Sec. 3. 5 MRSA c. 389 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 389

FUTURE FOR YOUTH IN MAINE STATE WORK ACTION TACTICS TEAM

§13161.__Future for Youth in Maine State Work Action Tactics Team

established

The Future for Youth in Maine State Work Action Tactics Team, referred to in this chapter as "the S.W.A.T. team," is established as an advisory body to bring together representatives of government, education, business and labor in a focused, coordinated effort to recommend to the Governor and the Legislature and to oversee strategies, including realigning and streamlining the State's economic development policies and resources, and specific efforts to retain and attract youth.__For the purposes of this chapter, "youth" means persons 15 to 35 years of age.

1.__Voting members; appointment.__The S.W.A.T. team consists of the following 15 voting members, including at least 2 members under 35 years of age, appointed as follows:

A.__Five members appointed by the President of the Senate as follows:

(1)__Three members representing business; one business representative must be an individual under 35 years of age who has started a business;

(2)__One member representing labor and workforce development; and

(3)__One member who is a college student under 35 years of age, the appointment alternating annually between a student recommended by the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System and a student recommended by the Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College System;