CHAPTER 149

H.P. 160 - L.D. 209

An Act To Authorize the Maine State Retirement System To

Provide Names and Addresses to Public Retiree Organizations

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §17057, sub-§3, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 632, §1, is amended to read:

B. This Beginning September 15, 2007, this subsection does not apply to home contact information of a retirement system member or benefit recipient if that person has signed a waiver of the confidentiality of the member's or recipient's home contact information. The retirement system shall make available a waiver form for such purpose.

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §17057, sub-§3, ¶C is enacted to read:

C.__This subsection does not apply to the home address of a retirement system member or a benefit recipient used only for membership recruitment purposes by a nonprofit or public organization established to provide programs, services and representation to Maine public sector retirees unless the retirement system member or benefit recipient has signed a form made available by the retirement system indicating that the individual does not authorize disclosure of that individual's home address.__The retirement system may not provide information under this subsection to an organization if the retirement system has determined that the organization obtained information for the purpose of membership recruitment but used the information for a purpose other than membership recruitment.__This paragraph is repealed September 15, 2007.