The Maine Legislative Retirement System (MLRS) was established to administer certain benefits that are available to legislators of the State of Maine, who are members of the MLRS or MainePERS. These benefits include:

• service retirement benefits, which provide income to a member after the member retires;

• disability retirement benefits, which provides income to a member if a member becomes disabled (as defined by MLRS law) while in service and before the member retires; and

• death benefits, which are paid to a member's designated beneficiary(ies) (or family or estate, if the member has not designated one or more beneficiaries) if the member dies before he/she retires. (A designated beneficiary is a person the member has named to receive a benefit.)

Please click the link below for the law that governs the Maine Legislative Retirement System.

TITLE 3, CHAPTER 29 - LEGISLATURE