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efforts to retain and attract youth.__For the purposes of this
chapter, "youth" means persons 15 to 35 years of age.

 
1.__Policy-making members; appointment.__The S.W.A.T. team
consists of the following 15 policy-making members, including at
least 2 members under 35 years of age, appointed as follows:

 
A.__Five members appointed by the President of the Senate as
follows:

 
(1)__Three members representing business; one business
representative must be an individual under 35 years of
age who has started a business;

 
(2)__One member representing labor and workforce
development; and

 
(3)__One member who is a college student under 35 years
of age, alternating annually between a student
representative on the Board of Trustees of the
University of Maine System and a student representative
on the Board of Trustees of the Maine Community College
System;

 
B.__Five members appointed by the Speaker of the House as
follows:

 
(1)__Four members representing business; and

 
(2)__One member representing labor and workforce
development;

 
C.__The Chancellor of the University of Maine System or the
chancellor's designee;

 
D.__The President of the Maine Community College System or
the president's designee;

 
E.__One representative of the Department of Economic and
Community Development, appointed by the Commissioner of
Economic and Community Development;

 
F.__One representative of the Department of Education,
appointed by the Commissioner of Education; and

 
G.__One representative of the Department of Labor, appointed
by the Commissioner of Labor.

 
2.__Advisory members; appointment.__The S.W.A.T. team includes
8 nonvoting advisory members, appointed as follows:


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