Subd. 1. Restriction; exceptions.

It is unlawful for a school district or other governmental subdivision or state agency to levy taxes for, or contribute public funds to a supplemental pension or deferred compensation plan that is established, maintained, and operated in addition to a primary pension program for the benefit of the governmental subdivision employees other than:

1. (1) to a supplemental pension plan that was established, maintained, and operated before May 6, 1971;
2. (2) to a plan that provides solely for group health, hospital, disability, or death benefits;
3. (3) to the individual retirement account plan established by chapter 354B;
4. (4) to a plan that provides solely for severance pay under section 465.72 to a retiring or terminating employee;

5. (5) for employees other than personnel employed by the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities and covered under the higher education supplemental retirement plan under chapter 354C, if provided for in a personnel policy of the public employer or in the collective bargaining agreement between the public employer and the exclusive representative of public employees in an appropriate unit, in an amount matching employee contributions on a dollar for dollar basis, but not to exceed an employer contribution of $2,000 a year per employee;

   1. (i) to the state of Minnesota deferred compensation plan under section 352.96; or
   2. (ii) in payment of the applicable portion of the contribution made to any investment eligible under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, if the employing unit has complied with any applicable pension plan provisions of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the tax-sheltered annuity program during the preceding calendar year;
6. (6) for personnel employed by the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities and not covered by clause (5), to the supplemental retirement plan under chapter 354C, if provided for in a personnel policy or in the collective bargaining agreement of the public employer with the exclusive representative of the covered employees in an appropriate unit, in an amount matching employee contributions on a dollar for dollar basis, but not to exceed an employer contribution of $2,700 a year for each employee;
7. (7) to a supplemental plan or to a governmental trust to save for postretirement health care expenses qualified for tax-preferred treatment under the Internal Revenue Code, if provided for in a personnel policy or in the collective bargaining agreement of a public employer with the exclusive representative of the covered employees in an appropriate unit; or
8. (8) to the laborer's national industrial pension fund for the employees of a governmental subdivision who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement that provides for coverage by that fund and that sets forth a fund contribution rate, but not to exceed an employer contribution of $2,000 per year per employee.

Subd. 1a.

Repealed, 2000 c 461 art 13 s 4

Subd. 1b. Vendor restrictions.

A personnel policy for unrepresented employees or a collective bargaining agreement or a school board may establish limits on the number of vendors that it will utilize and conditions under which the vendors may contact employees both during working hours and after working hours.

Subd. 1c. State board of investment review.

Any insurance company, mutual fund company, or similar company providing investments eligible under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code and eligible to receive employer contributions under this section may request the state board of investment, in conjunction with the department of commerce, to review the financial standing of the company, the competitiveness of its investment options and returns, and the level of all charges and fees impacting those returns. The state board of investment may establish a fee for each review. The state board of investment must maintain and have available a list of all reviewed companies. In reviewing companies under this section, the state board of investment must not be considered to be acting as a fiduciary or to be engaged in a fiduciary activity under chapter 356A or common law.

Subd. 2. Limit on certain contributions or benefit changes.

No change in benefits or employer contributions in a supplemental pension plan to which this section applies after May 6, 1971, is effective without prior legislative authorization.