An Act To Give Retirement Credits to Judges Who Have Served in the Legislature
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1470
Committee: Labor
Sponsors: MILLS, CARR, RICHARDSON, SA VIELLO, TARDY, HASTINGS, WOODCOCK
Amends: 4 MRSA §1302

Legislative Document 
No. 1470 
H.P.1033 
House of Representatives, March 24, 2005 
An Act To Give Retirement Credits to Judges Who Have Served in 
the Legislature 
Reference to the Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative MILLS of Farmington. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representatives: CARR of Lincoln, Speaker RICHARDSON of Brunswick, 
SA VIELLO of Wilton, TARDY of Newport, Senators: HASTINGS of Oxford, WOODCOCK 
of Franklin. 
Printed on re\.:yded paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. I. 4 MRSA §1302, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: 
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Creditable 
service 
as 
a 
member 
of 
the 
Maine 
Legislative 
Retirement System pursuant to Title 3, chapter 29 must be allowed 
AS creditable service of the Maine Judicial Retirement System as 
follows. 
A. 
Any 
member 
who 
has 
not 
withdrawn 
that 
member's 
accumulated 
contributions 
with 
the 
Maine 
Legislative 
Retirement System may, 
upon appointment as 
a 
judge, 
have 
that 
member's 
Maine 
Legislative 
Retirement 
Sys~em 
contributions 
and membership 
service transferred to that 
member's account with the Maine Judicial Retirement System 
and all creditable service resulting from that member's 
membership in the Maine Legislative Retirement System is 
creditable service in the Maine Judicial Retirement System. 
All 
funds 
in 
the 
Maine 
Legislative 
Retirement 
System 
contributed by 
the 
employer 
on 
account of 
the 
member's 
employment 
must 
be 
transferred 
to 
the 
Maine 
Judicial 
Retirement 
System 
and 
must 
be 
used 
to 
liquidate 
the 
liability 
incurred 
by 
reason 
of 
the 
member's 
previous 
employment. 
The State shall make such contributions, 
from 
time to time, as may be necessary to provide the benefits 
under the Maine Judicial Retirement System for the member as 
have accrued by reason of that member's previous employment 
and may accrue by reason of membership in the Maine Judicial 
Retirement System. 
B. 
Any member who has withdrawn that member's accumulated 
contributions from the Maine Legislative Retirement System 
may, subsequent to appointment as a judge and prior to the 
date any retirement allowance becomes effective for that 
member, deposit in the fund by a single payment or by an 
increased rate 
of 
contribution 
an 
amount 
equal 
to 
the 
accumulated contributions withdrawn by that member together 
with interest at 2°b greater than regular interest from the 
date of withdrawal to the date of repayment. If repayment is 
made in installments, interest continues to accrue on the 
outstanding 
balance. 
The 
member 
is 
entitled 
to 
all 
creditable service acquired during the previous membership. 
In the event 
any retirement allowance 
becomes effective 
before repayment is completed, the member is entitled to 
credit for 
that portion of 
the total of 
such previous 
creditable 
service 
that 
the 
total 
amount 
of 
payments 
actually made bears to the total amount, including interest 
at 
2'l-0 
greater 
than 
regular 
interest 
from 
the 
date 
of withdrawal to the date the retirement allowance becomes 
effective. 
C. 
A person may not receive benefits under both the Maine 
Judicial 
Retirement 
System 
and 
the 
Maine 
Legislative 
Retirement System based upon the same period of service. 
SUMMARY 
This bill allows a member of the Maine Judicial 
System service credit for time spent as a Legislator 
the 
member 
made 
payments 
to the Maine Legislative 
System for service as a Legislator. 
Retirement 
as long as 
Retirement