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State Science Advisor, who shall serve as the Director of the
Office of Innovation.

 
Sec. 6. 5 MRSA §13120-B, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 703, §6, is
amended to read:

 
1. Carrying costs. "Carrying costs" means reasonable costs
incurred for the maintenance, protection and security of a
community speculative industrial building prior to occupancy,
including, but not limited to, insurance, taxes and interest.

 
Sec. 7. 5 MRSA §13120-B, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 703, §6, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 8. 5 MRSA §13120-B, sub-§11 is enacted to read:

 
11.__Speculative industrial building.__"Speculative industrial
building" means a building of flexible design and suitable for
commercial use, for which the construction or carrying costs or
both are financed through this subchapter for the purpose of
creating new jobs in a municipality resulting from the sale or
lease of the building.

 
Sec. 9. 5 MRSA §13120-C, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 703, §6,
is amended to read:

 
A. Community Speculative industrial building program,
pursuant to section 13120-N;

 
Sec. 10. 5 MRSA §13120-D, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 703,
§6, is amended to read:

 
B. Two ex officio members:

 
(1) The Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development or the commissioner's designee; and

 
(2) The Chief Executive Officer of the Finance
Authority of Maine or the chief executive officer's
designee.

 
Sec. 11. 5 MRSA §13120-I, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 281, §4,
is further amended to read:

 
1. Authorization. The authority may provide by resolution
for the issuance of bonds for the purpose of funding the
Community Speculative Industrial Buildings Fund, or any successor
to the fund, for the construction of proposed commercial
facilities and improvement of existing or acquired commercial
facilities and for the fulfillment of other undertakings that it


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