Subdivision 1.Special direct state matching aid.

(a) Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, and the city of Minneapolis must make additional employer contributions to the Teachers Retirement Association in the amounts specified in paragraph (b). These contributions can be made from any available source. If made in whole or in part by a levy, the levy may be classified as that of a special taxing district for purposes of sections 275.065 and 276.04, and for all other property tax purposes.

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 354.435

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Association: means the combined membership of all teachers who qualify and participate in the retirement program provided for in this chapter. See Minnesota Statutes 354.05
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • fund: means the teachers retirement fund referred to in this chapter. See Minnesota Statutes 354.05
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Retirement: means the withdrawal of a member from active teaching service who is paid a retirement annuity thereafter and commences with the date designated by the retirement board when the retirement annuity first accrues to the former member after withdrawal from active teaching service and application for an annuity under section 354. See Minnesota Statutes 354.05
  • state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • Tax: means any fee, charge, exaction, or assessment imposed by a governmental entity on an individual, person, entity, transaction, good, service, or other thing. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(b) Each fiscal year $1,250,000 must be contributed by Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, and $1,250,000 must be contributed by the city of Minneapolis to the Teachers Retirement Association, and the state shall match this total by paying to the Teachers Retirement Association $2,500,000. The superintendent of Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, the mayor of the city of Minneapolis, and the executive director of the Teachers Retirement Association shall jointly certify to the commissioner of management and budget the total amount that has been contributed by Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, and by the city of Minneapolis to the Teachers Retirement Association. Any certification to the commissioner of management and budget must be made quarterly. If the certifications for a fiscal year exceed the maximum annual direct state matching aid amount in any quarter, the amount of direct state matching aid payable to the Teachers Retirement Association must be limited to the balance of the maximum annual direct state matching aid amount available. The amount required under this paragraph, subject to the maximum direct state matching aid amount, is appropriated annually to the commissioner of management and budget.

(c) The commissioner of management and budget may prescribe the form of the certifications required under paragraph (b).

Subd. 2.Additional contributions.

In addition to any other required contributions, on or before June 30 each fiscal year, Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, and the city of Minneapolis must each make an additional contribution to the Teachers Retirement Association of $1,000,000.

Subd. 3.Procedure for recovery of deficient or delinquent amounts.

If Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, or the city of Minneapolis fails to pay the full amount required under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), or 2, in a timely manner, the executive director is authorized to use section 354.512, or any other process in law to ensure full payment is obtained.

Subd. 4.Aid expiration.

The aid amounts specified in this section shall continue until the earlier of:

(1) the first day of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the actuarial value of assets of the fund equals or exceeds 100 percent of the actuarial accrued liabilities as reported by the actuary retained under section 356.214 in the annual actuarial valuation prepared under section 356.215; or

(2) July 1, 2048.