Sec. 16. 5 MRSA §13120-J, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 703, §6, is amended to read:

1. Acquisition of interest. A member of the board of trustees or employee of the authority may not acquire or hold a direct or an indirect personal financial or personal interest in:

A. An authority activity;

B. Property or facilities included, planned to be included or expected to directly benefit from an authority activity; or

C. A contract or proposed contract in connection with an authority activity.

When an acquisition is involuntary, the interest acquired must be disclosed immediately in writing to the board of trustees and the disclosure must be entered in the board of trustees' minutes.

Sec. 17. 5 MRSA §13120-N, as amended by PL 2003, c. 281, §§5 and 6, is further amended to read:

§13120-N. Speculative industrial building program

The authority may assist a municipality or local development corporation to construct a community speculative industrial building by loaning the municipality or local development corporation money for construction or carrying costs or both for the project, subject to the following.

1. Project. The following conditions apply to a project receiving money under this section.

A. The project must be within the scope of this subchapter, must be of public use and benefit and must reasonably be expected to accomplish one or more of the following:

(1) Create new employment opportunities;