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employees or as an advocate at the Maine State Prison qualifies for
a service retirement benefit if that person:

 
A. Was employed in one of those capacities before September
1, 1984 and:

 
(1) Completes 20 years of creditable service in one or
more of those capacities; and

 
(2) Retires upon or after reaching the age of 50 years; or

 
B. Was employed in one of those capacities after August 31,
1984 and completed 25 years of creditable service in one or
more of those capacities.

 
Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, no person in
the employ of the Bangor Pre-Release Center on the effective date
of this subsection January 1, 1987 who would have qualified for a
service retirement benefit if the Bangor Pre-Release Center had
remained the administrative responsibility of the Maine State
Prison may be denied such a benefit by virtue of the transfer of
that responsibility to the Charleston Correctional Facility.

 
Sec. 13. 5 MRSA §19203, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1997, c. 70, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
7. Other agencies. To employees of, or other persons
designated by, the Department of Corrections, the Department of
Human Services and the Department of Mental Health, Mental
Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, to the extent that
those employees or other persons are responsible for the
treatment or care of subjects of the test. Those agencies shall
adopt rules, within 90 days of the effective date of this
subsection August 4, 1988, pursuant to the Maine Administrative
Procedure Act, chapter 375, subchapter II, designating the
persons or classes of persons to whom the test results may be
disclosed. The rules of the Department of Corrections must
designate those persons who may receive the results of an HIV
test of a county jail inmate;

 
Sec. 14. 7 MRSA §974-A, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 1987,
c. 754, §2, is amended to read:

 
2. State loan interest rate. The interest rate for state
loans shall be is 5%. Loans current at the effective date of
this subsection shall on April 21, 1988 must be renegotiated to
an interest rate of 5%.


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