Resolve, Rules Relating to the Department of Amend the resolve by striking out all of the emergency preamble (page 1, lines 1 to 20 in L.D.) Further amend the resolve in section 1 in the last line (page 1, line in L.D. ) by striking out the following: authorized. and inserting in its place the following: authorized only if the rule is modified as follows: Further amend the resolve in section 1 by inserting at the end the following: Section II, subsection C is modified to add language providing that, if the director's determination of a covered establishment's date of termination or relocation is based primarily on the fact that the covered establishment has on that date reduced its number of employees, number of work hours or production to less than 50'\, of that of the same time period one year earlier, as described in factors 3, 4 and 5 of subsection A, the director's determination is a presumption that may be overcome by evidence that the covered establishment's operations did not substantially cease on that date. Further amend the resolve by striking out all of the emergency clause (page 1, lines 29 and 30 in L.D.) Page l-LR0880(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0007
Committee Amendment CA_A_H107 (House)

COMMITTEE 
AMENDMENT "A" to H. P . 
, 
Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 15: 
Severance Pay, 
a Major Substantive Rule of 
Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards" 
L.D. 
7, 
"Resolve, 
Rules Relating to 
the Department of 
Amend 
the resolve by striking out all of the emergency 
preamble (page 1, lines 1 to 20 in L.D.) 
Further amend the resolve in section 1 in the last line 
(page 
1, 
line 
in L.D. ) 
by striking out 
the 
following: 
"authorized." 
and 
inserting 
in 
its 
place 
the 
following: 
'authorized only if the rule is modified as follows: ' 
Further amend the resolve in section 1 by inserting at the 
end the following: 
'Section II, 
subsection 
C is modified 
to 
add 
language 
providing that, if the director's determination of a 
covered 
establishment's 
date 
of 
termination 
or 
relocation is 
based 
primarily on the fact that the covered establishment has on that 
date reduced its number of employees, number of work hours or 
production to less than 50'\, of that of the same time period one 
year earlier, as described in factors 3, 4 and 5 of subsection A, 
the 
director's 
determination is 
a 
presumption 
that 
may 
be 
overcome by evidence that the covered establishment's operations 
did not substantially cease on that date. ' 
Further 
amend 
the 
resolve 
by 
striking out all of 
the 
emergency clause (page 1, lines 29 and 30 in L.D.) 
Page l-LR0880(2) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
~~ ... 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 12, L.D. 7 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
approves 
adoption of 
Chapter 
15: 
Rules 
Relating to Severance Pay by the Department of Labor, Bureau of 
Labor Standards with 2 changes: 
1. 
The amendment strikes out the emergency preamble and 
emergency clause of the resolve; and 
2. 
The amendment requires modification of Chapter 15 to 
provide that, 
if the director's determination of 
a 
covered 
establishment's 
date 
of 
termination 
or 
relocation is 
based 
primarily on the fact that the covered establishment has on that 
date reduced its number of employees, number of work hours or 
production to less than 50~ of that of the same time period one 
year earlier, the director's determination is a presumption that 
may be overcome by evidence that the covered establishment's 
operations did not substantially cease on that date. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/14/05 ;t;vac:.. 
LD7 
LR0880(02) 
Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 15: Rules Relating to Severance Pay, a Major 
Substantive Rule of the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Labor 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
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