An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Retirement Benefit Reductions for Certain Employees Currently Included in the 1998 Special Plan
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0483
Committee: Labor and Housing
Sponsors: PLUECKER, JACKSON, LOOKNER, MILLIKEN, ROEDER, SALISBURY, BEEBE-CENTER, TIPPING

Legislative Document
No. 483
H.P. 300
House of Representatives, February 7, 2023
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Retirement Benefit 
Reductions for Certain Employees Currently Included in the 1998 
Special Plan
Reference to the Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative PLUECKER of Warren.
Cosponsored by President JACKSON of Aroostook and
Representatives: LOOKNER of Portland, MILLIKEN of Blue Hill, ROEDER of Bangor, 
SALISBURY of Westbrook, Senators: BEEBE-CENTER of Knox, TIPPING of Penobscot.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  Computation of service retirement benefits for certain employees 
of the Department of Corrections.  Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
5, section 17851-A, subsection 4 or any other provision of law to the contrary, the service 
retirement benefit of a qualified member must be computed on the basis of all of the 
qualified member's creditable service in the capacity specified in Title 5, section 17851-A, 
subsection 1, paragraph I, regardless of when that creditable service was earned, except 
that for a member qualifying for a retirement benefit under Title 5, section 17851-A, 
subsection 2, paragraph B:
1. If the member had 10 years of creditable service on July 1, 1993, the benefit must 
be reduced as provided in Title 5, section 17852, subsection 3, paragraphs A and B for each 
year the member's age precedes 55 years of age; or
2.  If the member had fewer than 10 years of creditable service on July 1, 1993, the 
benefit must be reduced by 6% for each year that the member's age precedes 55 years of 
age.
Sec. 2.  Qualified member; definition.  As used in this Act, "qualified member" 
means a member on the effective date of this Act to whom the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 5, section 17851-A, subsection 1, paragraph I applies and who:
1. Was employed by the Department of Corrections prior to January 1, 2000; and
2. Notwithstanding Title 5, section 17851-A, subsection 1, paragraph E, on the 
effective date of this Act is employed in a position with the title of:
A. Director or chief of security;
B. Correctional captain or lieutenant;
C. Corrections unit manager; 
D. Chief correctional industries manager or correctional industries manager;
E. Correctional building maintenance supervisor, correctional electrician supervisor or 
correctional maintenance mechanic; 
F. Chief corrections firearms instructor; or
G. Juvenile facilities operations supervisor or juvenile program manager.
As used in this Act, the terms "creditable service," "member" and "retirement benefit" 
have the same meanings as in Title 5, section 17001.
SUMMARY
This bill requires that service retirement benefits for certain employees of the 
Department of Corrections who are included in the 1998 Special Plan as of the effective 
date of the bill and who were employed prior to January 1, 2000 be computed on the same 
basis as benefits for other members under the plan are computed; creditable service is 
included regardless of when that service was earned.