| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §962, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1985, c. 344, §5, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Loans. Encourage the making of mortgage loans to finance | the planning, development, acquisition, construction, | improvement, expansion and placing in operation of industrial, | manufacturing, recreational, fishing, agricultural and other | business and natural resource enterprises; |
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| | Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §962, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1989, c. 559, §1, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 4. Small businesses and veteran-owned small businesses. | Encourage the making of mortgage loans to small businesses and | veteran-owned small businesses; |
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| | Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §963-A, sub-§§6 and 8, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 344, | §7, are amended to read: |
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| | 6. Commitment to issue loan insurance. "Commitment to issue | mortgage loan insurance" means a commitment to provide insurance | for mortgage loan payments subject to terms specified by the | authority. |
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| | 8. Eligible collateral. "Eligible collateral" means an | eligible project accounts, as-extracted collateral, chattel | paper, commercial tort claims, consumer goods, deposit accounts, | documents, equipment, farm products, fixtures, general | intangibles, instruments, investment property, inventory, letter | of credit rights, manufactured homes, money, real estate, | supporting obligations and accessions to any of the foregoing and | any other business assets. |
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| | Sec. 4. 10 MRSA §963-A, sub-§10, as corrected by RR 1999, c. 1, §§7 to | 9, is amended to read: |
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| | 10. Eligible project. "Eligible project" or "eligible | collateral" means any of the following: |
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| A. Any real property located within the State, including | without limitation any land, buildings, fixture, | improvement, easement, right-of-way, water right, land lying | under water or air right eligible enterprise; |
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| B. Any personal property, including without limitation any | leasehold, inventory, account receivable, patent, license, | franchise, machinery, equipment, merchandise, raw material, | supply, product, work in process, stock in trade, capital |
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