An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Maine Economic Improvement Fund
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §947, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §948, sub-§1, ¶F, as amended by PL 1999, c. 401, Pt. AAA, §5, is further amended to read:
(1) The operations of the fund during the fiscal year;
(2) The assets and liabilities of the fund at the end of its most recent fiscal year; and
(3) The annual measurable goals and objectives of the fund, as established by the board, and an assessment of the achievement of those goals and objectives. The goals and objectives must include, but may not be limited to, education, research and development ; and .
The annual report must clearly delineate the total amount contained in the fund at the end of its most recent fiscal year and must set forth the amounts and purposes of all expenditures from the fund during the fiscal year; and
Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §948, sub-§2 is enacted to read:
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This bill requires the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System to set aside annually 3% of the total amount to be expended from the Maine Economic Improvement Fund for research and development and product innovation in target areas and to distribute that amount equally among those rural campuses of the University of Maine System that are able to demonstrate efforts in research and development in target areas in the previous year.