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Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §17716, as amended by PL 2007, c. 491, §135, is further amended to read:
§ 17716.Motor vehicle detectives
A motor vehicle investigatordetective, senior motor vehicle investigatordetective, principal motor vehicle investigatordetective or chief motor vehicle investigatordetective who elects the retirement option provided in section 17851, subsection 14 shall contribute to the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program or have pick-up contributions made by the employer as provided in section 17852, subsection 15.
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §17851, sub-§14, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 402, §2, is amended to read:
 
14. Motor vehicle detectives; option.  AExcept as provided in section 17851-A, a motor vehicle investigatordetective, senior motor vehicle investigatordetective, principal motor vehicle investigatordetective or chief motor vehicle investigatordetective qualifies for a service retirement benefit upon reaching 55 years of age after completing at least 25 years of creditable service in that capacity if notice of election of the option and payment of employee contributions and actuarial costs are made as provided in section 17852, subsection 15.’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 9 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 9.  5 MRSA §17851-A, sub-§6-B  is enacted to read:
 
6-B.  Consequences of participation in retirement plan under section 17851, subsection 14.     A member in the capacity specified in subsection 1, paragraph N who, prior to July 1, 2018, elected the retirement option provided in section 17851, subsection 14 is treated as follows under the 1998 Special Plan.
 
A.  A member who made the election at the time of first employment in a position covered under section 17851, subsection 14 is considered to be a member under the 1998 Special Plan as of the date of hire. Beginning July 1, 2018, a member covered by this paragraph shall contribute to the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program or have pick-up contributions made at a rate of 8.65% of earnable compensation until completion of 25 years of creditable service and shall contribute at a rate of 7.65% thereafter.
 
B.  A member who was serving in a position covered under section 17851, subsection 14 at the time of the election and who elected to participate in the retirement option prospectively from the time of election is considered to be a member under the 1998 Special Plan as of the effective date of the election. Beginning July 1, 2018, a member covered by this paragraph shall contribute to the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program or have pick-up contributions made at a rate of 8.65% of earnable compensation until completion of 25 years of creditable service and shall contribute at a rate of 7.65% thereafter.
 
C.  A member who was serving in a position covered under section 17851, subsection 14 at the time of the election and who elected to participate in the retirement option prospectively from the time of election and also elected to purchase credit for service earned while serving in the same capacity before exercising the election is considered to be a member under the 1998 Special Plan as of the beginning date of the service for which credit is purchased, as long as all of the payments required under section 17852, subsection 15 are made before retirement. If all the required payments are not made before retirement, that member is considered to be a member under the 1998 Special Plan as of the effective date of the election. Beginning July 1, 2018, for employees identified in subsection 1, paragraph N, a member covered by this paragraph shall contribute to the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program or have pick-up contributions made at a rate of 8.65% of earnable compensation until completion of 25 years of creditable service and shall contribute at a rate of 7.65% thereafter.
 
Employee contributions and actuarial and administrative costs paid to the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program by a member covered by this subsection may not be returned to that member, except that these employee contributions may be refunded to a member who terminates service and requests a refund under section 17705-A.
Sec. 10. 5 MRSA §17852, sub-§15, as amended by PL 2007, c. 491, §§171 and 172, is further amended to read:
 
15. Motor vehicle detectives; option.  TheExcept as provided in section 17851-A, the retirement benefit of a person who qualifies under section 17851, subsection 14 and who retires upon or after reaching 55 years of age is computed in accordance with subsection 1 if:
 
A. The person was first employed as a motor vehicle investigatordetective on or after October 1, 1997, elects the option provided in section 17851, subsection 14 and pays to the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program an increased employee payroll contribution in an amount that equals the full actuarial cost of electing that option; or
 
B. The person was first employed as a motor vehicle investigatordetective before October 1, 1997, elects the option provided in section 17851, subsection 14 and pays to the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program a single payment or periodic payments of a lump sum or a combination of single and periodic payments of that amount that equals the full actuarial cost of electing that option for service before that date.
 
A person who requests calculation of the full actuarial cost, regardless of whether the person elects the option, must pay to the retirement system by a single lump sum payment the reasonable administrative costs of determining the full actuarial costs. Payment of the full actuarial cost related to service on or after October 1, 1997 is made as part of the employee payroll contribution.
 
For the purposes of this subsection, "full actuarial cost" means that the person's payment or payments must fully offset any unfunded liability that would or does result from retirement under the option provided in section 17851, subsection 14 and must fully fund the cost of the person's retirement prior to normal retirement age so that an additional employer contribution is not required.
 
A person who makes the election provided in section 17851, subsection 14 at any time after the date on which the person is first employed as a motor vehicle investigatordetective must include interest, at a rate to be set by the board not to exceed regular interest by 5 or more percentage points, applied as of the date on which the person was first employed in that capacity to the contributions the person would have paid or had picked up by the employer had the person elected that option at the date of first employment.
 
This subsection takes effect October 1, 1997. Election to retire under this subsection is a one-time irrevocable election. A person who was first employed as a motor vehicle investigatordetective on or after October 1, 1997 must make the election no later than 90 days after the date of first employment. A person who was first employed in that capacity before October 1, 1997 must make the election no later than January 1, 1998.
Sec. 11. 5 MRSA §17852, sub-§16, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 401, §3, is amended to read:
 
16. Motor vehicle detectives exercising option; retirement before 55 years of age.  ForExcept as provided in section 17851-A, for a person exercising the option provided in section 17851, subsection 14 who makes the payments required in subsection 15 and who retires before reaching 55 years of age, the retirement benefit is determined as follows.
 
A. For members with 10 years of creditable service on July 1, 1993, the retirement benefit is determined in accordance with subsection 1, except that:
 
(1) The amount arrived at under subsection 1 is reduced by applying to that amount the percentage that a life annuity due at 55 years of age bears to the life annuity due at the age of retirement; and
 
(2) For the purpose of making the computation under subparagraph (1), the board-approved tables of annuities in effect at the date of the member's retirement are used.
 
For the purpose of calculating creditable service under this subsection only, "creditable service" includes time during which a member participated in the voluntary cost-savings plan or the voluntary employee incentive program, authorized by Public Law 1989, chapter 702, Part F, section 6 and Public Law 1991, chapter 591, Part BB and chapter 780, Part VV; 10 years of combined creditable service under this Part and Title 3, chapter 29; or creditable service available to a member that the member was eligible to purchase on June 30, 1993 and that the member does purchase in accordance with rules adopted by the board.
 
B. For members who do not have 10 years of creditable service on July 1, 1993, the retirement benefit is determined in accordance with subsection 1, except that the benefit is reduced by 6% for each year that the person's age precedes 55 years of age.
Sec. 12. Transition. If a motor vehicle detective in the employment of the office of investigations within the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles on July 1, 2018 elects to participate in the 1998 Special Plan of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System, as provided in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 17851-A, subsection 1, that detective must make that election no later than December 1, 2018.
Sec. 13. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 0077
 
Initiative: Moves funds from All Other to Personal Services to fund the additional cost for detectives employed in the office of investigations within the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles, on July 1, 2018 to participate in the 1998 Special Plan on a prospective basis.

HIGHWAY FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
Personal Services	$0	$8,314	
All Other	$0	($8,314)	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$0	$0	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment clarifies that a motor vehicle detective in the employment of the office of investigations within the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles on July 1, 2018 must make the election to participate in the 1998 Special Plan no later than December 1, 2018. The amendment also makes technical changes and corrects cross-references in the current retirement provisions applicable to detectives in the employment of the office of investigations within the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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