APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 21, 2021 84
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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S.P. 148 - L.D. 341
Resolve, Directing the Maine Public Employees Retirement System To Study
and Report on How Statewide Retirement Systems Affected by the Windfall
Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset Can Cooperate on
Solutions
Sec. 1. Maine Public Employees Retirement System to study cooperation of
statewide retirement systems. Resolved: That the Maine Public Employees Retirement
System shall study existing cooperation and any further potential cooperation of statewide
retirement systems affected by the windfall elimination provision, pursuant to the federal
Social Security Amendments of 1983, Public Law 98-21, and the government pension
offset, pursuant to the federal Social Security Amendments of 1977, Public Law 95-216.
The Maine Public Employees Retirement System shall consult and collaborate with any
applicable retirement associations, such as the National Association of State Retirement
Administrators, as necessary. The Maine Public Employees Retirement System shall
submit a report with its recommendations, including any suggested legislation, no later than
January 1, 2022 to the Joint Standing Committee on Labor and Housing. The committee
may report out a bill based on the report and recommendations to the Second Regular
Session of the 130th Legislature.
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