B. The Department of Economic and Community Development and the director shall assist in the recruitment of tenants for the applied technology development centers that are representative of the targeted technologies. Sources of tenant recruitment may include nonprofit and academic institutions, entrepreneurial start-up companies referred to the system by a technology-based trade organization or economic development organization and system-recruited and self-referred start-up companies.

C. Each applied technology development center shall provide shared, low-cost space to selected tenants and be designed to be self-sufficient with regard to operational costs and structural maintenance. Existing real estate must be considered where suitable. Specific business support tailored to each tenant must be provided by existing organizations such as the small business development centers and regional economic development districts. Each applied technology development center must have simultaneous- broadcast or interactive-television capability or access to these capabilities nearby to facilitate common training for the system.

D. The records and proceedings of the applied technology development centers are not considered public for the purposes of Title 1, chapter 13.

4. Funding. The following provisions govern funding for applied technology development centers.

A. An applicant may not receive more than $750,000 from the system in an initial funding for an applied a technology development center.

B. An entity that requests initial funding for an applied technology development center shall obtain or must have obtained at least 25% of the funding from nonstate sources. These sources may include in-kind donations, federal grants, federal funding, local funding initiatives and private foundation grants. The Applied Technology Development Center System Coordinating Board shall determine whether the matching funds meet this requirement. The Center for Environmental Enterprise in South Portland, the Target