This bill makes the following changes to the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority.
1. It amends the goals of the authority to require it to engage in environmental stewardship.
2. It increases the membership of the board of trustees of the authority by 3 members to 14 members by: A. Requiring the Governor to appoint a 2nd commissioner of a department of State Government; B. Adding a voting member appointed by the chair of the Brunswick town council; and C. Adding a nonvoting member who is a Senator or Representative who represents Brunswick or Topsham. The Senator and Representative serve 2-year terms, commensurate with their term of office, rotating back and forth.
3. It removes the requirement that, for the 10 appointments made by the Governor to represent local communities, at least 7 must be residents of Androscoggin County, Cumberland County or Sagadahoc County and instead requires that at least 4 must be residents of Brunswick or Brunswick town officials or business owners.
4. It repeals the inclusion of the authority under the Maine Tort Claims Act and removes the exemption of the board of trustees or an employee of the authority from personal liability and the requirement that the authority indemnify a trustee or employee against expenses incurred in the defense of an action brought against that trustee or employee due to that trustee's or employee's relationship with the authority.
5. It requires all property held by the authority to be subject to the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act and requires the board of trustees to enter into covenants under that Act no later than January 1, 2027.
6. It removes the exemption of the authority from the site location of development laws currently granted to former military bases.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1637, SP 645: 5.13083, 38.488