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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. 30-A MRSA §125 is enacted to read:

 
§125.__Economic development

 
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.

 
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:

 
(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;

 
(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;

 
(3)__Redevelopment of existing structures located
within the county for commercial, industrial or mixed
use;

 
(4)__Construction, financing or operating assistance to
necessary publicly owned transportation facilities,
including facilities for passenger and cargo
transportation;

 
(5)__Provision of local matching funds for any state or federal
transportation project, community development


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