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An Act to Promote Public Safety and Retain Essential First Responders by Converting the Maine Length of Service Award Program Trust Fund to a Nonlapsing Fund

An Act to Promote Public Safety and Retain Essential First Responders by Converting the Maine Length of Service Award Program Trust Fund to a Nonlapsing Fund

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Glenn Curry
Last action
2025-06-09
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Promote Public Safety and Retain Essential First Responders by Converting the Maine Length of Service Award Program Trust Fund to a Nonlapsing Fund

An Act to Promote Public Safety and Retain Essential First Responders by Converting the Maine Length of Service Award Program Trust Fund to a Nonlapsing Fund Sponsor: Senator Glenn Curry Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Promote Public Safety and Retain Essential First Responders by Converting the Maine Length of Service Award Program Trust Fund to a Nonlapsing Fund Sponsor: Senator Glenn Curry Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1608(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1608(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 786 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-09 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-02 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-02 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-27 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-02-27 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Promote Public Safety and Retain Essential First Responders by Converting the Maine Length of Service Award Program Trust Fund to a Nonlapsing Fund
Sponsor:
Senator Glenn Curry
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR1608(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 346 - L.D. 786
An Act to Promote Public Safety and Retain Essential First Responders by
Converting the Maine Length of Service Award Program Trust Fund to a
Nonlapsing Fund
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§16, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 352, §1, is amended to
read:
16. Investment of program funds. The board shall establish a program trust fund
within which the funds paid into the program must be deposited. A participant shall select
investments for the amounts credited to the participant's program account from a menu of
investment options. Distributions of accrued service awards must be made from the
program trust fund in accordance with the program provisions. The program trust fund
must be established and maintained in accordance with applicable sections of the United
States Internal Revenue Code. Subject to review and approval by the Treasurer of State,
the program trust fund investment options made available to participants must be selected
by the board. Any unexpended balance in the program trust fund at the end of a year may
not lapse and must be carried forward to be available for expenditure by the board in the
subsequent year for program purposes.
APPROVED
JUNE 9, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
202
PUBLIC LAW