An Act to Update the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management Laws LR 1889(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1513
Committee Amendment CA_A_H468 (House)
Amends: 5 MRSA §17652, 37-B MRSA §264

AMENDMENT .. ./I.. to H.P. 1106, L.D. 1513, Bill, "An 
the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management Laws" 
Amend 
the bill by 
striking out all of 
section 
and 
inserting in its place the following: 
. Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §17652, sub-§4 is enacted to read: 
4. 
Certain 1ftfflPbers of the Maine Rational Guard. 
A member 
of the Maine National Guard who is not governed by section 17651 
and who is on active state service for more than 15 consecutive 
days pursuant to Title 37-B may elect to be a member of the Maine 
State Retirement System. 
A member of the Maine National Guard on 
active state service pursuant to Title 37-B who does not elect to 
participate in the Maine State Retirement System or is not 
eligible to participate in the Maine State Retirement System 
shall participate in the United States Social Security System. 
Once a member of the Maine National Guard makes an election under 
this subsection. that election is irreyocable. 
A member of the 
Maine National Guard on active state service pursuant to Title 
-B may participate in the tax-deferred arrangement of chapter 
.• 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the 
following: 
. Sec. 3. 37-B MRSA §264, sub-§3, 1JH, as amended by PL 2001, c. 
662, §28, is further amended to read: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. {1 .. to H.P. 1106, L.D. 1513 
H. 
The 
Caribou, 
Caribou 
Armory, 
located at 
for 
market 
value 
but 
not 
organizational maintenance 
shop, 
known 
as 
metal storage building; aBe 
Bennett 
Drive, 
including 
the 
OMS5, 
nor the 
Sec. 4. 37-B MRSA §264, sub-§3, tI, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 
662, §29, is amended to read: 
I. 
The Fort Fairfield Armory located at 25 Columbia Street, 
Fort FairfieldT~ 
Sec. 5. 37-B MRSA §264, sub-§3, ,J is enacted to read: 
J. The Saco Armory located at 75 Franklin Street. Saco. 
Maine. by means of a quitclaim deed as long as the purchaser 
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the State from all 
claims. including any environmental clean-up costs that may 
arise 
in 
connection 
with 
the 
land 
or 
the 
buildings 
constituting the armory.' 
Further amend the bill by relettering 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
consecutively. 
or renumbering any 
number 
to 
read 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
revises 
the 
prov~s~on regarding optional 
membership in the Maine State Retirement System for certain Maine 
National Guard members to clarify that election is irrevocable 
and to eliminate the retroactive purchase of retirement benefits 
that was 
included in the bill. 
This 
amendment also adds 
a 
provision to the bill authorizing the Adjutant General to sell 
the Saco Armory. 
;FISCAL :\OTE HEQli ;,ElJ 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revenue 
Approved: 05/16/03 hac:.. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1513 
An Act to Update the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management Laws 
LR 1889(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Undetermined current biennium cost increase - Federal Expenditures Fund 
Undetermined current biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
2003-04 
2004-05 
Projections 
2005-06 
Projections 
2006-07 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
$400,000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Permitting a Maine National Guard member on active status for more than 15 days to obtain service credit in the 
Maine State Retirement System will increase the normal cost component of the employer retirement rate associated 
with the payroll of those employees that join the system. The additional cost to the Military Training and Operations 
program within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management can not be determined at this time 
and will depend on the number of eligible Maine National Guard members who choose to join the Maine State 
Retirement System. 
Allowing the sale of the Saco Armory will generate an estimated $400,000 in Other Special Revenue Funds revenue 
which will be collected by the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management in fiscal year 2003-04. 
Any additional cost to the University of Maine associated with the Director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center 
for Environmental and Watershed Research serving on the River Flow Advisory Commission can be absorbed 
utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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