127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1523		LR 2317(12)
	Resolve, To Provide Wage Parity for Supervisors of Law Enforcement Personnel and Other Law Enforcement Personnel
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (S-383) H "A" (H-663) to C "A" (S-383)
	Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Fiscal Note
Current biennium cost increase - General Fund Salary Plan Future biennium cost increase - General Fund Future biennium cost increase - Highway Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The bill authorizes an upward adjustment of salary schedules in fiscal year 2015-16 for certain law enforcement positions in the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the Department of Marine Resources, the Department of Secretary of State and the Baxter State Park Authority effective for the first pay period commencing on or after July 1, 2016. It provides that the funding for both the General Fund and Highway Fund costs of the bill come from the General Fund Salary Plan program within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services in fiscal year 2016-17 only. Transfers from the Salary Plan may not exceed more than $6,347,655 in fiscal year 2016-17. Beginning in fiscal year 2017-18 the higher compensation costs will be funded directly from the General Fund and Highway Fund. Increased costs for positions supported from sources other than the General Fund and the Highway Fund must be funded from those other sources.
	This bill also authorizes the Governor to adjust the salaries of unclassified law enforcement positions in the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of Marine Resources whose salaries are subject to the Governor's adjustment or approval. This cost cannot be estimated at this time.