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(1) Documentation of all municipal commitments required
under subsection 2;

 
(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 description 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 legislative
body of each applicant unit of local government or the
legislative body's 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
within the unit of local government.

 
2.__Vote of unit of local 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 5250-J, subsection 2 by majority vote of its legislative
body.

 
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 create an organization, designate an existing
department or agency or enter into a contractual arrangement with
a private entity to administer activities authorized under this
subchapter.


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