Sec. CC-1. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from the General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Part.
1998-99
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
Business Development
Positions - Legislative Count (4.000)
Personal Services $235,078
All Other 60,000
__________
TOTAL $295,078
Provides funds for 2 Policy Development Specialist positions, and one Development Project Officer position to expand business development efforts; and one Development Program Manager position for the Maine Products Marketing Program.
Maine Small Business Commission
All Other 70,000
Provides funds to the Small Business Development Centers to provide for a full-time small business counselor at the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments.
Office of Tourism
Positions - Legislative Count (1.000)
Personal Services 62,551
Provides funds for one Policy Development Specialist position within the Office of Tourism to maximize the return on the investment of the program.
Administration - Economic and Community Development
Personal Services 17,371
All Other 10,000
__________
TOTAL 27,371
Provides funds to upgrade one Development Project Officer position to a Development Program Manager position for improved administration, outreach management and oversight of the tax increment financing, employment tax increment financing and other incentive programs plus associated All Other costs.
Administration - Economic and Community Development
All Other 150,000
Provides funds for the Market Development Center to be used to provide technical assistance to companies statewide. This appropriation will match approximately $300,000 in federal funds.
Maine Small Business Commission
All Other 17,704
Provides one-time funds to the Small Business Development
Center to complete the electronic linkage of the federal Economic Development Administration Development Districts, Maine Small Business Development Center and the Department of Economic and Community Development.
Office of Tourism
All Other 248,160
Provides one-time funds for tourism marketing and development.
Business Development
All Other 1,028,790
Provides one-time funds for business attraction and expansion marketing efforts. Funds shall be dispersed in accordance with a competitive quality-based selection procedure as established and administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development.
Francophone Office - Lewiston, Maine
All Other 100,000
Provides one-time funds for the promotion of international trade and cultural affairs with French Speaking nations of the world.
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ____________
TOTAL 1,999,654
MAINE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER
Maine International Trade Center
All Other 75,000
Provides funds for enhanced operations of the Bangor Office.
MAINE INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER ____________
TOTAL 75,000
MAINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION
Maine Science and Technology Foundation
All Other 120,000
Provides funds for technical assistance to small manufacturers at high risk for failure. Funds must be made available to companies with fewer than 20 employees under guidelines to be established by the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Manufacturers Extension Partnership (MEP). Companies employing fewer than 500 employees are eligible if the company can demonstrate that jobs are in danger of being lost. Funds provided under this program must be matched by the companies receiving assistance under guidelines to be established by the MEP.
Maine Science and Technology Foundation
All Other 355,346
Provides one-time funds to support programs for high-technology business activities in this State.
MAINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ____________
TOTAL 475,346
SECTION ____________
TOTAL APPROPRIATION $2,550,000
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