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An Act To Increase the Availability of Cellular Telephone Service for Rural Residents
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Administration - Economic and Community Development 0069
 
Initiative: Provides funds in fiscal year 2007-08 and 2008-09 only for the Department of Economic and Community Development to enter into partnerships with private businesses to install cellular telephone towers in underserved rural areas where there is currently no signal or to place cellular telephone equipment on state-owned towers in areas that lack cellular telephone service.

GENERAL FUND	2007-08	2008-09	
All Other	$125,000	$125,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$125,000	$125,000	

SUMMARY
This bill makes one-time General Fund appropriations of $125,000 in each year of the 2008-2009 biennium for the Department of Economic and Community Development to enter into partnerships with private businesses to install cellular telephone towers in underserved rural areas where there is currently no signal or to place cellular telephone equipment on state-owned towers in areas that lack cellular telephone service.