section
127A.50, subdivision 1, for fiscal year 2014 per adjusted pupil unit and the state average
adjustment under Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 127A.50, subdivision 1, for fiscal year
2014 per adjusted pupil unit; and

(ii) the district's adjusted pupil units for the fiscal year; and

(2) the product of the salaries paid to district employees who were members of the
Teachers Retirement Association and the St. Paul Teachers' Retirement Fund Association
for the prior fiscal year and the district's pension adjustment rate for the fiscal year. The
pension adjustment rate for Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, equals deleted text begin 0.84
percent for fiscal year 2019, 1.67 percent for fiscal year 2020, 1.88 percent for fiscal year
2021, 2.09 percent for fiscal year 2022,
deleted text end 2.3 percent for fiscal year 2023, and 2.5 percent for
fiscal year 2024 and later. The pension adjustment rate for all other districts equals deleted text begin 0.21
percent for fiscal year 2019, 0.42 percent for fiscal year 2020, 0.63 percent for fiscal year
2021, 0.84 percent for fiscal year 2022,
deleted text end 1.05 percent for fiscal year 2023, and deleted text begin 1.25deleted text end new text begin 2.25
new text end percent for fiscal year 2024 and later.

(b) For fiscal year 2025 and later, the state total pension adjustment revenue under
paragraph (a), clause (2), must not exceed the amount calculated under paragraph (a), clause
(2), for fiscal year 2024. The commissioner must prorate the pension adjustment revenue
under paragraph (a), clause (2), so as not to exceed the maximum.

(c) Notwithstanding section 123A.26, subdivision 1, a cooperative unit, as defined in
section 123A.24, subdivision 2, qualifies for pension adjustment revenue under paragraph
(a), clause (2), as if it was a district, and the aid generated by the cooperative unit shall be
paid to the cooperative unit.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 354.05, subdivision 38, is amended to read:


Subd. 38.

Normal retirement age.

"Normal retirement age" means age 65 for a person
who first became a member of the association or a member of a pension fund listed in section
356.30, subdivision 3, before July 1, 1989. For a person who first becomes a member of
the association after June 30, 1989, normal retirement age means deleted text begin the higher of age 65 or
"retirement age," as defined in United States Code, title 42, section 416(l), as amended, but
not to exceed
deleted text end age deleted text begin 66deleted text end new text begin 64new text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 354.42, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Employee contribution.

(a) The employee contribution to the fund is the
following percentage of the member's salary:

Period
Basic Program
Coordinated Program
from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2023
11 percent
7.5 percent
after June 30, 2023
deleted text begin 11.25deleted text end new text begin 11.75 new text end percent
deleted text begin 7.75deleted text end new text begin 8.25 new text end percent

(b) When an employee contribution rate changes for a fiscal year, the new contribution
rate is effective for the entire salary paid for each employer unit with the first payroll cycle
reported.

(c) This contribution must be made by deduction from salary. Where any portion of a
member's salary is paid from other than public funds, the member's employee contribution
must be based on the entire salary received.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 354.42, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Employer.

(a) The regular employer contribution to the fund by Special School
District No. 1, Minneapolis, is an amount equal to the applicable following percentage of
salary of each coordinated member and the applicable percentage of salary of each basic
member specified in paragraph (c).

The additional employer contribution to the fund by Special School District No. 1,
Minneapolis, is an amount equal to 3.64 percent of the salary of each teacher who is a
coordinated member or who is a basic member.

(b) The regular employer contribution to the fund by Independent School District No.
709, Duluth, is an amount equal to the applicable percentage of salary of each old law or
new law coordinated member specified for the coordinated program in paragraph (c).

(c) The employer contribution to the fund for every other employer is an amount equal
to the applicable following percentage of the salary of each coordinated member and the
applicable following percentage of the salary of each basic member:

Period
Coordinated Member
Basic Member
deleted text begin from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2018
deleted text end
deleted text begin 7.5 percent
deleted text end
deleted text begin 11.5 percent
deleted text end
deleted text begin from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019
deleted text end
deleted text begin 7.71 percent
deleted text end
deleted text begin 11.71 percent
deleted text end
deleted text begin from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020
deleted text end
deleted text begin 7.92 percent
deleted text end
deleted text begin 11.92 percent
deleted text end
deleted text begin from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021
deleted text end
deleted text begin 8.13 percent
deleted text end
deleted text begin 12.13 percent
deleted text end
deleted text begin from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022
deleted text end
deleted text begin 8.34 percent
deleted text end
deleted text begin 12.34 percent
deleted text end
from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023
8.55 percent
12.55 percent
after June 30, 2023
deleted text begin 8.75d