Maine Revised Statutes Title 5. Administrative Procedures and Services § 17204. Contributions on member's own account

1. Rules. The board shall adopt rules governing this right of members to make additional contributions.

2. Exception to 10% rule. Any member in service on January 1, 1976, and ineligible to make contributions under sections 17754, 17763 and 18354 because of the amendments of the predecessors of those sections by Public Law 1975, chapter 622, may make whatever additional contributions, at a rate in excess of 10% of earnable compensation, as are necessary to provide an increased retirement allowance equal to any benefits to which the member would have been entitled under the predecessors of sections 17754, 17763 and 18354, as in effect immediately before January 1, 1976.

3. Limitation. This section shall not be applicable to any member who has not begun increased contributions under this section before January 1, 1990.