| Sec. 3. Transition provisions. This Act allocates in statute |
| provisions recognizing the Maine Rural Development Council, |
| which was initiated in 1991 by Executive Order 8, FY 91/92. |
| It establishes the Maine Rural Development Board as the |
| governing body of the council and authorizes the board to |
| participate in the National Rural Development Partnership. |
| Members of the Maine Rural Development Board and the executive |
| director of the Maine Rural Development Council serving on the |
| effective date of this Act continue to serve. The Maine Rural |
| Development Council must continue to be governed in accordance |
| with its bylaws adopted June 22, 2000 and subsequent amendment |
| to those bylaws. |
