Minnesota Statutes Retirement (Ch. 352-356B) § 352B.087. State-authorized purchase of service credit for periods of military service

Subdivision 1. Service credit purchase authorized. (a) Unless prohibited under paragraph (b), a member is eligible to purchase service credit, not to exceed five cumulative years of service credit, for one or more periods of service in the uniformed services, as defined inUnited States Code, title 38, section 4303(13), if:

(b) A service credit purchase is prohibited if:

(c) When purchasing a period of service, if the period of service in the uniformed services is one year or less, then the member must purchase the full period of service. If the period of service in the uniformed services is longer than one year, the member may purchase the full period, not to exceed five cumulative years, or may purchase a portion of the period of service. If the member purchases a portion of the period of service in the uniformed services, the portion must:

Subd. 3. Purchase payment amount; service credit grant. (a) The purchase payment amount is the amount determined undersection 356.551for the period or periods of service requested, except that, for purposes of calculating the purchase payment amount to purchase service credit for service in the uniformed services that occurred before employment in a position covered by the plan or between periods of employment in a position covered by the plan,section 356.551, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), does not apply.

(b) Service credit must be granted by the plan to the purchasing member upon the executive director's receipt of the purchase payment amount. The service credit purchased under this section may not be used for the purpose of determining a disability benefit undersection 352B.10.

(c) Payment must be made before the effective date of the member's retirement.