An Act To Require Prevailing Wages To Be Paid on All Public Works Projects Receiving State Funding
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1150
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S351 (Senate)
Amends: 26 MRSA §2033

SENATE AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 815, 
L.D. 1150, Bill, "An Act To Require Prevailing Wages To Be Paid on All Public Works 
Projects Receiving State Funding" 
Amend the amendment by striking out everything after the title and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Continue Certain Position Distributions in the Department of Labor and 
To Amend the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the proposed position changes and funding represent continuity with the 
current fiscal year; and 
Whereas, the continuity is essential for the proper provision of the services to be 
funded; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §2033, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 352, Pt. A, §3, is 
amended to read: 
2. 
Program established. 
The department shall establish and administer an 
employment training program known as the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program. 
The purpose of the program is to provide individuals with access to education, training 
and support leading to skilled, well-compensated jobs with anticipated high employment 
demand, to improve the economic well-being of the participants in the program and to 
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SENATE AMENDMENT 'A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 815, L.D. 1150 
provide employers with a skilled labor force in accordance with the provisions of this 
section. 
The commissioner may expend funds through the department's career centers from the 
fund for the costs of education, training and support in accordance with subsection 6, for 
career counseling and for the administration of the program. Career counseling must 
include developing a plan and assisting a participant in accessing the support necessary 
for the participant to participate in the plan. The commissioner shall establish a limit on 
or a formula that limits the proportion of program funds that are expended on career 
counseling and for administration; except that, beginning with fiscal year 2014-2015, the 
commissioner may not expend, on an annualized basis, more than 10% of the annual 
revenue to the fund for administrative costs and for career counseling. 
Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §2033, suh-§l1 is enacted to read: 
11. 
Enrollment of eligible supplemental nutrition assistance proeram 
participants. The department shall enroll, to the maximum extent possible and when 
appropriate, participants in the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program 
administered by the State pursuant to Title 22, section 3104 who meet the eligibility 
criteria specified in subsection 5 and who are referred to the program pursuant to a 
memorandum of agreement entered into by the State with the Department of Health and 
Human Services as part of the individual's self-sufficiency plan under. the federal 
supplemental nutrition assistance program administered by the State pursuant to Title 22, 
section 3104. Federal funds may not be used to supplant state funds used to provide 
education, training and support under this section to program participants enrolled 
pursuant to this subsection. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
LABOR,DEPARTMENTOF 
Employment Security Services 0245 
Initiative: For fiscal year 2013-14 only, reallocates the cost of one Accounting Associate I 
position from 100% Employment Security Services program, Federal Expenditures Fund 
to 75% Employment Security Services program, Federal Expenditures Fund and 25% 
Employment Services Activity program, Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
2013-14 
($11,814) 
$11,814 
$0 
2014-15 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: For fiscal year 2013-14 only, transfers and reallocates the cost of various 
positions between the General Fund, Federal Expenditures Fund, Other Special Revenue 
Funds and Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund within the Employment Services Activity 
program to better align positions with work activity and adjusts All Other. 
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SENATE AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 815, L.D. 1150 
GENERAL FUND 
2013-14 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
2.000 
Personal Services 
($164) 
All Other 
$164 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
2013-14 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
(7.000) 
Personal Services 
($418,501) 
All Other 
$418,501 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
$0 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2013-14 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
4.000 
Personal Services 
$133,926 
All Other 
($133,926) 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
$0 
COMPETITIVE SKILLS SCHOLARSHIP FUND 
2013-14 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
1.000 
Personal Services 
$324,937 
All Other 
($324,937) 
COMPETITIVE SKILLS SCHOLARSHIP FUND 
$0 
TOTAL 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2013-14 
GENERAL FUND 
$0 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
$0 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
$0 
COMPETITIVE SKILLS SCHOLARSHIP 
$0 
FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$0 
SENA TE AMENDMENT 
2014-15 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2014-15 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2014-15 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2014-15 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2014-15 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
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SENATE AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 815, L.D. 1150 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved.' , 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes the provisions of Committee Amendment "A" and instead 
amends the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program by: 
1. Limiting the amount of revenue deposited in the Competitive Skills Scholarship 
Fund that may be used for administrative costs and career counseling; and 
2. 
Requiring the Department of Labor to enroll participants in the so-called 
supplemental nutrition assistance program in the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program 
as long as those participants meet the eligibility requirements of the program and are 
referred to the program pursuant to a memorandum of agreement between the State and 
the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Labor is prohibited 
from using federal funds to supplant state funds to provide services under the program. 
This amendment eliminates the provisions of Committee Amendment "A," including 
the appropriations and allocations section, that required the Department of Labor to 
increase enforcement activity to ensure that public works contracts included prevailing 
wages and benefits and provides for the transfers and reallocations of the cost of various 
positions in the Department of Labor. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
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SPONSORED BY, ~~.A.<-~ ~ 
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(Senator HILL) 
COUNTY: York 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/26/13 
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LD 1150 
LR 1728(04) 
An Act To Continue Certain Position Distributions in the Department of Labor and to Amend the 
Competitive Skills Scholarship Program 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment 1t' to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Hill of York 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Competitive Skills Scholarship 
Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2013-14 
($105,862) 
($105,862) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY 2014-15 
($146,141) 
($146,141) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2015-16 
($151,599) 
($151,599) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
($157,590) 
($157,590) 
$0 
$0 
$0 
This amendment eliminates the General Fund appropriations in the bill of$105,862 in fiscal year 2013-14 and 
$146,141 in fiscal year 2014-15 by eliminating all provisions in the legislation related to the payment of prevailing 
wages in public works contracts. 
As amended, this bill provides for the transfers and reallocations of the cost of various positions in fiscal year 2013-14 
only between the General Fund, Federal Expenditures Fund, Other Special Revenue Funds and Competitive Skills 
Scholarship Fund within the Employment Services Activity program to better align positions with work activity 
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