Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4301, sub-§5-B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 776, §7, is amended to read:

5-B. Growth-related capital investment. "Growth-related capital investment" means investment by the State in only the following projects, even if privately owned, whether using state, federal or other public funds and whether in the form of a purchase, lease, grant, loan, loan guarantee, credit, tax credit or other financial assistance:

A. Construction or acquisition of newly constructed multifamily rental housing;

B. Development of industrial or business parks;

C. Construction or extension of sewer, water and other utility lines;

D. Grants and loans for public or quasi-public service infrastructure, public or quasi-public facilities and community buildings; and

E. Construction or expansion of state office buildings, state courts, hospitals and other quasi-public facilities and other state civic buildings that serve public clients and customers.

"Growth-related capital investment" does not include investment in the following: the operation or maintenance of a governmental or quasi-governmental facility or program; the renovation of a governmental facility that does not significantly expand the facility's capacity; general purpose aid for education; school construction or renovation projects; highway or bridge projects; programs that provide direct financial assistance to individual businesses; community revenue sharing; or public health programs.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4349-A, sub-§1, śC, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 776, §10, is amended to read:

C. Areas other than those described in paragraph A or B for the following projects:

(1) A project certified to the Land and Water Resources Council established in Title 5, section 3331 by the head of the agency funding the project as necessary to remedy a threat to public health or safety or to comply with environmental cleanup clean-up laws;