An Act To Allocate a Portion of the Reed Act Distribution of2002 To Use for the Administration of the Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services Programs
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1802
Committee Amendment CA_A_S437 (Senate)
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development amends the bill by adding an appropriations and allocations section

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to S.P. 719, L.D. 1802, Bill, "An Act To 
Allocate a Portion of the Reed Act Distribution of2002 To Use for the Administration of 
the Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services Programs" 
Amend the bill by insetting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Employment Security Services 0245 
Initiative: Allocates funds for the costs associated with adding 10 Customer 
Representative Specialist - Benefits positions, 10 Claims Adjudicator positions and 4 
Hearings Examiner positions to address understaffing in areas of claims processing, 
adjudication and appeals. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2013-14 
0.000 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2014-15 
24.000 
$1,441,277 
$576,794 
$2,018,071 
This amendment of the Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research 
and Economic Development amends the bill by adding an appropriations and allocations 
section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03114114 
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LD 1802 
LR 2772(02) 
An Act To Allocate a Portion of the Reed Act Distribution of2002 To Use for the Administration of 
the Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services Programs 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '~' ( S -"1 3·1\ 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
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Appropriations/Allocations 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Revenue 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Funds 
Transfers 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2013-14 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
FY 2014-15 
$2,018,071 
$2,499,991 
($2,499,991) 
($146,920) 
$146,920 
Projections 
FY 2015-16 
$2,076,315 
$2,558,235 
($2,558,235) 
($146,920) 
$146,920 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
$1,850,913 
$2,320,844 
($2,320,844) 
($134,931) 
$134,931 
This bill includes a Federal Expenditures Fund allocation of$2,018,071 in fiscal year 2014-15 to the Department of 
Labor associated with distribution of a portion of the 2002 Reed Act funds to be used to maintain and operate the 
State's unemployment and employment programs. The amount of Reed Act funds anticipated to be transferred to the 
Department of Labor is $2,499,991 in fiscal year 2014-15, $2,558,235 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $2,320,844 in fiscal 
year 2016-17 for the continued support of the State's employment and unemployment offices. Beyond fiscal year 
2016-17, the department expects to draw down approximately $1,700,000 per year until the balance of the 
$17,500,000 in Reed Act funds authorized for use by this legislation has been transferred, anticipated to be by the end 
of calendar year 2023. 
The allocation of $2,0 18,071 is to the Employment Security Services program in the Department of Labor for 10 
Claims Adjudicator positions, 10 Customer Representative Specialist - Benefits positions, 4 Hearings Examiner 
positions and related all other costs to address understaffing in the areas of claims processing, adjudication and 
appeals. 
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Of the remaining $481,920 in Reed Act funds expected to be transferred to the Department of Labor in fiscal year 
2014-15, $50,000 will be used to support the cost for existing staff in the Center for Workforce Research and 
Infonnation to conduct research and analysis targeted at re-employment issues, $285,000 will be used to support the 
costs of certain existing staff in the Bureau of Employment Services to make technological improvements to the case-
management system, the Maine Job Bank and the online service delivery system and $146,920 will be used to 
reimburse the General Fund for indirect costs assessed for certain centrally provided services (e.g. payroll, human 
resources, office space, security, etc.). 
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