Augmentation of deferred annuities restoral for members who left public employment before January 1, 2019

This bill restores annual increases (augmentation) to deferred retirement annuities for Minnesota public employees who left state or local government employment before January 1, 2019. It amends retirement statutes to ensure these members' annuities are increased at specific rates (e.g., 2-5%) from their termination date until December 31, 2018 - ending the previous rule that stopped augmentation after 2018 for all members. The key change applies only to those who terminated service before 2019, reversing a prior cutoff that left their benefits unchanged after 2018. The policy directly affects former state and local government employees who were eligible for deferred retirement benefits but left before 2019. The bill does not create new benefits but reinstates the calculation method for existing deferred annuities.