CHAPTER 656

H.P. 1320 - L.D. 1880

An Act To Promote Youth Involvement in County and Local

Government

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA c. 20 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 20

COUNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

§471. Creation

There is established the County and Local Government Internship Program, administered by the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy within the University of Maine System referred to in this chapter as "the program," for attracting and placing qualified undergraduate and graduate college students temporarily within county and local governments.

§472. Purposes

The purposes of this program are:

1.__Selection. To attract and select college students with ambition and talent for temporary internships within county and local governments;

2.__Placement. To place each program intern in a position of some responsibility where the intern can contribute ideas, enthusiasm and ingenuity while completing a project under the direction of a responsible county or local administrator;