An Act to Improve the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 2169
Committee Amendment CA_A_S527 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " f\ »to S.P. 879, L,D. 2169, "An Act to Improve the
Public Employees Disability Retirement Program by Modifying Provisions Controlling the
Reduction of Benefits and Clarifying Terminology"
Amend the bill in section 6 in §17906 in subsection 1-A in the first blocked paragraph
in the first line (page 2, line 32 in L.D.) by striking out the following; "may" and inserting
the following: 'shall'
Amend the bill in section 12 in §l7930-A in subsection 2 in paragraph A in the first
line (page 4, line 29 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "may" and inserting the
following; 'shall'
Amend the bill in section 19 in § 18506 in subsection 1-A in the first blocked paragraph
in the first line (page 7, line 30 in L.D,) by striking out the following: "may" and inserting
the following: 'shall'
Amend the bill in section 26 in §18530-A in subsection 2 in paragraph A in the first
line (page 9, line 38 in L,D.) by striking out the following; "may" and inserting the
following; 'shall'
Amend the bill by inserting after section 27 the following;
'See. 28. Existing debt due to excess compensation before effective date of
this Act. An individual who is required to reimburse the Maine Public Employees
Retirement System for any excess payments due to the receipt of excess compensation from
employment under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 17906, subsection 1; section
17930; section 18506, subsection 1; and section 18530 as of the effective date of this Act
is no longer obligated to reimburse the Maine Public Employees Retirement System for
that debt beginning on the effective date of this Act.'
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " A." to S.P. 879, L.D. 2169 ( S "S Z~1
SUMMARY
This amendment requires the chief executive officer of the Maine Public Employees
Retirement System to waive the reduction in the amount that a person's disability
retirement benefits must be reduced when the person receives compensation in any year
from engaging in any gamful activity or from employment if the person demonstrates that
the excess compensation has ceased and that continuing the reduction would cause a
hardship.
The amendment also provides that any person required to reimburse the Maine Public
Employees Retirement System for any excess payments due to the receipt of excess
compensation from employment under current law as of the effective date of this legislation
does not have to pay that reimbursement.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved; 02/26/26
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LD 2169 LR 2786(02)
An Act to Improve the Public Employees Disability Retirement Program by Modifying Provisions
Controlling the Reduction of Benefits and Clarifying Terminology
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A'Y5^
Committee: Labor
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
No change to anticipated payments
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill increases the limit on income that a person receiving disability retirement benefits may earn from employment
or gainful activity before their benefit is reduced. This bill also eliminates any reimbursements owed to the Maine
I Public Employees Retirement System (MPBRS) as a result of exceeding the income limitation as of the effective date
of the bill. As a result of this bill, MPERS may potentially pay a larger benefit to a greater number of recipients than it
pays currently, Additionally, MPERS will not be collecting any reimbursements owed to it as a result of income
limitation exceedances as of the effective date of this bill. However, because MPERS does not assume any reduction in
benefits due to income limitation exceedances in its projections, this bill does not change the anticipated disability
retirement benefit payments that MPERS will need to make. Additionally, because MPBRS does not budget for
reimbursements owed to it due to income exceedances, there is no anticipated decrease in revenue,
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