‘Sec. 6. 5 MRSA §17851-A, sub-§1, ¶I, as amended by PL 2005, c. 519, Pt. FF, §1, is further amended to read:
I. Employees Other than those employees described in paragraph E, employees of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Administrative and Financial Services on January 1, 2000 or hired thereafter , other than those described in paragraph E, who are employed in a correctional facility, as defined in Title 34-A, section 1001 ; , or those whose duties involve contact with prisoners, probationers, parolees or juvenile offenders or any person employed as the supervisor of those employees. Those employees of the Department of Corrections on January 3, 2006 whose positions were transferred to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services remain eligible for the 1998 Special Retirement Plan as long as they are assigned to work in a correctional facility, as defined in Title 34-A, section 1001, or their duties involve contact with prisoners, probationers, parolees or juvenile offenders. An employee of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services hired after January 3, 2006 to replace an employee whose position was transferred and who remained eligible for the 1998 Special Retirement Plan is also eligible for the plan as long as that employee is assigned to work in a correctional facility, as defined in Title 34-A, section 1001, and that employee's duties involve contact with prisoners, probationers, parolees or juvenile offenders;’
