Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17657 – Federal employment
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1. Membership in the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program. The following persons are considered members of the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program if they make payments to the Members’ Contribution Fund in the same amounts and during the same periods as other state employees have made to that fund, either through direct contributions or pick-up contributions:
A. Any person who was an employee on December 31, 1941, and who was transferred to the federal employment service; and [PL 1985, c. 801, §§ 5, 7 (NEW).]
B. Any person employed by the federal employment service after December 31, 1941, who subsequently became a state employee at or after the date on which the federal employment service was returned to the State as an operating unit. [PL 1985, c. 801, §§ 5, 7 (NEW).]
[PL 2007, c. 491, §98 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17657
- Employee: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001Pick-up contributions: means member contributions to the retirement system which are assumed and paid by the employer through a reduction of members' salaries for services rendered, in accordance with the United States Internal Revenue Code, Section 414(h), in lieu of employee contributions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001 Retirement: means termination of membership with a retirement allowance granted under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001 Service: means service as an employee for which compensation was paid. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001 State employee: means any regular classified or unclassified officer or employee in a department, any employee of the Maine Community College System except those who make the election provided under Title 20?A, section 12722, any employee of the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf except as provided in Title 20?A, section 7407, subsection 3?A, any employee of the Maine Military Authority, any employee of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, any employee of the Maine Port Authority, any employee of the Efficiency Maine Trust who on June 30, 2009 is an employee of the Public Utilities Commission energy efficiency or renewable energy programs who elects to remain a state employee, any employee of the Efficiency Maine Trust who accepts employment with the Efficiency Maine Trust prior to July 1, 2010 who was a state employee immediately prior to accepting such employment who elects to remain a state employee and any employee transferred from the Division of Higher Education Services to the Finance Authority of Maine who elects to be treated as a state employee, but does not include:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001Teacher: includes a person who is on a one-year leave of absence from a position as a teacher and is participating in the education of prospective teachers by teaching and supervising students enrolled in college-level teacher preparation programs in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 17001
2. Amounts due. Any person described in subsection 1 may make up any amounts due to the Members’ Contribution Fund.
[PL 1985, c. 801, §§ 5, 7 (NEW).]
3. Rights and benefits. Any person described in subsection 1 is entitled to all the rights and benefits which he could have accrued if he had been employed by the State.
[PL 1985, c. 801, §§ 5, 7 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 801, §§5,7 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 739, §§12,48 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 491, §98 (AMD).