Maine § 17203. - Payroll deduction

(1) May be subject to a late fee as directed by the board and interest at a rate, to be set by the board and paid by the school administrative unit, not to exceed regular interest by 5 or more percentage points;  

(2) May be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the school administrative unit; or  

(3) May, at the request of the retirement system, be deducted from any other money payable to that school administrative unit.   [PL 2007, c. 491, §88 (AMD).]

C. Payment of members' contributions to the Participating Local District Retirement Program by participating local districts is governed by sections 18301 to 18303.   [PL 2007, c. 491, §88 (AMD).]

2.  Manner of deduction.  The amounts deducted under subsection 1, when deducted, shall be:

A. Paid into the Members' Contribution Fund; and   [PL 1985, c. 801, §§ 5, 7 (NEW).]

B. Credited to the individual account of the member from whose compensation the deduction was made.   [PL 1985, c. 801, §§ 5, 7 (NEW).]

3.  Member's consent.  It is deemed that every member has consented to allow the chief administrative officer of the member's department, school or participating local district to make deductions from the member's compensation or to make pick-up contributions to satisfy the member's required contribution to the applicable retirement program.

4.  Discharge of claims.  Payment of compensation to a member, minus the adjustment to compensation resulting from a deduction or employer pick-up contributions under this section, shall be a complete discharge of all claims and demands based on the services rendered by the member during the period covered by the payment, except for any claims or demands for the benefits provided under this Part.

5.  Reduction of minimum compensation.  The deductions under this section shall be made notwithstanding that the minimum compensation provided for by law for any member is reduced by the deduction.