An Act To Address Employee Retention at the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory and the Computer Crimes Unit in the Department of Public Safety
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1808
Committee Amendment CA_A_S536 (Senate)
Amends: 5 MRSA §17851-A, 5 MRSA §17851-C

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ft "to S.P. 635, L.D. 1808, "An Act To Address 
Employee Retention at the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory and the Computer Crimes 
Unit in the Department of Public Safety" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
emergency clause and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §17851-A, sub-§1, 1Q, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 474, §5, is 
amended to read: 
Q. Civilian Until July 31, 2022, civilian employees whose job responsibilities include 
the handling, examination or analysis of digital or physical evidence in the employment 
of the Department of Public Safety, Maine State Police Crime Laboratory or computer 
crimes unit on October 1, 2021 vmo elect to participate in the 1998 Special Plan or 
hired thereafter. 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §17851-C is enacted to read: 
§17851-C. Special plan for civilian employees in Department of Public Safety, Maine 
State Police Crime Laboratory or computer crimes unit 
1. Establishment and applicability. Effective August 1, 2022, there is established a 
special retirement plan for civilian employees in the Department of Public Safety, Maine 
State Police Crime Laboratory or computer crimes unit, referred to in this section as "the 
special plan." The special plan applies to civilian employees whose job responsibilities 
include the handling, examination or analysis of digital or physical evidence in the 
employment of the Department of Public Safety, Maine State Police Crime Laboratory or 
computer crimes unit. 
2. Qualification for benefits. A member employed in any of the positions specified 
in subsection 1 qualifies for a service retirement benefit after completing 25 years of 
creditable service in that capacity, whether or not the creditable service included in 
determining that the 25-year requirement has been met was earned under the special plan 
established in this section or prior to its establishment. 
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3. Purchase of service credit to be used for qualification for benefits. This 
subsection governs the use of purchased service credit in order to qualify for benefits under 
this section. For the purpose of meeting the qualification requirement of subsection 2: 
A. 
Service credit purchased by repayment of an earlier refund of accumulated 
contributions following termination of service is included if the time to which the 
refund relates was served in any one or a combination of the positions specified in 
subsection 1, regardless of whether the time was served before or after the 
establishment of the special plan; 
B. Service credit purchased under section 177 60 is considered service under the special 
plan; and 
C. Service credit purchased other than as provided under paragraphs A and B is not 
included. 
4. Computation of benefits. The amount of the service retirement benefit for 
members qualified under subsection 2 is 1/2 of the person's average final compensation and 
an additional 2% of the person's average final compensation for each year of membership 
service not included in determining qualification under subsection 2. 
5. Contributions. Notwithstanding any other provision of subchapter 3, after July 31, 
2022, a member in a position specified in subsection 1 shall contribute to the State 
Employee and Teacher Retirement Program or have pick-up contributions made at the rate 
of 8.65% of eamable compensation until the member has completed 25 years of creditable 
service as provided in this section and at the rate of 7.65% thereafter. 
Sec. 3. 
Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Computer Crimes 0048 
Initiative: Provides funds for the prospective costs for civilian employees employed in the 
Maine State Police Crime Laboratory or computer crimes unit within the Department of 
Public Safety to retire after 25 years of service regardless of age. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
State Police 0291 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$6,990 
$6,990 
Initiative: Allocates funds for the prospective costs for civilian employees employed in the 
Maine State Police Crime Laboratory or computer crimes unit within the Department of 
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Public Safety to retire after 25 years of service regardless of age. 
IDGHWAYFUND 
Personal Services 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
State Police 0291 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2022-23 
$8,700 
$8,700 
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Initiative: Provides funds for the prospective costs for civilian employees employed in the 
Maine State Police Crime Laboratory or computer crimes unit within the Department of 
Public Safety to retire after 25 years of service regardless of age. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
IDGHW AY FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
RETIREMENT SYSTEM, MAINE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 
Retirement System - Retirement Allowance Fund 0085 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$16,156 
$16,156 
2022-23 
$23,146 
$8,700 
$31,846 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for the increase in the unfunded actuarial liability as a 
result of allowing service retirement benefits earned by civilian employees employed in the 
Maine State Police Crime Laboratory or computer crimes unit within the Department of 
Public Safety earned under the regular state employee and teacher plan to be calculated 
under a plan that allows for retirement after 25 years of service regardless of age effective 
August 1, 2022. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$1,592,873 
$1,592,873 
RETIREMENT SYSTEM, MAINE PUBLIC 
EMPLOYEES 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
GENERAL FUND 
$0 
$1,592,873 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$0 
$1,592,873 
SECTION TOTALS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
GENERAL FUND 
$0 
$1,616,019 
IDGHWAYFUND 
$0 
$8,700 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$0 
$1,624,719 
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment establishes a new special retirement 
plan for certain civilian employees in the Department of Public Safety, Maine State Police 
Crime Laboratory or computer crimes unit that allows those employees to retire after 25 
years of service regardless of age. 
The amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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LD 1808 
LR 2288(02) 
An Act To Address Employee Retention at the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory and the 
Computer Crimes Unit in the Department of Public Safety 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ''If( S- S:)-a\ 
Committee: Labor and Housing 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
ppropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY 2022-23 
$1,616,019 
$8,700 
$1,616,019 
$8,700 
Projections 
FY 2023-24 
$23,887 
$8,978 
$23,887 
$8,978 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
$24,652 
$9,266 
$24,652 
$9,266 
Public Law 2021, chapter 474 (LD 1101), enacted on July 15, 2021, provided civilian employees of the Maine State 
Police Crime Laboratory or computer crimes unit within the Department of Public Safety on or after October 1, 2021 
the option to participate in the 1998 Special Plan on a prospective basis if the employees elected to participate by 
December 31, 2021. Based on an analysis performed by MainePERS, the fiscal note for LD 1101 had assumed that 21 
of the estimated 32 eligible civilian employees would choose to participate in the 1998 Special Plan and funding was 
included in that enacted bill for the estimated increase in employer contributions for those employees. 
This bill requires that, effective August 1, 2022, the retrospective service retirement benefits for civilian employees of 
the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory or computer crimes unit earned under the regular state employee and teacher 
plan be calculated under a plan that allows for retirement after 25 years of service regardless of age. The bill includes 
a one-time General Fund appropriation of $1,592,873 in fiscal year 2022-23 to the Retirement System- Retirement 
Allowance Fund within the Maine Public Employees Retirement System for the cost of the unfunded actuarial liability 
created by allowing that provision. 
Also, as it is now assumed that service retirement benefits for all eligible civilian employees will be calculated under a 
plan that allows for retirement after 25 years of service regardless of age, this bill includes General Fund 
appropriations of $23,146 and Highway Fund allocations of $8,700 in fiscal year 2022-23 to the Department of Public 
Safety for the prospective costs of increased employer contributions for the 11 civilian employees not included in the 
funding provided in LD 1101. 
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