Subd. 1. Entitlement.

1. (a) Except as specified in paragraph (b), any former member of a consolidating relief association who has terminated active employment, who has acquired sufficient allowable service credit but who has not attained the age applicable to that former member specified in section 353B.07, subdivision 1, may, in lieu of any refund to which the person may be entitled, leave the amount of any accumulated member contributions in the local relief association consolidation account and thereby be entitled to a deferred service pension upon or after attaining the specified age.

2. (b) Any former member who has terminated active employment, may, in lieu of any refund to which the person may be entitled, leave the amount of any accumulated member contributions in the local relief association consolidation account and thereby be entitled to a deferred service pension upon or after attaining the applicable specified age if the person has acquired the amount of allowable service credit as indicated for the former members of the following consolidating relief associations:

   1. (1) at least 20 years of allowable service if the member terminated active employment before attaining the age of 50 years, deferred until the attainment of the age of 50 years, or at least ten years of allowable service but less than 20 years of allowable service if the member terminated active employment before attaining the age of 57 years, deferred until the attainment of the age of 57 years, Albert Lea police relief association;
   2. (2) any period of allowable service, deferred until the attainment of the age of 50 years if first employed before January 1, 1968, or until the attainment of the age of 55 years if first employed after December 31, 1967, Richfield fire department relief association;
   3. (3) any period of allowable service, deferred to the age of 55 years, Richfield police relief association;
   4. (4) at least ten years of allowable service, deferred until the latter of the attainment of the age of 50 years or the first day of the month following the date on which the person would have acquired 20 years of allowable service credit assuming continuous future service, St. Louis Park fire department relief association and St. Louis Park police relief association; and
   5. (5) at least ten years of allowable service, deferred until the attainment of the age of 50 years, West St. Paul police relief association.

Subd. 2. Deferred service pension amount.

1. (a) Except as specified in paragraph (b), the deferred service pension shall be in the amount calculated as provided in section 353B.07.

2. (b) The deferred service pension shall be the following for the former members of the consolidating relief associations as indicated:

   1. (1) for a deferred service pension based on at least ten years of allowable service but less than 20 years of allowable service, 2.5 percent of the salary base per year of allowable service, Albert Lea police relief association;
   2. (2) the amount calculated as provided in section 353B.07, but not more than 50 percent of the salary base, Crystal police relief association;
   3. (3) 2.5 percent per year of allowable service of the salary base, but not to exceed 50 percent of the salary base, Richfield fire department relief association;
   4. (4) the amount calculated as provided in section 353B.07, but not more than 54.6667 percent of the salary base, if the person had at least 20 years of allowable service credit, or 2.3333 percent of the salary base per year of allowable service, but not more than 46.6667 percent of the salary base, if the person had less than 20 years of allowable service credit, and if the person dies before attaining the age of 55 years with less than 20 years of allowable service credit, no survivor benefits shall be payable but a refund as provided in section 353B.09 shall be payable, Richfield police relief association;
   5. (5) the amount calculated as provided in section 353B.07, but not more than 53.3333 percent of the salary base, St. Cloud fire department relief association and St. Cloud police relief association;
   6. (6) the amount calculated as provided in section 353B.07, but not more than 56 percent of the salary base, if the person had at least 20 years of allowable service credit or 2.3333 percent of the salary base per year of allowable service, but not more than 46.6667 percent of the salary base, if the person has less than 20 years of allowable service credit, St. Louis Park police relief association;
   7. (7) for each of the first 20 years of allowable service credit, .5 percent of the salary base per year of allowable service for each year of allowable service rendered before October 1, 1965, and two percent of the salary base per year of allowable service for each year of allowable service rendered after September 30, 1965, and for each year of allowable service in excess of 20 years, one percent of the salary base per year of allowable service, but not more than 52 percent of the salary base, West St. Paul firefighters relief associations;
   8. (8) the amount calculated as provided in section 353B.07, but not more than 50.6667 percent of the salary base, Winona fire department relief association; and
   9. (9) the amount calculated as provided in section 353B.07, but not more than 53.3333 percent of the salary base, Winona police relief association.

Subd. 3. Augmentation.

The deferred service pension shall not be augmented as provided in section 353.34, subdivision 3.