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An Act To Allow the Town of Berwick To Be Eligible for Full Pine Tree Development Zone Benefits
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §5250-J, sub-§3-A, ¶¶D and E, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 652, Pt. D, §1 and affected by §2, are amended to read:
 
D. Property within a military redevelopment zone as long as the property is classified by the department no later than December 31, 2018; and
 
E. Washington County and the Downeast region, including 2 pilot projects to be established by the commissioner:
 
(1) A pilot project for the property of the former Cutler naval computer and telecommunications station, which may be excluded from the qualified business definitions established under section 5250-I, subsections 16 and 17 if a for-profit business is engaged in, or will engage in, tourism development including recreational tourism, experiential tourism, hotel development and resort facility development; and
 
(2) A pilot project that allows seasonal employees in seasonal industries based on natural resources to be considered qualified Pine Tree Development Zone employees for the purposes of section 5250-I, subsection 18.; and
Sec. 2.  30-A MRSA §5250-J, sub-§3-A, ¶F  is enacted to read:
 
F.  Beginning January 1, 2016, the Town of Berwick in York County.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows the Town of Berwick in York County to be designated as a Pine Tree Development Zone tier 1 location in order to allow the town to be eligible for Pine Tree Development Zone benefits.