An Act To Enact the Maine Fair Chance Employment Act
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1566
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_A_H750 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT" A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1079, 
L.D. 1566, Bill, "An Act To Enact the Maine Fair Chance Employment Act" 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4723 in subsection 1 in the 2nd line (page 1, 
line 25 in amendment) by inserting after the following: 
11employment
the following: 'QY 
a state government employer' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4723 in subsection 1 in the last line (page 1, 
line 26 in amendment) by inserting after the following: 
11employment
the following: 
1QY 
a state government employer' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4723 by strildng out all of subsection 3 (page 
2, lines 1 to 3 in amendment) and inserting the following: 
13. State government employer. "State government employer" means a department 
or office in the executive branch, an independent or quasi-independent state entity, a 
public instrumentality of the State, the Legislature or the judicial branch. 
State 
government employer" does not include a school administrative unit, municipality, 
county or other political subdivision of the State.' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4724 in subsection 1 in the first line (page 2, 
line 6 in amendment) by striking out the following: 
11public
and inserting the following: 
'state government' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4 724 in subsection 2 in the last line (page 2, 
line 23 in amendment) by striking out the following: 
11public
and inserting the 
following: 'state government' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4 725 in the first line (page 2, line 24 in 
amendment) by striking out the following: 
11Public
and inserting the following: 'State 
government' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4725 in subsection 1 in the first line (page 2, 
line 25 in amendment) by striking out the following: 
11public
and inserting the 
following: 
1state government' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4725 in subsection 2 in the first line (page 2, 
line 27 in amendment) by striking out the following: 
11public
and inserting the 
following; 'state government' 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT" A:» to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1079, L.D. 1566 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4725 in subsection 4 in the 3rd line (page 2, 
line 36 in amendment) by striking out the following: 
"public" and inserting the 
following: 'state government' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4726 in subsection 1 in the first line (page 3, 
line 5 in amendment) by striking out the following: "public" and insetting the following: 
'state government' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 in §4727 in the indented paragraph in the first 
line (page 3, line 12 in amendment) by striking out the following: "public" and inse1iing 
the following: 'state government' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Human Resources 0038 
Initiative: Appropriates funds on a one-time basis for the information technology and 
related costs of implementing requirements regarding the criminal history information of 
job applicants. 
GENERAL FUND 
AU Other 
GENERAL FUND TOT AL 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$135,384 
$135,384 
SUMMARY 
This amendment applies the requirements in the committee amendment only to state 
government employers. It removes school administrative units, municipalities, counties 
and other political subdivisions of the State from the requirements in the committee 
amendment. The amendment also reduces the appropriation in the committee amendment 
to reflect a revised cost estimate. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
SPONSOREDBY: ~~ 
(Representative TALBOT ROSS) 
TOWN: Portland 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 04/05/18 :?#aC 
LD 1566 
LR 561(04) 
An Act To Enact the Maine Fair Chance Employment Act 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment ,4, to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Rep. Talbot Ross of Portland 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Eliminates unfunded state mandate 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$0 
($263,568) 
$0 
($263,568) 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
$0 
$0 
,. 
Projections 
FY2020-21 
$0 
$0 
Removing the requirements regarding the inquily and consideration of criminal history information of job applicants 
from school administrative units, municipalities and counties eliminates the unfunded state mandate. The 
requirements still apply to state government. 
This amendment also reduces by $263,568, from $398,952 to $135,384, the one-time appropriation in fiscal year 2018-
to the Depa1iment of Administrative and Financial Services for the information technology and related costs of 
implementing the bill's requirements regarding the criminal history information of job applicants. This reduction 
reflects a revised estimate of the cost of implementing those requirements. 
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