An Act To Change the Way Legislators An: Paid
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1369
Committee Amendment CA_A_H475 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A, to H.P. 977, L.D. 1369, Bill, "An Act To 
Change the Way Legislators An: Paid" 
Amend the bill in section 1 in the first paragraph in the 2nd and 3rd lines (page 1, 
lines 5 and 6 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "$20,000" in the first year and 
$+,-m $20,000" and inserting the following: 
'$18,000 in the first year and 
$+,-m $18,000' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 12 the following: 
'Sec. 13. Executive Director of Legislative Council required to review the 
status of Legislators being considered self-employed and independent 
contractors by February ] 5, 2014. 
The Executive Director of the Legislative 
Council shall determine the implications of considering Legislators self-employed and 
independent contractors and the effect of such a consideration on workers' compensation, 
unemployment insurance, retirement, Social Security and Medicare benefits, disability 
and withholding obligations. The executive director may consult with the Department of 
Labor, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Maine Revenue 
Services, the United States SocIal Security Administration, the federal Internal Revenue 
Service, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services and other entities as needed. The executive director 
shall report the executive director's findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing 
Committee on State and Local Government no later than February 15, 2014. The Joint 
Standing Committee on State and Local Government may report out a bill to the Second 
Regular Session of the 126th Legislature related to the findings and recommendations in 
the report. 
Sec. 14. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
LEGISLATURE 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A" to H.P. 977, L.D. 1369 
Initiative: Adjusts funding to reflect the change in the employment status and salaries of 
Legislators. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2013-14 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2014-15 
($5,184,266) 
$3,447,000 
($1,737,266) 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee and provides that Legislators 
are paid $18,000 in both the first regular session and the second regular session instead of 
$20,000 in each session as provided in the bill. The amendment requires the Executive 
Director of the Legislative Council to detennine the implications of considering 
Legislators self-employed and independent contractors and to report findings and 
recommendations on the effect of such a consideration on workers' compensation, 
unemployment insurance, retirement, Social Security and Medicare benefits, disability 
and withholding obligations to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local 
Government by February 15, 2014. The Joint Standing Committee on State and Local 
Government may report out a bill in the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature 
related to the findings and recommendations in the report. 
This amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06111113 frae. 
LD 1369 
LR 941(02) 
An Act To Ch3lllge the Way Legislators Are Paid 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 1\' I H -415 ) 
Committee: State and Local Government 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiseal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2013-14 
FY 2014-15 
$0 
($1,737,266) 
$0 
($1,737,266) 
Projections 
FY 2015-16 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
($949,324) 
($2,093,870) 
($949,324) 
($2,093,870) 
The change of the employment status and the payment of salaries will result in net savings to the Legislature 
beginning in fiscal year 2014-15. Estimated net savings for the 127th Legislature are projected to be $1,737,266 in 
fiscal year 2014-15 for the first regular session and $949,324 in fiscal year 2015-16 for the second regular session. A 
General Fund deappropriation of$1,737,266 is bcluded in the bill to recognize the savings in fiscal year 2014-15. 
The Maine Public Employees Retirement System will incur additional costs to close the Legislative Retirement Plan. 
Whether the surplus funds currently in the Legislative Retirement Plan will be sufficient to cover these costs can not 
be determined at this time. 
The Maine Public Employees Retirement System will incur some minor additional costs to develop legislation to close 
the Legislative Retirement Program. These cost~; can be absorbed within the existing budgeted resources of the 
system. 
The net impact on the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program and the amount, if any, to be refunded from 
the Legislative Rytirement Program can not be determined at this time. 
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