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 | 40.  State employee.  "State employee" means any regular  |  | classified or unclassified officer or employee in a department, any  |  | employee of the Maine Community College System except those who  |  | make the election provided under Title 20-A, section 12722, any  |  | employee of the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of  |  | Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf except as  |  | provided in Title 20-A, section 7407, subsection 3-A, any employee  |  | of the Maine Military Authority, any employee of the Northern New  |  | England Passenger Rail Authority and any employee transferred from  |  | the Division of Higher Education Services to the Finance Authority  |  | of Maine who elects to be treated as a state employee, but does not  |  | include: |  
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 |   | | A.  A judge, as defined in Title 4, section 1201 or 1301,  |  | who is now or later may be entitled to retirement benefits  |  | under Title 4, chapter 27 or 29; |  
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 |   | | B.  A member of the State Police who is now entitled to  |  | retirement benefits under Title 25, chapter 195; or |  
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 |   | | C.  A Legislator who is now or later may be entitled to  |  | retirement benefits under Title 3, chapter 29. |  
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 |   |  | Sec. 4.  5 MRSA §19508, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 837, §1, is  |  | amended to read: |  
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 |   | | §19508. Application to residents in children's homes |  
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 |   |  | This chapter also applies to exceptional students in  |  | children's homes, emergency shelters, family foster homes,  |  | specialized children's homes and residential child care  |  | facilities, as defined in Title 22, section 8101, and to other  |  | residential educational facilities, including the Maine  |  | Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the  |  | Governor Baxter School for the Deaf and other similar facilities. |  
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 |   |  | Sec. 5.  20-A MRSA c. 304, as amended, is further amended by  |  | repealing the chapter headnote and enacting the following in its  |  | place: |  
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 |   | | MAINE EDUCATIONAL CENTER FOR THE DEAF |  
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 |   | | AND HARD OF HEARING AND THE GOVERNOR |  
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 |   | | BAXTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF |  
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 |   |  | Sec. 6.  20-A MRSA §7401, as amended by PL 1999, c. 775, §1, is  |  | further amended to read: |  
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