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voters of the State at a statewide election held in June following | | passage of this Act. The municipal officers of this State shall | | notify the inhabitants of their respective cities, towns and | | plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed by law for holding a | | statewide election, to vote on the acceptance or rejection of this | | Part by voting on the following question: |
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| | | "Do you favor a $78,850,000 bond issue to stimulate economic | | growth and job creation through investments in the Maine | | economy in anticipation of approximately $148,000,000 in | | federal and private funds? The bonds will be used for the | | following purposes: |
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| | | 1. The sum of $22,000,000 for medical research and | | development by Maine-based biomedical research institutions | | in anticipation of approximately $100,000,000 in federal and | | private funds for health research to cure disease and to | | retain Maine graduates by providing high-quality Maine jobs; |
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| | | 2. The sum of $850,000 to purchase the property known as | | Black Duck Cove on Great Wass Island to serve as the home of | | the Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and | | Education; |
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| | | 3. The sum of $9,000,000 for marine research and | | development in anticipation of $9,000,000 in federal and | | private funding for competitive capital infrastructure | | grants to sustain and develop Maine's marine-based economy; |
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| | | 4. The sum of $5,000,000 for forestry and agriculture | | research and development in anticipation of $5,000,000 in | | federal and private funding for competitive grants to | | sustain Maine's forestry and agricultural economy; |
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| | | 5. The sum of $2,000,000 for the Small Enterprise Growth | | Fund for equity investments in small Maine companies with | | potential for high growth to leverage private equity | | investments; |
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| | | 6. The sum of $5,000,000 for the New Century Community | | Program for capital improvements to cultural resources; |
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| | | 7. The sum of $1,000,000 for sustainable water sources and | | irrigation system development to leverage private funds of | | at least $800,000; |
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| | | 8. The sum of $1,000,000 to replenish the Agricultural | | Marketing Loan Fund to support farm business development, to | | leverage private funds of at least $600,000; |
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