CHAPTER 111

H.P. 657 - L.D. 880

Resolve, Directing the Department of Labor to Collect

Certain Data Involving Retirees Receiving Social Security

or Other Pensions

Sec. 1. Collection of data. Resolved: That the Department of Labor shall collect the following data:

1. The number of persons who apply for unemployment benefits and whose benefits are reduced as a result of receiving benefits under the United States Social Security Act, as amended, or other pensions or annuities described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 26, section 1193, subsection 9;

2. The total dollar amount of reductions and the average reduction resulting from application of Title 26, section 1193, subsection 9; and

3. Any other information the department considers useful in determining the impact of the so-called "pension offset."

The department shall submit a report containing the data collected pursuant to this resolve to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor matters by November 30, 2004.