| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §436, as amended by PL 1999, c. 72, §8, is further | amended to read: |
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| §436. Grants for technical assistance and research |
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| | The commissioner may use all or a portion of the accrued | interest in the cash balance of the Agricultural Marketing Loan | Fund and interest portion of loan repayments, up to a maximum of | $250,000 per year, for grants for technical assistance and the | agricultural development grant program in chapter 10. The | commissioner may expend grant dollars designated to an applicant | in one fiscal year during the following fiscal year. |
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| | This bill allows grants for technical assistance as one | category of grants available under the Maine Revised Statutes, | Title 7, section 436, which were inadvertently deleted in Public | Law 1999, chapter 72. |
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