§ 10 §917-A — Purpose

Maine § 10 §917-A

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
• Part 2: BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 107: MAINE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION; MAINE ECONOMIC GROWTH COUNCIL

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The Maine Development Foundation shall foster, assist and participate in efforts for economic growth and revitalization, in coordination with existing state, regional and local agencies, such efforts to include, but not be limited to, providing for or stimulating the following provisions.
1.
Public, private partnerships.
The Maine Development Foundation shall strive to:
2.
Economic analysis.
The Maine Development Foundation may:
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Economic education.
The Maine Development Foundation may provide Legislators, officials of State Government, business people, municipal officials, development professionals and others with an educational program on the Maine economy, including training, information and experiential learning on the Maine economy, business investment, government operations and the relationship between public policy decisions and business investment, with the goal of strengthening public and private partnership to accomplish economic development.
4.
Economic opportunities.
The Maine Development Foundation may:
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Good climate for economic development.
The Maine Development Foundation shall strive to promote an improved climate for economic development in the State through judicious use of the public and private nature of the foundation to provide objective analysis and develop broad consensus on issues of significance to the economic health of the State, provided that the promotion does not require the foundation to register as a lobbyist employer pursuant to Title 3, chapter 15, and further provided that the foundation does not advocate to the general public a position on a question as defined in Title 21-A, section 1, subsection 35.
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Attract and retain youth in the State.
The Maine Development Foundation shall establish and oversee an initiative to develop, recommend and implement specific strategies and efforts to attract and retain youth in this State. For the purposes of this subsection, "youth" means persons 20 to 40 years of age. The initiative must be guided by an independent steering committee selected by the Maine Development Foundation Board of Directors that is composed of youth with a diverse representation of gender, race, geography, professional sector and education and including representation from regional young persons groups and networks across the State. The Maine Development Foundation shall perform activities to advance this initiative, including but not limited to:

Legislative History

PL 1987, c. 534, §§B4,B23 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 240, Pt. RRRR, §3 (AMD).