An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the University of Maine for Research and Development
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0858
Committee: Appropriations and Financial Affairs
Sponsors: TURNER, CAIN, DOW, SCHNEIDER, STRIMLING, FISCHER, GILES, RECTOR, STRANG BURGESS

Legislative Document 
No. 858 
S.P.268 
February 23, 2007 
An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the University 
of Maine for Research and Development 
Reference to the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Senator TURNER of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Representative CAIN of Orono and 
JOY 1. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senators: DOW of Lincoln, SCHNEIDER of Penobscot, STRIMLING of Cumberland, 
Representatives: FISCHER of Presque Isle, GILES of Belfast, RECTOR of Thomaston, 
STRANG BURGESS of Cumberland. 
Printed on recycled paper 
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Preamble. Two thirds of both Houses of the Legislature deeming it necessary in 
accordance with the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 14 to authorize the 
issuance of bonds on behalf of the State of Maine to provide funds as described in this 
Act, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. Authorization of bonds. The Treasurer of State is authorized, under the 
direction of the Governor, to issue bonds in the name and on behalf of the State in an 
amount not exceeding $66,2 I 4,500 for the purposes described in section 6 of this Act. 
The bonds are a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State. The bonds may not run for 
lOa period longer than 10 years from the date of the original issue of the bonds. At the 
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discretion of the Treasurer of State, with the approval of the Governor, any issuance of 
bonds may contain a call feature. 
Sec. 2. Records of bonds issued kept by Treasurer of State. The Treasurer 
of State shall keep an account of each bond showing the number of the bond, the name of 
the successful bidder to whom sold, the amount received for the bond, the date of sale and 
the date when payable. 
Sec. 3. Sale; how negotiated; proceeds appropriated. The Treasurer of State 
may negotiate the sale of the bonds by direction of the Governor, but no bond may be 
loaned, pledged or hypothecated on behalf of the State. The proceeds of the sale of the 
bonds, which must be held by the Treasurer of State and paid by the Treasurer of State 
upon warrants drawn by the State Controller, are appropriated solely for the purposes set 
forth in this Act. Any unencumbered balances remaining at the completion of the project 
in this Act lapse to the debt service account established for the retirement of these bonds. 
Sec. 4. Interest and debt retirement. The Treasurer of State shall pay interest 
due or accruing on any bonds issued under this Act and all sums coming due for payment 
of bonds at maturity. 
Sec. 5. Disbursement of bond proceeds. The proceeds of the bonds must be 
expended as set out in this Act under the direction and supervision of the University of 
Maine System. 
Sec. 6. Allocations from General Fund bond issue. The proceeds of the sale 
of the bonds authorized under this Act must be expended as designated in the following 
schedule. 
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE 
Provides funds for biotechnology: to 
$10,775,000 
build-out and renovate biology 
laboratories in Hitchner, Murray and 
Aubert halls to support growth and 
expansion of research and development 
partnerships such as genomics and 
Graduate School of Biomedical Science 
research programs. 
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Provides funds for aquaculture and 
$10,285,000 
marine sciences: a building match for 
USDA National Marine Cold Water 
Aquaculture Research Center matching 
funds. 
Provides funds for information 
$6,750,000 
technology: Information technology and 
new media, training and research facility 
in Alumni Hall and for the Universal 
Design and Inclusive Technology 
Research and Development Center. 
Provides funds for environmental 
$6,000,000 
technology: Environmentally Sustainable 
Product Development and Evaluation 
Center. 
Provides funds for precision 
$2,500,000 
manufacturing: a laboratory for surface 
science technology nanotechnology and 
nanofabrication laboratory equipment. 
Provides funds for advanced materials 
$7,000,000 
and composites: oriented strand lumber 
pilot line at the Advanced Engineer Wood 
Composites Center forest bioproducts 
facility and pilot plant. 
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Provides funds for forestry and 
agriculture: plant propagation and growth 
chambers, Island Falls pilot plant upgrade 
and the new Maine Animal Diagnostic 
Laboratory facility and equipment. 
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN 
MAINE 
Provides funds for biotechnology: for the 
building and outfitting of the 3 floors of 
the biosciences wing in the Portland 
Science Building, for the Complete 
Electron Microscope Core Facility, for 
the equipment and outfitting of the Maine 
Center for Toxicology and Environmental 
Health (MCTEH) Laboratory and for 
equipment and outfitting of the Aquatic 
Phytoremediation Laboratory. 
Provides funds for information 
technology: For Marine Informatics 
equipment, for the University of Southern 
Maine Aquatic Systems Group located at 
the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, for 
hardware and software for the Field 
Information System (FIS) Laboratory, for 
the outfitting of the Design Science 
Laboratory and for the Geographic 
Information System (GIS) Laboratory for 
laboratory upgrades for computer storage, 
data storage and ancillary equipment. 
$9,904,500 
$11,500,000 
$1,500,000 
Sec. 7. Contingent upon ratification of bond issue. Sections 1 to 6 do not 
become effective unless the people of the State ratifY the issuance of the bonds as set 
forth in this Act. 
Sec. 8. Appropriation balances at year-end. At the end of each fiscal year, all 
unencumbered appropriation balances representing state money carry forward. 
Bond 
proceeds that have not been expended within 10 years after the date of the sale of the 
bonds lapse to General Fund debt service. 
Sec. 9. Bonds authorized but not issued. Any bonds authorized but not issued, 
or for which bond anticipation notes are not issued within 5 years of ratification of this 
Act, are deauthodzed and may not be issued, except that the Legislature may, within 2 
years after the expiration of that 5-year period, extend the period for issuing any 
remaining unissued bonds or bond anticipation notes for an additional amount of time not 
to exceed 5 years. 
Sec. 10. 
Referendum for ratification; submission at election; form of 
question; effective date. This Act must be submitted to the legal voters of the State at 
a statewide election held in the month of November following the passage of this Act. 
The municipal officers of this State shall notify the inhabitants of their respective cities, 
towns and plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding a statewide 
election, to vote on the acceptance or rejection of this Act by voting on the following 
question: 
"Do you favor a $66,214,500 bond issue to be used for research and 
development purposes by the University of Maine System for 
biotechnology, 
aquaculture, 
information 
technology, 
preCISIOn 
manufacturing, forestry and agriculture and geographic information 
systems for strategic economic development?" 
The legal voters of each city, town and plantation shall vote by ballot on this question 
and designate their choice by a cross or check mark placed within a corresponding square 
below the word "Yes" or "No." 
The ballots must be received, sorted, counted and 
declared in open ward, town and plantation meetings and returns made to the Secretary of 
State in the same manner as votes for members of the Legislature. The Governor shall 
review the returns. If a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor of this Act, the 
Governor shall proclaim the result without delay and this Act becomes effective 30 days 
after the date of the proclamation. 
The Secretary of State shall prepare and furnish to each city, town and plantation all 
ballots, returns and copies of this Act necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
referendum. 
SUMMARY 
The funds provided by this bond issue, in the amount of $66,214,500, are to be used 
for research and development purposes by the University of Maine System for 
biotechnology, aquaculture, information technology, precision manufacturing, forestry 
and agriculture and geographic information systems for strategic economic development.