Minnesota 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2117 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/07/2025

                    1.1	A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to retirement; higher education individual retirement account plan; requiring​
1.3 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to locate an eligible person's missing​
1.4 IRAP account or pay the eligible person $25,000.​
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. MISSING IRAP ACCOUNT OF AN ELIGIBLE PERSON.​
1.7 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have​
1.8the meanings given.​
1.9 (b) "Board of trustees" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 354B.20,​
1.10subdivision 11.​
1.11 (c) "IRAP" means the higher education individual retirement account plan established​
1.12by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 354B.​
1.13 (d) "MN State" means Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.​
1.14 Subd. 2.Location of IRAP account required.(a) Notwithstanding any state law to the​
1.15contrary, MN State must locate the IRAP account of the eligible person described in​
1.16paragraph (b) to which contributions deducted from the eligible person's pay in 1991 through​
1.171994 were deposited or pay the eligible person an amount of $25,000.​
1.18 (b) The eligible person is a person who:​
1.19 (1) was employed by Winona State University from July 1, 1991, to June 30, 1996; and​
1.20 (2) has copies of pay stubs showing payroll deduction contributions to the IRAP dated​
1.21December 27, 1991, March 20, 1992, August 21, 1992, March 5, 1993, and April 16, 1993,​
1​Section 1.​
REVISOR BD/MI 25-02374​01/16/25 ​
State of Minnesota​
This Document can be made available​
in alternative formats upon request​
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​
H. F. No.  2117​
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
Authored by Repinski​03/10/2025​
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy​ 2.1in amounts of $18.72 or $19.93, which must be considered as adequate proof that payroll​
2.2deduction contributions were taken each per pay period beginning September 3, 1991, to​
2.3October 31, 1994, for deposit into the eligible person's IRAP account.​
2.4 (c) No later than 60 days after the effective date of this section, the board of trustees​
2.5must either:​
2.6 (1) locate the eligible person's IRAP account to which payroll deduction contributions​
2.7were deposited and provide the eligible person with information regarding the individual​
2.8or entity holding the IRAP account, an accounting of the amounts contributed and investment​
2.9earnings thereon, and instructions on how the eligible person can access the account; or​
2.10 (2) pay the eligible person an amount equal to $25,000.​
2.11 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.​
2​Section 1.​
REVISOR BD/MI 25-02374​01/16/25 ​