An Act To Provide Supplemental Appropriations and Deappropriations for the Judicial Department for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1597
Committee Amendment CA_A_H631 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A,, to H.P. 1087, L.D. 1597, Bill, "An Act To 
Provide Supplemental Appropriations and Deappropriations for the Judicial Department 
for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
Initiative: Provides funding for the child protective guardian ad litem hourly rate increase 
from $50 per hour to $60 per hour effective July 1, 2016 to be consistent with the rate 
paid to attorneys appointed to represent parents. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
2015-16 
$0 
$0 
2016-17 
$443,000 
$443,000 
Initiative: Provides funding for the increase in hours from a 37.5-hour workweek to a 40-
hour workweek for the administrative bargaining unit, remaining employees in the 
professional and supervisory bargaining units and confidential nonmanagement 
employees effective the first pay period following July 1, 2016. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
2015-16 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2016-17 
$770,000 
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COMMI'ITEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 1087, L.D. 1597 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$0 
$770,000 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
Initiative: Provides funding for the increase in the executive branch network charges 
based on current users. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063 
2015-16 
$93,776 
$93,776 
2016-17 
$93,776 
$93,776 
Initiative: Deappropriates one-time funds no longer needed for courthouse feasibility 
studies. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Judicial - Debt Service Z097 
2015-16 
($215,000) 
($215,000) 
2016-17 
$0 
$0 
Initiative: Reduces funding by recognizing one-time savings in debt service costs in fiscal 
year 2015-16 and fiscal year 2016-17. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2015-16 
($400,000) 
($400,000) 
2015-16 
($521,224) 
($521,224) 
2016-17 
($1,300,000) 
($1,300,000) 
2016-17 
$6,776 
$6,776 
Sec. 3. Effective date. That section of this Act that enacts the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 4, section 1556, subsection 2, paragraph I takes effect July 1, 2016.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 1087, L.D. 1597 
SUMMARY 
This amendment adds an effective date for funding for the increase in hours from a 
37.5-hour workweek to a 40-hour workweek for the administrative bargaining unit, 
remaining employees in the professional and supervisory bargaining units and 
confidential nonmanagement employees and changes the appropriation from "All Other" 
to "Personal Services" and adds an effective date of July 1, 2016 to the changes in statute 
affecting the hourly rate of compensation for guardians ad litem. This amendment also 
clarifies that the deappropriation of funds no longer needed for courthouse feasibility 
studies and for debt service cost is for the 2016-2017 biennium only. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/30/16 .Mac:.. 
LO 1597 
LR2642(02) 
An Act To Provide Supplemental Appropriations and Deappropriations for the Judicial Department 
for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2017 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment :tJ'( /-1-1.i.31) 
Committee: Appropriations and Financial Affairs 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2015-16 
FY 2016-17 
($521,224) 
$6,776 
($521,224) 
$6,776 
Projections 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$1,345,276 
$1,385,701 
$1,345,276 
$1,385,701 
This bill includes General Fund appropriations and deappropriation that result in a net General Fund deappropriation 
of$521,224 in fiscal year 2015-16 and a net General Fund appropriation of $6,776 in fiscal year 2016-17. 
LR2642(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1