An Act To Expand the 1998 Special Retirement Plan To Include Detectives in the Office of the Attorney General
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1208
Committee Amendment CA_A_H498 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to H.P. 872, L.D. 1208, Bill, "An Act To 
Expand the 1998 Special Retirement Plan To Include Detectives in the Office of the 
Attorney General" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 9 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 9. Transition. If a detective in the employment of the Office of the Attorney 
General on July 1, 2020 elects to participate in the 1998 Special Plan of the Maine Public 
Employees Retirement System, as provided in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, 
section 17851-A, subsection 1, that employee must make that election no later than 
September 30, 2020 and that employee's participation in the 1998 Special Plan becomes 
effective October 1, 2020. 
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 fund the additional cost for 
detectives employed in the Office of the Attorney General on July 1, 2020 to participate 
in the 1998 Special Plan on a prospective basis. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
$13,494 
($13,494) 
$0 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A" to H.P. 872, L.D. 1208 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
Personal Services 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Administration -Attorney General 0310 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$3,598 
($3,598) 
$0 
Initiative: Moves funds from All Other to Personal Services to fund the additional cost for 
detectives employed in the Office of the Attorney General on July 1, 2020 to participate 
in the 1998 Special Plan on a prospective basis. 
GENERAL FUND 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF 
THE 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
2020-21 
$6,687 
($6,687) 
$0 
2020-21 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment changes the 
deadline for the one-time election for detectives in the Office of the Attorney General to 
participate in the 1998 Special Plan and establishes the effective date of their 
participation. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 06/03/19 ;f!;;,ac 
LD 1208 
LR 685(02) 
An Act To Expand the 1998 Special Retirement Plan To Include Detectives in the Office of the 
Attorney General 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'ft' { H- 'I 9 3') 
Committee: Labor and Housing 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2019-20 
FY 2020-21 
Projections 
FY 2021-22 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Allowing detectives employed in the Office of the Attorney General on or after July 1, 2020 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 2020-21. 
This legislation includes a transition provision for those detectives hired by the Office of the Attorney General prior to 
July 1, 2020 which allows these employees to elect to pmticipate in the 1998 Special Plan by September 30, 2020. 
Based on an analysis performed by the Maine Public Employees Retirement System, this fiscal note assumes that 7 of 
the 12 eligible detectives (including one new detective position proposed to be added in the 2020-2021 biennial 
budget) will elect to participate in the 1998 Special Plan as soon as the option becomes available and the remaining 
detectives will opt to stay in the State Regular Plan. 
The Office of the Attorney General has indicated that it will pay for the cost of this provision within its proposed 
budgeted resources for fiscal year 2020-21. This bill includes a General Fund appropriation of $6,687 in fiscal year 
2020-21, a Federal Expenditures Fund allocation of $13,494 in fiscal year 2020-21 and an Other Special Revenue 
Funds allocation of $3,598 in fiscal year 2020-21 to the Personal Services line category and a corresponding 
deappropriation and deallocations to the All Other line category to the Administration - Attorney General program 
within the Office of the Attorney General to self-fund the cost in fiscal year 2020-21. 
If any of the detectives hired by the Office of the Attorney General prior to July 1, 2020 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 funds will be impacted can not be determined at this time. 
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