An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Maine Length of Service Award Program
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1797
Committee Amendment CA_A_H816 (House)
Amends: 5 MRSA §3372

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "ff" to H.P. 1338, L.D. 1797, "An Act To Amend 
the Laws Governing the Maine Length of Service Award Program" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec, 1. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§1, 1A-1 is enacted to read: 
A-1. "Ambulance service" means an ambulance service licensed by the Emergency 
Medical Services' Board pursuant to Title 32, section 88. 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§1, 1C-1 is enacted to read: 
C-1. "Department" means a fire department, an ambulance service or a non transporting 
emergency medical service. 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§1, ~, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 352, §1, is amended 
to read: 
D. "Eligible volunteer" means a bona fide volunteer performing qualified services in 
a municipal fire department if that bona fide volunteer is: 
(1) A firefighter who is an active part-time or on-call member of a municipal fire 
department or a volunteer firefighter; or 
(2) An emergency medical services person or an emergency medical services 
ambulance operator who is duly licensed under rules and protocols established by 
the Emergency Medical Services' Board pursuant to Title 32, section 88 and who 
provides on-call, part-time or volunteer emergency medical treatment response 
under the direction of the chief of a municipal fire department and 1.vho is duly 
licensed under mles and protocols established by the Emergency Medical Services' 
Board pursuant to Title 32, section 88 or for an ambulance service or a 
nontransporting emergency medical service. 
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§1, ~-1 is enacted to read: 
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D-1. "Emergency medical services ambulance operator" has the same meaning as in 
Title 32, section 83, subsection 12-A. 
Sec. 5. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§1, ~-2 is enacted to read: 
D-2. "Emergency Medical Services' Board" means the Emergency Medical Services' 
Board established pursuant to Title 5, section 12004-A, subsection 15. 
Sec, 6. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§1, 1G, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 352, §1, is repealed. 
Sec. 7. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§1, 1G-1 is enacted to read: 
G-1. 
"Fire department" means an organized firefighting unit established under 
municipal charter or ordinance or under bylaws to prevent and extinguish fires and, if 
authorized by charter, ordinance or bylaw, to provide emergency services. 
Sec, 8. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§1, 1G-2 is enacted to read: 
G-2. 
"Nontransporting emergency medical service" means a nontransporting 
emergency medical service licensed by the Emergency Medical Services' Board 
pursuant to Title 32. section 88. 
Sec. 9. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§3, 1fA, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 352, §1, is amended 
to read: 
A. The board, as established in section 12004-G, subsection 30-E, is composed of '1- .2. 
trustees, as follows: 
(1) Four persons who are eligible volunteers, appointed by the Govemor. Three 
of the persons appointed under tbis subparagraph must be selected from a list of 6 
nominees submitted by a statewide federation of firefighters; 
(2) A chief of a municipal fire department, appointed by the Governor and selected 
from a list of 3 nominees submitted by a statewide association of fire chiefs; 
(3) A person who is qualified through training or experience in· the field of 
investments, accounting, banking or insurance or who is an actuary, appointed by 
the Govemor; and 
( 4) A person designated by a statewide municipal association,; and 
(5) Two persons who are licensed as emergency medical services persons under 
Title 32, chapter 2-B. appointed by the Governor and selected from a list of 3 
nominees submitted by the Emergency Medical Services' Board. 
Sec.10. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 352, §1, is amended to 
read: 
7, Waiver of participation, An eligible volunteer may waive the right to participate 
in the program by filing with the board a written, signed and irrevocable waiver of 
participation that is signed by the fire chief; as described in Title 3 0 A, section 3153, of a 
municipal fire of the department of which the eligible volunteer is a member. 
Sec. 11. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 352, §1, is amended to 
read: 
9. Procedure for reporting service cred.it. A municipal fire department shall submit 
a list of all persons who were eligible volunteers during a calendar year to the board for 
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review and approval by May 1st following the end of that calendar year. The list must 
indicate which eligible volunteers earned service credit during the calendar year and must 
be prepared, certified under oath by the Hf6 chief of the municipal fire department, posted 
in the Hf6 department for at least 30 days and then submitted to and received by the board 
by May 1st. During the 30-day posting period, an eligible volunteer must be given the 
opportunity to dispute the service credit shown for the eligible volunteer in accordance with 
law. The Hf6 chief shall indicate in writing to the board that the list was posted for at least 
days and that all disputes regarding the service credit shown on the list as having been 
earned during the year have been resolved. The board, at its sole discretion, may audit a 
list prepared by a municipal fire department under this subsection. If the list is not received 
by the board by May 1st, a contribution may not be credited to the program account of any 
eligible volunteer whose name was or should have been reported on the list as having 
earned one year of service credit during the calendar year, except as provided in subsection 
12. 
Sec. 12. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§10, ,re, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 352, § 1, is 
amended to read: 
C. A municipal fire department or a fire company or volunteer organization associated 
with a municipal fire department; 
Sec. 13. 5 MRSA §3372, sub-§11, ,re, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 352, §1, is 
amended to read: 
C. A municipal fire department subaccount, which is an account of a paiticipant 
derived from contributions from a specific municipal fire department or a fire company 
or volunteer organization associated with a municipal fire department to the program. 
A participant's municipal fire department subaccount must reflect the respective 
contributions from that municipal fire department or . fire company or volunteer 
organization associated with a municipal fire department along with forfeitures, 
investment income or loss as well as administrative and investment expenses allocated 
to the subaccount and distributions paid from the subaccount. A participant's municipal 
Hf6 depattment subaccount is subject to the vesting schedule set forth in subsection 12. 
(1) For a given calendar year, the total contribution from a specific municipal fire 
depattment or a fire company or volunteer organization associated with a 
municipal fire department, if any, must be allocated equally to the municipal fire 
department subaccounts of the participants who are eligible volunteers of that 
municipal fire department or fire company or volunteer organization associated 
with a municipal fire depattment and who earned one year of service credit during 
that calendar year. 
(2) Forfeitures from a participant's municipal fire department subaccount must be 
added to and allocated m; municipal fire department contributions as designated by 
the municipal fire department or fire company or volunteer organization associated 
with a municipal fire department in the calendar year in which the forfeitures are 
determined to occur pursuant to subsection 13;' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Patt letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment clarifies that the Emergency 
Medical Services' Board nominates emergency medical services persons to the Governor 
for service on the Maine Length of Service Award Program Board of Trustees. The 
amendment makes eligible for the Maine Length of Service Award Program qualified 
persons who volunteer with fire departments, ambulance services and nontransporting 
emergency medical services. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 02/18/22 feac::.. 
LD 1797 
LR2443(02) 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Maine Length of Service Award Program 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment# {I/-f It) 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Public Safety associated with reimbursing additional expenses of the board can 
be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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