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Ch. 433 2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(1) two members of the Senate of Maryland, appointed by the President
of the Senate;
(2) two members of the Maryland House of Delegates, appointed by the
Speaker of the House;
(3) the Secretary of Business and Economic Development, or the
Secretary's designee;
(4) the Secretary of Agriculture, or the Secretary's designee;
(5) the Secretary of Natural Resources, or the Secretary's designee;
(6) the Director of the Maryland Cooperative Extension, or the Director's
designee;
(7) the Chair of the Forvm for Rural Maryland, or the Chair's designee;
(8) the Chair of the Maryland Forestry Task Force, or the Chair's
designee;
(9) a representative of the Western Maryland "One Maryland" Task
Force, selected by the members of the Western Maryland Task Force;
(10) a representative of the Eastern Shore "One Maryland" Task Force,
selected by the members of the Eastern Shore Task Force; and
(11) five members appointed jointly by the President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House to represent each of the following rural industry sectors:
(i) agriculture;
(ii) forestry;
(iii) fisheries;
(iv) mineral extraction; and
(v) rural commercial finance or lending.
(c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall jointly
designate two of the members as co-chairs of the Task Force.
(d) The Task Force shall:
(1) examine the need for, and the feasibility of, establishing a financing
development authority to assist Maryland's farming, fishing, forestry, and mining
extraction industries with loans, financing, training, and technical and business
planning assistance services;
(2) consider the types of loans, financing, training, technical and
business planning assistance services, and other programs that a financing
development authority should implement;
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