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An Act Regarding Local Workforce Development Boards
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  26 MRSA §2006, sub-§11  is enacted to read:
 
11.  State funding for local boards.     Each local board in the State, established pursuant to 29 United States Code, Section 3122 receives an annual appropriation equal to $25 multiplied by the number of unemployed persons in the local board's service area for the prior calendar year divided by 12. On or before September 1st of the even-numbered years, the Commissioner of Labor shall prepare and submit the annual appropriation requirement for each year of the ensuing biennium to the State Budget Officer pursuant to Title 5, section 1665.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Local Workforce Development Boards N299
 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to support the Coastal Counties Workforce Development Board.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$155,823	$155,823	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$155,823	$155,823	

Local Workforce Development Boards N299
 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to support the Northeastern Workforce Development Board.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$153,606	$153,606	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$153,606	$153,606	

Local Workforce Development Boards N299
 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to support the Central Western Maine Workforce Development Board.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$155,823	$155,823	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$155,823	$155,823	

LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	$465,252	$465,252	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$465,252	$465,252	

SUMMARY
This bill provides for each local workforce development board in the State to receive an annual appropriation equal to $25 multiplied by the number of unemployed persons in the local workforce development board's service area for the prior calendar year divided by 12 and requires that on or before September 1st of each even-numbered year, the Commissioner of Labor is required to prepare and submit the annual appropriation requirement for each year of the ensuing biennium to the State Budget Officer to be included in the Governor's biennial budget proposal.
This bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $465,252 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $465,252 in fiscal year 2020-21 to provide funding for the local workforce development boards for the 2020-2021 biennium.