Source: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/bills_127th/billtexts/HP070401.asp
Timestamp: 2020-08-04 23:57:13
Document Index: 544084257

Matched Legal Cases: ['§17054', '§3', '§9', '§17054', '§12', '§ 17054', '§17102', '§7', '§5', '§17103', '§6', '§2', '§17103', '§11', '§19', '§17103', '§14', '§22', '§17152', '§2', '§6', '§17152', '§3', '§6', '§17451', '§1', '§18201', '§3', '§1', '§18252', '§14', '§18253', '§1', '§1', '§3', '§18806', '§1', '§253']

HP0704, LD 1021, item 1, An Act To Amend the Laws Pertaining to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §17054, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2011, c. 606, §9, is further amended to read:
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §17054-A, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 474, §12, is amended to read:
§ 17054-A. Responsibilities of employers and the retirement system
Employers are responsible for providing procedures by which employees for whom membership in the retirement system is optional make a membership election, for maintaining all records relevant to the election process and an individual employee's election and for informing the retirement system as to employee elections in accordance with procedures established by the executive director. The retirement system is responsible to ensure for ensuring that its records accurately reflect the information provided by the employer. With respect to matters related to participation and membership in the retirement system other than those specified in this section, the retirement system and the board retain responsibility and authority according to applicable retirement system law and rules as to the employer and the employees to whom this Part applies, including the authority to make final administrative decisions. The retirement system has the authority and responsibility to require payment by the employer of any funding due the retirement system resulting from the employer's failure, as determined in the sole discretion of the board, to fulfill the employer's responsibilities with respect to its employees and their enrollment in and benefits under the retirement system.
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §17102, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. U, §5, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
Sec. 5. 5 MRSA §17103, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2009, c. 322, §2, is further amended to read:
Sec. 6. 5 MRSA §17103, sub-§11, ¶C, as amended by PL 1993, c. 410, Pt. L, §19, is repealed.
Sec. 7. 5 MRSA §17103, sub-§14, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 410, Pt. L, §22, is repealed.
Sec. 8. 5 MRSA §17152, sub-§2, as corrected by RR 2013, c. 2, §6, is amended to read:
Sec. 9. 5 MRSA §17152, sub-§3, as corrected by RR 2013, c. 2, §6, is repealed.
Sec. 11. 5 MRSA §17451, sub-§1, ¶E is enacted to read:
Sec. 12. 5 MRSA §18201, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 709, §1, is amended to read:
Sec. 13. 5 MRSA §18252, first ¶, as amended by PL 2011, c. 449, §14, is further amended to read:
Sec. 14. 5 MRSA §18253, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1995, c. 363, §1 and PL 2007, c. 58, §3, is further amended to read:
Sec. 15. 5 MRSA §18806, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2007, c. 491, §253, is further amended to read:
1. It clarifies that cost-of-living adjustments for benefit recipients from the Governor's Retirement Fund are the same as those paid to benefit recipients from the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program;
2. It clarifies the authority and responsibilities of the Board of Trustees of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System with respect to eligibility and membership issues that arise in the context of the Participating Local District Retirement Program. In Kennebec County v. Maine Public Employees Retirement System, 2014 ME 26 (February 20, 2014), the Law Court held that the retirement system did not have the statutory authority to make final administrative decisions with respect to enrollment election matters, when the local employer's employees were not members of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. This bill provides explicit statutory authority for the retirement system and the board to continue to make such determinations, as they had prior to the court's decision. Consistent adherence to federal law is required to ensure that the retirement plan of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System remains a qualified governmental retirement plan entitled to favorable tax treatment under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
4. It repeals obsolete language pertaining to information included in the retirement system's annual report to the Legislature;