Sec. 14. 5 MRSA §17852, sub-§10, ¶C, as amended by PL 1993, c. 410, Pt. L, §40, is further amended to read:

C. For members who qualify under section 17851, subsection 11, paragraph B, and who retire before reaching the age of 55, the retirement benefit is determined in accordance with subsection 1, except that:

(1) The amount arrived at under subsection 1 is reduced by applying to that amount the percentage that a life annuity due at age 55 bears to the life annuity due at the age of retirement; and

(2) For the purpose of making the computation under subparagraph (1), the board-approved tables of annuities in effect at the date of the member's retirement is used.

This paragraph applies to members who, on July 1, 1993, have 10 years of creditable service. For the purpose of calculating creditable service under this subsection only, creditable service includes time during which a member participated in the voluntary cost savings cost-savings plan or the voluntary employee incentive program, authorized by Public Law 1989, chapter 702, Part F, section F-6 6 and Public Law 1991, chapter 591, Part BB and chapter 780, Part VV, or 10 years of combined creditable service under this Part and former Title 3, chapter 29, or creditable service available to a member that the member was eligible to purchase on June 30, 1993 and that the member does purchase in accordance with rules adopted by the board.

Sec. 15. 5 MRSA §17852, sub-§12, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 624, §12, is amended to read:

A. For members with 10 years of creditable service on July 1, 1993, the retirement benefit is determined in accordance with subsection 1, except that: