An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1626
Committee Amendment CA_A_H648 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "j[ " to H.P. 1154, L.D. 1626, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Unemployment Compensation Laws Regarding Vacation Pay" 
. Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble (page 1, lines I to 9 in 
L.D.) 
Amend the bill by insel1ing after section I the following: 
'Sec. 2. Requests for transfers for costs incurred. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law to the contrary; executive branch depm1ments and agencies may request 
transfers from the Salary Plan program for the additional Gen.eral Fund and Highway 
Fund costs incurred as a result of the additional unemployment benefits authorized by this 
Act. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
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ADMINISTRA TIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Salary Plan 0305 
Initiative: Provides funding for the estimated additional unerhployment compensation 
costs for executive branch departments and agencies. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HIGHWAY FUND 
Pel~sonal Services 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
2009-10 
$0 
$0 
2009-10 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2010-11 
$30,047 
$30,047 
2010-11 
$18,820 
$18,820 
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COMMITIEE AMENDMENT ,4 "to H.P. 1154, L.D. 1626 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL 
SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2009-10 
2010-11 
GENERAL FUND 
$0 
$30,047 
mGHWAYFUND 
$0 
$18,820 
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL -ALL FUNDS 
$0 
$48,867 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
Initiative: Provides funding for the estimated additional unemployment compensation 
costs for the judicial branch. 
GENERAL FUND 
2009-10 
2010-11 
Personal Services 
$0 
$648 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
$648 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
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DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2009-10 
2010-11 
GENERAL FUND 
$0 
$648 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$0 
$648 
LEGISLATURE 
Legislature 0081 
Initiative: 'Provides funding for the estimated additional unemployment costs to the 
Legislature. 
GENERAL FUND 
2009-10 
2010-11 
Personal Services 
$0 
$3,825 
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
$3,825 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT l~/" to I-I.P. 1154, L.D. 1626 
LEGISLATURE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
, IDGHWAYFUND 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2009-10 
$0 
$0 
2009-10 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2010-11 
$3,825 
$3,825 
2010-11 
$34,520 
$18,820 
$53,340 
Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency clause (page 1, lines 15 and 16 in 
L.D.) 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Labor, strikes the emergency preamble and the emergency clause from the bill. The 
amendment also provides funding for the estimated cost of the expansion of 
unemployment insurance benefits for state agencies that must directly reimburse the 
Unemployment Trust Fund and adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 0211 011 0 Wac. 
LD 1626 
LR 2110(02) 
An Act To Amend the Unemployment Compensation Laws Regarding Vacation Pay 
Fiscal N~te for Bill as Amended by Committee Amend~ent 'A" 
Committee: Labor 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
CUlTent biennium cost increase - Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund 
Potential future biennium revenue increase - Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund 
Projections 
Projections 
Net Cost (Savings). 
General Fund 
. Highway Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
. Fiscal Detail and Notes 
2009-10 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2010-11 
$34,520 
$18,820 
$34,520 
$18,820 
2011-12 
$34,520 
$18,820 
$34,520 
$18,820 
2012-1':' 
$34,520 
$18,820 
$34,520 
$18,820 
Removing vacation pay as a deductible income when calculating a claimant's unemployment compensation benefit 
amount will increase costs to the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund beginning in fiscal year 2009-10 due to an 
increase in benefit payments. An analysis performed by the Depaliment of Labor's Center for Workforce Research 
and Information estimates the increase in benefit costs to be between 0.7% and 0.8% of total regular benefits. If this 
provision had been in place in 2007, the estimated increase in benefit costs would have been between $800,000 and 
$850,000 based on total regular benefit costs of$1 13.96 million. If this provision had been in place during the 
recession year of2009, the estimated increase would have been between $1.8 million and $2.0 million, based on total 
regular benefit costs of $254.0 III illion. 
This expansion of benefits may potentially affect the contribution rate schedule in future biennia. The impact to all 
employers and the timing of the impact can not be determined at this time and will depend on the level of benefits 
paid, contributions received and the balance of the trust fund when the contribution schedule is calcu lated. 
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This bill will increase unemployment costs for executive branch departments and agencies that are in direct 
reimbursement status. The annual General Fund cost ,is estimated to be $30,047, the Highway Fund cost is estimated 
to be $18,820 and the cost to other state funds is estimated to be $20,443 beginning in fiscal year 2010-11. A General 
Fund appropriation and a Highway Fund allocation are included to set aside funds for the estimated General Fund and 
Highway Fund costs, respectively. 
This bill also includes General Fund appropriations in fiscal year 20 I 0-11 to the Legislature and the Judicial 
DepaIiment of $3,825 and $648, respectively, for the costs to these depaJiments. 
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