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Amend the amendment in Part D by striking out all of section 6 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. D-6. Allocations from General Fund bond issue. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds authorized under this Part must be expended as designated in the following schedule.
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Amend the amendment in Part D in section 10 by striking out all of the question and inserting the following:
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"Do you favor a bond issue to stimulate economic development and job creation that would provide $5,000,000 in loans and grant funds, would provide $15,000,000 in biomedical research funds and would provide $35,000,000 in research, development and commercialization funds for targeted technology sectors, awarded after a competitive process administered by the Maine Technology Institute, and will leverage at least $50,000,000 in other funds?"
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment decreases the funding for research and development earmarked for the Maine Technology Institute by $15,000,000 and adds the same amount of funding for biomedical research under the Maine Biomedical Research Program pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 13103. The total amount of the proposed bond for the Department of Economic and Community Development remains unchanged at $50,000,000.