Resolve, To Provide for Workforce Development in the Forest Products Industry
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0979
Committee Amendment CA_A_H150 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" fi" to H;P. 676, L.D. 979, "Resolve, To Provide 
for Workforce Development in the Forest Products Industry" 
Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
Initiative: Provides funds for one half-time CareerCenter Consultant position and All 
Other costs associated with administering the forest products workforce development 
pilot program. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
Employment Services Activity 0852 
2015-16 
0.500 
$21,735 
$10,500 
$32,235 
2016-17 
0.500 
$29,513 
$14,000 
$43,513 
Initiative: Provides funds for the forest products workforce development pilot program. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
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2015-16 
$100,000 
$100,000 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2016-17 
$100,000 
$100,000 
~~~. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" 1/" to H.P. 676, L.D. 979 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2015-16 
2016-17 
$132,235 
$143,513 
$132,235 
$143,513 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, strikes and replaces 
the appropriations and allocations section in the resolve to include funding for a half-time 
CareerCenter Consultant position to administer the pilot program. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04127/15 
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LD979 
LR 1822(02) 
Resolve, To Provide for Workforce Development in the Forest Products Industry 
Fiscal Note for BiU as Amended by Committee Amendment ·A· ( H - IS"D J 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
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 
$132,235 
$143,513 
$132,235 
$143,513 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
$144,694 
$144,694 
Projections 
FY 2018-19 
$145,921 
$145,921 
This bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $132,235 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $143,513 in fiscal year 
2016-17 to the Employment Services Activity program within the Department of Labor for the Bureau of Employment 
Services to conduct a forest products workforce development pilot program. Of this amount, $100,000 per year is 
appropriated to provide funding to employers in the forest products industry who hire high schools graduates or 
holders of general equivalency diplomas who are between 18 and 20 years of age. An additional $32,235 in fiscal 
year 2015-16 and $43,513 in fiscal year 2016-17 is appropriated for one half-time CareerCenter Consultant position 
and related all other costs to administer the pilot program. Because this legislation does not provide an end date for 
the pilot program, this fiscal note assumes that the program will extend at least through the 2018-2019 biennium. 
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