1.1.................... moves to amend the first committee engrossment to H.F. No. 723
1.2as follows:
1.3Page 218, line 8, delete "MEMBERSHIP"
1.4Page 218, after line 22, insert:

1.5    "Sec. 2. COMMISSION STUDY; PENSION FUND CONSOLIDATION
1.6ASSISTANCE FUND.
1.7(a) The Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement shall study the policy
1.8advantages and disadvantages of creating a state pension relief fund and, if deemed
1.9sufficiently advantageous, shall recommend in the form of draft proposed legislation
1.10the details of a state pension relief fund.
1.11(b) The state pension relief fund is intended to be an account in the state treasury to
1.12which ongoing appropriations would be made or a revenue source would be dedicated
1.13and could provide financial support to offset some or all of the costs of smaller public
1.14retirement plans to consolidate, subject to chapter 353A as applicable, into one of the three
1.15largest statewide public retirement plans.
1.16(c) The commission shall consider provisions for relief funds established in other
1.17states, the potential revenue sources for a state pension relief fund, the appropriate fund
1.18administration, the appropriate investment vehicle or vehicles for the fund, the eligibility
1.19criteria for determining when fund assets could be disbursed to assist in plan funding and
1.20the amount of any fund disbursements, the appropriate level of ongoing funding that is
1.21required with respect to a consolidating retirement plan, and the extent of state and local
1.22responsibility for local retirement plan funding deficiencies.
1.23(d) The commission shall file the results of this study on or before February 15, 2010,
1.24with the chair and the ranking member of the State and Local Government Operations
1.25Reform, Technology, and Elections Committee of the House of Representatives, the chair
1.26and ranking member of the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, the
1.27chair and ranking member of the State and Local Government Operations and Oversight
2.1Committee of the Senate, and the chair and ranking member of the Finance Committee
2.2of the Senate.
2.3(e) Nothing in this section alters the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 353A."