Minn. Stat. § 353F.02
DEFINITIONS.
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Current — January 1, 2020
As of January 1, 2012
Subdivision 1. Generally.
Subdivision 1. Generally.
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each of the terms in the following subdivisions has the meaning indicated.
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, each of the terms in the following subdivisions has the meaning indicated.
Subd. 2. Allowable service.
Subd. 2. Allowable service.
"Allowable service" has the meaning provided in section 353.01, subdivision 16 , of the edition of Minnesota Statutes published in the year before the year in which the privatization occurred.
"Allowable service" has the meaning provided in section 353.01, subdivision 16 , of the edition of Minnesota Statutes published in the year before the year in which the privatization occurred.
Subd. 3. Effective date.
Subd. 3. Effective date of privatization.
"Effective date" means the date that the operation of the medical facility or other public employing unit is assumed by another employer or the date that the medical facility or other public employing unit is purchased by another employer and active membership in the Public Employees Retirement Association consequently terminates.
"Effective date of privatization" means the date that the operation of a medical facility is assumed by another employer or the date that a medical facility is purchased by another employer and active membership in the Public Employees Retirement Association consequently terminates.
Subd. 3a. Executive director.
"Executive director" means the executive director of the Public Employees Retirement Association.
Subd. 4. Medical facility.
Subd. 4.
"Medical facility" means:
(1) Bridges Medical Services;
(2) Cedarview Care Center in Steele County;
(3) the City of Cannon Falls Hospital;
(4) the Chris Jenson Health and Rehabilitation Center in St. Louis County;
(5) Clearwater County Memorial Hospital doing business as Clearwater Health Services in Bagley;
(6) the Dassel Lakeside Community Home;
(7) the Douglas County Hospital, with respect to the Mental Health Unit;
(8) the Fair Oaks Lodge, Wadena;
(9) the Glencoe Area Health Center;
(10) Hutchinson Area Health Care;
(11) the Lakefield Nursing Home;
(12) the Lakeview Nursing Home in Gaylord;
(13) the Luverne Public Hospital;
(14) the Oakland Park Nursing Home;
(15) the RenVilla Nursing Home;
(16) the Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, with respect to the Department of Radiology and the Department of Radiation/Oncology;
(17) the St. Peter Community Health Care Center;
(18) the Traverse Care Center in Traverse County;
(19) the Waconia-Ridgeview Medical Center;
(20) the Weiner Memorial Medical Center, Inc.;
(21) the Wheaton Community Hospital; and
(22) the Worthington Regional Hospital.
[Repealed, 2013 c 111 art 3 s 31 ]
Subd. 4a. Medical facility.
"Medical facility" means a facility that has the primary purpose of providing medical care and that satisfies the definition of governmental subdivision under section 353.01, subdivision 6 .
Subd. 4b. Privatization.
"Privatization" means a medical facility that privatizes when the facility ceases to be a governmental subdivision for any reason other than that the medical facility closes or permanently ceases to operate.
Subd. 5. Other public employing unit.
Subd. 5.
"Other public employing unit" means:
(1) Metro II, a joint powers organization formed under section 471.59 ; and
(2) the St. Paul Civic Center authority.
[Repealed, 2013 c 111 art 3 s 31 ]
Subd. 5a. Privatized former public employer.
"Privatized former public employer" means a medical facility that was included in the definition of governmental subdivision under section 353.01, subdivision 6 , on the day before the effective date of privatization that is privatized and whose employees are certified for participation under this chapter.
Subd. 6. Terminated medical facility or other public employing unit employee.
Subd. 6. Privatized former public employee.
"Terminated medical facility or other public employing unit employee" means a person who:
(1) was employed on the day before the effective date by the medical facility or other public employing unit; or
(2) terminated employment with the medical facility or other public employing unit on the day before the effective date; and
(3) was a participant in the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association at the time of termination of employment with the medical facility or other public employing unit.
(a) "Privatized former public employee" means a person who: (1) was employed by the privatized former public employer on the day before the effective date of privatization; or (2) terminated employment with the privatized former public employer on the day before the effective date; and (3) was a participant in the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association at the time of termination of employment with the privatized former public employer.
(b) Privatized former public employee does not mean a person who, on the day before the effective date of privatization, was simultaneously employed with the privatized former public employer and by a governmental subdivision under section 353.01 , subdivision 6, and who, after the effective date of privatization, continues to accrue service credit under section 353.01, subdivision 16 , through simultaneous employment with a governmental subdivision.
Subd. 7. Years of allowable service.
Subd. 7. Years of allowable service.
"Years of allowable service" means the total number of years of allowable service under section 353.01, subdivision 18 , of the edition of Minnesota Statutes published in the year before the year in which the privatization occurred.
"Years of allowable service" means the total number of years of allowable service under section 353.01, subdivision 18 , of the edition of Minnesota Statutes published in the year before the year in which the privatization occurred.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.