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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Increase the Annual Salary of the Governor and To Increase the Per Diem Meal, Mileage and Housing Allowances Paid to Legislators’
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. 2 MRSA §1-A, sub-§1, ¶A, as amended by PL 1987, c. 422, is further amended to read:
 
A. The amount of the retirement allowance is 3/8 of the annual salary being paid the current Governor on the date the former Governor reaches age 60 or leaves office, which ever comes later.as follows:
 
(1) If a former Governor is 60 years of age or older upon leaving office, 3/8 of the annual salary being paid to the former Governor on the last day in office; or
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(2) If a former Governor is under 60 years of age upon leaving office, 3/8 of the annual salary being paid to the current Governor on the date the former Governor reaches 60 years of age.
Amend the bill in section 2 in the indented paragraph in the 12th line (page 1, line 31 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "$38" and inserting the following: '$38$75'
Amend the bill by adding after section 3 the following:
‘Sec. 4. 3 MRSA §2-B, as amended by PL 2017, c. 242, §§1 and 2, is further amended to read:
§ 2-B.State Compensation Commission
 
1. State Compensation Commission; membership.   The State Compensation Commission, established in Title 5, section 12004-G, subsection 26-D and referred to in this section as the "commission,""the commission," consists of 5 members appointed, except as provided in subsection 6, in January of every odd-numbered year at the first regular session of each Legislature as follows:
 
A. Two members appointed by the President of the Senate;
 
B. Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House; and
 
C. One member appointed by a majority of the members appointed under paragraphs A and B, who serves as chair of the commission.
 
The 5 members must be residents of the State and appointed from the public. A person may not be appointed who is currently or has previously been a Legislator or a legislative employee.
 
AllExcept as provided in subsection 6, all members must be appointed for a term to coincide with the legislative biennium. A vacancy must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the balance of the unexpired term.
 
The members of the commission are entitled to a per diem, expenses and allowances at the same rate as Legislators.
 
2. Duties of commission.   NoExcept as provided in subsection 6, no later than May 1st of every odd-numbered year and January 15th of every even-numbered year the commission shall submit to the Legislature an interim report of the commission, and no later than November 15th of every even-numbered year the commission shall submit to the Legislature a final report of the commission. In the 3rd year of each gubernatorial term of office, the interim report must contain a recommendation for compensation of the Governor as established in Title 2, section 1. A report under this subsection must contain:
 
A. A description of the commission's activities;
 
B. The recommendations of the commission:
 
(1-A) For the report required in the 3rd year of a gubernatorial term, for compensation for the Governor, including all payments for salaries, meals, housing, travel, mileage, constituent services and all other expenses and allowances;
 
(1-B) For compensation for justices and judges, including all payments for salaries, meals, housing, travel, mileage and all other expenses and allowances, and for additional services by any justice or judge. Nothing in this subparagraph prevents the judicial branch from making recommendations to the Governor or Legislature for compensation for justices and judges, including, but not limited to, recommendations made by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court in preparing the budget of the judicial branch as required by Title 4, section 1; and
 
(1-C) For compensation of Legislators, representatives of Indian tribes, Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Senate and Clerk and Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, including all payments for salaries, meals, housing, travel, mileage, constituent services and all other expenses and allowances, and for additional services by the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives and members of legislative leadership;
 
C. The reasons for its recommendations;
 
D. Drafts of any legislation required to implement its recommendations; and
 
E. Any other material and recommendations that commission members may wish to submit.
 
Before reporting as required in this subsection and subsequent to giving public notice, the commission shall hold a public hearing on the report. Subsequent to reporting, the commission shall meet, if requested, with the Governor, the Legislative Council and legislative committees to discuss the report.
 
3. Appointments; meetings.   The Executive Director of the Legislative Council must be notified by the presiding officers once the appointment of the initial 4 members has been made. Within 15 days of the appointment of the initial 4 members, the Chair of the Legislative Council shall call and convene the first meeting of the commission.
 
4. Staff assistance.   The commission shall request staff assistance from the Legislative Council.
 
5. Legislation.   The commission may submit legislation required to implement its recommendations.
 
6.  Convening of commission in September 2018.     Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commission must be appointed and convened, and shall undertake a review and submit a report in accordance with this subsection.
 
A.  No later than September 1, 2018, the appointing authorities set forth in subsection 1 shall appoint the 5 members of the commission in accordance with the requirements set forth in subsection 1.
 
B.  The commission convened pursuant to this subsection shall undertake a review of compensation required pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph B, subparagraph 1-C and shall submit no later than January 2, 2019 to the Legislature a final report containing the commission's recommendations.
 
The duties of the commission appointed and convened pursuant to this subsection are concluded upon the submission to the Legislature of its final report pursuant to paragraph B.
 
This subsection is repealed January 2, 2019.
Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
 
Administration - Executive - Governor's Office 0165
 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for the salary and benefit costs of increasing the Governor's salary from $70,000 to $150,000 beginning in January of 2019.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
Personal Services	$0	$66,185	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$66,185	

Office of Policy and Management Z135
 
Initiative: Deappropriates funds on a one-time basis from savings to be achieved by a reorganization of the Governor's Office of Policy and Management.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
Personal Services	$0	($66,185)	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	($66,185)	

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$0	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$0	

LEGISLATURE
 
Citizen Trade Policy Commission Z173
 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for an increase in the daily meal allowance from $32 to $50, the daily housing allowance from $38 to $75 and the daily maximum mileage allowance from $38 to $75.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$1,724	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$1,724	

Legislature 0081
 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for an increase in the daily meal allowance from $32 to $50, the daily housing allowance from $38 to $75 and the daily maximum mileage allowance from $38 to $75.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$684,530	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$684,530	

LEGISLATURE			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$686,254	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$686,254	

PROGRAM EVALUATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, OFFICE OF
 
Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability 0976
 
Initiative: Appropriates funds for an increase in the daily meal allowance from $32 to $50, the daily housing allowance from $38 to $75 and the daily maximum mileage allowance from $38 to $75.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$7,759	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$7,759	

PROGRAM EVALUATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, OFFICE OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$7,759	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$7,759	

SECTION TOTALS	2017-18	2018-19	
			
GENERAL FUND	$0	$694,013	
			
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$0	$694,013	
 
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment clarifies that the increase in the Governor's salary contained in the bill will not affect the calculation of the retirement allowance of the current Governor. The amendment also increases the daily maximum mileage allowance for Legislators from $38 to $75, which aligns with the increase in the daily maximum housing allowance proposed in the bill.
This amendment requires that, no later than September 1, 2018, the State Compensation Commission be appointed and convened and that the commission review the compensation of Legislators, representatives of Indian tribes, Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Senate and Clerk and Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives and submit a report that includes its recommendations to the Legislature by January 2, 2019.
The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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