Maine Code § 5-1958

For-profit prisons
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(REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 5, SECTION 1957)
1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the
following terms have the following meanings.

A. "Board" has the same meaning as in section 17001, subsection 7. [PL 2021, c. 234, §2 (NEW);
RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. A, §4 (RAL).]
B. "Retirement system" means the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. [PL 2021, c.
234, §2 (NEW); RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. A, §4 (RAL).]
[PL 2021, c. 234, §2 (NEW); RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. A, §4 (RAL).]
2. Board may not invest. The board, in accordance with sound investment criteria and consistent
with fiduciary obligations, may not invest the assets of the retirement system in any stocks or other
securities of any corporation or company that owns or operates prisons for profit. Nothing in this
subsection precludes de minimis exposure of any funds held by the board to the stocks, securities or
other obligations of any corporation or company that owns or operates prisons for profit.
[PL 2021, c. 234, §2 (NEW); RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. A, §4 (RAL).]
3. Board to divest. The board shall review the extent to which the assets of the retirement system
are invested in any stocks or other securities of any corporation or company that owns or operates
prisons for profit. The board shall, in accordance with sound investment criteria and consistent with
fiduciary obligations, divest any such holdings. Nothing in this subsection precludes de minimis
exposure of any funds held by the board to the stocks, securities or other obligations of any corporation
or company that owns or operates prisons for profit.
[PL 2021, c. 234, §2 (NEW); RR 2021, c. 1, Pt. A, §4 (RAL).]

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