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

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §13070-J, sub-§1, ¶D, as corrected by RR 2001, c. 2,
Pt. A, §11, is amended to read:

 
D. "Economic development incentive" means:

 
(1) Assistance from Maine Quality Centers under
Title 20-A, chapter 431-A;

 
(2) The Governor's Training Initiative Program under
Title 26, chapter 25, subchapter 4;

 
(3) Municipal tax increment financing under Title
30-A, chapter 206;

 
(4) The jobs and investment tax credit under Title
36, section 5215;

 
(5) The research expense tax credit under Title 36,
section 5219-K;

 
(6) Reimbursement for taxes paid on certain business
property under Title 36, chapter 915;

 
(7) Employment tax increment financing under Title
36, chapter 917;

 
(8) The shipbuilding facility credit under Title 36,
chapter 919; or

 
(9) The credit for seed capital investment under
Title 36, section 5216-B.

 
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §5219-E, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1997, c. 24,
Pt. C, §11, is further amended to read:

 
B. "Investment credit base" means the total original
basis, without adjustment, for federal income tax
purposes, of the taxpayer of all machinery and equipment
placed in service for the first time in this State by the
taxpayer or other person during any of the prior 5 taxable
years, except in taxable years ending in 1995, the prior 6
taxable years, excluding the basis of machinery and
equipment placed in service in this State prior to January
1, 1989 and after April 1, 1996. In the case of a
combined report, the term investment credit base means the
sum of the investment credit bases for all corporations
included in the report.

 
If the taxpayer is reimbursed pursuant to chapter 915 for


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