Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §13122-J, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 401, Pt. BBB, §1, is amended to read:

The foundation shall develop and submit to the Governor and the Legislature by December 31, 1999 July 1, 2006 and on the first day of each legislative session July 1st every 5 years thereafter an evaluation of state investments in research and development. The evaluation must:

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §13122-K is enacted to read:

§13122-K.__Reporting requirements of recipients of research

and development funding

To assist the foundation in preparing a comprehensive research and development evaluation, a recipient of state funding for research and development shall, in addition to any other reporting requirements required by law:

1.__Data.__Collect, maintain and provide to the foundation data relating to each investment's performance, outputs and outcomes;

2. Report card indicators.__Identify the indicators in the report card developed by the foundation that will be affected as a result of the proposed research and development activity; and

3.__Action plan goals.__Identify the goals in the action plan developed by the foundation that will be advanced by the recipient's research and development activity.

Sec. 3. Initial evaluation of research and development. The Maine Science and Technology Foundation shall develop and submit to the Governor and the Legislature by July 1, 2001 an initial evaluation of the State's public investments in research and development that provides a composite overview of the State's long-standing research and development investments using existing data and qualitative evaluation methods and that includes no fewer than 5 case studies.

Sec. 4. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from the General Fund to carry out the purposes of this Act.

2000-01

MAINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FOUNDATION