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and the business community. The commissioner shall appoint the
State Science Advisor, who shall serve as the Director of the
Office of Innovation.

 
Sec. 7. 5 MRSA §13109, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. M,
§8, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
4. Payments to fund.__Notwithstanding section 1585 or any
other provision of law, agencies or private entities that receive
General Fund or general obligation bonds for research and
development shall contribute to the fund an amount not to exceed
0.8% of General Fund appropriations received by and general
obligation bonds issued to an agency or entity for research and
development efforts.__Private entities that receive funds from
general obligation bonds for research and development efforts
shall pay to the Treasurer of State in the fiscal year in which
the general obligation bond was issued an amount not to exceed
0.8% of the proceeds from the bond issue in any fiscal year,
which payment must be made from available resources other than
bond proceeds.__Only those programs that receive $500,000 or more
in research and development appropriations in any fiscal year, or
those entities that receive funds from a general obligation bond
issue of $500,000 or more for research and development efforts in
any fiscal year, as identified and certified by the Office of
Innovation and the Office of Fiscal and Program Review, may be
assessed.__The Office of Innovation shall provide to each agency
or private entity an annual budget for the fund and a detailed
account of each institution's required assessment.__Total
payments made pursuant to this section may not exceed $120,000 in
any fiscal year.

 
Sec. 8. 5 MRSA §13109, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. M,
§8, is repealed.

 
Sec. 9. 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. 10. 5 MRSA §13120-B, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 703, §6,
is repealed.

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

 
11.__Speculative industrial building.__"Speculative industrial
building" means a building of flexible design and


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