An Act To Continue To Allow Public Retiree Organizations Access to the Maine State Retirement System's List of All State Retirees
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0712
Committee: Labor
Sponsors: STRIMLING, SNOWE-MELLO, JACKSON
Amends: 5 MRSA §17057

Legislative Document 
No. 712 
S.P.229 
February 13, 2007 
An Act To Continue To Allow Public Retiree Organizations Access 
to the Maine State Retirement System's List of All State Retirees 
(EMERGENCY) 
Reference to the Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator STRIMLING of Cumberland. 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Cosponsored by Senator SNOWE-MELLO of Androscoggin, Representative JACKSON of 
Allagash. 
Printed on re' ,:led paper 
Emt:rgency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 17057, subsection 3, 
paragraph C will be repealed on September 15,2007; and 
Whereas, this legislation must take effect immediately so that the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 5, section 17057, subsection 3, pai:lgraph, does not get repealed; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislatun:, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary lor the preservation of ihe public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, 
II 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maifl(~ as follows: 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §17057, sub-§3, ~B, as amended by PL 2005, c. 149, §I, IS 
repealed. 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §17057, sub-§3, ~C, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 149, §2, is 
amended to read: 
C. 
This subsection does not apply to the hOllle address of a retirement system 
member or a benefit recipient used only for membership recruitment purposes by a 
nonprofit or public organization established to provide programs, services and 
representation to Maine public sector retirees unless the retirement system member or 
benefit recipient has signed a form made available by the retirement system 
indicating that the individual does not authorize disclosure of that individual's home 
address. The retirement system may not provide information under this subsection to 
an organization if the retirement system has determined that the organization obtained 
information for the purpose of membership recruitment but used the information for a 
purpose other than membership recruitment This paragraph is repealed Septeml3er 
15,2007. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited III the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
Public Law 2005, chapter 149 enacted law allowing nonprofit or public organizations 
established to provide programs and services to Maine public sector retirees access to the 
Maine State Retirement System's names and home addresses of retirees for membership 
recruitment purposes, but repealed that law September 15, 2007. This bill repeals the 
sunset provision, allowing the Maine State Retirement System to continue to provide the 
names and home addresses of retirees to those organizations unless a retiree "opts out" 
from authorizing the disclosure. The bill also repeals the general waiver provision in 
current I'aw. 
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