| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §859, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 133, §14, is amended | to read: |
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| §859. Remarriage after retirement |
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| | If a retiree who is the recipient of a reduced service | retirement allowance under section 857 remarries after the | retiree's spouse dies, the retiree may elect to have the reduced | retirement benefit paid under the same option to the new spouse | after the retiree's death instead of continuing the original | reduced retirement allowance to the retiree during the retiree's | lifetime, under the same basis as provided for members of the | Maine State Retirement System by Title 5, section 17805 17805-B. |
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| | Sec. 2. 3 MRSA §860, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 55, §1, is further | amended to read: |
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| | If a retiree who is the recipient of a reduced service | retirement allowance under section 857 is granted a divorce | either after retirement or before a retirement beneficiary is | named, the provisions of Title 5, section 17805-A 17805-B apply | on the same basis as for members of the Maine State Retirement | System. |
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| | Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §17805, as amended by PL 1987, c. 612, §§1 to 6, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §17805-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 604, §§1 to 3, | is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 5. 5 MRSA §17805-B is enacted to read: |
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| §17805-B. Change of beneficiary |
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| | If the recipient of a reduced service retirement benefit under | section 17804, subsection 3, 4 or 5 wishes to change the named | beneficiary, the following provisions apply. |
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| | 1.__Election of benefit for different beneficiary.__The | recipient may elect to have the reduced retirement benefit paid | under the same option to a different beneficiary under the | following conditions. |
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| A.__The person who was originally named as retirement | beneficiary must have been the sole beneficiary of the | reduced retirement benefit under section 17804, subsection | 3, 4 or 5. |
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