| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, certain categories of state, county and local employees | | are eligible for a pension under special retirement plans that | | provide full benefits after shorter periods of service or at a | | younger age than under the regular retirement plan in recognition | | of the danger involved in their jobs and the need for a youthful, | | vigorous workforce to accomplish those jobs; and |
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| | | Whereas, state corrections officials, county sheriffs and deputy | | sheriffs, local police and other public employees have special | | retirement benefits available to them; and |
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| | | Whereas, county corrections employees perform a vital public | | safety function for county government which involves the risk of | | bodily harm and requires a youthful and vigorous workforce; and |
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| | | Whereas, in order to attract and retain qualified county | | corrections employees, it is necessary to provide special | | retirement benefits immediately to county corrections employees; | | and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §18453, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 801, §§5 and | | 7, is amended to read: |
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| | | 9. Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff and other county corrections | employee special plan. A retirement benefit equal to 1/2 of his | the average final compensation to a sheriff or | | county corrections employee who has completed at least 25 years | | of creditable service in that capacity and who retires upon or | | after reaching age 55. For the purposes of this subsection, | | "county corrections employee" means an employee of a county who | | is employed at a county jail and whose duties include contact | | with prisoners or juvenile detainees. |
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| | | Sec. 2. Amend participating District Consolidated Plan. The Maine State | | Retirement System shall amend its rule, Chapter 803, | | Participating Local District Consolidated Plan, adopted pursuant | | to the Maine Revised Statutes, section 18801 to provide county | | government the option of offering special retirement plans |
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