An Act To Address an Inequity in the Judicial Retirement System
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1630
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S377 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT "A " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 574, 
L.D. 1630, Bill, "An Act To Address an Inequity in the Judicial Retirement System" 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in the 3rd line from the end (page 1, line 23 in 
amendment) by striking out the following: "judge" and inserting the following: 'sitting 
judge as of June 30, 2005' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 4 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 4. Personal Services funds carried forward. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, up to $75,000 in unencumbered balance of Personal Services in the 
Judicial Department's General Fund account in fiscal year 2006-07 does not lapse and 
may be carried forward into fiscal year 2007-08. 
Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
Courts - Supreme, Superior, District and Administrative 0063 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for the increase in the employers' contribution due to the 
provision that allows judges to include as earnable compensation imputed salary based 
upon cost-of-Iiving adjustments that were not funded in fiscal year 2003-04 and fiscal 
year 2004-05. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
$188,147 
$188,147 
Courts - Supreme, Superior, District and Administrative 0063 
2008-09 
$195,672 
$195,672 
Initiative: Deappropriates, on a one-time basis, funds no longer needed in the 2008-09 
biennium. 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 574, L.D. 1630 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2007-08 
($188,147) 
($188,147) 
2008-09 
($195,672) 
($195,672) 
This amendment provides clarifying language regarding eligible judges, authorizes 
Personal Services funds to carry forward into fiscal year 2007~08 and offsets the General 
Fund costs in the 2008-2009 biennium with one-time deappropriations from the Judicial 
Department. 
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SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/20107 frac:.. 
LD 1630 
LR 2477(04) 
An Act To Address an Inequity in the Judicial Retirement System 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment" A " to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Rotundo of Androscoggin 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
A ppropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2007-08 
2008-09 
($223,984) 
($233,943) 
($223,984) 
($233,943) 
Projections 
2009-10 
($38,764) 
($38,764) 
Projections 
2010-11 
($40,315) 
($40,315) 
This amendment reduces the General Fund cost of the bill by $223,984 in fiscal year 2007-08, $233,943 in fiscal year 
2008-09, $38,764 in fiscal year 2009-10 and $40,315 in fiscal year 2010-11. 
As amended, this bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of$188,147 in fiscal year 2007-08 and $195,672 
in fiscal year 2008-09 to the Judicial Department for the increase in the employers' retirement contributions due to the 
provision that allows judges to include as earnable compensation imputed salary based upon cost-of-Iiving 
adjustments that were not funded in 2003 and 2004. These costs are offset in in the 2008-2009 biennium by 
deappropriations from the Judicial Department's budget. 
This fiscal note assumes that the one-time cost of $1,138,653 to the Maine State Retirement System for the unfunded 
liability cost of the provision described above will be paid from surplus funds available in the Judicial Retirement 
System. As of the June 30, 2006 valuation, the Judicial Retirement System had a surplus in the amount of$I,248,240. 
The surplus funds are currently used to reduce the overall employer contribution rate. 
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