An Act To Clarify the Purchase of Military Time Served under the Maine State Retirement System
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0992
Committee: Labor
Sponsors: MITCHELL, ANDREWS, YOUNGBLOOD, CUMMINGS, GAGNE-FRIEL, MURPHY
Amends: 5 MRSA §17852

Legislative Document 
No. 992 
S.P.333 
In Senate, February 25, 2003 
An Act To Clarify the Purchase of Military Time Served under the 
Maine State Retirement System 
Reference to the Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator MITCHELL of Penobscot. 
Cosponsored by Representative ANDREWS of York and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senator: YOUNGBLOOD of Penobscot, Representatives: CUMMINGS of Portland, GAGNE-
FRIEL of Buckfield, MURPHY of Kennebunk. 
Printeu on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §17852, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1999, c. 489, 
§16, is further amended to read: 
3. 
Member with creditable service of 25 years or more; 10 
years of creditable service on July 1, 1993. 
The amount of the 
service retirement benefit for members qualified under section 
17851, subsection 3, is computed in accordance with subsection 1, 
except that: 
A. 
The amount arrived at under subsection 1 is reduced by 
applying to that amount the percentage that a life annuity 
due at age 60 bears to the life annuity due at the age of 
retirement; 
B. 
For 
the 
purpose 
of 
making 
the 
computation 
under 
paragraph 
A, 
the 
board-approved 
tables 
of 
annuities 
in 
effect at the date of the member's retirement are used; and 
C. 
Effective October 1, 1999, the reduction to be applied 
to the service retirement benefit of a member to whom this 
subsection applies may not be greater than that in effect on 
October 1, 1999 under paragraphs A and B for a member who, 
on October 
1, 
1999 
or 
thereafter, 
meets 
the creditable 
service requirement for eligibility to receive 
a 
service 
retirement benefit 
under 
section 
17851, 
subsection 
I-B; 
section 17851, subsection l-C, paragraph A; section 17851, 
subsection 1-C, paragraph B; section 17851, subsection 2-A, 
paragraph A; 
section 17851, subsection 2-B; section 17851, 
subsection 2-C, paragraph B; or who after October L 
1999, 
meets the creditable service requirement for eligibi Ii ty to 
receive a service retirement benefit under section 17851, 
subsection l-C, 
paragraph B or section 17851, 
subsection 
2-C, 
paragraph 
B. 
For 
members 
to 
whom 
section 
17851-A 
applies, this paragraph must be applied in accordance with 
the requirements of section l785l-A, subsection 4. 
This subsection applies to members who, on July 1, 1993, have 10 
years of creditable service. 
For 
the purpose of calculating 
creditable service under this subsection only, creditable service 
includes time during which a member participated in the voluntary 
cost savings plan or the voluntary employee 
i n~p.ntj VP. 
program. 
authorized by Public 
Law 1989, 
chapter 702, 
section F-6 
and 
Public Law 1991, chapter 591, Part BB and chapter 780, Part VV, 
or 10 years of combined creditable service under this Part and 
Title 3, chapter 29, or creditable service available to a member 
that the member was eligible to purchase on June 30, 
1993 or 
pursuant to section 17760 or 18360 
and that the member 
does 
purchase in accordance with rules adopted by the board. 
Page l-LRI446(1) 
SUMMARY 
This 
bill 
allows 
certain 
members 
of 
the 
Maine 
State 
Retirement System to purchase past military time as creditable 
service for purposes of the computation of retirement benefits.