| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §17760, sub-§2, ¶¶A and C, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 801, | §§5 and 7, are amended to read: |
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| A. On the date of retirement, the member must have at least | 15 5 years of creditable service. |
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| C. The member must have separated from the armed forces | under conditions other than dishonorable, providing that the | separation was not upgraded through a program of general | amnesty. |
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| | Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §17760, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 801, §§5 | and 7, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §17760, sub-§2, ¶E, as amended by PL 1989, c. 907, §3, | is repealed. |
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| | This bill implements one of the recommendations of the | Committee to Study Standardized Periods of Military Service and | Other Matters Related to the Award of State of Maine Veterans' | Benefits. This bill reduces from 15 to 5 the number of years of | creditable service a state employee who is a member of the Maine | State Retirement System must have before the employee is eligible | to purchase service credits for service in the Armed Forces of | the United States. It also removes a requirement that members | joining after January 1, 1976 have served in a federally | recognized period of conflict to be eligible to purchase military | service credits. |
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