130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1683
H.P. 1252 House of Representatives, May 6, 2021
Resolve, To Compensate Department of Corrections Employees for
Hazardous Work
Received by the Clerk of the House on May 4, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Criminal Justice and Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to
Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative PLUECKER of Warren.
Cosponsored by Representatives: EVANGELOS of Friendship, WARREN of Hallowell,
Senator: DESCHAMBAULT of York.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Sec. 1. Department of Corrections hazard duty stipend. Resolved: That the
2 Department of Corrections, and any entity providing services on behalf of the department,
3 shall compensate employees eligible for a hazard duty stipend related to the COVID-19
4 pandemic. The stipend must:
5 1. Be paid retroactively from the time the previous hazard duty stipend was removed;
6 2. Continue until the state of civil emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic is
7 terminated; and
8 3. Be contingent upon the State's receiving COVID-19 pandemic relief funding from
9 the Federal Government for which the hazard duty stipend for the Department of
10 Corrections could be a qualifying expense.
11 SUMMARY
12 This resolve requires the Department of Corrections to use federal funding to pay
13 eligible employees a hazard duty stipend related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The stipend
14 must be paid retroactively from when the previous hazard duty stipend ended until the state
15 of civil emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic is terminated.
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