An Act To Provide Wage Parity for Certain State Law Enforcement Personnel
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0861
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: NADEAU, MAKER, DOORE, FREY, HICKMAN, WARREN, CYRWAY, DIAMOND, DILL
Amends: 36 MRSA §1817

Legislative Document
No. 861
H.P. 610
House of Representatives, March 7, 2017
An Act To Provide Wage Parity for Certain State Law Enforcement 
Personnel
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative NADEAU of Winslow.
Cosponsored by Senator MAKER of Washington and
Representatives: DOORE of Augusta, FREY of Bangor, HICKMAN of Winthrop, WARREN 
of Hallowell, Senators: CYRWAY of Kennebec, DIAMOND of Cumberland, DILL of 
Penobscot.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  36 MRSA §1817, sub-§7, as enacted by IB 2015, c. 5, §3, is amended to 
read: 
7.  Application of tax revenues.  All sales tax revenue collected pursuant to this 
section must be deposited in the General Fund.  Sales tax revenue derived from the sale 
of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products may not be used to directly fund any 
new state programs except that this revenue may be appropriated to the Maine Criminal 
Justice Academy for the purpose of training law enforcement personnel on retail 
marijuana and retail marijuana products laws and rules and, beginning July 1, 2018, to 
fund any increase in salary schedules implemented in fiscal year 2017-18 for Adult 
Probation Officer and Juvenile Community Corrections Officer positions in the 
Department of Corrections.  Funds appropriated to the Maine Criminal Justice Academy 
pursuant to this subsection may be used only for the actual costs incurred to provide the 
necessary education and training of law enforcement personnel. 
Sec. 2.  Adjustment of salary schedules for certain law enforcement 
position classifications in fiscal year 2017-18.  Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, effective at the beginning of the pay period commencing closest to the effective 
date of this section, the salary schedules for the positions specified in this section in the 
Department of Corrections; the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry; 
Baxter State Park Authority; the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management, Maine Military Authority; the Office of the Attorney General; and the 
Office of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles that are included in the law 
enforcement bargaining unit or the supervisory services bargaining unit must be adjusted 
upward by 15%: 
1.  Department of Corrections.  All positions in the Department of Corrections 
classified as Adult Probation Officer, Juvenile Community Corrections Officer or 
Correctional Investigator; 
2.  Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.  All positions in the 
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry classified as Regional Ranger, 
District Ranger, Forest Ranger II, Forest Fire Prevention Specialist, Ranger Pilot or 
Ranger Pilot Supervisor; 
3.  Baxter State Park Authority.  All positions in the Baxter State Park Authority 
classified as Baxter Park Ranger Supervisor; 
4.  Maine Military Authority.  All positions in the Department of Defense, Veterans 
and Emergency Management, Maine Military Authority that are classified as Military 
Security Police Officer;  
5.  Office of the Attorney General.  All positions in the Office of the Attorney 
General that are classified as Attorney General Investigator; and 
6.  Bureau of Motor Vehicles.  All positions in the Office of the Secretary of State, 
Bureau of Motor Vehicles that are classified as Motor Vehicle Detective or Senior Motor 
Vehicle Detective. 
Sec. 3.  Funding.  The increases authorized by section 2 are to be funded from the 
General Fund, except that beginning with fiscal year 2018-19, notwithstanding any law to 
the contrary, the cost of the increase for the Adult Probation Officer and Juvenile 
Community Corrections Officer positions in the Department of Corrections is to be offset 
using revenue from the tax imposed on the sale of marijuana pursuant to the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 36, section 1817. 
SUMMARY 
This bill provides for a 15% upward adjustment of salary schedules in fiscal year 
2017-18 for certain law enforcement positions in the Department of Corrections; the 
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry; Baxter State Park Authority; the 
Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Maine Military 
Authority; the Office of the Attorney General; and the Office of the Secretary of State, 
Bureau of Motor Vehicles.  The bill requires that, beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, 
revenue from a sales tax imposed on the retail sale of recreational marijuana is to be used 
to offset the cost of the salary increase for Adult Probation Officer and Juvenile 
Community Corrections Officer positions in the Department of Corrections.