| | | 17. Qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business. "Qualified | | Pine Tree Development Zone business" or "qualified business" | | means any for-profit business in this State engaged in financial | | services, manufacturing or a targeted technology business that | adds at least one qualified Pine Tree Development Zone employees | | employee above its base level of employment in this State and | | that meets the following criteria: |
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| | | A. It demonstrates that the establishment or expansion of | | operations within the Pine Tree Development Zone would not | | occur within the State absent the availability of the Pine | | Tree Development Zone benefits. The department shall | investigate | requirements of this paragraph and provide an advisory | opinion to the Executive Director of the Bureau of Revenue | Services in the Department of Administrative and Financial | Services, who shall make the final determination |
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| | | B. It has received a certificate as a qualified business | | pursuant to section 5250-O. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 30-A MRSA §5250-J, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 688, Pt. | | D, §2, is amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Creation. One or more units of local government, or an | | organization representing one or more units of local government, | | may apply to the commissioner for the designation of a Pine Tree | | Development Zone within the boundaries of the unit or units of | | local government in accordance with the requirements of this | | subchapter. County governments may apply on behalf of | | unorganized territories. Groups of units of local government may | | apply for multijurisdictional or joint projects. | | Multijurisdictional applications require designation of one unit | | of local government as the lead applicant and consent for that | | designation by each participating unit of local government. | | Counties may also apply on behalf of a consortium of units of | | local government. The designation of a Pine Tree Development Zone | | may not conflict with the provisions of a municipal or other unit | | of local government charter. Zones that meet the requirements of | | subsection 2 are authorized for designation as follows: |
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| | | A. Aroostook County, including up to 100 acres of land | | reserved for the Aroostook Band of Micmacs and the Houlton | | Band of Maliseet Indians; |
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| | | B. The Androscoggin Valley region, including the Lewiston | | Enterprise Community Zone as designated by the federal | | Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug | | Administration, and Related Agencies, Appropriations Act, | | Public Law 105-277 (1999); |
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