An Act To Establish the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1957
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: RICHARDSON, EDMONDS, BERUBE, CROSBY, GERZOFSKY, GROSE, HUTTON, PERCY, VAUGHAN, WATSON, WEBSTER, MAYO

Legislative Document 
No. 1957 
H.P.1371 
House of Representatives, January 10,2006 
An Act To Establish the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority 
(EMERGENCY) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 203. 
Reference to the Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development suggested and 
ordered printed. 
Presented by Speaker RICHARDSON of Brunswick. 
Cosponsored by President EDMONDS of Cumberland and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BERUBE of Lisbon, CROSBY of Topsham, GERZOFSKY of Brunswick, 
GROSE of Woolwich, HUTTON of Bowdoinham, PERCY of Phippsburg, VAUGHAN of 
Durham, WATSON of Bath, WEBSTER of Freeport, Senator: MAYO of Sagadahoc. 
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Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the Uni ted States Government has announced its 
intention to close Brunswick Naval Air Station in Cumberland 
County; and 
Whereas, a legal entity needs to be created to accept the 
assets of the facility and manage a locally driven process for 
its readjustment and reuse; and 
Whereas, 
readjustment 
economies of 
it 
is 
critical 
to 
implement 
a 
reuse 
strategy for the facility to preserve the 
the affected communities; and 
and 
local 
Whereas, 
the United States 
Government 
is planning to 
transfer the assets for their reuse; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts 
create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of 
Maine 
and 
require 
the 
following 
legislation 
as 
immediately 
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 
safety; now, therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA c. 383, sub-c. 3, art. 2-B is enacted to read: 
Article 2-B 
MIDCOAST REGIONAL REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 
§13083-G. 
Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority 
established 
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority is established 
to carry out the purposes of this article. 
The authority is 
entrusted with acquiring and managing the properties within the 
geographic boundaries of Brunswick Naval Air Station. 
§13083-H. 
Definitions 
As 
used 
in this article, 
unless 
the 
context 
otherwise 
indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 
1. 
Authority. 
"Authority" means the Midcoast Regional 
Redevelopment Authority established in section 13083-G. 
Page l-LR2604(2) 
2. 
Base area. 
"Base area" means the area wi thin the 
geographic boundaries of Brunswick Naval Air Station. 
3. 
Bond. 
"Bond" means a bond or note or other evidence of 
indebtedness authorized under this article, whether issued under 
or pursuant to a bond resolution, trust indenture, loan or other 
security agreement. 
4. 
Brunswick Naval Air Station. 
"Brunswick Naval Air 
Station" or "base" means those properties and facilities within 
the geographic boundaries of the United States Department of 
Defense naval air station at Brunswick existing on the effective 
date of this section. 
"Base" also includes other geographically 
separate property that the authority determines should be part of 
the base if the municipality in which the property is located has 
chosen not to accept the property and use it for other purposes. 
5. 
Operating revenues. 
available to the authority 
"Operating revenues" means funds 
from fees, fares, rental or sale of 
P£Q.Perty and miscellaneous 
~edged or dedicated. 
revenue and interest not otherwise 
6. 
Primary impact conununity. 
"Primary impact community" 
means the municipalities of Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Brunswick, 
Fret;illQrt, Harpswell, Lisbon Falls and Topsham and Androscoggin 
County, Cumberland County and Sagadahoc County. 
1. 
Readjustment or reuse. 
"Readjustment" or "reuse" means 
an alternative use of the base facility from its use as 
a 
military installation. 
8. 
Real or personal property. 
"Real or personal property" 
means 
those properties 
and assets transferred by the United 
States Government or the United States Navy after the closure of 
Brunswick Naval Air Station. 
9. 
Reconstruct 
or 
reconstruction. 
"Reconstruct" 
or 
"reconstruction" means any activities undertaken to maintain the 
properties of Brunswick Naval Air Station, or any part of those 
~~erties, as 
a 
modern, 
safe 
and efficient facility 
and 
includes, 
but 
is 
not 
limited to, 
any 
rebuilding, 
redesign, 
im-psovement 
or 
enlargement 
of 
the 
real 
properties 
or 
environmental mitigation activities on base properties. 
§l3083-I. 
Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority; 
powers; membership; obligations 
1. 
Powers. 
Tpe authority is a public municipal corporation 
and may: 
A. 
Sue and be sued; 
B. 
Adopt bylaws or rules consistent with this article for 
the governance of its affairs; 
C. 
Exercise all of the general powers of corporations under 
Title 13-C, section 302; 
D. 
Exercise the power of eminent domain; 
E. 
Provide for the public safety by imposing appropriate 
rules, regulating appropriate use of the base facilities and 
enforcing laws and rules as they apply to the use of the 
base facilities; 
F. 
Charge and collect fees, charges and rents ~or the use 
of the pro~erties and other services and use the proceeds of 
those fees, charges and rents for the purposes provided in 
this article, both subject to and in accordance with any 
agreement with bondholders that may be made as provided in 
this article; 
G. 
Contract 
with 
the 
Federal 
Government 
or 
its 
instrumentalities or agencies, this State or its agencies, 
instrumentalities or municipalities, public bodies, private 
corporations, partnerships, associations and individuals to 
carry out the purposes of this article; 
H. 
Accept the cooperation of the Federal 
Governm~nt or 
it~ 
agencies in the construction, maintenance, reconstruction, 
operation and financing of the readjustment of the base and 
take necessary actions to utilize that aid and co~eration; 
I. 
Borrow money and apply for and accept advances, loans, 
grants, 
contributions 
and 
other 
forms 
of 
financial 
assistance 
from 
the 
Federal 
Government, 
the 
State, 
a 
municipali ty or other public body or from other sources, 
public or private, for the purposes of this article, give 
any security that is required and enter into and carry out 
contracts in connection with that financial assistance; 
J. 
Borrow money, make, issue and sell at public or private 
sale 
negotiable 
notes, 
bonds 
and 
other 
evidences 
of 
indebtedness or obligation of the authority for the purposes 
under this article and secure the payment of that obligation 
or any part of that obligation by pledge of all or any part 
of the operating revenues of the authority; 
K. 
Enter into loan or security agreements with one or more 
lending institutions, including, but not limited to, banks, 
insurance companies and institutions that administer pension 
funds, or trustees for those institutions for the issuance 
of bonds and exercise with respect to those loan or security 
agreements all of the powers delineated in this article for 
the issuance of bonds; 
L. 
Provide from operating revenues for the maintenance, 
construction or reconstruction of facilities to ensure the 
public safety for which the authority has not otherwise 
provided; 
M. 
Use 
operating 
revenues 
to 
provide 
payment 
of 
obligations, if any, due to the United States to implement 
the readjustment or reuse of the base facility; 
N. 
Adopt 
rules 
pursuant 
to 
the 
Maine 
Administrative 
Procedure Act; and 
o. 
Take all other lawful action necessary and incidental to 
these powers. 
2. 
Membership; appointment. 
The authority is governed by a 
board of trustees composed of 11 voting members appointed by the 
Governor and subject to review by the joint standing committee of 
the Legislature having jurisdiction over economic development 
matters and to confirmation by the Senate. 
A. 
Trustees are appointed for 4-year terms, except that, 
for initial appointments, 
trustees are appointed to 
one-year terms, 3 trustees are appointed to 2-year terms, 2 
trustees are appointed to 3-year terms, 
trustees are 
appointed to 4-year terms and the commissioner designated 
pursuant to paragraph D serves at the pleasure of the 
Governor. 
B. 
A trustee continues to hold office until a successor is 
appointed and qualified, but the term of the successor is 
not 
altered 
from 
the 
original 
expiration 
date 
of 
the 
holdover trustee's term. 
C. 
The Governor shall make 10 appointments, of which no 
fewer than 7 must be from candidates who are residents of 
Androscoggin County, Cumberland County and Sagadahoc County 
and are nominated by the primary impact communi ties. 
The 
Governor shall appoint members who reflect the diversity of 
interests represented by these communities. 
D. 
The 
Governor 
shall designate 
a 
commissioner 
of 
a 
department of State Government to be a voting, ex officio 
member of the board of trustees. 
E. 
A member appointed to the board of trustees may not hold 
an elected office in municipal, county or state government. 
3. 
Quorum. 
Six 
members 
constitute 
a 
quorum. 
Six 
affirmative votes are required for the board of trustees to take 
action. 
4. 
Liability. 
The liability of the authority is governed 
by the Maine Tort Claims Act. 
5. 
Expenses. 
A trustee is not entitled to receive 
compensation for services to the authority but is entitled to 
receive 
reimbursement 
for 
necessary expenditures, 
including 
travel expenses, incurred in carrying out those services. 
6. 
Officers; employees. 
The board of trustees shall elect 
a chair and vice-chair from among its members. 
The authority may 
employ an executive director, technical experts and other agents 
and employees, permanent and temporary, that it requires and may 
determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. 
For 
required legal services, the authority may employ or retain its 
own counsel and legal staff. 
§13083-J. 
Use of operating revenues 
1. 
Pr incipal use of revenue. 
Operating revenue must be 
used principally to reinvest in the properties held by the 
authority. 
2. 
Permitted liability limited. 
All expenses incurred in 
carrying out this article must be paid solely from funds provided 
under the authority of this article, and liability or obligation 
may not be incurred under this article beyond the extent to which 
money has been provided under the authority of this article. 
3. 
Equal 
opportunity 
employers. 
Contractors 
and 
subcontractors 
on 
authority construction 
and 
reconstruction 
projects must be equal opportunity employers and, for contracts 
in excess of $250,000, shall pursue in good faith affirmative 
action programs as defined in section 782. 
The authority may by 
rule provide for the enforcement of this requirement. 
§13083-K. 
Property of authority 
The authority shall hold and acquire property as follows. 
1. 
Lease or sale. 
Properties may be leased or sold to 
accomplish the readjustment or reuse of the base facilities as 
determined appropriate by the authority. Resources acquired as a 
result of the lease or sale of these properties become operating 
revenues or assets of the authority. 
2. 
Entry upon lands. 
The authority and its authorized 
agents and employees may enter upon lands, waters and premises in 
the State for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings 
and examinations the authority determines necessary or convenient 
for the purposes of this article. 
The entry is not a trespass, 
but the authority is liable for damages its entry creates. 
3. 
Authority for transfers of interest in land to the 
authority. 
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, upon 
the 
authority's 
request, 
on 
reasonable 
and 
fair 
terms 
and 
conditions and without the necessity for advertisement, order of 
court or action or formality other than the regular and formal 
action of the authorities concerned, counties, municipalities, 
public agencies or instrumentalities of the State, public service 
corporations and special districts may lease, lend, grant or 
convey to the authority real or personal property or rights in 
that property that may 
be necessary or convenient for the 
effectuation 
of 
the 
authorized 
purposes 
of 
the 
authority, 
including real and personal property or rights in that property 
already devoted to public use. 
As used in this subsection, the 
term "public service corporation" includes a public utility as 
defined 
in 
Title 
35-11., 
section 
102, 
subsection 
and 
a 
corporation referred to in Title 13-C. 
§13083-L. 
Special utility districts 
The authority may form special utility districts and provide 
municipal utility services within its jurisdiction. 
The board of 
trustees of the authority has the authority of a municipal 
legislative body for these purposes. 
1. 
Sewer 
services. 
The 
authority 
may 
provide 
sewer 
services as a sanitary district under Title 38, chapter 11, 
subchapters 3 and 4. 
The authority may establish a board of 
trustees for the sanitary district and appoint the members of the 
board of trustees or may act as the board of trustees of the 
district. 
2. 
Solid waste disposal. 
The authority may provide solid 
waste disposal services as a refuse disposal district under Title 
38, chapter 17. 
The authority may establish a board of trustees 
for the refuse disposal district and appoint the members of the 
board of trustees or may act as the board of trustees of the 
district. 
3. 
Water. 
The authority may provide water as a water 
district under Title 35-A, Part 6. The authority may establish a 
board of trustees for the water district and appoint the members 
of the board of trustees or may act as the board of trustees of 
the district. 
4. 
Revenue-producing services. 
The authority has all the 
powers of a municipality to provide services under Title 30-A, 
chapter 213. 
§13083-M. 
Other municipal powers 
1. 
Traffic ordinances. 
The authority has the power to 
enact traffic ordinances and regulate the operation of motor 
vehicles under Title 30-A, section 3009 to the extent that power 
is 
not 
inconsistent 
with 
other 
validly enacted 
municipal 
ordinances. 
2. 
Operating expenses. 
The authority has all the powers of 
a municipality to raise and appropriate money under Title 30-A, 
sections 5722 and 5723. 
3. 
Zoning. 
The authority may not adopt zoning or land-use 
ordinances but may coordinate zoning and land-use regulation with 
interested primary impact communities. 
4. 
Highway maintenance. 
The 
authority may 
maintain, 
repair, plow and control public ways as a municipality under 
Title 23, Part 3. 
The authority shall consult and coordinate 
with the appropriate primary impact community in appointing a 
road commissioner. 
§13083-H. 
Bonds 
1. 
Hearing required. 
The authority may issue bonds to 
finance its activities only after giving notice of the proposed 
issuance and its terms at least twice in a newspaper of general 
circulation in the appropriate counties and holding a duly 
advertised public hearing on the issuance. 
2. 
Authority. 
The authority may issue bonds from time to 
time 
in its discretion to 
finance 
the 
undertaking of 
an 
authorized activity under this article, including but not limited 
to the payment of principal and interest upon advances for 
surveys and plans, and may issue refunding bonds for the payment 
or retirement of bonds previously issued. 
A. 
The principal and interest of bonds must be made payable 
solely from the income, proceeds, revenues and funds of the 
authority derived from or held for activities under this 
article. 
Payment of the principal and interest of bonds may 
be further 
secured by 
a 
pledge of 
a 
loan, 
grant or 
contribution from the Federal Government or other source in 
aid of activities of the authority under this article and by 
a mortgage of an urban activity or a project or part of a 
project, title to which is in the authority. 
B. 
Bonds issued under this section do not constitute an 
indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or 
statutory debt limitation or restriction and are not subject 
to other laws or charters relating to the authorization, 
issuance or sale of bonds. Bonds issued under this article 
are 
declared to 
be 
issued for 
an essential public 
and 
governmental purpose and, 
together with interest on and 
income from the bonds, are exempt from all taxes. 
3. 
General characteristics. 
Bonds authorized under this 
section may be issued in one or more series. 
The resolution, 
trust indenture or mortgage under which the bonds are issued may 
include the following: 
A. 
The date or dates borne by the bonds; 
B. 
Whether the bonds are payable upon demand or mature at a 
certain time or times; 
C. 
The interest rate or rates of the bonds; 
D. 
The denomination or denominations of the bonds; 
E. 
The form of the bonds, whether coupon or registered; 
F. 
The conversion or registration privileges carried by the 
bonds; 
G. 
The rank or priority of the bonds; 
H. 
The manner of execution of the bonds; 
I. 
The medium and place or places of payment; 
J. 
The terms of redemption of the bonds, with or without 
premium; 
K. 
The manner secured; and 
L. 
Any other characteristics of the bonds. 
4. 
Price sold. 
The bonds may be: 
A. 
Sold at not less than par at public sales held after 
notice has 
been published in 
a 
newspaper 
of general 
circulation in the area of operation and in any other medium 
of publication that the authority designates; 
B. 
Exchanged for other bonds on the basis of par; or 
C. 
Sold to the Federal Government at private sale at not 
less than par. 
If less than all of the authorized principal 
amount of the bonds is sold to the Federal Government, the 
balance may be sold at private sale at not less than par at 
an interest cost to the municipality that does not exceed 
the interest cost to the municipality of the portion of the 
bonds sold to the Federal Government. 
5. 
Signatures of outgoing officers; negotiability. 
If an 
official of the authority whose signature appears on a bond or 
coupon issued under this article ceases to be an official before 
the bond is delivered, the signature is nevertheless valid for 
all purposes as if the official had remained in office until the 
delivery. 
Notwithstanding contrary provisions of 
law, 
bonds 
issued under this article are fully negotiable. 
6. 
Bond recitation; conclusive presumptions. 
In actions or 
proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of a bond 
issued under this article or the security for that bond, a bond 
reciting in substance that it has been issued by the authority in 
connection with an activity is conclusively deemed to have been 
issued for that purpose and the activity is conclusively deemed 
to have been planned, located and carried out in accordance with 
this article. 
7. 
No 
personal 
liability; 
not 
debt 
of 
State 
or 
municipality. 
Neither the trustees of the authority nor the 
person executing the bonds is liable personally on the bonds by 
reason of the issuance of the bonds. 
The bonds and other 
obligations of the authority must have stated on their face that 
they are not a debt of the State and that the State is not liable 
on the bonds. 
The bonds or obligations may not be payable out of 
funds or properties other than those of the authority acquired 
for the purposes of this article. 
8. 
Bonds as legal investments. 
Public officers, municipal 
corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies; banks, 
trust 
companies, 
bankers, 
savings 
banks 
and 
institutions, 
building and loan associations, savings and loan associations L 
investment companies 
and other persons carrying on 
a 
banking 
business; insurance companies, insurance associations and other 
persons 
carrying 
on 
an 
insurance 
business; 
and 
executors, 
administrators, 
curators, 
trustees 
and 
other 
fiduciaries 
may 
;legally invest sinking funds, money or other funds belonging to 
them or within their control in bonds or other obligations issued 
by the authority under this article. 
These bonds or other 
obligations are authorized security for all public deposits. It 
is the purpose of this section to authorize persons, political 
subdivisions and officers, public or private, to use funds owned 
or controlled by them for the purchase of these bonds or other 
obligations. This section does not relieve a person of any duty 
or of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities. 
9. 
Investment of funds; redemption of bonds. 
The authority 
A. 
Invest, in property or securities in which savings banks 
may legally invest funds subject to their control, funds 
held in reserves, sinking funds or funds not required for 
immediate disbursement; and 
B. 
Cancel its bonds by redeeming them at the redemption 
price established in the bonds or by purchasing them at less 
than redemption price. 
§13083-0. 
Interest of public officials, trustees or employees 
1. 
Acquisition of interest. 
A public official, trustee or 
employee of the authority may not acquire or hold a direct or an 
indirect financial or personal interest in: 
A. 
An authority activity; 
B. 
Property included or planned to be included in the base 
area; or 
C. 
A contract or proposed contract in connection with an 
authority activity. 
When an acquisition is involuntary, the interest acquired must be 
disclosed immediately in writing to the board of trustees of the 
authori ty, 
and the disclosure must be entered in the board' s 
minutes. 
2. 
Present or past interest in property. 
If a public 
official, trustee or employee of the authority presently owns or 
controls, or owned or controlled within the preceding 2 years, a 
direct or an indirect interest in property known to be included 
or planned to be included in an authority activity, that public 
official, trustee or employee must disclose this fact immediately 
in writing to the authority and the disclosure must be entered in 
the authority's minutes. 
3. 
Recusal. 
The public official, trustee or employee of 
the authority with an interest may not participate in an action 
by the authority affecting that property. 
4. 
Violation. 
A violation of this section is a Class E 
crime. 
§l3083-P. 
Exemption from execution 
1. 
Property exempt from execution. 
The property, including 
funds, of the authority is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of 
an execution. 
An execution or other judicial process may not be 
issued against the authority I s property, and a judgment against 
the authority may not be a charge or lien upon its property. 
2. 
Construction; limitation of application. 
This section 
does not: 
A. 
Prohibit the authority from making payments in lieu of 
taxes to the municipality: or 
B. 
Apply to or limit the right of an obligee to foreclose 
or otherwise enforce 
a 
mortgage of the authority or to 
pursue remedies for the enforcement of a pledge or lien 
given 
by 
the 
authority 
on 
its rents, 
fees, 
grants 
or 
revenues. 
§13083-0. 
Designation as port of entry, international airport, 
foreign trade zone and free port area 
1. 
Port of entry. 
The authority may apply to the Secretary 
of the Treasury of the United States for the purpose of having 
Brunswick Naval Air Station or a portion of the base designated, 
established or constituted as a port of entry or an international 
airport pursuant to the federal Customs Reorganization Act~ 
United States Code, Section 1, as amended, and Section 58b, as 
amended, 
and regulations of the United States Customs 
Servic~ 
including 19 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 101.0 and 
122.1, as amended. 
2. 
Foreign trade zone. 
The authority may apply to the 
Secretary of Commerce of the United States for the purpose of 
establishing, operating and maintaining foreign trade zones at 
Brunswick Naval Air Station pursuant to the federal Foreign Trade 
Zones Act, 19 United States Code, Section 81a-81u, as amended, 
providing for the establishment. operation and maintenance of 
foreign trade zones in or adjacent to ports of entry of the 
United States for expediting and encouraging foreign commerce and 
for other purposes. 
A. 
The authority may select and describe the location of 
the foreign trade zone, make rules and take other actions 
concerning the operation, maintenance and policing of the 
zone as necessary to comply with the federal Foreign Trade 
Zones Act and the regulations promulgated under that Act. 
B. 
The authority may lease or may erect, maintain and 
QPerate structures, buildings or enclosures necessary for 
the establishment and operation of foreign trade zones. 
3. 
Other tax-free provisions. 
The authority may establish 
a free port area at Brunswick Naval Air Station in which personal 
property 
in 
transit 
is 
exempt 
from 
the 
provisions 
of 
the 
stock-in-trade tax and other taxes and customs normally levied in 
p. port of entry. 
For the purposes of this section, personal 
property in transit through the free port area established by the 
authority includes goods, wares and merchandise that: 
A. 
Are 
moving 
in interstate or international 
commerce 
through or over the fr~e port areas established; 
B. 
Are consigned from outside the State to a public or 
private warehouse within the State, whether that consignment 
is specified before or after transportation; or 
c. 
Do not lose their tax-exempt status because, while in a 
warehouse, 
they are 
assembled, 
bound, 
joined, 
proce~sedL 
disassembled, divided, cut, broken in bulk, relabeled or 
repackaged. 
The warehouse in which the goods, wares and 
merchandise are stored may not be owned in whole or in part 
by either the consignee or the consignor. 
The tax-exemption 
granted may_be liberally construed to effect the purposes of 
this article. 
§13083-R. 
Termination of the authority 
The authority is not dissolved until: 
1. 
Legislature provides for termination. 
It is terminated 
by the Legislat¥re; and 
2. 
Payment of bonds, premiums and interest. 
The bonds, 
premium, if any, 
and interest have been paid or a sufficient 
amount for the payment of the bonds and interest to maturity or a 
prior redemption date have been irrevocably set aside in trust 
for the benefit of the bondholders. 
§13083-S. 
Annual report 
1. 
Annual financial report. 
The authority shall submit 
annually 
to 
the 
Governor, 
the 
Executive 
Director 
of 
the 
Legislative Council and the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature 
having 
jurisdiction 
over 
housing 
and 
economic 
development matters, not later than 120 days after the close of 
the authority's fiscal year, a complete report on the activities 
of the authority. The report may also be provided to any other 
member of the Legislature and to any other person. The report 
must include all of the following for the previous year: 
A. 
A description of the authority's operationsj 
B. 
An 
accounting 
expenditures, 
assets 
fiscal yearj 
of 
and 
the 
authority's 
liabili ties at 
receipts 
and 
the 
end of its 
C. 
A listing of all property transactions pursuant to 
section 13083-Kj 
D. 
An accounting of all activities of any special utility 
district formed under section 13083-Lj 
E. 
A listing of any property acquired by eminent domain 
under section 13083-Ij 
F. 
A listing of any bonds issued during the fiscal year 
under section 13083-Ij 
G. 
A statement of the authority's P£QPose~gnd Erojected 
activities for the ensuing yearj and 
H. 
Recommendations regarding further actions that may be 
suitable for achieving the purposes of this ar~jcl~ 
Sec. 2. Initial appointments; inform joint standing committee. The 
Governor 
shall 
inform 
the 
joint 
standing 
committee 
of 
the 
Legislature 
having 
jurisdiction 
over 
economic 
development 
matters, 
no 
later 
than 
March 
15, 
2007, 
of 
the 
initial 
appointments to the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 13083-I, 
subsection 2. 
Sec. 3. Report to development authority. The municipalities of 
Topsham and Brunswick or any entity under their purview with 
responsibility over matters regarding the future use of Brunswick 
Naval 
Air 
Station 
shall 
report 
on 
its 
findings 
and 
recommendations to the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority 
no later than July 1, 2007. 
Sec. 4. 
Report to committee; 2nd regular session. 
The Midcoast 
Regional Redevelopment Authority shall report the status of the 
establishment of the authority to the joint standing committee of 
the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
economic development 
matters 
during 
the 
Second 
Regular 
Session 
of 
the 
123rd 
Legislature no later than January 15, 2008. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
This 
bill 
establishes 
a 
redevelopment 
authority 
for 
Brunswick Naval Air Station.