25 This bill amends the laws governing the Maine Agriculture, Food System and Forest
26 Products Infrastructure Investment Advisory Board to require the President of the Senate
27 and the Speaker of the House to appoint members to the board and prohibit a member of
28 the board who holds a position in a producer or business that causes a conflict of interest
29 with regard to a vote the board is holding from participating in that vote. It also requires
30 producers of agricultural, food and forest products receiving disbursements from the Maine
31 Agriculture, Food and Forest Products Investment Fund to obtain their primary agricultural,
32 food or forest products from within the State. Finally, this bill provides a one-time appropriation of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2024-
25 to the fund.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 2212, HP 1419: 7.320