| | | 1.__Director.__The director reports to the commissioner.__The | | director is responsible for advocacy, policies and programs that | | stimulate investment and growth in small business and | | entrepreneurship.__The director is the liaison to the public for | | gubernatorial initiatives on small business and entrepreneurship. |
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| | | 2.__Duties.__The director shall: |
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| | | A.__Advocate for small business and entrepreneurship | | throughout all levels of State Government; |
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| | | B.__Assist in the oversight and auditing of the State's | | investments in small business and entrepreneurship | | initiatives, programs and service providers; |
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| | | C.__Chair the Maine Entrepreneurship Working Group, which | | shall act as the advisory group to the Maine Small Business | | and Entrepreneurship Commission and subsequently the | | department; |
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| | | D.__Prepare a biennial state of small business and | | entrepreneurship report to the Legislature; and |
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| | | E.__Oversee the Business Answers program, the Maine Products | | Marketing Program and other department programs and | | initiatives relevant to small business and entrepreneurship. |
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| | | Sec. 3. Transition. Members serving on the Maine Regulatory Fairness | | Board on the effective date of this Act continue to serve for the | | remainder of the terms for which they were appointed. |
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