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having jurisdiction over business and economic development matters | no later than January 15, 2001. The joint standing committee of | the Legislature having jurisdiction over business and economic | development matters may report out legislation on this issue to the | First Regular Session of the 120th Legislature. |
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| | Sec. 19. Existing rights and obligations. This Act may not in any way | impair the contractual rights or obligations, existing on the | effective date of this Act, of the Maine Educational Loan | Authority or its bondholders or the nonprofit corporation formed | under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 11407 and | the former Title 20, section 2237 or its bondholders. This Act | may not be construed to affect the exclusion from gross income of | interest on any bonds that were issued by either the Maine | Educational Loan Authority or the nonprofit corporation formed | under Title 20-A, section 11407 and former Title 20, section 2237 | prior to the effective date of this Act. |
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| | Sec. 20. Retroactivity. Those sections of this Act that enact the | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 10, section 363, subsection 8, | paragraph B-1 and Title 20-A, section 11407, subsection 2 are | retroactive to July 15, 2000. |
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| | Sec. 21. Repeal of the Maine Revised Statutes, section 2237. Upon the repeal of | the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20, section 2237, any nonprofit | corporation organized at the request of the Governor pursuant to | that section is deemed to have been organized at the request of | the Governor pursuant to Title 20-A, section 11407. |
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| | The State Planning Office within the Executive Department will | incur some minor additional costs to conduct an annual economic | analysis. These costs can be absorbed within the office's | existing budgeted resources. |
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| | The additional costs associated with serving as a member of | the group of representatives responsible for recommendations | regarding the allocation of state ceilings can be absorbed by the | Department of Economic and Community Development utilizing | existing budgeted resources. |
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| | The Finance Authority of Maine will realize some minor savings | from no longer being required to conduct an annual survey of the | State's pulp and paper companies. |
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