An Act To Assist Maine Workers and Businesses in Succeeding in a Changing Economy
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1474
Committee Amendment CA_A_H321 (House)
Amends: 26 MRSA §1196

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A" to H.P. 1025, L.D. 1474, Bill, "An Act To 
Assist Maine Workers and Businesses in Succeeding in a Changing Economy" 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 4 the following: 
'Sec. 5. 26 MRSA §1196, sub-§2, ~, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 591, §5, is 
amended to read: 
D. The success rate in placing trainees who receive benefits under those provisions; 
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Sec. 6. 26 MRSA §1196, sub-§2, ~, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 591, §5, is 
amended to read: 
E. 
The total cost of benefits paid under those provisions and the effect on the 
Unemployment Trust Fund~; and 
Sec~ 7. 26 MRSA §1196, sub-§2, cp' is enacted to read: 
F. 
The number of persons participating in training while receIving extended 
unemployment benefits under those provisions during the report year who have 
previously completed a training program while receiving extended unemployment 
benefits under those provisions, including the length of time between those 
enrollments.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment requires the Commissioner of Labor to report on the status of 
persons who are receiving extended benefits for dislocated workers in approved training 
and have previollsly received sllch benefits in the commissioner's annual report due to the 
Committee on Labor each March 1st. FISCAL :\OTE HEQL"IRED" 
(See attached) 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/18/09 wac:.. 
LD 1474 
LR 1983(02) 
An Act To Assist Maine Workers and Businesses in Succeeding in a Changing Economy 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A" 
Committee: Labor 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Undetermined current biennium cost increase - Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This legislation will result in increased benefit payments from the Unemployment Compensation Tmst Fund 
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beginning in fiscal year 2009-10. The amount can not be determined at this time. However, an analysis performed by .... 
the Department of Labor using information from the State of Washington, which has a similar dislocated worker 
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benefit program that allows individuals to receive benefits more than one time during an individual's lifetime, shows 
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that 1.76% of the participants in that state collected benefits under the program more than once. Based on that 
information, the Department of Labor estimates that had this provision been in place in Maine in 2008 only 5 to 6 
individuals would have potentially collected the dislocated worker benefits more than once at a cost of $18,000. 
Given this information and the low participation rate under the current program, the Department of Labor does not 
anticipate that the additional costs of this provision will have a significant impact to the Unemployment Compensation 
Trust Fund. 
Additional costs to the Department of Labor to conduct the required study can be absorbed within existing budgeted 
resources. 
LR1983(02) Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1 
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