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A.__"Qualified__project" means a business project that meets | | the criteria set forth in subsection 4 conducted by a | | qualified industry. |
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| | | B.__"Qualified industry" means a for-profit corporation, | | limited liability company, partnership, registered limited | | liability partnership, sole proprietorship, business trust | | or any other entity, inside or outside the State, that is | | engaged in or will engage in a qualified project. |
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| | | 2.__Establishment.__The Pine Tree Recreation Zone is | | established to expand recreational opportunities and encourage | | tourism and economic development in areas adjacent to and located | | within the State's natural resources in the central and northern | | regions of the State. |
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| | | 3.__Designation of zone.__The Pine Tree Recreation Zone is | | that area of the State that is north and east of the Androscoggin | | River. |
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| | | 4.__Project eligibility.__A business project is eligible to | | qualify for Pine Tree Recreation Zone benefits if the project: |
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| | | A.__Is located within the Pine Tree Recreation Zone and is | | in a labor market area with a population density of less | | than 30 people per square mile according to the last Federal | | Decennial Census; and |
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| | | B.__Derives at least 50% of its business from sustainable | | recreational or agricultural tourism activities that involve | | the use of available natural resources and provides at least | | one of the following services: |
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| | | (2)__Guiding or instructional services; and |
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| | | (3)__The sale or rental of equipment for use in | | canoeing, kayaking, hunting, fishing, sailing, | | whitewater rafting, hiking, wildlife photography, | | snowmobiling, dog sledding, snowshoeing, downhill or | | cross-country skiing, camping activities or other | | similar nature-based tourism activities. |
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| | | 5.__Administration; rules.__The Commissioner of Economic and | | Community Development shall administer this subchapter and shall | | adopt rules for the implementation of this subchapter.__Rules | | adopted under this subsection are major substantive rules as | | defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.__The |
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