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A qualifying venture fund or qualifying small business may be eligible for financial assistance if it meets the stated requirements.
The board may delegate to subcommittees the authority to deny certain fund-disbursement applications, and it may also delegate authority to recommend approval; however, only the board may give final approval.
Program funds may be disbursed only under stated limits and conditions, including a cap on initial disbursements, a matching-funds requirement for small businesses, board-repayment terms, and reporting duties.
Several named organizations must provide support and assistance when the board requests it, but only within each organization’s expertise.
Notwithstanding Title 5, section 18, subsection 1, paragraph B, each member of the board, and each employee, contractor, agent or other representative of the board is deemed an "executive employee" solely for purposes of Title 5, section
The board must make specified records available, but certain records are confidential and board members, staff, agents, and other representatives may not knowingly disclose them except in listed circumstances.
The board must administer and exercise the authority granted by this chapter.
Certain repairers and cleaners get a lien on the item they worked on for reasonable compensation.
A lienholder must keep the item for 6 months; if the lien is still unpaid after that, the lienholder may sell it only after 30 days’ written notice to the owner.
After satisfying the lien and the reasonable costs and expenses accrued, the residue must be disposed of according to Title 33, chapter 45. [PL 2019, c. 498, §6 (AMD).]
A person with a lien on personal property in their possession that is not covered by Title 11, Article 9-A may enforce the lien by sale.
A lien claimant may file a complaint in Superior Court in the county where the claimant resides.
Actions to enforce these liens take priority over later attachments and encumbrances, can continue after the employer or debtor has died and the estate has been declared insolvent, and the executor or administrator may be summoned to answer.
If the complaint states the owners’ names, service must be made as in other actions.
If the owners’ identity or whereabouts are unknown, notice must be given by publication.
In some lien actions, the owner may voluntarily appear and become a party; if the owner does not appear, the court-ordered notice must be given to the owner, and then the owner becomes a party. A person with an ownership or mortgage interest may also appear and defend. If either party asks, factual issues must go to a
If the court thinks the liened article may not be worth enough to cover the plaintiff’s claim and probable suit costs, it may order the defendant to post bond with court-approved sureties.
After a plaintiff wins at trial, the court may order a competent officer to sell the liened article and distribute the sale proceeds.
Money paid into court may be paid over to the person legally entitled to it, on motion and order of the court. If it is not called for at the first term after it is paid into court, it must be presumed unclaimed and disposed of according
The court may apportion costs as justice requires, and the plaintiff may discontinue as to any defendant.
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