Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 26 > Chapter 39 - Maine Industry Partnerships

• Career ladder: means a clear sequence of education course work or training that is aligned with an identified series of positions, work experiences or educational benchmarks or training credentials that offer occupational and financial advancement within a specified career field or related fields over time. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3302
• Collaborative: means the Industry Partnership Assistance Collaborative established in section 3301. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3302
• Educational programs: means the State's elementary and secondary schools, career and technical education centers, adult education programs, the Maine Community College System, the Maine Maritime Academy and the University of Maine System and other training providers that have been approved to provide training by the Department of Labor under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Public Law 113-128. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3302
• Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
• High-priority occupations: means those occupations identified on a list published annually by the Center for Workforce Research and Information pursuant to section 3303, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3302
• Industry cluster: means a group of employers closely linked by a common product or services, workforce needs, similar technologies, supply chains or other industry sector factors. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3302
• Industry partnership: means a workforce collaboration that brings together multiple employers and employees, or employee representatives when appropriate, in the same industry cluster to address common workforce needs. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3302
• Juror: A person who is on the jury.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes an affirmation, when affirmation is allowed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means a natural person, corporation, partnership or state agency. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 7152
• Railroad: includes every commercial, interurban and other railway and each and every branch and extension thereof by whatsoever power operated, together with all tracks, bridges, trestles, rights-of-way, subways, tunnels, stations, depots, union depots, ferries, yards, grounds, terminals, terminal facilities, structures and equipment and all other real estate, fixtures and personal property of every kind used in connection therewith, owned, controlled, operated or managed for public use in the transportation of persons or property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 5001
• Railroad line: means the right-of-way, track, track appurtenances, ties, bridges, station houses, sidings, terminals and other appurtenant structures of a railroad. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 23 Sec. 7152
• Soft skills: means those basic skills necessary to obtain and maintain employment, such as interviewing and communications skills. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3302
• Targeted industry cluster: means an industry cluster identified by the collaborative pursuant to section 3303, subsection 2 as having statewide economic impact, immediate or long-term workforce development needs and emerging or competitive career opportunities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 26 Sec. 3302
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.