An Act To Create Fairness in Maine's Unemployment Insurance System by Increasing the Amount Paid in Unemployment Tax by Certain Employers
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1887
Committee Amendment CA_A_H742 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT «/f, to H.P. 1319, L.D. 1887, Bill, "An Act To 
Create Fairness in Maine's Unemployment Insurance System by Increasing the Amount 
Paid in Unemployment Tax by Certain Employers" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor To Convene a Working Group To 
Study Tax Fairness in Maine's Unemployment Insurance System' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Department of Labor to convene a worldng group. Resolved: 
That the Department of Labor shall assemble a working group to study tax fairness in the 
State's unemployment compensation system, with a particular focus on employers with 
negative reserve balances; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Makeup of the working group. Resolved: That the working group 
convened by the Department of Labor pursuant to section 1 must include at a minimum 
the following participants: 
1. One representative of the forestry and logging industry; 
2. One representative of the construction industry; 
3. One representative of employer interests; 
4. One representative of employee interests; and 
5. One representative from the Department of Labor. 
The department shall also invite members of the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters to participate as part of the working 
group. The department shall provide notice of working group meetings to all participants 
and may invite additional participants at the department's discretion; and be it further 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMl'ITEE AMFJIDMBNT .. ff. to H.P, 1319, L.D, 1887 
Sec. 3. Report of the working group. Resolved: That the Department of 
Labor shall submit a report on behalf of the working group convened pursuant to section 
1, including any recommended legislation, to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters no later than April 1, 2019. 
The 
committee may report out a bill related to the report to the First Regular Session of the 
129th Legislature.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment directs the Department of Labor to convene a working group to 
study tax fairness in the State's unemployment compensation system with a particular 
focus on employers with negative reserve balances and to submit a report to the joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters by April 1, 
2019. It allows the committee to report out a bill based on the recommendations of the 
working group to the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. 
FISCAL ~OTE REQCIREl} 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/10/18 feac 
LD 1887 
LR 2981(02) 
An Act To Create Fairness in Maine's Unemployment Insurance System by Increasing the Amount 
Paid in Unemployment Tax by Certain Employers 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment//{ fl-1l/-z.) 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Labor to convene a working group to conduct the required study and prepare 
the required report can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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