An Act To Expand the 1998 Special Retirement Plan To Include Detectives in the Office of the Attorney General
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0100
Committee Amendment CA_A_H174 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"{+" to H.P. 68, L.D. 100, Bill, "An Act To Expand 
the 1998 Special Retirement Plan To Include Detectives in the Office of the Attorney 
General" 
Amend the bill in section 9 in the last 2 lines (page 5, lines 9 and 10 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "180 days after the effective date of this Act" and inserting the 
following: 'December 1, 2018' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 9 the following: 
'Sec. 10. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
Administration - Attorney General 0310 
Initiative: Moves funds from All Other to Personal Services to pay the additional cost for 
detectives employed in the Office of the Attorney General on July 1, 2018 to participate 
in the 1998 Special Plan on a prospective basis. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOT AL 
2017-18 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$3,074 
($3,074) 
$0 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment clarifies 
that a detective in the employment of the Office of the Attorney General on July 1, 2018 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "f ~,, to H.P. 68, L.D. 100 
must make the election to participate in the 1998 Special Plan no later than December 1, 
2018. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/08/17 feac:.. 
LD 100 
LR 442(02) 
An Act To Expand the 1998 Special Retirement Plan To Include Detectives in the Office of the 
Attorney General 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A' [H,,,,. ltL+ 
Committee: Appropriations and Financial Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Allowing detectives employed in the Office of the Attorney General on or after July 1, 2018 to participate in the 1998 
Special Plan of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System will increase both the normal cost and unfunded 
actuarial liability components of the employer retirement rate, resulting in increased employer contributions to the 
Maine Public Employees Retirement System for detectives beginning in fiscal year 2018-19. 
This legislation includes a transition provision for those detectives hired by the Office of the Attorney General prior to 
July 1, 2018 which allows these employees to elect to participate in the 1998 Special Plan by December 1, 2018. 
Based on an analysis performed by the Maine Public Employees Retirement System, this fiscal note assumes that 7 of 
the 12 eligible detectives will elect to participate in the 1998 Special Plan as soon as the option becomes available and 
the remaining detectives with opt to stay in the State Regular Plan. This provision is estimated to have a General 
Fund cost to the Office of the Attorney General $3, 07 4 in fiscal year 2018-19, a Federal Expenditures Fund cost of 
$6,271 in fiscal year 2018-19 and an Other Special Revenue Funds cost of $1,630 in fiscal year 2018-19 for the costs 
associated with moving the positions to the 1998 Special Plan. 
This bill includes a General Fund appropriation of $3,074 to the Personal Services line category and a 
deappropriation of $3,074 to the All Other line category within the Office of the Attorney General's Administration -
Attorney General program for fiscal year 2018-19 to fund the General Fund cost of this provision. The Office of the 
Attorney General has indicated that sufficient funds will be available within its proposed budgeted resources for fiscal 
year 2018-19 to suppoti the Federal Expenditures Fund and Other Special Revenue Funds costs of this bill without 
needing additional allocations. 
LR0442(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of2 
If any of the detectives hired by the Office of the Attorney General prior to July 1, 2018 who choose to remain in the 
State Regular Plan eventually retire or otherwise vacate their positions, any newly hired detectives will be placed in 
the 1998 Special Plan. The additional cost to the Office of the Attorney General to fill these positions at the higher 
employer contribution rate is estimated to be between $2,000 and $3,000 per position annually. When this additional 
cost will be incurred and which fund will be impacted can not be determined at this time. 
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