An Act To Reform Corrections Officer Compensation in Maine”
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1941
Committee Amendment CA_A_H881 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “      ” to H.P. 1385, L.D. 1941, Bill, “An Act To 
Reform Corrections Officer Compensation in Maine”
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
'An Act To Reform Compensation for Corrections Officers, Corrections Captains, 
Correctional Lieutenants and Corrections Unit Managers in Maine' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
emergency clause and inserting the following:
'Sec. 1.  Adjustment of salary schedules for corrections officers.  
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, effective for the first pay period 
commencing on or after July 1, 2020, the salary schedules for corrections officers must be 
adjusted upward to provide increases in wages that will fully utilize over the fiscal year 
the appropriation provided by this Act for that purpose. For purposes of this section, 
"corrections officer" means an employee of the State whose place of employment is a 
state correctional facility and who is responsible for the care, custody or direct 
supervision of a person confined in a state correctional facility or committed to the Long 
Creek Youth Development Center pursuant to an order of a court or as a result of an 
arrest or detention. For purposes of this section, "state correctional facility" has the same 
meaning as "correctional facility" as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-A, 
section 1001, subsection 6 and includes the Long Creek Youth Development Center.
Sec. 2.  Adjustment of salary schedules for corrections captains, 
correctional lieutenants and corrections unit managers.  Notwithstanding any 
provision of law to the contrary, effective for the first pay period commencing on or after 
July 1, 2020, the salary schedules for corrections captains, correctional lieutenants and 
corrections unit managers must be adjusted upward to provide increases in wages that 
will fully utilize over the fiscal year the appropriation provided by this Act for that 
purpose.  For purposes of this section, "corrections captain," "correctional lieutenant" and 
"corrections unit manager" are each defined to mean an employee of the State whose 
place of employment is a state correctional facility, who supervises corrections officers 
and who is responsible for the care, custody or direct supervision of a person confined in 
Date: 
(Filing No. H-          )
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “      ” to H.P. 1385, L.D. 1941
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
a state correctional facility or committed to the Long Creek Youth Development Center 
pursuant to an order of a court or as a result of an arrest or detention. For purposes of this 
section, "state correctional facility" has the same meaning as "correctional facility" as 
defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-A, section 1001, subsection 6 and 
includes the Long Creek Youth Development Center.
Sec. 3.  Appropriations and allocations.  The following appropriations and 
allocations are made.
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Corrections 0141
Initiative: Provides pay increases for correctional officers and positions at the Long Creek 
Youth Development Center responsible for the care, custody or direct supervision of a 
person confined at the facility. 
Administration - Corrections 0141
Initiative: Provides pay increases for corrections captains, correctional lieutenants, 
corrections unit managers and positions at the Long Creek Youth Development Center 
that supervise those responsible for the care, custody or direct supervision of a person 
confined at the facility.
Bolduc Correctional Facility Z155
Initiative: Provides pay increases for corrections captains, correctional lieutenants, 
corrections unit managers and positions at the Long Creek Youth Development Center 
that supervise those responsible for the care, custody or direct supervision of a person 
confined at the facility.
Bolduc Correctional Facility Z155
GENERAL FUND
2019-20
2020-21
Personal Services
$0
$6,759
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$6,759
GENERAL FUND
2019-20
2020-21
Personal Services
$0
$9,597
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$9,597
GENERAL FUND
2019-20
2020-21
Personal Services
$0
$136,038
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$136,038
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “      ” to H.P. 1385, L.D. 1941
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Initiative: Provides pay increases for correctional officers and positions at the Long Creek 
Youth Development Center responsible for the care, custody or direct supervision of a 
person confined at the facility. 
Correctional Center 0162
Initiative: Provides pay increases for corrections captains, correctional lieutenants, 
corrections unit managers and positions at the Long Creek Youth Development Center 
that supervise those responsible for the care, custody or direct supervision of a person 
confined at the facility.
Correctional Center 0162
Initiative: Provides pay increases for correctional officers and positions at the Long Creek 
Youth Development Center responsible for the care, custody or direct supervision of a 
person confined at the facility. 
Long Creek Youth Development Center 0163
Initiative: Provides pay increases for corrections captains, correctional lieutenants, 
corrections unit managers and positions at the Long Creek Youth Development Center 
that supervise those responsible for the care, custody or direct supervision of a person 
confined at the facility.
Long Creek Youth Development Center 0163
GENERAL FUND
2019-20
2020-21
Personal Services
$0
$1,405,857
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$1,405,857
GENERAL FUND
2019-20
2020-21
Personal Services
$0
$129,845
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$129,845
GENERAL FUND
2019-20
2020-21
Personal Services
$0
$1,128,741
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$1,128,741
GENERAL FUND
2019-20
2020-21
Personal Services
$0
$67,404
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$67,404
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “      ” to H.P. 1385, L.D. 1941
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Initiative: Provides pay increases for correctional officers and positions at the Long Creek 
Youth Development Center responsible for the care, custody or direct supervision of a 
person confined at the facility. 
Mountain View Correctional Facility 0857
Initiative: Provides pay increases for corrections captains, correctional lieutenants, 
corrections unit managers and positions at the Long Creek Youth Development Center 
that supervise those responsible for the care, custody or direct supervision of a person 
confined at the facility.
Mountain View Correctional Facility 0857
Initiative: Provides pay increases for correctional officers and positions at the Long Creek 
Youth Development Center responsible for the care, custody or direct supervision of a 
person confined at the facility. 
Sec. 4.  Retroactivity.  This Act applies retroactively to the first pay period 
commencing on or after July 1, 2020.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively.
GENERAL FUND
2019-20
2020-21
Personal Services
$0
$560,991
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$560,991
GENERAL FUND
2019-20
2020-21
Personal Services
$0
$86,126
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$86,126
GENERAL FUND
2019-20
2020-21
Personal Services
$0
$554,232
GENERAL FUND TOTAL
$0
$554,232
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS
2019-20
2020-21
GENERAL FUND
$0
$4,085,590
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS
$0
$4,085,590
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “      ” to H.P. 1385, L.D. 1941
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the committee.  This amendment provides 
funding for wage increases for corrections officers and funding for comparable wage 
increases for corrections captains, correctional lieutenants and corrections unit managers 
commencing with the first pay period that begins on or after July 1, 2020.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
Approved: 08/06/20
LD 1941
LR 2960(02)
FY 2019-20
FY 2020-21
Projections 
FY 2021-22
Projections 
FY 2022-23
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund
$0
$4,085,590
$4,208,152
$4,334,396
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund
$0
$4,085,590
$4,208,152
$4,334,396
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill requires equal pay increases to correctional officers (and their equivalent position at Long Creek Youth 
Development Center) out of a total of $3,656,580. After dividing this total among the specified postions, the average 
increase in pay was 13%. The bill also requires wage increases to those who supervise correctional officers, including 
corrections captains, correctional lieutenants, corrections unit managers (and equivalent positions at Long Creek 
Youth Development Center) equal to the same percentage wage increase as given to correctional officers. The bill 
includes $4,085,590 in General Fund appropriations across correctional facilities in the Department of Corrections, 
with $3,656,580 appropriatied for correctional officers, and $429,010 for supervisory positions. Pay increases are 
retroactive to July 2020. 
Fiscal Note
An Act To Reform Corrections Officer Compensation in Maine
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
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