Section 6. Powers and duties of board.
The board shall have the power and its duty shall be:
(1) To advise the Governor and General Assembly on ways
to promote this Commonwealth as a location for the expansion
of business and industry.
(2) To provide a state-of-the-art information and
computer system to supply businesses with all relevant
information regarding available sites and other relevant
business information relating to a business facility and a
suitable environment for meeting and presenting the
information to business representatives.
(3) To make recommendations to the Governor on the
organization, ownership and management of the center, to
include public and private financing and participation,
future composition and status of the board, potential sites
for the center, computer systems, consultants, staff,
contractors and other services needed to establish the
business resource center.
(4) To gather information, issue reports, develop
marketing material and perform other activities as needed to
carry out the mission of the center and the purposes of this
act.
(5) To monitor the success of the center in attracting
prospective businesses to this Commonwealth.
(6) To solicit funds from the private sector for the
purposes of renovation, construction or operation of the
center.
(7) To make a budget recommendation to the Governor.