126th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1576		LR 2198(01)
	An Act To Fund Agreements with Certain State Employee Unions and Ensure Equitable Treatment for Other State Employees
	Fiscal Note for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Sen. Thibodeau of Waldo
	Committee: Not Referred
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2013-14	FY 2014-15	Projections  FY 2015-16	Projections  FY 2016-17
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	($949,718)	($973,462)	($997,797)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	($949,718)	($973,462)	($997,797)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill authorizes a 1% salary increase effective September 1, 2013 and 1% effective July 1, 2014 for certain Executive Branch employees.  It provides funding through the transfer of General Fund and Highway Fund Personal Services balances between programs and departments and from the Salary Plan program within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.  The General Fund cost is estimated to be $2,531,317 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $6,234,562 in fiscal year 2014-15.  The Highway Fund cost is estimated to be $879,796 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $2,181,684 in fiscal year 2014-15.
	This bill also authorizes the Governor to adjust the salaries of confidential employees to achieve parity with their counterparts in the legislative and judicial branches.  That cost cannot be estimated at this time.
	Eliminating merit pay increases for employees in the legislative branch and the judicial branch will result in General Fund savings of $949,718 in fiscal year 2014-15.