An Act To Help Small Employers by Making the Minimum Wage Increase More Gradual in Nonurban Areas
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1098
Committee Amendment CA_A_S40 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" /t "to S.P. 330, L.D. 1098, Bill, "An Act To Help 
Small Employers by Making the Minimum Wage Increase More Gradual in Nonurban 
Areas" 
Amend the bill by adding after section 3 the following: 
'Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Regulation and Enforcement 0159 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds for one Labor and Safety Inspector position and related 
All Other costs necessary to respond to an anticipated increase in the number of reported 
violations due to the establishment of an alternative minimum wage in certain areas of the 
State. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
2020-21 
1.000 
1.000 
$59,386 
$81,976 
$8,678 
$9,570 
$68,064 
$91,546 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to S.P. 330, L.D. 1098 b i~ 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, adds an 
appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/01/19 #ac. 
LD 1098 
LR 1024(02) 
An Act To Help Small Employers by Making the Minimum Wage Increase More Gradual in 
Nonurban Areas 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ''A" (~ <..!~ 
Committee: Labor and Housing 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2019-20 
FY2020-21 
$68,064 
$91,546 
$68,064 
$91,546 
Projections 
FY 2021-22 
$94,415 
$94,415 
Projections 
FY2022-23 
$97,565 
$97,565 
This bill includes General Fund appropriations of $68,064 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $91,546 in fiscal year 2020-21 
to the Regulation and Enforcement program within the Department of Labor for one Labor and Safety Inspector 
position and related All Other costs necessary to respond to an anticipated increase in the number of reported 
instances of violations associated with the establishment of an alternative minimum wage for certain areas of the 
State. 
This bill establishes an alternative minimum wage for all areas of the State other than Cumberland County except for 
the towns of Baldwin, Bridgton, Harrison and Naples. The alternative minimum wage increases the hourly wage by 
cents per hour on January 1, 2021 and an additional 50 cents per hour on January 1, 2022 instead of $1.00 per hour 
on January 1, 2020. The bill also delays the cost-of-living adjustment for the current minimum wage to January 1, 
2024, changes the timing of the increase from every year to every 3 years and changes the calculation of the increase 
from the average increase over the prior year to the average increase over the prior 3 years. 
These changes in the minimum wage law may result in savings to the State and municipalities beginning in fiscal year 
2019-20, depending on the wages currently in place and decisions on future wages when increases required by law are 
less than they would have been under current law. 
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