Compliance April 9, 2012
Maine Allows Pension Forfeiture for Public Employee Criminals
April 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A bill allowing Maine courts to order the forfeiture of retirement benefits for a state employee convicted of a crime has been signed into law.
Reported by Rebecca Moore
The bill, signed by Governor Paul LePage last week, brings Maine in line with more than 15 other states that have pension forfeiture laws on their books, according to the Associated Press.
The bill surfaced amid a scandal in which former Maine Turnpike Executive Director Paul Violette was sent to jail for theft of public funds; however, the new law will not apply in retroactively to Violette’s case, the news report said.