An Act To Extend the Allowed Time for the Interchange of Government Employees
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0491
Committee Amendment CA_A_H65 (House)
Amends: 5 MRSA §3003, 5 MRSA §3003-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 354, L.D. 491, Bill, "An Act To 
Extend the Allowed Time for the Interchange of Government Employees" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Extend the Allowed Time for the Interchange of Educators between 
School Administrative Units and the Department of Education' 
Amend the bill by striking out eve1ything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3003, last 1, as enacted by PL 1967, c. 266, is amended to 
read: 
+he Except as provided in section 3003-A, the period of individual assignment or 
detail under an interchange program shall may not exceed 12 months, nor shall may any 
person be assigned or detailed for more than 12 months during any 36-month period. 
Details relating to any matter covered in this chapter may be the subject of an agreement 
between the sending and receiving agencies. Elected officials shall may not be assigned 
from a sending agency nor detailed to a receiving agency. 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3003-A is enacted to read: 
§3003-A. Educator interchange program; period of assignment 
The period of an individual assignment of an educator under an interchange program, 
authorized under section 3003, between the educator's school administrative unit as the 
sending agency and the Department of Education as the receiving agency may not exceed 
months nor may any educator be assigned under such an interchange program for 
more than 24 months during any 36-month period. For the purposes of this section, 
"educator" means a teacher, principal or other education professional employed by a 
school administrative unit.' 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITl'EE AMENDMENT ";A" to H.P. 354, L.D. 491 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the title and replaces the bill. The amendment provides for 
a maximum period of an employee interchange assignment of 24 months in any 36-month 
period for an educator participating in an interchange program between the educator's 
school administrative unit and the Department of Education. The amendment creates an 
exception to the provision of law governing interchange programs, which establishes a 
maximum period of 12 months in any 36-month period. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/15/17 feac 
LD491 
LR 1248(02) 
An Act To Extend the Allowed Time for the Interchange of Government Employees 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A, { f-1- bS) 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium cost increase - Workers' Compensation Management Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Increasing the maximum period of time that educators may participate in an interchange program with the Department 
of Education extends the length of time that the State may be held responsible if an educator participating in the 
program experiences a personal injury that results in a disability or death. The impact to the State's Workers' 
Compensation Management Fund will depend on actual experience. 
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