| | | The commissioner shall administer this subchapter. The | | commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to the Maine | | Administrative Procedure Act for implementation of Pine Tree | | Development Zones, including, but not limited to, rules for | | determining and certifying eligibility, selecting zones for | | designation and evaluating on a periodic basis the progress and | | success of each zone in achieving its goals. Rules adopted under | | this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, | | chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | §5250-N.__Unorganized territory |
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| | | For the purposes of this subchapter, a county may act as a | | municipality for the unorganized territory within the county and | | may designate development districts within the unorganized | | territory.__When a county acts under this section, the county | | commissioners act as the municipality and as the municipal | | legislative body, the State Tax Assessor acts as the municipal | | assessor and the unorganized territory education and services | | fund receives the funds designated for the municipal general | | fund. |
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| | | §5250-O.__Certification of qualified business |
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| | | A business may apply to the commissioner for certification as | | a qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business.__Upon review and | | determination by the commissioner that a business is a qualified | | Pine Tree Development Zone business, the commissioner shall issue | | a certificate of qualification to the business that includes a | | description of the qualified business activity for which the | | certificate is being issued. |
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| | | By January 15, 2004, the commissioner shall report to the | | joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction | | over economic development matters regarding rulemaking and | | progress in implementing Pine Tree Development Zones.__Not later | | than April 1, 2005 and April 1st of each odd-numbered year | | thereafter, the commissioner shall report to the joint standing | | committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over economic | | development matters on the status of the Pine Tree Development | | Zones. |
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| | | Sec. D-3. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§§86 and 87, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 451, | | Pt. NNN, §3, are amended to read: |
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| | | 86. Construction contracts with qualified development zone | | businesses. Beginning July 1, 2005, sales to a construction | | contractor of tangible personal property that is to be physically | | incorporated in, and become a permanent part of, real property |
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