An Act to Address
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1236
Committee Amendment CA_A_H217 (House)

FIRSTSPECIAL SESSION 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 811, L.D. 1236, "An Act to Address 
Employee Retention of State Employees Who Are Firefighters at Bangor International 
Airport" 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT 
OF 
Military Training and Operations 0108 
Initiative: Allocates ongoing funds for the prospective costs of certain employees within 
the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management who are firefighters at 
Bangor International Airport being allowed to participate in a special retirement plan that 
allows for those employees to retire after 25 years of service regardless of age effective 
October 1, 2025. 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
Personal Services 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL 
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
2025-26 
$1,759 
$1,759 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2025-26 
' 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
$1,759 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$1,759 
RETIREMENT SYSTEM, MAINE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2026-27 
$2,510 
$2,510 
2026-27 
$2,510 
$2,510 
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7. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT •A "to H.P. 811, L.D. 1236 
Retirement System - Retirement Allowance Fund 0085 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for the increase in the unfunded actuarial liability as a 
result of allowing the service retirement benefits for certain employees within the 
Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management who are firefighters at 
Bangor International Airport earned under the 1998 Special Plan to be calculated under a 
special retirement plan that allows for those employees to retire after 25 years of service 
regardless of age. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
RETIREMENT SYSTEM, MAINE PUBLIC 
EMPLOYEES 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2025-26 
$522,078 
$522,078 
2025-26 
$522,078 
$522,078 
2025-26 
$522,078 
$1,759 
$523,837 
2026-27 
$0 
$0 
2026-27 
$0 
$0 
2026-27 
$0 
$2,510 
$2,510 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, adds an appropriations 
and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/23/25 LRL 
LD 1236 
LR 2257(02) 
An Act to Address Employee Retention of State Employees Who Are Firefighters at Bangor 
International Airport 
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Fiscal Note for BIii as Amended by Committee Amendment ;;4 (/--1 ,,Z} 7 
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Committee: Labor 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
i.ppropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Federal Expenditures Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2025-26 
$522,078 
$522,078 
$1,759 
FY 2026-27 
$0 
$0 
$2,510 
Projections 
FY 2027-28 
$0 
$0 
$2,608 
Projections 
FY 2028-29 
$0 
$0 
$2,710 
This legislation adds persons employed as firefighters in the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management at Bangor International Airport to a new special retirement plan that provides a service retirement 
benefit after the completion of 25 years of creditable service regardless of age and allows the service retirement 
benefits already earned by those employees under the 1998 Special Plan to be calculated under the new special 
retirement plan. This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $522,078 in fiscal year 2025-26 to the 
Maine Public Employees Retirement System for the increase in the unfunded actuarial liability created as a result of 
the retroactive provision in this bill. Pursuant to the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 18-A, unfunded 
liabilities may not be created except those that result from experience losses. This bill also includes ongoing Federal 
Expenditures Funds allocations of $1,759 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $2,510 in fiscal year 2026-27 to the Depaiiment 
of Defense, Veteran and Emergency Management for the increase in the employer
1s retirement contributions on a 
prospective basis. 
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