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First Special Session of the 122nd

PART B

     Sec. B-1. 1 MRSA §148, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 20, §1, is reallocated to 1 MRSA §149.

     Sec. B-2. Effective date. That section of this Part that reallocates the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 148 takes effect June 29, 2005.

     Sec. B-3. 7 MRSA §1809, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, c. 572, §38, is amended to read:

     1. Permit required. The commissioner may require a person who imports animals into the State to obtain a permit before the time of entry. When a permit is required, the permit or permit number must accompany the shipment. The commissioner may refuse to grant a permit or may issue one subject to quarantine at destination if the animals do not meet importation requirements or do not comply with the inland fisheries and wildlife laws and rules adopted by the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife under Title 12, chapter 707 915, subchapter 7 15 or Title 12, section 12102 or 12704. The commissioner may require the owner to have those animals tested or examined by a veterinarian at the owner's expense. The commissioner may release those animals from quarantine only after the commissioner is satisfied that they are not a disease threat to other animals or humans.

     Sec. B-4. 20-A MRSA §11435, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 807, §3, is amended to read:

§11435. Review of authority

     For purposes of the Maine Sunset Act, Title 3, chapter 23 35, the authority shall be considered is an independent agency, with its first justification report in accordance with Title 3, section 504, due in 1991, and the evaluation and analysis in accordance with Title 3, section 505, by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over audit and program review due no later than December 31, 1992, but notwithstanding Title 3, sections 506 and 507, the authority shall not terminate subject to the review requirements specified in Title 3, section 959.

     Sec. B-5. 22 MRSA §4041, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 1997, c. 715, Pt. B, §11, is further amended to read:

     Sec. B-6. 22 MRSA §4058, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 739, §17, is amended to read:

§4058. Review

     The provision in this chapter 1071 dealing with family rehabilitation and reunification shall must be reviewed in accordance with the Maine Sunset Act, Title 3, chapter 23, no later than June 30, 1989 35.

     Sec. B-7. PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. TT, §3 is repealed.

     Sec. B-8. Retroactivity. That section of this Part that repeals Public Law 2003, chapter 673, Part TT, section 3 applies retroactively to July 1, 2004.

     Sec. B-9. PL 2005, c. 21, §2 is amended to read:

     Sec. 2. PL 2001, c. 442, §5, as amended by PL 2003, c. 387, §14, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 5. Status of employees who have retired and returned to covered employment under Maine State Retirement System; choice to retire rather than continue to work. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 17651 and section 17652, recipients of a service retirement benefit from the Maine State Retirement System who have returned to covered employment under the retirement system in a position that would otherwise be covered by the retirement plan for state employees and teachers may not rejoin the retirement system, do not earn creditable service for their employment after retirement and do not earn any additional retirement benefits as a result of that employment. By retiring from a position covered under the retirement system, an employee exercises that employee's choice between continuing to work and thereby continuing to accrue retirement service credit and, potentially, an increased earnable compensation, and retiring, with both service credit and earnable compensation thereby becoming fixed. The employee's retirement constitutes the employee's knowing and voluntary waiver of any claim of any nature under federal or state law with respect to retirement system service credit or earnable compensation related to return to employment after retirement. Recipients of a service retirement benefit from the retirement system may participate in other retirement options available to similar employees, including the state program of tax-deferred arrangements under Title 5, chapter 67, at the discretion of their employer. For purposes of participation in the state employee health insurance program pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 285 or in dental health insurance coverage offered by the State, recipients of a service retirement benefit under the Maine State Retirement System who are retired state employees and who are reemployed as state employees must be treated as retirees under section 285, subsection 1-A for purposes of eligibility for coverage under the group plan. A recipient of a service retirement benefit under the Maine State Retirement System who is a retired teacher and who returns to work as a teacher under this Act is eligible for coverage under the group health insurance plan for active teachers in the school administrative unit in which newly employed. For purposes of participation in the group accident and sickness or health insurance for retired teachers pursuant to Title 20-A, section 13451, a recipient of a service retirement benefit under the Maine State Retirement System who is a retired teacher who returns to work under this Act is eligible upon ceasing work to return to coverage under the group health insurance plan in effect for active teachers in the school unit from which the teacher originally retired, including state payment of a percentage of the premium cost under section 13451.

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