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An Act Pertaining to the Retirement of Certain Oil and Hazardous Material Specialists
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §17851-A, sub-§1, ¶L,  as amended by PL 2001, c. 646, §1, is further amended to read:
 
L. Oil and hazardous materials emergency response workers in the employment of the Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Response Services who participate in a standby rotation on January 1, 2002 or are hired thereafter; and
 
SUMMARY
Under current law, retired oil and hazardous materials emergency response workers who worked in the Division of Response Services in the Department of Environmental Protection are covered under the 1998 Special Plan. This bill extends inclusion in the plan to oil and hazardous materials emergency response workers in other divisions in the Department of Environmental Protection.