Sec. 1. United States Naval Shipyard defense diversification project. The Southern Maine Economic Development District shall study, in coordination with the Department of Economic and Community Development, the federal Economic Development Administration, the Town of Kittery, the Market Development Center, the Maine Science and Technology Foundation and the Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership, the feasibility of using the facilities and technology available at the United States Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the facilities at the shipyard and their potential for use by private sector industries for nondefense-related projects. Based on the study, the Southern Maine Economic Development District and the others involved in the study shall develop a targeted marketing program aimed at Maine industries, including the development of materials that highlight both the resources of the shipyard and the Town of Kittery as a place to do business.

Sec. 2. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from the General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act.

2000-01

SOUTHERN MAINE ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

Southern Maine Economic

Development District

All Other $50,000

Provides funds to match a grant from the federal Economic Development Administration for a defense diversification project at the United States Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, including an evaluation of the assets of the shipyard and the development of materials that promote the assets of the shipyard and the Town of Kittery, pursuant to section 1 of this Act.

SUMMARY

This bill appropriates matching funds to provide for an evaluation of the United States Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine to determine the utility of the facilities and technologies