Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/30-A/title30-Asec5225.html
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Title 30-A, §5225: Project costs
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§5225. Project costs
1. Authorized project costs. The commissioner shall review proposed project costs to ensure compliance with this subsection. Authorized project costs are:
A. Costs of improvements made within the tax increment financing district, including, but not limited to:
(i) Eligible transit-oriented development district capital costs include but are not limited to: transit vehicles such as buses, ferries, vans, rail conveyances and related equipment; bus shelters and other transit-related structures; benches, signs and other transit-related infrastructure; bicycle lane construction and other bicycle-related improvements; pedestrian improvements such as crosswalks, crosswalk signals and warning systems and crosswalk curb treatments; and the nonresidential commercial portions of transit-oriented development projects.
(6) Relocation costs, including, but not limited to, relocation payments made following condemnation;
(7) Organizational costs relating to the establishment of the district, including, but not limited to, the costs of conducting environmental impact and other studies and the costs of informing the public about the creation of development districts and the implementation of project plans; and
(8) In the case of transit-oriented development districts, ongoing costs of adding to an existing transit system or creating a new transit service and limited strictly to transit operator salaries, transit vehicle fuel and transit vehicle parts replacements; [2011, c. 101, §12 (AMD).]
B. Costs of improvements that are made outside the tax increment financing district but are directly related to or are made necessary by the establishment or operation of the district, including, but not limited to:
(b) The entire tax increment from the downtown tax increment financing district is committed to the development program of the tax increment financing district; [2011, c. 101, §13 (AMD).]
C. Costs related to economic development, environmental improvements, fisheries and wildlife or marine resources projects, recreational trails or employment training within the municipality or plantation, including, but not limited to:
(3) Funding to establish permanent economic development revolving loan funds, investment funds and grants;
(4) Costs of services and equipment to provide skills development and training, including scholarships to in-state educational institutions or to online learning entities when in-state options are not available, for jobs created or retained in the municipality or plantation. These costs must be designated as training funds in the development program;
(5) Quality child care costs, including finance costs and construction, staffing, training, certification and accreditation costs related to child care;
(6) Costs associated with new or existing recreational trails determined by the department to have significant potential to promote economic development, including, but not limited to, costs for multiple projects and project phases that may include planning, design, construction, maintenance, grooming and improvements with respect to new or existing recreational trails, which may include bridges that are part of the trail corridor, used all or in part for all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, hiking, bicycling, cross-country skiing or other related multiple uses;
(8) Costs associated with the development of fisheries and wildlife or marine resources projects; and [2013, c. 184, §4 (AMD).]
D. Costs of constructing or improving facilities or buildings leased by State Government or a municipal or plantation government that are located in approved downtown tax increment financing districts. [2011, c. 101, §15 (AMD).]
[ 2013, c. 184, §4 (AMD) .]
2. Unauthorized project costs. Except as provided in subsection 1, paragraph D, the commissioner may not approve as a project cost the cost of facilities, buildings or portions of buildings used predominantly for the general conduct of government or for public recreational purposes, including, but not limited to, city halls and other headquarters of government where the governing body meets regularly, courthouses, jails, police stations and other state and local government office buildings, recreation centers, athletic fields and swimming pools.
3. Limitation. Tax increments received from any development program may not be used to circumvent other tax laws.
2001, c. 669, §1 (NEW). 2007, c. 413, §§5, 6 (AMD). RR 2009, c. 1, §22 (COR). 2009, c. 85, §1 (AMD). 2009, c. 126, §1 (AMD). 2009, c. 314, §§10, 11 (AMD). 2011, c. 101, §§12-15 (AMD). 2011, c. 102, §1 (AMD). 2011, c. 675, §3 (AMD). 2013, c. 184, §4 (AMD).