Subdivision 1. Restoration upon termination of remarriage. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of the laws governing any of the retirement plans enumerated in subdivision 2, any person who was receiving a surviving spouse's benefit from any of those plans and whose benefit terminated solely because of remarriage is, if the remarriage terminates for any reason, again entitled upon reapplication to a surviving spouse's benefit; provided, however, that the person is not entitled to retroactive payments for the period of remarriage. The benefit resumes at the level which the person would have been receiving if there had been no remarriage.
Subd. 2. Covered funds. The provisions of this section apply to the following retirement funds:
(1) the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association established under chapter 353;
(2) the public employees police and fire plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association established under chapter 353;
(3) the State Patrol retirement plan established under chapter 352B;
(4) the legislators retirement plan established under chapter 3A;
(5) the elective state officers retirement plan established under chapter 352C; and
(6) the Teachers Retirement Association established under chapter 354.
2002 c 392 art 11 s 28; 2010 c 359 art 12 s 31; 2015 c 68 art 13 s 48; art 14 s 24
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 352 - 356B — Retirement
Chapter 356 — Retirement Systems, Generally
Section 356.001 — Purpose Of Public Plans.
Section 356.195 — Service Credit Purchase Procedures For Strike Periods.
Section 356.20 — Public Pension Fund Financial Reporting Requirement.
Section 356.214 — Actuarial Valuation Preparation.
Section 356.215 — Actuarial Valuations And Experience Studies.
Section 356.22 — Interpretation.
Section 356.23 — Supplemental Valuations; Alternative Reports And Valuations.
Section 356.245 — Local Elected Officials.
Section 356.25 — Local Governmental Pension Fund Prohibitions; Exclusions.
Section 356.30 — Combined Service Annuity.
Section 356.302 — Disability Benefit With Combined Service.
Section 356.303 — Survivor Benefit With Combined Service.
Section 356.311 — Coverage By More Than One Plan.
Section 356.315 — Retirement Benefit Formula Percentages.
Section 356.32 — Proportionate Annuity At Age 65.
Section 356.40 — Date For Payment Of Annuities And Benefits.
Section 356.401 — Exemption From Process.
Section 356.403 — Normal Retirement Age; Savings Clause.
Section 356.406 — Loss Of Entitlement To Benefits For Survivor Causing Death Of Pension Plan Member.
Section 356.407 — Restoration Of Survivor Benefits.
Section 356.408 — Termination Of Survivor Designation.
Section 356.415 — Postretirement Adjustments; Statewide Retirement Plans.
Section 356.42 — Postretirement Adjustment; Lump-sum Payments.
Section 356.441 — Payment Acceptance Allowed.
Section 356.461 — Various Retirement Systems; Joint And Survivor Annuity Computation.
Section 356.465 — Supplemental Needs Trust As Optional Annuity Form Recipient.
Section 356.47 — Disposition Of Amount In Excess Of Reemployed Annuitant Earnings Limitations.
Section 356.48 — Revocation Of Optional Annuity Due To Marriage Dissolution Or Annulment.
Section 356.49 — Provision Of Information In Event Of Marriage Dissolution.
Section 356.59 — Interest Rates.
Section 356.611 — Limitation On Public Employee Salaries For Pension Purposes.
Section 356.62 — Payment Of Employee Contribution.
Section 356.63 — Limitation On Use Of Public Pension Plan Assets.
Section 356.631 — Additional Sources Of Funding.
Section 356.635 — Internal Revenue Code Compliance.
Section 356.64 — Real Estate Investments.
Section 356.646 — Plan Participant Investment Responsibility.
Section 356.65 — Disposition Of Abandoned Public Pension Fund Amounts.
Section 356.82 — Savings Clause.
Section 356.87 — Health Insurance Withholding.
Section 356.91 — Voluntary Membership Dues Deduction.
Section 356.96 — Pension Plan Appeal Procedures.
Section 356.97 — Information Services And Technology.
Section 356.98 — Allocation Of Receivables.
Section 356.99 — Correction Of Erroneous Defined Benefit Plan Coverage.