Maine Revised Statutes Title 5. Administrative Procedures and Services § 13141. Centers for Innovation Program

A. The Center for Innovation in Biotechnology, which promotes the development of the biotechnology sector; and

B. The Aquaculture Innovations Center, which promotes the development of the aquaculture sector.

A. To bring together a cluster of related experience, business activity and technology in order to promote economic growth and target assistance from government development agencies and resources;

B. To advise the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, the Maine International Trade Center, the Maine Technology Institute and other state agencies of the needs of a targeted industry;

C. To serve as a facilitator of state, local and federal efforts directed at developing an industry sector;

D. To assist in the recruitment of businesses and personnel within an industry sector seeking to relocate to the State; and

E. To educate, inform and facilitate funding for emerging technologies that are the basis of an industry sector.