132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1575		LR 1256(02)
	An Act to Allow a Legislator to Choose to Be Paid on an Annual Basis
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: State and Local Government
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential Legislative Cost
Legislative Cost/Study
	The bill allows a legislator to choose whether to receive their entire legislative salary during the legislative session or to receive it in roughly equal payments over the course of the year.  This will shift costs for legislators who elect to receive their salary over the course of the year from one State fiscal year to the next, requiring the use of balances to fund the resulting shortfall in the subsequent State fiscal year.  Whether or not this will result in additional costs to the Legislature during the calendar year will depend on the change in rates for retiree health insurance, as well as other payroll-related costs calculated as a percentage of salary, from one State fiscal year to the next.