An Act To Address an Inequity in the Judicial Retirement System Reported by President EDMONDS of Cumberland for the Judicial Compensation Commission pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 4, section 1701.
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1630
Committee: Judiciary

Legislative Document 
No. 1630 
S.P.574 
March 21, 2007 
An Act To Address an Inequity in the Judicial Retirement System 
Reported by President EDMONDS of Cumberland for the Judicial Compensation 
Commission pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 4, section 1701. 
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed under Joint Rule 
218. 
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JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 4 MRS A §1302, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1985, c. 693, §8, is further 
amended to read: 
3. Maine State Retirement System and Maine Legislative Retirement System 
service. Creditable service as a member of the Maine State Retirement System or the 
Maine Legislative Retirement System shall be ~ allowed as creditable service of the 
Maine Judicial Retirement System as follows. 
A. 
Any member who has not withdrawn ffi5 accumulated contributions with the 
Maine State Retirement System or the Maine Legislative Retirement System may, 
upon appointment as a judge, have ffi5 Maine State Retirement System or Maine 
Legislative Retirement System contributions and membership service transferred to 
ffi5 the member's account with the Maine Judicial Retirement System~ and all 
creditable service resulting from ffi5 membership in the Maine State Retirement 
System shall be or the Maine Legislative Retirement System is creditable service in 
the Maine Judicial Retirement System. 
All funds in the Maine State Retirement System or the Maine Legislative Retirement 
System contributed by the employer on account of his the member's employment 
shall must be transferred to the Maine Judicial Retirement System and shall be used 
to liquidate the liability incurred by reason of ffi5 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 to him the member by reason of his the previous employment and may 
accrue to him the member by reason of his membership in the Maine Judicial 
Retirement System. 
B. 
Any member who has withdrawn ffi5 accumulated contributions from the Maine 
State Retirement System or the Maine Legislative Retirement System may, 
subsequent to appointment as a judge and prior to the date any retirement allowance 
becomes effective for him, deposit in the fund by a single payment or by an increased 
rate of contribution an amount equal to the accumulated contributions withdrawn By 
him together with interest at 2% greater than regular interest from the date of 
withdrawal to the date of repayment. If repayment is made in installments, interest 
shall continue continues to accrue on the outstanding balance. The member shall be 
~ entitled to all creditable service that he acquired during his previous membership. 
In the event any retirement allowance becomes effective before repayment is 
completed, the member shall be ~ entitled to credit for that portion of the total of 
such previous creditable service whish that the total amount of payments actually 
made bears to the total amount, including interest at 2% greater than regular interest 
from the date of withdrawal to the date the retirement allowance becomes effective. 
D. 
No person may receive benefits under both the Maine Judicial Retirement 
System and the Maine State Retirement System or the Maine Legislative Retirement 
System based upon the same period of service. 
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SUMMARY 
This bill implements the recommendation of the Judicial Compensation Commission 
that members of Maine's judiciary with retirement contributions earned in the Maine 
Legislative Retirement System be allowed to fully transfer these contributions to the 
Maine Judicial Retirement System.