130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1022
H.P. 760 House of Representatives, March 10, 2021
An Act To Make Agricultural Workers and Other Workers
Employees under the Wage and Hour Laws
Reference to the Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative HARNETT of Gardiner.
Cosponsored by Senator MIRAMANT of Knox and
Representatives: GERE of Kennebunkport, GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach, OSHER of
Orono, TALBOT ROSS of Portland, Senator: CARNEY of Cumberland.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §603, sub-§3, ¶D, as amended by PL 2007, c. 640, §1, is further
3 amended to read:
4 D. An individual exempt from the definition of employee in section 663, subsection
5 3, paragraph A, C, F, G, I or J;
6 Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §603, sub-§3, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 750, §1, is repealed.
7 Sec. 3. 26 MRSA §663, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 1975, c. 717, §5, is
8 repealed.
9 Sec. 4. 26 MRSA §664, sub-§3, ¶F, as amended by PL 2019, c. 387, §1, is
10 repealed.
11 SUMMARY
12 This bill provides that agricultural employees and seasonal employees are subject to
13 the laws that place limits on mandatory overtime. It also provides that agricultural
14 employees are subject to the laws that set a minimum wage and overtime rate. It provides
15 that the laws that set an overtime rate apply to certain activities related to agricultural
16 produce, meat and fish products and perishable foods.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1022, HP 760: 26.603, 26.663, 26.664