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LD 1631 Title Page An Act to Provide Exemptions from the 5% cap on Earnable Compensation for Retir... Page 2 of 2
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LR 1901
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §17001, sub-§13, śC, as repealed and replaced by PL
1999, c. 489, §2, is amended to read:

 
C. The following provisions govern limitations on earnable
compensation.

 
(1) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
subsection, except as provided in subparagraph 1-A, for
the purposes of determining average final compensation,
"earnable compensation" does not include any increase
that exceeds the prior year's earnable compensation by
more than 5% or that results in a total increase of
more than 10% during the 3-year period used in the
calculation of average final compensation, unless the
cost of the additional actuarial liability arising from
the excess increase is paid by the employer as provided
in section 17154. Any payment made under paragraph B,
subparagraph (1) must be included in determining the
amount of increase in the year in which the payment is
made. This subparagraph does not apply to excess
increases resulting from compensation paid prior to
July 1, 1993, from compensation paid in accordance with
an individual employment contract executed prior to
July 1, 1993 or a collective bargaining agreement
executed or ratified in its final form by final vote of
one party to the agreement prior to July 1, 1993 for
the initial term of that contract or agreement or from
other action by the governing body of a school
administrative unit in effect on July 1, 1993. This
subparagraph does not apply to increases in
compensation of state employees during fiscal year
1993-94 and fiscal year 1994-95. In all circumstances
in which this subparagraph does not apply to earnable
compensation of state employees and teachers, the
provisions of this subparagraph that were in effect
prior to June 30, 1993 apply. This subparagraph does
not apply to earnable compensation of employees of
participating local districts.

 
(1-A)__Wage and salary increases resulting from the
following may not be considered in calculating
increases in earnable compensation under this
paragraph:

 
(a)__Collective bargaining agreements pursuant to
Title 26, chapter 9-A, 9-B or 12;

 
(b)__Job promotion;


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