An Act To Ensure Efficiency in the Unemployment Insurance System
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0690
Committee Amendment CA_A_H280 (House)
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development, adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " 
to H.P. 482, L.D. 690, Bill, "An Act To 
Ensure Efficiency in the Unemployment Insurance System" 
Amend the bill by adding after section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Employment Security Services 0245 
Initiative: Provides funds for 16 Claims Adjudicator positions and related All Other costs 
to make the determinations on all nonmonetary issues related to unemployment benefit 
eligibility within the required time frame. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2013-14 
2014-15 
16.000 
16.000 
$652,954 
$914,801 
$60,000 
$80,000 
$712,954 
$994,801 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development, adds an appropriations and 
allocations section to the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
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Approved: OS/23/13 
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LD690 
LR 1588(02) 
An Act To Ensure Efficiency in the Unemployment Insurance System 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A, CH -:;180 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential loss of Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) tax credits 
Potential current biennium revenue decrease - Federal Expenditures Fund 
FY 2013-14 
FY 2014-15 
$712,954 
$994,801 
Projections 
FY2015-16 
$1,031,009 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
$1,078,932 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
$712,954 
$994,801 
$1,031,009 
$1,078,932 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of$712,954 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $994,801 in fiscal year 
2014-15 to the Employment Security Services program within the Department of Labor for 16 Claims Adjudicator 
positions and related all other costs that the department indicates will be needed in order to make the determinations 
on all nonmonetary issues related to unemployment benefit eligibility within the required timeframe proposed in this 
legislation. The fiscal year 2013-14 General Fund cost assumes an October 1, 2013 start date. 
The Department of Labor also indicates that the language in this legislation that provides an individual eligibility 
determination cannot exceed 30 days after the date a nonmonetary issue is identified may result in a federal 
conformity issue. According to the department, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) only permits the 
payment of unemployment benefits to individuals determined to be eligible. If it is the intent of this legislation that 
benefits are to be paid within 30 days even if eligibility has not been established, the State could potentially be ruled 
out of conformity with federal law. Being out of conformity could jeopardize employers' FUTA tax credits and 
Maine's unemployment administrative grants. According to the Department of Labor, if Maine's Employment 
Security Law is ruled out of conformity, the federal unemployment taxes for all Maine employers would increase to 
6% on all employment, increasing FUTA taxes from $30 million to $210 million annually. Additionally, funding of 
between $13 million and $15 million from unemployment administrative grants that the Bureau of Unemployment 
Compensation receives annually would be at risk. 
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