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This bill
includes General Fund appropriations totaling $506,874 in fiscal year 2025-26
and $34,051 in fiscal year 2026-27 and Federal Expenditures Fund allocations
of $761 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $1,064 in fiscal year 2026-27 for the cost
of allowing employees in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner within the
Department of the Attorney General to participate in the 1998 Special Plan.
Of these amounts, a one-time General Fund appropriation of $483,270 in fiscal
year 2025-26 to the Retirement System - Retirement Allowance Fund within the
Maine Public Employees Retirement System is included for the unfunded
actuarial liability created as a result of allowing service retirement
benefits for these employees earned under the regular state employee and
teacher plan to be calculated under the 1998 Special Plan. Additionally,
ongoing General Fund appropriations of $23,604 and $34,051 and Federal
Expenditures Fund allocations of $761 and $1,064 in fiscal years 2025-26 and
2026-27, respectively, to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner are included
for the prospective costs of moving the positions to the 1998 Special Plan
effective October 1, 2025. |