129th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1911		LR 3028(01)
	An Act To Amend the Unemployment Compensation Laws
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Sen. Bellows of Kennebec
	Committee: Labor and Housing
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Eliminates need for future appropriation - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Under current law, beginning January 1, 2022, unemployment benefits paid to an individual must be charged against the experience rating record of the individual's employers in a ratio inversely proportional to the claimant's employment beginning with the most recent employer.  The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation within the Department of Labor has indicated that implementing the changes necessitated by current law would require a one-time General Fund appropriation of $1.5 million for the cost associated with changes to its computer system. This legislation removes the changes to the experience rating methodology for assessing employer liability of unemployment benefit costs, therefore eliminating the need for a future General Fund appropriation.
	Removing the changes to the experience rating methodology for assessing employer liability of unemployment benefit costs will also affect the calculation of individual employers' unemployment tax rates.  The impact to employers can not be determined.