Each state has a State Social Security Administrator (SSSA) designated to provide information and assistance to governmental employers concerning Section 218 Agreements. The Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) is the SSSA for Minnesota.
SSSAs cannot provide information about Social Security or Medicare benefits available to workers and does not administer the mandatory coverage provisions of federal law. For guidance in those areas, please contact the Social Security Administration or the Internal Revenue Service.
When to Contact PERA:
Your unit of government wants to extend Social Security coverage to elected officials who are excluded from the PERA Coordinated Plan.
Your governmental entity plans to merge or consolidate with another entity or will separate from another governmental entity.
A new, separate entity is being created, such as a joint powers board or a charter school.
Your entity has legally changed its name.
You need to resolve issues relating to Section 218 coverage, such as how to correct erroneous Social Security contribution reporting.
You represent a special district or authority that wants to start paying Social Security for its employees.
You want to receive a copy of a Section 218 Agreement that covers your entity.
