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LR 2486
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §6651, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 368, Pt. FFF,
§2, is amended to read:

 
3. Qualified business property first placed in service on or
before April 1, 2000. "Qualified For property first placed in
service on or before April 1, 2000, "qualified business property"
means tangible personal property that:

 
A. Is used or held for use exclusively for a business
purpose by the person in possession of it or, in the case of
construction in progress or inventory parts, is intended to
be used exclusively for a business purpose by the person who
will possess that property; and

 
B. Either:

 
(1) Was subject to an allowance for depreciation under
the Code on April 1st of the property tax year to which
the claim for reimbursement relates or would have been
subject to an allowance for depreciation under the Code
as of that date but for the fact that the property has
been fully depreciated; or

 
(2) In the case of construction in progress or
inventory parts, would be subject under the Code to an
allowance for depreciation when placed in service or
would have been subject to an allowance for
depreciation under the Code as of that date but for the
fact that the property has been fully depreciated.

 
"Qualified business property" also includes all property that is
affixed or attached to a building or other real estate if it is
used to further a particular trade or business activity taking
place in that building or on that real estate. "Qualified
business property" does not include components or attachments to
a building if used primarily to serve the building as a building,
regardless of the particular trade or activity taking place in or
on the building. "Qualified business property" also does not
include land improvements if used primarily to further the use of
the land as land, regardless of the particular trade or business
activities taking place in or on the land. In the case of
construction in progress or inventory parts, the term "used"
means intended to be used.

 
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §6651, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

 
4.__Qualified business property first placed in service after
April 1, 2000.__For property first placed in service after April
1, 2000, "qualified business property" means:


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