130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1735		LR 2104(05)
	An Act To Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Executive Branch Employees
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: H "A" (H-744) H "B" (H-749)
	Committee: Not Referred
Fiscal Note
Current biennium cost increase - General Fund Current biennium cost increase - Highway Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill authorizes the adjustment of salary schedules upward consistent with the various collective bargaining agreements. The General Fund and Highway Fund costs are to be supported through transfers between and within departments and agencies and through the Salary Plan program, General Fund account within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. Transfers from the Salary Plan are limited to up to $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $45,000,000 in fiscal year 2022-23. The unobligated balance in the Salary Plan as of July 2021 is $80,725,240. It is anticipated that additional balances will lapse to the program at the end of the fiscal year. Since 2018, net transfers into the Salary Plan have averaged about $12,300,000 per year.