Maine § 25 §1595 Retirement benefits to spouses extended

Maine Statutes

§ 25 §1595 — Retirement benefits to spouses extended

Maine § 25 §1595

Title 25INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Part 4STATE POLICE

Ch. 195STATE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 25, § 25 §1595 (2026).

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A surviving spouse must be paid 1/2 of the amount that any member of the State Police, including the Chief of the State Police, is receiving either as a pension or a disability retirement allowance under this chapter, and those payments must continue for the remainder of the spouse's lifetime or until the spouse remarries. Payments to the member cease as of the day of the member's death and begin to the member's surviving spouse on the following day.
This section applies to a surviving spouse of any member of the State Police who at the time of that member's death had been eligible to receive or was receiving a pension or a disability retirement allowance under this chapter. Payments to those who were surviving spouses on September 3, 1965 must be based upon the amount of pension or disabi

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A surviving spouse must be paid 1/2 of the amount that any member of the State Police, including the Chief of the State Police, is receiving either as a pension or a disability retirement allowance under this chapter, and those payments must continue for the remainder of the spouse's lifetime or until the spouse remarries. Payments to the member cease as of the day of the member's death and begin to the member's surviving spouse on the following day.
This section applies to a surviving spouse of any member of the State Police who at the time of that member's death had been eligible to receive or was receiving a pension or a disability retirement allowance under this chapter. Payments to those who were surviving spouses on September 3, 1965 must be based upon the amount of pension or disability retirement that the member would have been entitled to receive as of September 3, 1965 under this chapter.