Maine LD1739: An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural Sector, to Create an Agricultural Buildings Property Tax Exemption and to Direct the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to Study Barriers to Its Financial Assistance Programs and Study the Potential for a Common Application for Those Programs

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An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural Sector, to Create an Agricultural Buildings Property Tax Exemption and to Direct the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to Study Barriers to Its Financial Assistance Programs and Study the Potential for a Common Application for Those Programs Reference to the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative PLUECKER of Warren…

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An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Support Maine's Agricultural Sector, to Create an Agricultural Buildings Property Tax Exemption and to Direct the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to Study Barriers to Its Financial Assistance Programs and Study the Potential for a Common Application for Those Programs Reference to the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative PLUECKER of Warren. Cosponsored by Representatives: COOPER of Windham, CRAY of Palmyra, DILL of Old Town, FROST of Belgrade, JACKSON of Oxford. Printed on recycled paper Preamble. Two thirds of both Houses of the Legislature deeming it necessary in accordance with the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 14 to authorize the issuance of bonds on behalf of the State of Maine to provide funds as described in this Act, Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: PART A Sec. A-1. Authorization of bonds. The Treasurer of State is authorized, under the direction of the Governor, to issue bonds in the name and on behalf of the State in an amount not exceeding $55,600,000 for the purposes described in section 5 of this Part. The bonds are a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State. The bonds may not run …

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