An Act to Reduce Legislative Salaries and Allowances LR0525(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0210
Committee Amendment CA_A_H413 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,!). to H.P. 169, L.D. 
Act to Reduce Legislative Salaries and Allowances" 
210, Bill, "An 
Amend 
the bill by striking out all of section land 
inserting in its place the following: 
. Sec. 1. 3 MRS A §2, first 1f, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. 
F, §1, is further amended to read: 
Each member of the Senate and House of Representatives, 
beginning with the first Wednesday of December 
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and 
thereafter, is entitled to $~QT8~9 $10,245 in the first year and 
$+T+69 $7,472 in the 2nd year of each biennium, except that if a 
Legislator who is a recipient of retirement benefits from the 
federal Social Security Administration files a written request 
with the Executive Director of the Legislative Council within one 
week after the biennium commences, the Legislator is entitled to 
$9T6+Q $8,858.50 in each year of the biennium. 
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Le~isla~~FeT In addition, each Legislator is entitled to be paid 
for travel at each legislative session once each week at the same 
rate of 28.8 cents per mile to and from that Legislator's place 
of abode as-s~a~e-e~pleyees-~eeeive, the mileage to be determined 
by the most reasonable direct route, except that Legislators may 
be reimbursed for tolls paid for travel on the Maine Turnpike as 
long as they have a receipt for payment of the tolls, such tolls 
to be reimbursed when Legislators use the Maine Turnpike in 
traveling 
to 
and 
from 
sessions 
of 
the 
Legislature 
or 
in 
performance 
of 
duly 
authorized 
committee 
assignments. 
Each 
Legislator is entitled to mileage 
on the first day of the 
session, and those amounts of salary and expenses at such times 
as the Legislature may determine during the session, 
and the 
balance at the end of the session.' 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 3 the 
following: 
, Sec. 
4. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
LEGISLA'l'ORE 
Leqis1ature 
The 
following 
Initiative: 
Deappropriates funds to reflect a 10"-0 reduction in 
Legislative 
salaries, 
mileage 
and 
meal 
allowances 
effective 
December 1, 2004. 
Genera1 Fund 
Personal Services 
All Other 
General Fund Total 
2003-04 
$0 
o 
$0 
2004-05 
($355,537) 
(69,786) 
($425,323)' 
Further amend the bill by relettering 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
consecutively. 
or renumbering any 
number 
to 
read 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
adds 
an 
appropriations 
and 
allocations 
section and incorporates changes made by Public Law 2003, chapter 
20, Part F, section 1 to avoid a conflict. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Net Cost (Savings): 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Jeneral Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 04124/03 ~ae 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD210 
An Act to Reduce Legislative Salaries and Allowances 
LR0525(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
2004-05 
($425,323) 
($425,323) 
Projections 
2005-06 
($309,595) 
($309,595) 
Projections 
2006-07 
($553,776) 
($553,776) 
General Fund deappropriations will be required to reflect a 10% reduction in Legislative salaries, mileage and meal 
allowances effective December 1,2004. 
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