129th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 1104 LR 1005(02)
An Act To Clarify the State's Commitments Concerning Certain Public Service Retirement Benefits
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A"
Committee: Labor and Housing
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
Expansion of solemn contractual commitments of the State - retirement benefit COLA
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Adding cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) to retirement benefits to the provisions that constitute solemn contractual commitments of the State may limit the State's future ability to decrease or eliminate the COLA provisions.