Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §801, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 133, §7, is further amended to read:

1. Membership mandatory. Every Legislator serving in the Legislature on or after December 3, 1986, shall be is a member of the Maine Legislative Retirement System, except that any Legislator who is a member of the Maine State Retirement System on December 2, 1986, may continue to be a member of that system instead of becoming a member of the Maine Legislative Retirement System, and any Legislator who is a public school teacher or an employee of the Vocational-Technical Institute System on leave of absence shall continue for the purpose of serving in the Legislature continues to be a member of the Maine State Retirement System and to have contributions deducted from the member's legislative salary earnable compensation as provided by Title 5, section 17701. A Legislator who is the recipient of a retirement allowance from the Maine State Retirement System shall become becomes a member of the Maine Legislative Retirement System, but no creditable service granted under the Maine State Retirement System shall may be transferred to the Maine Legislative Retirement System. A member shall cease ceases to be a member when the member withdraws the member's contributions, becomes a beneficiary as a result of the member's own retirement or dies.

Sec. 2. 3 MRSA §806 is enacted to read:

§806.__Additional member contributions by certain members

1.__Application.__This section applies to a Legislator who is a public school teacher or an employee of the Vocational- Technical Institute System who is on a leave of absence for the purpose of serving in the Legislature.

2.__Additional member contributions on difference in earnable compensation.__A Legislator subject to this section whose earnable compensation as a Legislator is less than the earnable compensation that would have been earned in the position from which the Legislator is on a leave of absence may make member contributions on the amount that represents the difference between the legislative earnable compensation received and the earnable compensation that would have been received in the position from which the Legislator is on a leave of absence.

3.__Maximum total earnable compensation; total member contributions.__The total earnable compensation on which a Legislator makes member contributions under this section may not be greater than the earnable compensation that the Legislator