5-B.__Growth-related capital investment.__"Growth-related capital investment" means investment in only the following projects, whether using state, federal or other funds, and whether in the form of a purchase, lease, grant, loan, loan guarantee, credit, tax credit or other financial assistance: significant highway projects as defined in rules adopted by the Department of Transportation under Title 23, section 73; the construction or purchase of newly constructed single-family homes or purchase of loans for newly constructed single-family homes; the construction or acquisition of newly constructed multifamily rental housing; the development of industrial or business parks; the construction or expansion of pollution control facilities that expands treatment capacity; the construction or extension of sewer, water and other utility lines; grants and loans for infrastructure, public facilities and community buildings; and construction or expansion of state office buildings, state courts and other state civic buildings that serve public clients and customers. "Growth-related capital investment" does not include projects using funds for the operation or maintenance of a governmental or quasi-governmental facility or program; the construction of school capacity for additional students, provided the requirements of Title 20-A, section 15908, subsection 4 are met; the renovation of an existing school and its related facilities at an existing site that does not add capacity for additional students; the renovation of a governmental facility that does not significantly expand the facility's capacity; general purpose aid for education other than for the construction of new schools and related facilities; community revenue sharing; or public health programs.

Sec. 6. 30-A MRSA §4349, as amended by PL 1993, c. 721, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. H, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 7. 30-A MRSA §4349-A is enacted to read:

§4349-A. State capital investments

1.__Growth-related capital investments.__The State may make growth-related capital investments only in:

A.__A locally designated growth area, as identified in a comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to and consistent with the goals and guidelines of this subchapter;

B.__In the absence of a consistent comprehensive plan, an area served by a public sewer system that has the capacity for the growth-related project, or an area identified in the