| | 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, |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §125 is enacted to read: |
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| §125.__Economic development |
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| | 1.__Budget authority.__Subject to the provisions of chapter 3, | subchapter 1, article 6, the county commissioners of Piscataquis | County may raise, appropriate, borrow and expend money for the | purposes of county economic development, subject to the following | provisions and limitations. |
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| A.__As used in this section, "county economic development" | means assisting or encouraging the creation or preservation | of new or existing employment opportunities for residents of | Piscataquis County, or any of its municipalities or | unorganized territories, through one or more of the | following activities: |
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| (1)__Development of new sites for the physical | location, settlement or resettlement of new or expanded | manufacturing, fishing, commercial or other business | enterprises to be located within the county, including | payment of related costs for surveying, land | acquisition, land use and environmental permitting, | engineering, legal services and infrastructure | development; |
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| (2)__Constructing or financing the development of new | community industrial buildings, as defined in Title 5, | section 13120-B, to be located within Piscataquis | County; |
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| (3)__Redevelopment of existing structures located | within the county for commercial, industrial or mixed | use; |
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| (4)__Construction, financing or operating assistance to | necessary publicly owned transportation facilities, | including facilities for passenger and cargo | transportation; |
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| (5)__Provision of local matching funds for any state or federal | transportation project, community development |
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