{"data":{"id":"us-me/5-m.r.s.-17752","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"5 M.R.S. §17752","heading":"Service credit for prior service","body":"1.  Determination.  Service credit for prior service is determined as follows.\nA.  If a member can provide the board with satisfactory evidence that the member performed any work as a state employee before July 1, 1942 or as a teacher before July 1, 1947, the member must be granted one year of service credit for each year in which any work was performed, except that:\n(1)  For the first year of service under this paragraph, service credit may be earned only from the date of beginning work to the end of the year;\n(2)  During the calendar year 1942, the maximum amount of prior service credit that may be earned for work as a state employee is 1/2 year; and\n(3)  Prior service credit for work as a state employee must be calculated on the basis of calendar years and for work as a teacher on the basis of school years.\nB.  Service credit for prior service shall be granted for work as a teacher to a member, if the member pays into the Members' Contribution Fund 5% of the salary received during that service. For each year of that service, the payments shall be not less than $20 nor more than $100.\n2.  Verification of prior service.  Upon verification of the length of prior service rendered, the board shall grant service credit for that service.","path":["TITLE 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES","PART 20: STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM","CHAPTER 423: STATE EMPLOYEES AND TEACHERS","SUBCHAPTER 4: CREDITABLE SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/5/title5sec17752.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:22Z","sha256":"9864c65cd2f7a8d6fbd627e5817e0efc1f76a20dcc38507b3199a86aa967b4fb","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/5-m.r.s.-17751","next":"us-me/5-m.r.s.-17753"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}