Sec. E-1. 5 MRSA §285, sub-§1, ¶F-4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 455, §3, is amended to read:
F-4. Any member of the Maine National Guard performing state active service pursuant to Title 37-B, section 181-A, subsection 4 or 5; and
Sec. E-2. 5 MRSA §285, sub-§1, ¶F-5 is enacted to read:
F-5. Any employee of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority;
Sec. E-3. 5 MRSA §17001, sub-§40, as amended by PL 1997, c. 763, §2 and affected by §7, is further amended to read:
40. State employee. "State employee" means any regular classified or unclassified officer or employee in a department, any employee of the Maine Technical College System, except those who make the election provided under Title 20-A, section 12722, any employee of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority 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. A judge, as defined in Title 4, section 1201 or 1301, who is now or later may be entitled to retirement benefits under Title 4, chapter 27 or 29;
B. A member of the State Police who is now entitled to retirement benefits under Title 25, chapter 195; or
C. A Legislator who is now or later may be entitled to retirement benefits under Title 3, chapter 29.
Sec. E-4. 23 MRSA §8120 is enacted to read:
Employees of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority are subject to the state retirement provisions of Title 5, Part 20 and the state employee health insurance program under Title 5, chapter 13, subchapter II.
The retirement accounts of state employees transferred to the authority in its capacity as an independent agency must remain in the state regular plan. New employees of the authority shall also become members of the Maine State Retirement System under the state regular plan. The authority shall make employer retirement plan contributions at the state regular plan rate. Employee retirement plan contributions must be at the state regular plan rate.
The accrued fringe benefits of state employees transferred to the authority in its capacity as an independent agency, including vacation and sick leave, health and life insurance and retirement, remain with the transferred employee.
Authority employees are entitled to receive the same retirement health benefits as state employees.
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