130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1402
H.P. 1036 House of Representatives, April 7, 2021
An Act To Remove a Requirement Regarding Payment of Union
Fees
Received by the Clerk of the House on April 5, 2021. Referred to the Committee on Labor
and Housing pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative STETKIS of Canaan.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §963, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §2, is amended to
3 read:
4 2. Not join a union. Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of
5 organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an
6 employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the
7 employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures
8 that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
9 Sec. 2. 26 MRSA §979-B, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §6, is amended
10 to read:
11 2. Not join a union. Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of
12 organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an
13 employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the
14 employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures
15 that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
16 Sec. 3. 26 MRSA §1023, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §10, is amended
17 to read:
18 2. Not join a union. Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of
19 organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an
20 employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the
21 employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures
22 that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
23 Sec. 4. 26 MRSA §1283, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 415, §15, is amended
24 to read:
25 2. Not join a union. Refrain from joining or participating in the activities of
26 organizations for the purposes of representation and collective bargaining, except that an
27 employee may be required to pay to the organization that is the bargaining agent for the
28 employee a service fee that represents the employee's pro rata share of those expenditures
29 that are germane to the organization's representational activities.
30 SUMMARY
31 This bill removes the authority to require public employees who do not join a union to
32 pay service fees to the union.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1402, HP 1036: 26.963, 26.979, 26.1023, 26.1283