An Act To Improve Disclosure Procedures
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0451
Committee Amendment CA_A_S259 (Senate)
Amends: 14 MRSA §3126-A, 14 MRSA §3135

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A " to S.P. 180, L.D. 451, Bill, "An Act To 
Improve Disclosure Procedures" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following. 
'Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §3126-A, sub-§8 is enacted to read: 
8. Order to Department of Labor. When it is shown upon ex parte motion and 
affidavit that the judgment debtor has failed to make 2 or more payments required by an 
installment payment order under this section, the court shall order the Department of 
Labor to provide the judgment creditor with the name and address of the current or most 
recent employer of the judgment debtor, if any, together with the date the employer last 
reported wage information concerning the judgment debtor. The affidavit must specify 
the manner of application of all payments made pursuant to the installment payment 
order. An order directed to the Department of Labor under this section may be served by 
the judgment creditor by ordinary mail, accompanied by a reasonable fee set by the 
Department of Labor calculated to cover the full labor. overhead and other costs of 
administering the order pursuant to state rules and federal regulations. The Depaliment 
of Labor shall respond to the judgment creditor within 20 days after receipt of the court 
order.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 3 the following: 
'Sec.4. 14 MRSA §3135, 5th~, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 177, §l, is amended to 
read: 
An order directed to the Department of Labor under this section may be served by the 
judgment creditor by ordinary mail, accompanied by a reasonable fee set by the 
Department of Labor calculated to cover the full labor, overhead and other costs of 
administering the order pursuant to state 11l1es and federal regulations. The Department 
of Labor shall respond to the judgment creditor within 20 days after receipt of the court 
order.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 6 the following: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to S.P. 180, L.D. 451 
'Sec. 7. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made, 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Employment Security Services 0245 
Initiative: Transfers and reallocates the cost of one Office Associate II position from the 
Federal Expenditures Fund to Other Special Revenues Funds within the same program to 
support the increase in the volume of work related to court-ordered disclosures, 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGIS LA TNE COUNT 
Personal Services 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
Employment Security Services 0245 
2015-16 
(1,000) 
($96,489) 
($96,489) 
2016-17 
(1.000) 
($101,189) 
($101,189) 
Initiative: Transfers and reallocates the cost of one Office Associate II position from the 
Federal Expenditures Fund to Other Special Revenues Funds within the same program to 
support the increase in the volume of work related to court-ordered disclosures, 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
POSITIONS - LEGISLA TNE COUNT 
Personal Services 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Employment Security Services 0245 
2015-16 
1.000 
$96,489 
$96,489 
2016-17 
1.000 
$101,189 
$101,189 
Initiative: Allocates funds associated with the All Other costs to support the increase in 
the volume of work related to court-ordered disclosures. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2015-16 
$15,175 
$15,175 
($96,489) 
$111,664 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2016-17 
$15,649 
$15,649 
2016-17 
($101,189) 
$116,838 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" (1 "to S.P. 180, L. D. 451 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL I:fUNDS 
$15,175 
$15,649 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides that the court shall order the Department of Labor to 
provide employment information about a judgment debtor after the judgment debtor has 
failed to make 2 or more payments required by an installment payment order in response 
to an ex parte motion and affidavit filed by the judgment creditor. The bill proposes to 
require a showing that the judgment debtor has failed to timely make 2 or more payments. 
The amendment requires the affidavit to describe how payments made by the judgment 
debtor, including those received late, have been applied to support the judgment creditor's 
motion based on there being at least 2 unpaid installment payments. 
This amendment adds language consistent with current law that provides that the 
judgment creditor may serve the order on the Department of Labor by ordinary mail and 
that the order must be accompanied by a reasonable fee set by the Department of Labor to 
cover the costs of processing the request and providing the employment infol111ation. The 
Department of Labor must provide the employment information to the judgment creditor 
within 20 days after receiving the court order. The fee the Department of Labor may 
require to respond to a court order for employment infoll11ation under the existing law is 
set by the department; the amendment requires that the fee be calculated by the 
department to cover the full labor, overhead and other costs of administering the order 
pursuant to state rules and federal regulations. 
The amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUiRED 
(See Attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/21115 
/?/ac: 
127th MAIl\IE LEGISLATURE 
LD451 
LR 637(02) 
An Act To Improve Disclosure Procedures 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A"(S-dSOJ) 
Committee: Judiciary 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2015-16 
FY 2016-17 
($96,489) 
($101,189) 
$111,664 
$116,838 
$111,664 
$116,838 
Projections 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
($106,238) 
($111,550) 
$122,394 
$127,706 
$122,394 
$127,706 
This legislation expands the circumstances under which the Department of Labor must disclose employment data for 
certain individuals to include small claims court disclosure proceedings and allows for the department to collect a 
reasonable fee for providing the information. 
The department has indicated that the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation will require one Office Associate II 
position to perform the duties necessary to comply with the requirements of this bill. Although the bureau does 
currently have a vacant Office Associate II position, it is federally funded and the duties required by this legislation 
fall outside the scope of work that federal funds can be used for. 
This bill includes Other Special Revenue Funds allocations of $96,489 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $101,189 in fiscal 
year 2016-17 and corresponding Federal EXIJendihlres Fund de allocations to the Employment Security Services 
program within the Department of Labor to transfer and reallocate the cost ofthe vacant Office Associate II position 
from the Federal Expendihlres Fund to Other Special Revenue Funds. This bill also includes Other Special Revenue 
Funds allocations of $15,175 and $15,649 in fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17, respectively for the All Other costs. 
This fiscal note assumes that sufficient revenue will be generated from the fees to cover the personal services and all 
other costs of the position. 
The Judicial Department will experience an increase in the workload of District Court Justices and a reduction in 
clerk duties. The net impact is expected to be minor