2005 Minnesota Statutes - 354A.096 — Medical leave.

     354A.096 Medical leave. 


    Any teacher in the coordinated program of either the 
 Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund Association or the St. Paul 
 Teachers Retirement Fund Association or the new law coordinated 
 program of the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association who 
 is on an authorized medical leave of absence and subsequently 
 returns to teaching service is entitled to receive allowable 
 service credit, not to exceed one year, for the period of leave, 
 upon making the prescribed payment to the fund.  This payment 
 must include the required employee and employer contributions at 
 the rates specified in section 354A.12, subdivisions 1 and 2, as 
 applied to the member's average full-time monthly salary rate on 
 the date the leave of absence commenced plus annual interest at 
 the rate of 8.5 percent per year from the end of the fiscal year 
 during which the leave terminates to the end of the month during 
 which payment is made.  The member must pay the total amount 
 required unless the employing unit, at its option, pays the 
 employer contributions.  The total amount required must be paid 
 by the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which 
 the leave of absence terminated or before the member retires, 
 whichever is earlier.  Payment must be accompanied by a copy of 
 the resolution or action of the employing authority granting the 
 leave and the employing authority, upon granting the leave, must 
 certify the leave to the association in a manner specified by 
 the executive director.  A member may not receive more than one 
 year of allowable service credit during any fiscal year by 
 making payment under this section.  A member may not receive 
 disability benefits under section 354A.36 and receive allowable 
 service credit under this section for the same period of time. 


    HIST: 1990 c 570 art 7 s 2; 1992 c 598 art 6 s 14