121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 1619
		An Act to Provide Equitable Treatment to State Employees
		LR 2151(02)
		Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
		Committee: Labor
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Current biennium cost increase - Ferry Service Enterprise Fund
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements:
	This bill may increase the number of civil suits filed in the state court system.  The additional workload and administrative costs associated with the minimal number of new cases filed can be absorbed within the budgeted resources of the Judicial Department.  The collection of additional filing fees may also increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Because the State of Maine has made a good faith effort to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act regarding overtime,  it is believed that any new challenges to recover unpaid overtime wages under this new system will be minimal.  Any requests to work overtime by employees will be appropriately reviewed.
	The additional cost to the Island Ferry Services Fund within the Department of Transportation associated with the workers' compensation premiums for the ferry services workers can not be determined at this time.  However, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services estimates that the cost could be as high as $124,080 annually.  This estimate is based on a workers' compensation premium rate of $1,320  and 79 full-time and 29 intermittent ferry services employees being affected by this measure.  The additional cost to the Department of Labor can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources.