Maine Statutes
§ 5 §17652 — Optional membership
Maine § 5 §17652
JurisdictionMaine
Title 5ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES
Part 20STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Ch. 423STATE EMPLOYEES AND TEACHERS
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Bluebook
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 5, § 5 §17652 (2026).
Text
1.Elected and appointed officials.
Membership in the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program is optional for elected officials or officials appointed for a fixed term. A person must make an election at the time of initial hire whether to be a member of the program. Once an election is made under this subsection, the election is irrevocable with respect to all subsequent employment with the same employer when membership in the program is not mandatory.
2.Delayed election of membership.
2-A.
Reentry.
3.Certain employees of the Maine Community College System.
Notwithstanding section 17651, membership in the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program is optional for employees of the Maine Community College System who are eligible to participate in a retirement plan pursuant to Titl
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Legislative History
PL 1985, c. 801, §§5,7 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 739, §§9,48 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 180, §1 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 763, §3 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 763, §7 (AFF). RR 2003, c. 1, §4 (COR). PL 2003, c. 20, §OO2 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 20, §OO4 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 261, §§1-4 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 404, §1 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 583, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 58, §3 (REV). PL 2007, c. 305, §§2, 3 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 491, §95 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 474, §15 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 449, §§3-6 (AMD).
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Bluebook (online)
Maine § 5 §17652, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/me/5%20%C2%A717652.