An Act To Calculate the Livable Wage and Measure the Bureaucratic Costs To Subsidize Workers Paid Less Than a Livable Wage
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1445
Committee Amendment CA_A_H394 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"!J " to H.P. 1014, L.D. 1445, Bill, "An Act To 
Calculate the Livable Wage and Measure the Bureaucratic Costs To Subsidize Workers 
Paid Less Than a Livable Wage" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Define "Livable Wage'" 
Amend the bill by striking out section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §l-A is enacted to read: 
§l-A. Livable wage defined 
As used in this Title, unless the context otherwise indicates, "livable wage" means the 
statewide average livable wage for a 2-parent household with 2 earners and 2 children as 
reported by the Department of Labor in the most recent annual report required pursuant to 
section 1405.' 
Amend the bill by striking out section 3. 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 4 the following: 
'Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Employment Security Services 0245 
Initiative: Allocates funds for one .Senior Economic Research Analyst position and 
related All Other associated with annually calculating the livable wage for households in 
the State's counties and metropolitan statistical areas by family size and as statewide 
averages. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "fi" to H.P. 1014, L.D. 1445 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
2008-09 
1.000 
1.000 
$46,523 
$66,129 
$3,000 
$3,000 
$49,523 
$69,129 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the defined household in the livable wage definition from a 
single-parent, one-child household to a 2-parent household with 2 earners and 2 children. 
The amendment also removes a section of the bill requiring the Department of Labor to 
measure annually the costs to workers paid less than a livable wage and the bureaucratic 
costs to subsidize workers paid less than a livable wage. This amendment also adds an 
appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/21/07 Mac: 
LD 1445 
LR 486(02) 
An Act To Calculate the Livable Wage and Measure the Bureaucratic Costs To Subsidize Workers 
Paid Less Than a Livable Wage 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" A " 
Committee: Labor 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
.t' Iscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
$49,523 
2008-09 
$69,129 
Projections 
2009-10 
$71,166 
Projections 
2010-11 
$73,265 
This bill includes ongoing Federal Expenditures Fund allocations of $49,523 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $69,129 in 
fiscal year 2008-09 to the Employment Security Services program within the Department of Labor for one Senior 
Research Analyst position and related all other associated with annually calculating the livable wage for households in 
the State's counties and metropolitan statistical areas by family size and as statewide averages. 
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