An Act to Amend the Economic Development Laws LR2621(03)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1818
Committee Amendment CA_B_S453 (Senate)
Amends: 5 MRSA §13120-P, 20-A MRSA §1270

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 8" to S.P. 666, L.D. ISIS, Bill, "An 
Act To Amend the Economic Development Laws" 
Amend 
the bill by striking out all of section 10 
and 
inserting in its place the following: 
. Sec. 10. 5 MRSA §13120-P, sub-§§2 and 3, as amended by PL 
2003, c. 2Sl, §S, are further amended to read: 
2. 
Redevelopment 
of property. 
Except 
as 
provided 
in 
section 13120-Q, the authority may undertake the redevelopment of 
property as an owner or lender for subsequent use and sale under 
the following conditions: 
A. 
The property has been previously and materially used as 
a 
commercial 
facility or 
the 
property is suitable 
for 
adaptive use as a commercial or industrial facility: 
B. 
The property is currently not in productive commercial 
use or is expected to be taken out of productive commercial 
use within the immediate future: 
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D. 
The authority, using due diligence, has determined that: 
(1) 
There 
is 
a 
reasonable 
expectation 
that 
property will become financially viable following 
redevelopment: and 
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(2) 
The economic benefits, 
of employment opportunities, 
the redevelopment justify the 
authority's equity, security 
property; and 
including the restoration 
expected to result from 
risks associated with the 
or other interest in the 
E. 
A~ A municipality, another governmental entity or a 
local development corporation has provided or will provide 
in connection with the acg;uisition or redevelopment of the 
property assistance whose value is at least 25% of the total 
ees~--~~--~~~~r--~~4~¥~~e~-~--~e~a~B value 
of 
the 
authority's 
assistance 
for 
acg;u~nng, 
redeveloping 
and 
returning the property to productive commercial use will-ae 
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The authority may finance undeveloped land or personal property 
only if the undeveloped land or personal property is part of the 
overall redevelopment project. 
3. 
Development of property. 
Except as provided in section 
l3l20-Q, the authority may undertake the development of property 
as an owner or lender for subsequent use and sale under the 
following conditions: 
A. 
The property consists of real estate that is zoned, 
sited or otherwise suitable for development as a commercial 
facility; 
B. 
The property is currently not in productive commercial 
use; 
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D. 
The authority, using due diligence, has determined that: 
(1) 
There 
property will 
development; 
is 
a 
reasonable 
expectation 
that 
become financially viable following 
the 
its 
(2) 
The 
development 
of 
the 
property will 
create 
employment opportunities and other economic benefits 
within the region; and 
(3) 
The economic benefits expected to result from the 
development 
justify the 
risks 
associated 
with 
the 
authority's 
equity~, __ ~l~o~a~n~~o~r __ ~o~t=h~e~r~ 
interest in the 
property; and 
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E. 
A1: 
A municipality, 
another governmental entity or 
a 
local development corporation has provided or will provide 
in connection with the acquisition or development of the 
property assistance whose value is at least 25% of the total 
ees1:-~e-~~~-~~-aaG-&~iB~ value of the authority's 
assistance 
for 
acqu~r~ng, 
developing 
and 
bringing 
the 
property to productive commercial use 
will-*--bo-r~-e.y--1:Re 
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The authority may finance undeveloped land or personal property 
only if the undeveloped land or personal property is part of the 
overall development project. ' 
Further amend the bill by striking out all of sections 13 to 
and inserting in their place the following: 
'Sec. 13. 10MRSA§1464, as amended by PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. 
DD, §25, is further amended to read: 
§1464. 
Regional Ride Share Services Matching Fund Program 
There is established, to carry out the purposes of this 
chapter, a Regional Ride Share Services Matching Fund Program to 
be 
administered by the Department of 
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gevelepffieB1: Transportation. 
Sec. 14. 20-A MRSA §1270S, sub-§I, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
20, Pt. 00, §2 and affected by §4, is further amended to read: 
1. 
Membership. 
The 
board of trustees 
appointed voting members, one ex officio voting 
ex officio, nonvoting ffieffi&e~S member as follows: 
consists of 
member and 6 one 
C. 
Twelve from 
field of labor, 
public; 
the field of business and industry, the 
the field of education and the general 
D. 
The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's 
successor, who serves as an ex officio voting member; 
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F. 
The 
Commissioner 
of 
Labor, 
or 
the 
commissioner's 
successor, who serves as an ex officio nonvoting member; and 
G. 
One member who is from the student body of one of the 
community college campuses at the time of appointment and 
who is a permanent resident of the State. 
To be eligible 
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for appointment as 
a 
student member, 
a 
student must be 
enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester. 
The student member is a full voting member of the board of 
trustees and serves for a 2-year term and until a successor 
is qualified. 
By 
January 1st of 
every 
2nd 
year, 
the 
president of the system shall solicit a list of 6 eligible 
students from the student governments from 6 of the campuses 
within the Maine Community College System, the 7th campus 
being excluded in accordance with this subsection. 
The 
Governor shall then nominate a student trustee chosen from 
the list within 30 days of receiving the list of names. 
The 
nomination is subject to 
review by 
the 
joint standing 
committee 
of 
the 
Legislature 
having 
jurisdiction 
over 
education matters and to confirmation by the Legislature. 
The student trustee may not come from the same campus in any 
consecutive terms. 
In the event that the student trustee 
transfers from one campus to another during the student's 
term 
of 
appointment, 
the 
student's 
original 
campus 
of 
enrollment is the campus excluded when the next student 
trustee is appointed. 
Sec. 15. 30-A MRSA c. 206, sub-c. 3, as enac ted by PL 2003, c. 
451, Pt. NNN, §2, is repealed. 
Sec. 16. 30-A MRSA c. 206, sub-c. 4 is enacted to read: 
SUBCHAPTER 4 
PINE TREE DEVELOPMENT ZONES 
§5250-B. 
Findings and declaration of necessity 
1. 
Legislative finding. 
The Legislature finds that there 
is a 
need to encourage development in economically distressed 
areas of the State in order to: 
A. 
Provide new employment opportunities; 
B. 
Improve existing employment opportunities; 
C. 
Improve and broaden the tax base; and 
D. 
ImprQve th~ g~neral ~QQnomy Qf th~ StSl,t~. 
2. 
Authorization. 
FQr the reSl,sQns set Qut in subsection 
1, 
Sl, unit Qf lQQSl,l gQvernment Qr 2 or mQre cooperating units of 
local gQvernment ma.y develQP a prQgram for imprQving a district 
within its bQundaries Qr their collective bQundaries, as the case 
may be: 
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A. 
To provide impetus for targeted business development: 
B. 
To increase employment: and 
C. 
To provide the facilities outlined in the development 
program 
adopted 
by 
the 
participating 
units 
of 
local 
government. 
3. 
Declaration of public purpose. 
The Legislature declares 
that the actions reguired to assist the implementation of these 
development 
programs 
are for 
a 
public purpose 
and that the 
execution and financing of these programs are a public purpose. 
§5250-I. 
Definitions 
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise 
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 
1. 
Affiliated business. 
"Affiliated business" 
means 
a 
member of a group of 2 or more businesses in which more than 50% 
of the voting stock of each member corporation or more than 50% 
of the ownership interest in a business other than a corporation 
is directly or indirectly owned by a 
common owner or owners, 
either corporate or noncorporate, or by one or more of the member 
businesses: 
2. 
Apt»licant. 
"Applicant" 
means 
any 
unit 
of 
local 
government and any group of cooperating units of local government 
in 
the 
State 
that 
apply 
for 
designation 
as 
a 
Pine 
Tree 
Development Zone under section 525Q-J. 
3. 
Average 
emplqyment 
during 
base 
period. 
"Average 
employment during base period" for a business means the total 
number of gualified employees of that business on each of 6 
consecutive measurement days in each of the 3 calendar years in 
the base period as chosen by the business divided by 18. 
4. 
Base level of emplo.pent. 
"Base level of employment" 
means the greater of either the total employment in the State of 
a business and its affiliated businesses as of the December 31st 
immediately preceding its certification as a gua1ified Pine Tree 
Development Zone business or its average employment during the 
base period. 
5. 
Base period. 
"Base period" means the 3 calendar years 
prior to the year in which a business is certified as a gualified 
Pine Tree Development Zone business. 
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6. 
CoDBRissioner. 
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of 
Economic and Community Development. 
7. 
De.partment. 
"Department" 
means 
the 
Department 
of 
Economic and Community Development. 
8. 
Financial services. 
"Financial services" means services 
provided by an insurance company subject to taxation under Title 
36, 
chapter 357; 
a 
financial institution subject to taxation 
under Title 36, chapter 819; or a mutual fund service provider as 
defined in Title 36, section 5212, subsection 1, paragraph E. 
9. 
Labor market average weekly wage. 
"Labor market average 
weekly wage" means the average weekly wage as published by the 
Department of Labor for the labor market or markets in which 
potential qualified Pine Tree Development 
Zone 
employees 
are 
located for the 12 most recently reported months preceding the 
date of application for zone designation. 
10. 
Labor 
market 
unemploDJent 
rate. 
"Labor 
market 
unemployment 
rate" 
means 
the 
average 
unemployment 
rate 
as 
published by the Department of Labor for the labor market or 
markets in which potential gualified Pine Tree Development Zone 
employees are located for the 12 most recently reported months 
preceding the date of application for zone designation. 
11. 
Manufacturing. 
"Manufacturing" means the production of 
tangible 
personal 
property 
intended 
to 
be 
sold 
or 
leased 
ul timately for final use or consumption or the production of 
tangible personal 
property pursuant to 
a 
contract with the 
Federal Government or any agency thereof. 
12. 
Person. 
"Person" has the same meaning as defined in 
Title 36, section 111, subsection 3. 
13. 
Pine Tree DevelQpment 
ZOne. 
"Pine Tree Development 
Zone" or "zone" means a specified area within the boundaries of a 
unit of local government, or within the boundaries of cooperating 
units of local government in a multi jurisdictional application, 
that has been designated by the commissioner as 
a 
Pine Tree 
Development Zone in accordance with section 525Q-J. 
14. 
Pine 
Tree 
Development 
ZQne 
benefits. 
"Pine 
Tree 
Development Zone benefits" means: 
A. 
The exclusion from the limitations established under 
section 
5223, 
subsection 
of 
tax 
increment 
financing 
districts included within a Pine Tree Development Zone; 
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B. 
Expanded 
employment 
tax 
increment 
financing benefits 
under Title 36, chapter 917; 
C. The sales tax exemptions under Title 36, section 1760, 
subsections 86 and 87; and 
D. The Pine Tree Development Zone tax credits provided by 
Title 36, sections 2529 and 52l9-W. 
15. 
Production. 
"Production" 
has 
the 
same 
meaning 
as 
defined in Title 36, section 1752, subsection 9-B. 
16. 
Qualified 
business 
activity. 
"Oualified 
business 
activity" means a business activity that is conducted within a 
Pine Tree Development Zone and is directly related to financial 
services, manufacturing or a targeted technology business for 
which the business receives a certificate from the commissioner 
pursuant to section 5250-0. 
17. 
Oualified 
Pine 
Tree 
Development 
Zone 
business. 
"Qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business" or "qualified 
business" means any for-profit business in this State engaged in 
financial 
services, 
manufacturing 
or 
a 
targeted 
technology 
business that adds qualified Pine Tree Development Zone employees 
above its base level of employment in this State and that meets 
the following criteria: 
A. 
It demonstrates that the establishment or expansion of 
operations within the Pine Tree Development Zone would not 
occur within the State absent the availability of the Pine 
Tree 
Development 
Zone 
benefits. 
The 
department 
shall 
investigate whether the business has met the requirements of 
this 
paragraph 
and 
provide 
an 
advisory 
op1n1on 
to 
the 
Executive Director of the Bureau of Revenue Services in the 
Department of Administrative and Financial Services, 
who 
shall make the final determination; and 
B. It has received a certificate as a qualified business 
pursuant to section 5250-0. 
18. 
Qualified 
Pine 
Tree 
Develcmment 
Zone 
employees. 
"Oualified Pine 
Tree 
Development 
Zone 
employees" 
means 
new, 
full-time employees hired in this State by a qualified Pine Tree 
Development 
Zone 
business for 
work directly in one or more 
qualified business activities 
for 
whom 
a 
retirement 
program 
subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974, 
United States Code, Sections 101 to 1461 (2003) 
and 
group health insurance are provided and whose wages derived from 
employment within the Pine Tree Development Zone are greater than 
the average annual per capita wages in the local labor market 
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area in the county in which the gualified employee is employed. 
Oua1ified Pine Tree Development Zone employees must be residents 
of this State. 
19. 
State average weekly wage. 
"State average weekly wage" 
means the average weekly wage as published by the Department of 
Labor for the State as a whole for the 12 most recently reported 
months preceding the date of application for zone designation. 
20. 
State 
unemp1~nt rate. 
"State unemployment rate" 
means the average unemployment rate published by the Department 
of Labor for the State as a 
whole for the 12 most recently 
reported months 
preceding 
the 
date of application for 
zone 
designation. 
21. 
Targeted technology business. 
"Targeted 
technology 
business" 
means 
a 
business primarily involved in a 
targeted 
technology as defined in Title 5, section 15301. 
22. 
Unit of local government. 
"Unit of local government" 
means a municipality, county, plantation, unorganized territory 
or Indian tribe. 
§5250-J. 
Pine Tree Deye10pment Zones 
1. 
Creation. 
One or more units of local government, or an 
organization representing one or more units of local government, 
may apply to the COmmissioner for the designation of a Pine Tree 
Development Zone within the boundaries of the unit or units of 
local government in accordance with the reguirements of this 
subchapter. 
County 
governments 
may 
apply 
on 
behalf 
of 
unorganized territories. Groups of units of local government may 
apply 
for 
multijurisdictional 
or 
joint 
projects. 
Mu1tijurisdictiona1 applications reguire deSignation of one unit 
of local government as the lead applicant and consent for that 
designation by 
each participating unit of 
local 
government. 
Counties may also apply on behalf of a consortium of units of 
local government. The designation of a Pine Tree Development Zone 
may not conflict with the provisions of a municipal or other unit 
of local government charter. 
Zones that meet the requirements of 
sUbsection 2 are authorized for designation as follows: 
A. 
Aroostook County, 
including up to 100 acres of land 
reserved for the Aroostook Band of Micmacs and the Houlton 
Band of Maliseet Indians; 
B. 
The Androscoggin Valley region, including the Lewiston 
Enterprise 
Community 
Zone 
as 
designated 
by 
the 
federal 
Agriculture, 
Rural 
Development, 
Food 
and 
Drug 
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Administration, 
and Related Agencies, 
Appropriations Act, 
Public Law 105-277 (1999); 
C. 
The Penobscot Valley region, including up to 500 acres 
of land reserved for the Penobscot Nation; and 
D. 
Washington County and the Downeast region, including up 
to 500 acres of land reserved for the Passamaquoddy Tribe. 
No more than one zone may be established in each of the areas 
specified in paragraphs A to 0, except that the commissioner may 
designate 
up 
to 
additional 
zones 
through 
the 
process 
established in section 5250-L. 
2. 
Requirements for designation. 
The commissioner shall 
adopt 
rules 
establishing 
the 
m~n~mum 
requirements 
for 
the 
designation of Pine Tree Development Zones. 
Additionally, each 
participating unit of local government must agree to maintain at 
least one prepermitted construction or development site available 
within the zone on a continual basis throughout the term of the 
zone. 
3. 
Limitations. 
The designation of Pine Tree Development 
Zones is subject to the following limitations: 
A. 
The total area of a zone, including all noncontiguous 
parcels, may not exceed 5,000 acres; 
B. 
A zone located in Aroostook County as described in 
subsection 1, paragraph A may include property that is also 
included within the Aroostook County Empowerment Zone as 
designated by the federal Community Renewal Tax Relief Act 
of 2000, Public Law 106-554; 
C. 
Pine Tree Development Zone benefits may not be used to 
encourage or facilitate the transfer of existing positions 
or property of a qualified business or affiliated businesses 
into a zone from a location elsewhere in the State; 
D. 
Pine Tree Development Zone benefits may not be provided 
based upon any employees or positions transferred by the 
business 
or 
affiliated 
businesses 
into 
a 
Pine 
Tree 
Development Zone from a location elsewhere in the State; 
E. 
A Pine Tree Development Zone may not consist of more 
than 20 noncontiguous parcels of property; 
F. 
Al'l property included within the boundaries of a Pine 
Tree Development 
Zone must be suitable for one or more 
qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business activities; 
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G. 
All property included within a Pine Tree Development 
Zone must meet one of the following: 
(1) 
The property is located within a market area for 
which the labor market unemployment rate is greater 
than the state unemployment rate at the time of the 
application: or 
(2) 
The property is included within a county in which 
the average weekly wage is below the state average 
weekly wage at the time of the application. 
In .the case of a multijurisdictional or joint application. 
the reguirements of this paragraph are met if the combined 
unemployment 
rate 
of 
the 
cooperating 
units 
of 
local 
government meets the reguirements of subparagraph (1) or the 
average 
weekly 
wage 
of the 
cooperating units 
of 
local 
government. 
on 
a 
per-employed-worker 
basis. 
meets 
the 
reguirements of subparagraph (2): and 
H. 
The restrictions contained in paragraph G may be waived 
for property that is contained within a labor market area 
that has sustained a greater than 
50,!> loss of population or 
employed 
workers 
during 
the 
3-year 
period 
immediately 
preceding the time of application if the loss was caused by 
business closings. 
4. 
Application. 
An application for designation of a Pine 
Tree 
Development 
Zone 
must 
include. 
but is not necessarily 
limited to. the following: . 
A~ 
A narrative description of the Pine Tree Development 
Zone to be designated; 
B. 
Maps 
and any other information necessary to clearly 
identify 
the 
geographic 
boundaries 
of 
the 
Pine 
Tree 
Development Zone and any subzones it may include: 
C. 
Evidence that the Pine Tree Development Zone meets the 
reguirements of subsection 3: 
D. 
Any information evidencing economic distress; and 
E. 
A development plan that includes: 
(1) Documentation of all municipal commitments reguired 
under subsection 2; 
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(2) A description of how the Pine Tree Development Zone 
will be administered, including any related interlocal 
cooperative agreements; 
(3) A description of the goals and objectives to be 
accomplished through the Pine Tree Development Zone; 
(4) A d~scription of the resources to be committed to 
the Pine Tree Development Zone by the applicant or 
applicants; and 
(5) Plans for accomplishing the goals and objectives, 
including a marketing plan and related time line and 
milestones. 
5. 
Termination. 
All 
Pine 
Tree 
Development 
Zone 
designations approved under this subchapter and all Pine Tree 
Development Zone benefits are terminated on December 31, 2018. 
§5250-K. 
Procedure 
1. 
Notice and hearing. 
Before designating a 
Pine Tree 
Development Zone or adopting a development plan, the municipal 
officers of each applicant unit of local government or the 
municipal officers' 
designee 
must 
hold at least one 
public 
hearing. 
Notice of the hearing must be published at least 10 
days before the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation 
serving the section of the State in which the local government is 
located. 
2. 
Vote of unit of loca1 government legislative body. 
Each 
applicant unit of local government must designate that portion of 
the Pine Tree Development Zone contained within its boundaries 
and take all actions required to satisfy the requirements of 
section 52S0-J, subsection 2 by majority vote of its municipal 
officers. 
3. 
Effective date. 
The 
establishment of 
a 
Pine 
Tree 
Development 
Zone 
is 
effective 
upon 
designation 
by 
the 
commissioner. 
4. 
Administration of zone. 
The participating units of 
local government may contract or otherwise arrange with a public 
or private organization including a regional council as described 
in section 2302 to administer activities authorized under this 
subchapter. 
The organization may act as the lead entity for the 
purpose of filing and administering the Pine Tree Development 
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5. 
Amendments. 
The designation, size, location, number and 
configuration of the parcels in a Pine Tree Development Zone or 
the 
terms 
of 
the 
development 
plan 
may 
be 
amended 
by 
an 
affirmative 
vote 
of 
all 
the 
participating 
units 
of 
local 
government as evidenced by a majority vote of the municipal 
officers of each unit of local government. 
An amendment may not 
result in the zone' s being out of compliance with any of the 
requirements in section 5250-J. 
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Selection criteria 
1. 
Review and selection. 
The commissioner shall review 
applications and select zones for designation based upon the 
following criteria: 
A. 
Severity of economic distress within the region affected 
by the Pine Tree Deyelopment Zonej 
B. 
Viability of a development plan described under section 
5250-J, subsection 4, paragraph Ej 
C. 
Commitment of local and regional financial resources; 
D. 
Partnerships with public and private organizationsj and 
E. 
Impact 
on 
surrounding 
regions 
of 
the 
Pine 
Tree 
Development Zone. 
§5250-M. 
Program administration: rules 
The 
commissioner 
shall 
administer 
this 
subchapter. 
The 
commissioner 
shall 
adopt 
rules 
pursuant 
to 
the 
Maine 
Administrative Procedure Act for 
implementation of Pine Tree 
Development 
Zones. 
including, 
but not limited to, 
rules for 
determining 
and 
certifying eligibility, 
selecting 
zones 
for 
designation and evaluating on a periodic basis the progress and 
success of each zone in achieving its goals. Rules adopted under 
this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, 
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
§5250-N. 
Unorganized territory 
For the purposes of this subchapter, a county may act as a 
municipality for the unorganized territory within the county and 
may 
designate 
development 
districts 
within 
the 
unorganized 
territory. 
When a county acts under this section, the county 
commissioners 
act as 
the municipality 
and 
as 
the municipal 
legislative body, the State Tax Assessor acts as the municipal 
assessor and the unorganized territory education and services 
fund receives the funds designated for the municipal general fund. 
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§5250-O. 
Certification of gyalified business 
A business may apply to the commissioner for certification 
as a qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business. 
Upon review 
and determination by the 
commissioner that 
a 
business is 
a 
qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business e 
the commissioner 
shall issue a certificate of qualification to the business that 
includes a description of the qualified business activity for 
which the certificate is being issued. 
§5250-P. 
Report 
By January 15 e 
2004 e 
the commissioner shall report to the 
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over 
economic 
development 
matters 
regarding 
rulemaking 
and 
progress in implementing Pine Tree Development Zones. 
Not later 
than April 
Ie 
2005 
and April 1st of each odd numbered year 
thereafter e 
the commissioner shall report to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over economic 
development matters on the status of the Pine Tree Development 
Zones. ' 
Further amend the bill 
nonconsecutive 
consecutively. 
Part 
letter 
by relettering 
or 
section 
SUMMARY 
or renumbering any 
number 
to 
read 
This 
amendment, 
which 
is 
the 
minority 
report 
of 
the 
committee, does the following: 
1. 
Allows the Maine Rural Development Authority to finance 
projects in which the subject property is under purchase option 
or contract, so that the value and ownership of the property may 
be established more easily and with greater accuracy; 
2. 
Clarifies that 
a 
municipality, 
another 
governmental 
entity 
or 
a 
local 
development 
corporation 
may 
meet 
its 
requirement to contribute 25% of the authority's contribution 
using any type of assistance, not limited to cash; 
3. 
Deletes all the provisions of the bill that concern 
transfer 
of 
the 
Department 
of 
Economic 
and 
Community 
Development's statutory responsibility for energy conservation, 
other 
than the provision of 
law 
concerning the 
ride 
share 
program. 
The program was repealed in the bill. 
The amendment 
transfers 
authority 
over 
the 
ride 
share 
program 
from 
the 
Department 
of 
Economic 
and 
Community 
Development 
to 
the 
Department of Transportation; 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT~" to S.P. 666, L.D. 1818 
4. 
Repeals the provision of law allowing the Commissioner 
of Economic and Community Development to serve on the Board of 
Trustees of the Maine Community College System; 
5. 
Simplifies the process for amending provisions governing 
a Pine Tree Development Zone, 
including allowing amendment by 
majority vote of municipal officers within a zone; and 
6. 
Corrects an error that was created when Public Law 2003, 
chapters 426 and 451 both enacted a new Title 30-A, chapter 206, 
subchapter 3 in the Maine Revised Statutes with similar section 
numbers by repealing subchapter 3 as enacted by Public Law 2003, 
chapter 451, Part NNN, section 2 and enacting it as subchapter 4 
with new section numbers. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 03/05/04 .:;::kJ'ac:.. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1818 
An Act to Amend the Economic Development Laws 
LR2621(03) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 6 
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the Finance Authority of Maine and to the Department of Transportation can be absorbed utilizing 
existing budgeted resources. 
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