Maine Statutes
§ 5 §18310 — Police officers
Maine·Title 5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES·Part 20 STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM·Ch. 425 PARTICIPATING LOCAL DISTRICTS
1.Contribution rate.
Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3, each police officer, including the chief of a police department, employed by a participating local district that provides a special retirement benefit under section 18453, subsection 7 or 8, shall contribute to the Participating Local District Retirement Program or have pick-up contributions made by the employer at a rate of 8% of earnable compensation as long as employed as a police officer.
2.Exception.
A participating local district may elect to reduce the rate of contribution set out in subsection 1 to 6.5% of earnable compensation for all police officers who continue employment after attaining eligibility for retirement during the remainder of their employment as police officers.
3.Member contributions to Participating
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Legislative History
PL 1985, c. 801, §§5,7 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 256, §27 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 739, §§39,48 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 491, §222 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 391, §§4, 5 (AMD).
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Back contributions for optional members§ 5 §18305-B
Continued eligibility to purchase service credit§ 5 §18306
Refund of accumulated contributions§ 5 §18306-A
Refund of accumulated contributions§ 5 §18307
Inactive accounts§ 5 §18307-A
Inactive accounts§ 5 §18308
CETA service§ 5 §18309
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