An Act to Improve Labor Conditions for Maine Workers
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0373
Committee Amendment CA_A_S618 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " /}» to S.P. 180, L.D. 373, "An Act to Improve
Labor Conditions for Maine Workers"
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
'An Act to Ensure Employer and Employee Harmony in Clean Energy Development
Projects'
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the
following:
'See. 1. 35-AMRSA §3133-B is enacted to read:
S3133-B. Employer and employee harmony aereement required for clean enerev
development proiects
1. Definitions, As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the
following terms have the following meanings.
A. "Clean energy develQpment project" means a uroiect that generates electricity using
a renewable resource as defined in section 3210. subsection 2. paragraph C.
B. "Employer and employee harmony agreement" means an agreement between an
employer and one or more labor organizations representing or seeking to represent the
employer'semplovees that includes:
(DA guarantee against strikes. iQckouts and similar disruptions;
(2) Mechanisms for labQr-management cooueration on matters of mutual interest
and concern, including_oroductivity, quality of work. safety and health; and
f3) Mutually binding procedures for resolvine labor disputes.
2. Responsible aeencv to require emoloYej^and employee harmony aereement as
condition of lease. The commission. or any department, agency or instrumentality of the
State responsible for granting a lease of state land for cables or transmission lines on or
through state land or the lease of state land for the use or construction of a facility to be
used in the development of_a_ clean energy development project. including any facility
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " ^" to S,P. 180, L.D. 373 f ^ (ji)
owned or operated by the M'aine Port Authority, shall require as a condition of the lease
that the lessee agree to enter into an employer and employee harmony agreement with any
labor organization representing or seeking to represent the lessee's employees at the clean
energy development proiect site,
3. Agreement binding; exception. An employer and employee harmony agreement
binds all contractors and subcontractors to_ the terms _of the agreement, except that the
employer and employee harmony agreement does not apply to employees of contractors
and subcontractors who work on a tempQrary basis.
4. Scope of aereement. An employer and employee harmpn¥_agreement must be
designed to ensure that all clean energy development project work, including, but not
limited to. work performed in the manufacturing, fabrication or maintenance of the facility
or maritime operations associated with a clean energy development project, is
uninterrupted, prompt and safe.
5. Application. This section applies to a clean energy development project reauest
for proposals or competitive solicitation or clean energy development proj ect pufout to_bid
on or after the effective date of this section.'
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the maj ority report of the committee, replaces the bill, which
is a concept draft, and changes the title. This amendment requires an entity responsible for
granting a lease of state land for cables or transmission lines on or through state land or the
lease of state land for the use or construction of a facility to be used in the development of
a clean energy development project to require that the lessee, as a condition of the lease,
enter into an employer and employee harmony agreement.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved: 03/21/24 .^^"^
LD 373 LR 2274(02)
An Act to Improve Labor Conditions for JVIaine Workers
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "^' (<yie^ &
Committee: Labor and Housing
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential current biennium cost increase - Highway Fund
Potential cun-ent biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds
Potential current biennium cost increase - Federal Expenditures Fund
liscal Detail and,Notes
The Department of Transportation has indicated that requiring employer and employee labor harmony agreements
could decrease the number of entities bidding on potential projects, which could increase costs to those projects.
Any additional costs to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to implement the provisions of this
bill are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.
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