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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Regular Session of the 120th

PART VV

     Sec. VV-1. 4 MRSA §1352, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. M, §12, is further amended to read:

     1. Amount. The service retirement allowance of a member is determined under the provisions of this chapter in effect on the member's date of final termination of service. Subject to the maximum benefit provided for in subsection 3 3-A and the minimum benefit provided for in subsection 4, the total amount of the retirement allowance of a member retired in accordance with section 1351 is equal to the sum of:

     Sec. VV-2. 4 MRSA §1352, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. M, §12, is repealed.

     Sec. VV-3. 4 MRSA §1352, sub-§3-A is enacted to read:

     3-A. Maximum benefit. Except as provided in subsection 4, a judge in service on December 1, 1984, or appointed on or after December 1, 1984, may not receive a benefit that exceeds 70% of that judge's average final compensation, not including adjustments under section 1358. The benefit amount of any judge retired prior to the effective date of this subsection whose benefit amount was limited according to the terms of former subsection 3 must be recalculated according to this subsection and the recalculated amount must be paid retroactive to the judge's effective date of retirement.

     Sec. VV-4. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from the General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Part.

2001-02 2002-03

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District

Provides funds to support the additional costs associated with increasing the maximum benefit from 60% to 70% of average final compensation for judges appointed on or after December 1, 1984.

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT ____________ ____________
TOTAL $0 $0

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