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PUBLIC LAWS
First Special Session of the 122nd

CHAPTER 458
S.P. 443 - L.D. 1263

An Act To Contain Costs, Reduce Paperwork and Streamline the Regulatory Process for Maine's Small Businesses

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §57 is enacted to read:

§57. Maine Regulatory Fairness Board established

     The Maine Regulatory Fairness Board, referred to in this section as "the board," is established to hear testimony and to report to the Legislature and the Governor at least annually on regulatory and statutory changes necessary to enhance the State's business climate.

     1. Membership. The board consists of 7 members who are owners, operators or officers of businesses operating in every region of the State, as follows:

An officer or employee of State Government may not be a member of the board.

     2. Terms of appointment. Each member appointed to the board must be appointed to serve a 3-year term. No member may serve more than 3 consecutive terms.

     3. Chair; election of board officers; quorum. The members of the board shall annually elect a chair and a vice-chair from among the board members. A majority of members of the board constitutes a quorum for the purpose of conducting the board's business, except a lesser number may hold public hearings.

     4. Duties of board. The board shall:

     5. Annual report. The board shall report by February 1st of each year to the Governor and to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over business and economic development matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters on its findings and recommendations.

     6. Technical assistance. The State Planning Office shall provide technical support to the board.

     Sec. 2. 5 MRSA c. 383, sub-c. 4-A is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 4-A
SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

§13100. Small Business and Entrepreneurship

     The commissioner shall create within existing budgeted resources the Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship and appoint a director to operate the office.

     1. Director. The director reports to the commissioner. The director is responsible for advocacy, policies and programs that stimulate investment and growth in small business and entrepreneurship. The director is the liaison to the public for gubernatorial initiatives on small business and entrepreneurship.

     2. Duties. The director shall:

     Sec. 3. Transition. Members serving on the Maine Regulatory Fairness Board on the effective date of this Act continue to serve for the remainder of the terms for which they were appointed.

Effective September 17, 2005.

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