Section 353B.14 Dispute over Benefit Amounts or Plan Provisions - Minnesota Statutes

353B.14 DISPUTE OVER BENEFIT AMOUNTS OR PLAN PROVISIONS.

In the event of any dispute by or on behalf of any former member of a consolidating relief association after the effective date of consolidation over the amount of a benefit to which the person may be entitled, the proper interpretation of a provision of sections 353B.01 to 353B.14, or the conformity of the provisions of sections 353B.01 to 353B.14 to the provisions of the benefit plan of the consolidating relief association in effect immediately before the date on which the consolidation process was initiated, the dispute shall be submitted in writing to the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement by the person who is a party to the dispute or by the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association. The Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement shall review the dispute as part of its deliberations on proposed or pending retirement legislation and shall make its recommendation on the resolution of the dispute, if any, to the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over public employee pension matters in the form of the necessary legislation amending the provisions of sections 353B.01 to 353B.14, which legislation shall include retroactivity of any increase in a benefit amount or any omitted benefit amount to the date on which the benefit subject to dispute accrued or would have accrued.

History:

1987 c 296 s 31