Maine § 26 §1166 Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund

Maine Statutes

§ 26 §1166 — Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund

Maine § 26 §1166

Title 26LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Ch. 13UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 26, § 26 §1166 (2026).

Text

1.Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

2.Established. The Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a special fund in the State Treasury. All receipts, including interest, fines and penalties collected from Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund contributions, must be paid into the fund. Income from investment of the fund must be deposited to the credit of the fund. All money in the fund must be deposited, administered and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as are provided by law for other special funds.

3.Unencumbered balances.

4.No supplantation. Allocations from the fund must be used to supplement, not

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1.
Definitions.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
2.
Established.
The Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a special fund in the State Treasury. All receipts, including interest, fines and penalties collected from Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund contributions, must be paid into the fund. Income from investment of the fund must be deposited to the credit of the fund. All money in the fund must be deposited, administered and disbursed in the same manner and under the same conditions and requirements as are provided by law for other special funds.
3.
Unencumbered balances.
4.
No supplantation.
Allocations from the fund must be used to supplement, not supplant, federal or state funds received by the Department of Labor, by a local board or by organizations that deliver workforce investment services through the career center provided by the department.
5.
Employers liable for Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund contribution.
Each employer, as defined in section 1043, subsection 9, other than an employer liable for a payment in lieu of a contribution, shall pay a Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund contribution.
6.
Receipts.
All receipts collected from Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund contributions, including interest, fines and penalties on contributions not paid when due, must be paid into the fund.
7.
Experience rating records.
Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund contributions may not be credited to an employer's experience rating record as described in section 1221, subsection 3.
8.
Relationship to unemployment insurance contributions.
Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund contributions may not be considered as part of the employer's unemployment insurance contribution rate pursuant to section 1221. Unemployment insurance contributions for all employers subject to the contribution provisions of this chapter must be reduced by a percentage equal to the total Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund contribution assessment as in section 1221, subsection 4‑A. Exceptions pertaining to new employer rates and contribution rate category 20 are described in section 1221, subsection 4‑A, paragraphs A and B.
9.
Other provisions of this chapter.
All provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter regarding payments, time limits, dates of payment, reports, interest and penalties on amounts not paid by employers when due, fines, liens and warrants that apply to the collection of contributions also apply to the collection of Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund contributions.

Legislative History

PL 2007, c. 352, Pt. A, §1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 506, §1 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. BBBBB, §1 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 184, §1 (AMD). PL 2025, c. 396, §1 (AMD).