Appointed by Senate President & House Speaker: Robert D. Agee; James E. Mallow; Andrew McLean; Richard Novotny; Steve Weber.
Appointed by Senate President: Thomas M. Middleton; J. Lowell Stoltzfus.
Appointed by House Speaker: Barry Glassman; Charles A. McClenahan.
Appointed by Secretary of Business & Economic Development: James C. Hinebaugh; David J. Ryan, Jr.; Linda S. Vassallo.
Representing Western Maryland Economic Development Task Force: Gerald P. Duckett
Representing Governor's Task Force on Eastern Shore Economic Development: Edwin G. Richards
Ex officio: Robert D. Halman, designee of Secretary of Agriculture; Vernon J. Thompson, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Steven W. Koehn, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources; Donald J. Darnall, Executive Director, Maryland Food Center Authority; James C. Wade, designee of Director, Maryland Cooperative Extension; J. Philip Gottwals, designee of Chair, Forvm for Rural Maryland; William R. Miles, designee of Chair, Maryland Forestry Task Force.
Staff: Lesley G. Frymier; Margaret McHale.
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The Task Force on Resource-Based Industry in Maryland was initiated in July 2000 (Chapter 433, Acts of 2000). The Task Force examined the need for, and feasibility of, establishing a financing development authority to assist Maryland farming, fishing, forestry and mining extraction industries. Assistance would be in the form of loans, financing, training, and technical and business planning services.
On January 15, 2001, the Task Force submitted its interim recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly. Authorization for the Task Force was extended to January 31, 2002, and on that date the Task Force submitted its final report (Chapter 196, Acts of 2001).
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