| | | 1-B. Member in service at retirement; 10 years of creditable | | service on July 1, 1993. A member who on July 1, 1993, had 10 | | years of creditable service and who is in service at retirement, | | or a member who on July 1, 1993 had reached 60 years of age and | | had been in service for a minimum of one year immediately before | | July 1, 1993 and has been in service for a minimum of one year | | immediately before retirement, qualifies for a service retirement | | benefit if the member retires upon or after reaching 60 years of | age. The | | year requirement, the 10 years of creditable service may include | | creditable service as a member of the Maine Legislative | Retirement System under Title 3, section 701, subsection 8 before | becoming a member of the retirement system |
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| | | A. Effective October 1, 1999, the creditable service and | | age requirements of this subsection may not be increased for | | a member who on or before October 1, 1999 met either of the | | requirements for eligibility for service retirement benefits | | under this subsection, whether or not the member is in | | service on October 1, 1999. |
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| | | B. 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 plan or the voluntary employee incentive program, | | authorized by Public Law 1989, chapter 702, Part F, section | | 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 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. |
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| | | Sec. 11. 5 MRSA §17851, sub-§1-C, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. | | 489, §7, are amended to read: |
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| | | A. Has been in service for a minimum of one year | | immediately before retirement or has at least 10 years of | | creditable service, which, for the purpose of determining | | completion of the 10-year requirement, may include | | creditable service as a member of the Maine Legislative | Retirement System under Title 3, section 701, subsection 8, | before becoming a member of the retirement system |
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| | | B. Effective October 1, 1999, is in service on October 1, | | 1999 and had fewer than 10 years of creditable service on | | July 1, 1993, including any person who was not in service on | | July 1, 1993, and: |
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