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Department
of Economic and Community Development
2002-2003 Regulatory
Agenda
19-100
- Office of Administration and Policy
19-498 - Office of Community Development
CONTACT
PERSON: Peggy Schaffer, Policy and Planning Specialist, 59 State
House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: 624-9801
EMERGENCY
RULES ADOPTED SINCE THE LAST REGULATORY AGENDA: None
EXPECTED
RULE-MAKING ACTIVITY:
UMBRELLA-UNIT
NUMBER: 19-100
AGENCY NAME: Office of Administration and Policy
CHAPTER
1: Tax Increment Financing Rules
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 30-A MRSA §5253E
PURPOSE: Amend the rules to align with current statue and other technical
adjustments.
ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE: Spring/summer of 2003.
AFFECTED PARTIES: Municipalities, businesses, communities
CHAPTER
400: Employment Tax Increment Financing
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 36 MRSA §6759
PURPOSE: Amend the rule to align with current statue and other technical
adjustments
ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE: January of 2003
AFFECTED PARTIES: Companies using or eligible for ETIF, State Agencies,
Economic Development Consultants.
UMBRELLA-UNIT
NUMBER: 19-498
AGENCY NAME: Office of Community Development
CHAPTER
31: Program Statement for Administering the 2003 Community Development
Block Grant Program
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 5 M.R.S.A. §13058, subsection 3
PURPOSE: The rule outlines the procedures by which DECD will administer
the Community Development Block Grant Program and allows DECD to administer
the federal grant funds in a timely and efficient manner.
ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE: Notice of proposed rule in August 2003, public
hearings in August of 2003 and adoption in September 2003.
AFFECTED PARTIES: The beneficiaries are Maine's cities and towns (excluding
Auburn, Bangor, Lewiston and Portland) and primarily persons of low
and moderate income.
CHAPTER
??: Municipal Investment Trust Fund
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 30-A MSRA Chapter 125
PURPOSE: Develop rules for grant/loan applications for municipalities
ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE: January of 2003
AFFECTED PARTIES: Municipalities
CHAPTER
10: Community Industrial Building Program
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 5 MRSA §13082
PURPOSE: Repeal of the rule; the program is being transferred to the
Maine Rural Development Authority.
ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE: April of 2003
AFFECTED PARTIES: Municipalities, economic development organizations.
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