| | | statewide election on the Tuesday following the 2nd Monday of | | June following passage of this Part. The municipal officers of | | this State shall notify the inhabitants of their respective | | cities, towns and plantations to meet, in the manner prescribed | | by law for holding a statewide election, to vote on the | | acceptance or rejection of this Part by voting on the following | | question: |
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| | | "Do you favor a $60,000,000 bond issue to stimulate economic | | growth and job creation through investments in research and | | development, municipal infrastructure and facilities, the | | Maine Farms for the Future Program and affordable housing, | | in anticipation of approximately $134,150,000 in federal and | | private funds? The bonds would be used for the following | | purposes: |
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| | | 1. The sum of $6,000,000 to create jobs and reduce property | | tax burdens by providing grants and loans to municipalities | | for public facilities and infrastructure; |
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| | | 2. The sum of $6,000,000 to create jobs and stimulate | | economic growth through expanded research, development, | | technology commercialization and business incubation | | facilities at the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center | | at the University of Maine; |
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| | | 3. The sum of $3,000,000 to support educational technology | | improvements at the University of Maine System; |
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| | | 4. The sum of $3,600,000 in anticipation of $12,000,000 in | | federal and private funding for University of Maine System | | research and development activities; |
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| | | 5. The sum of $4,400,000 to expand and equip research and | | development facilities at the Portland campus of the | | University of Southern Maine; |
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| | | 6. The sum of $1,000,000 in anticipation of $1,000,000 in | | federal and private funding for grants to nonprofit marine | | institutions for research and development; |
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| | | 7. The sum of $20,000,000 for medical research and | | development by Maine-based biomedical research institutions | | in anticipation of approximately $100,000,000 in federal and | | private funds for health research to cure disease and to | | retain Maine graduates by providing quality Maine jobs; |
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| | | 8. The sum of $2,000,000 to support the State's applied | | technology development centers; |
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