LD 1357
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Page 1 of 4 An Act To Encourage Economic Development in Piscataquis County Page 3 of 4
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LR 2013
Item 1

 
(1)__Development of new sites for the physical
location, settlement or resettlement of new or
expanded manufacturing, fishing, commercial or other
business enterprises to be located within the county,
including payment of related costs for surveying,
land acquisition, land use and environmental
permitting, engineering, legal services and
infrastructure development;

 
(2)__Constructing or financing the development of new
community industrial buildings, as defined in Title
5, section 13120-B, to be located within Piscataquis
County;

 
(3)__Redevelopment of existing structures located
within the county for commercial, industrial or mixed
use;

 
(4)__Construction, financing or operating assistance
to necessary publicly owned transportation
facilities, including facilities for passenger and
cargo transportation;

 
(5)__Provision of local matching funds for any state
or federal transportation project, community
development grant or rural development grant to the
county or any of its municipalities, intended to
achieve purposes substantially similar to those
listed in subparagraphs (1) to (4);

 
(6)__Financial participation in any economic
development project organized or funded on a regional
basis by 2 or more political subdivisions or state or
federal agencies.__For this purpose, the county
commissioners may provide assistance to a regional
project to be located in whole or in part outside of
Piscataquis County only upon a finding by the
commissioners that the project will confer a
substantial economic benefit on Piscataquis County;

 
(7)__Funding the annual salary and operating expenses
of a county economic development officer, development
agency or development office; and

 
(8)__Necessary contractual services for any of the
purposes stated in this paragraph.

 
B.__All borrowing by the county commissioners for the
purposes of this section is subject to the following
limitations.


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