(a) Members of the judges retirement plan are members of either the tier I or tier II program.
(b) A tier I program judge is a person who was first appointed or elected as a judge before July 1, 2013, who was not eligible for the tier II program because the judge had five or more years of allowable service on or before December 30, 2013, or did not elect that program.
(c) A tier II program judge is a person who:
(1) was first appointed or elected as a judge after June 30, 2013; or
(2) was first appointed or elected as a judge before July 1, 2013, had less than five years of allowable service on or before December 30, 2013, and made an election under Laws 2013, chapter 111, article 14, section 14, to be in the tier II program.
2013 c 111 art 14 s 8
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary
Chapter 490 — Judges Retirement
Section 490.121 — Definitions.
Section 490.1211 — Uniformed Service.
Section 490.122 — Administration Of Judges' Retirement.
Section 490.1221 — Judges Plan Programs.
Section 490.1222 — Application Of Service Credit Limit.
Section 490.123 — Judges' Retirement Fund.
Section 490.124 — Maturity Of Benefits; Retirement And Survivors' Annuities.
Section 490.125 — Mandatory Retirement.
Section 490.133 — Retirement; Transition; Transfer To Court Of Appeals.