Title 4, Title 4

The Judicial Retirement Program established in this chapter is subject to the following requirements. [PL 2009, c. 474, §8 (NEW).] 1. Vesting. In compliance with the Code, Section 401(a)(7), a member is 100% vested in the member's contribution account at all times. 2. Use of forf…

The Board of Trustees of the Judicial Retirement Program consists of those persons who are members of the Board of Trustees of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. The Board of Trustees of the Judicial Retirement Program is responsible for the proper operation and implem…

The Chief Executive Officer of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System is the Executive Director of the Judicial Retirement Program. The executive director has the same powers and duties with respect to the Judicial Retirement Program as with other programs of the Maine Publ…

The actuary of the other programs of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System is the Actuary of the Judicial Retirement Program.

The board of trustees may designate health care providers to provide medical consultation on judicial disability cases.

Appeal from the executive director's decision is the same as provided for other programs of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System in Title 5, section 17451.

The Attorney General or an assistant designated by the Attorney General is the legal adviser of the Board of Trustees of the Judicial Retirement Program.

The board of trustees is the trustee of the funds created by this chapter and shall administer those funds in the same manner as is provided for the administration of the other program funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System in accordance with Title 5, chapter 421, …

All administrative operating expenses of the Judicial Retirement Program must be charged to the assets of the Judicial Retirement Program. [PL 2007, c. 491, §42 (AMD).] 1. Estimate funds biennially. 2. Balance.

The board of trustees may combine funds from the Judicial Retirement Program and assets of other programs of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System for investment purposes. The assets and funds of other programs of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System and the assets…

1. Findings. The Legislature finds that the State owes a great debt to its retired judges for their years of faithful and productive service. Part of that debt is repaid by the benefits provided to judges through the Judicial Retirement Program. 2. Intent. It is the intent of the…

Every judge serving on the court on or after December 1, 1984 must be a member of the Judicial Retirement Program as a condition of employment. [PL 2009, c. 415, Pt. A, §2 (AMD).] A member ceases to be a member when that member withdraws that member's contributions, becomes a ben…

Creditable service for the purpose of determining benefits under this chapter shall be allowed as follows: [PL 1983, c. 853, Pt. C, §§ 15, 18 (NEW).] 1. Membership service. All judicial service of a member after November 30, 1984, for which contributions are made shall be allowed…

1. Payment. For each member, the State shall pay annually into the fund an amount known as the employer contribution. 2. Employer contribution rate. The rate of the employer contribution is fixed on the basis of the assets and liabilities of the Judicial Retirement Program as sho…

On and after July 1, 1993, each member in service shall contribute at a rate of 7.65% of earnable compensation, except that judges whose earnable compensation includes imputed cost-of-living adjustments under section 1201, subsection 9, shall contribute based on the compensation …

1. Conditions for refund. If the service of any member has terminated, except by death or by retirement under this chapter, the member must be paid the amount of the member's accumulated contributions under the following conditions: A. The member must have properly applied for a …

1. Conditions for refund. The retirement system may make an automatic refund of contributions to a member who has not properly applied for a refund as provided in section 1305‑A and who has terminated service, except by death or by retirement under this chapter, and who has not m…

1. Election. If the Maine Public Employees Retirement System determines at the time a member retires that the member's benefit would be increased as a result of the inclusion of compensation that would have been paid for fiscal year 2002-03 days off without pay as described in se…

Upon written application to the board setting forth the date upon which the member chooses to retire, any member may retire upon meeting one of the following. [PL 1991, c. 528, Pt. EEE, §2 (AMD); PL 1991, c. 528, Pt. EEE, §18 (AFF); PL 1991, c. 528, Pt. RRR (AFF); PL 1991, c. 591…

1. Amount. The service retirement allowance of a member is determined under the provisions of this chapter in effect on the member's date of final termination of service. Subject to the maximum benefit provided for in subsection 3‑A and the minimum benefit provided for in subsect…

1. Conditions. Any member who becomes disabled while in service may receive a disability retirement allowance by order of at least 5 Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court or upon written application to the executive director and approval of that application by at least 5 of the …

If a member who is in service or a former member who is a recipient of a disability retirement allowance dies, the member's beneficiary, or relative if the member has no designated beneficiary, is entitled to benefits on the same basis as provided for beneficiaries of state emplo…

1. Benefit. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1355, any eligible surviving spouse and dependent child or children of a judge who was in service prior to December 1, 1984, shall, upon the death of that judge, be entitled to a minimum benefit of 1/2 the retirement benefit o…

If a member or a former member who is receiving a disability retirement allowance dies as a result of an injury received in the line of duty, benefits are paid on the same basis as provided for members of the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program by Title 5, chapter 423, …

1. Normal method of payment. Payment of all regular retirement allowances shall begin on the first day of the month following the month in which the member becomes eligible to receive payment of regular retirement allowance under section 1351 or 1353, subsection 7. A full month's…

1. Cost-of-living adjustments. Except as provided in subsection 2, paragraph A, retirement allowances under this chapter must be adjusted on the same basis as provided for members of the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program by Title 5, section 17806. A. [PL 2011, c. 380,…

If a retiree who is the recipient of a reduced regular retirement allowance under section 1357, subsection 2, paragraph B, C, D or E remarries after the retiree's spouse dies, the following provisions apply. [PL 1999, c. 744, §3 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 744, §17 (AFF).] 1. Election of …

If a retiree who is the recipient of a reduced regular retirement allowance under section 1357, subsection 2, paragraph B, C, D or E is granted a divorce either after retirement or before a retirement beneficiary is named, subsections 1 to 4 apply. [PL 1999, c. 744, §5 (AMD); PL …