5 §3307-B. Maine Energy Resources Development Program - Maine Statutes

Title 5: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SERVICES

Part 8: STATE PLANNING HEADING: PL 1967, C. 533, §1 (NEW)

Chapter 311: STATE PLANNING HEADING: PL 1967, C. 533, §1 (NEW)

§3307-B. Maine Energy Resources Development Program

The State Planning Office, as funding allows, shall administer a program of energy research and demonstration activities related to both the use of indigenous, renewable resources and more efficient use of energy. The Director of the State Planning Office may accept private money for the purpose of pursuing this program. [1989, c. 501, Pt. DD, §13 (NEW).]

1. Report to Legislature. The director shall include, in the biennial comprehensive energy plan, a report which specifies, in regard to the Maine Energy Resources Development Program, the expenditure of the funds, the purposes for which the funds were used and the amount of as well as the sources from which the funds were derived.

[ 1989, c. 501, Pt. DD, §13 (NEW) .]

2. Expenditures requiring approval. For all programs involving expenditures of $10,000 or more, the director shall recommend those expenditures to the Governor. If the Governor approves, the director shall recommend those expenditures to the Legislature under the procedures authorizing the transfer of funds set forth in section 1585.

[ 1989, c. 501, Pt. DD, §13 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1989, c. 501, §DD13 (NEW).