Sec. M-1. 35-A MRSA §3216, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 316, §3, is amended to read:
A. "Eligible employees" means all full-time and part-time employees of an electric utility:
(1) Who are not officers of the utility;
(2) Who are employed by the utility on January 1, 1998; and
(3) Who are laid off due to retail competition.
Absent other just cause, a layoff after March 1, 2000 is deemed to have been due to retail competition. The commission by rule shall establish a date after which a layoff is deemed not to have been due to retail competition. An employee is not an eligible employee by reason of the transfer of the employee's job duties or assignment within a company or within affiliated companies at similar levels of compensation.
Sec. M-2. 35-A MRSA §3216, sub-§2, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 316, §3, is amended to read:
E. Provide severance pay equal to 2 weeks of current base pay for each year of full-time and one week of current base pay for each year of part-time employment.
Sec. M-3. Retroactivity. This Part is retroactive to September 19, 1997.
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