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LR 2044
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9. The sum of $3,000,000 to create jobs and stimulate
economic growth through the design and construction of the
Gulf of Maine Research Laboratory;

 
10. The sum of $2,000,000 to support the Maine Farms for
the Future Program;

 
11. The sum of $1,000,000 to support funding for the
University of Maine agricultural research farms; and

 
12. The sum of $8,000,000 in anticipation of $21,150,000 in
federal and private funds for affordable housing.

 
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 and, if a majority of the legal votes are cast in favor
of this Part, the Governor shall proclaim the result without
delay, and this Part 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 Part
necessary to carry out the purposes of this referendum.

 
PART B

 
Sec. B-1. 5 MRSA §13103, sub-§2, ¶G, as amended by PL 2001, c. 196, §5,
is further amended to read:

 
G. Submit each biennium a summary report to the Governor
and the Legislature that compiles information reported to
the Maine Biomedical Research Board as required by
subsection 8 by all the institutions that receive program
funding, the joint standing committee of the Legislature
having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial
affairs and the joint standing committee of the Legislature
having jurisdiction over business, research and economic
development matters.__The report must include detailed
information on the status of the funds in the Maine
Biomedical Research Fund, a listing and explanation of each
specific source of funding from grant sources for biomedical
research and its use and the number of new jobs created in
the State and where those jobs are located.


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