Code of Maine Rules
94 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
411 - MAINE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM (MAINEPERS)
Chapter 406 - PAYMENT OR REPAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND INTEREST FOR THE PURCHASE OF CREDITABLE SERVICE
Section 411-406-2 - CATEGORIES OF CREDITABLE SERVICE

Universal Citation: 94 ME Code Rules ยง 411-406-2

Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024

The categories of creditable service are:

1. Back time, which is service with an employer, as a state employee, teacher, or participating local district employee, when the employee was not a member of the System and, therefore, did not make contributions.

2. Refunded contributions from "current employer," which is service with a member's "current employer" when the employee was a member of the System and made contributions that were refunded when the member terminated employment or membership.

3. Refunded contributions from "previous employer" or employers, which is service with a member's previous employer or employers when the employee was a member of the System and made contributions that were refunded when the member terminated employment or membership. If a member has had refunds representing contributions for service with more than one "previous employer", the refund relating to each "previous employer" is a separate category for the purposes of this chapter. A member who is eligible to purchase creditable service under Category 2 ("current employer" refund) must purchase that service before purchasing service under this category.

4. Service in the armed forces, which is service in the armed forces of the United States before becoming a member of the System.

5. Out-of-state service, which is service by a member in another state in a category of employment that is eligible for membership in the public employee or teacher retirement system of that state.

6. Other service, which is several other categories of creditable service available for purchase, all of which require that the cost of purchasing the service is the amount of the actuarial equivalent, at the effective date of the retirement benefit, of the additional benefit attributable to the additional creditable service to be purchased, as follows:

A. Out-of-state service of a member that is not allowed under 5 M.R.S. §§17754(1) and 18354(1), but is allowed under 5 M.R.S. §§17754(2) and 18354(2);

B. Service as a teacher in a private or parochial school that is not allowed under 5 M.R.S. §§17763(1) and 18362(1), but is allowed under 5 M.R.S. §§17763(4) and 18362 (1-A);

C. Service in Vista, the Peace Corps, the Fulbright Exchange Program or the Head Start Program in Maine;

D. Service as a teacher in schools for children of U.S. Foreign Service Corps or U.S. Armed Forces personnel outside the continental United States;

E. Employment as a teacher's aide or Educational Technician I, whether or not such employment was as a Maine PERS member and when, subsequent to such employment, the person becomes a teacher member;

F. Unused accrued or accumulated sick leave, unused vacation leave, or a combination of both, which exceeds 90 days and for which the member is credited on termination of service;

G. The period of service during which a member took an unpaid or partially paid educational leave pursuant to the Maine Educational Leave Act;

H. CETA service of a member that is not allowed under 5 M.R.S. §§17707(4)(C) and 18308(4)(C), but is allowed under 5 M.R.S. §§17707(4)(D) and 18308(4)(D);

I. The period of service during which an elected official, an official appointed for a fixed term, or a substitute teacher who began membership after December 31, 1985, elected not to be a member of the Maine PERS; and

J. The period of service prior to July 1, 1976 during which a member performed any work as a teacher of a child with a disability.

K. Service in the armed forces that is allowed under 5 M.R.S. §§17760(5) and 18360(2)(I).

L. Service as a full time law enforcement officer prior to becoming a Maine PERS member that is allowed under 5 M.R.S. §§17767 and 18363.

7. Service while receiving Workers' Compensation benefits, which is service during the period in which a member who was employed in a Maine PERS-covered position received Workers' Compensation benefits from which Maine PERS contributions were not deducted.

8. Service in a parochial school or public or private academy.

9. Service for days off without pay that result from employer budgetary actions.

10. Service of a Participating Local District member who is in service when district participation begins.

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