Another Legislative Session is passing and our Bill to add a PERA Correctional Plan seat to the PERA Board has once again not made it out of the Pension Committee! HF708 and SF1556 was authored by Rep. Peggy Scott, Rep. Harry Niska, Sen. Cal Bahr (who introduced the Bill) and Sen. Jim Abeler.  The Bill was opposed last session by PERA because they objected to an even numbered board.  So this year we had Rep. Peggy Scott amend the Bill so that one of the existing elected seats would be a dedicated PERA Correctional Plan member. Pension Commission Chair Nick Frentz shot it down.  Rep. Scott's Office emailed MNCORA after contacting Sen. Frentz stating:  " He has indicated that granting an exception in this case could lead to similar requests from other entities seeking the same considerations." MNCORA thanks Rep. Peggy Scott, Rep. Harry Niska, Sen. Cal Bahr and Sen. Jim Abeler for authoring the Bill. This is an election year. Remember those who supported us and ...

The Pension Commission heard our bill to add a CO to PERA's Board on 3/25/25. Senator and Author Cal Bahr introduced the bill and MNCORA President Wade Laszlo testified in support. The Bill was "laid over" and SF1556 moves on to the State and Local Government Commission and HF708 moves on to the State Government and Finance Committee. MNCORA thanks Sen. Cal Bahr for authoring the Bill and introducing it. We also thank authors Sen. Jim Abeler and Rep. Peggy Scott and Harry Niska for authoring in the House. MNCORA thanks  the Pension Commission for hearing the Bill. Sen. Cal Bahr and MNCORA President Wade Laszlo Testimony at the Pension Committee

MNCORA thanks Representatives Peggy Scott and House Leader Harry Niska for Authoring HF708 in the House and senators Cal Bahr and Jim Abeler for authoring the bill in the Senate SF1556 . Next step is for the LCPR to hear this Bill. Here's a link to the Pension Committee (LCPR). It's very important to contact them and ask them to give it a hearing for it to move on. https://www.lcpr.mn.gov/members.htm

 Bill HF708 was introduced in the House today. MNCORA thanks to Representative Peggy Scott and Leader Harry Niska. Scott and Niska introduced: H. F. 708,  A bill for an act relating to retirement; Public Employees Retirement Association; adding a member to the board of trustees who is a member of the local government correctional service retirement plan