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LR 2929
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 446, §1
and affected by §6, is further amended to read:

 
A. A tax credit certificate may be issued in an amount not
more than 40% of the amount of cash actually invested in a
an eligible Maine business in any calendar year or in an
amount not more than 60% of the amount of cash actually
invested in any one calendar year in an eligible Maine
business located in a high-unemployment area, as determined
by rule by the authority. Rules adopted pursuant to this
section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5,
chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

 
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 1997, c. 782, §1,
is further amended to read:

 
C. Aggregate investment eligible for tax credits may not be
more than $1,000,000 $5,000,000 for any one business as of
the date of issuance of a tax credit certificate.

 
Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2, ¶D, as amended by PL 1997, c. 782, §2,
is further amended to read:

 
D. The investment with respect to which any individual is
applying for a tax credit certificate may not be more than
an aggregate of $200,000 $500,000 in any one business in any
3 consecutive calendar years, except that this paragraph
does not limit other investment by any applicant for which
that applicant is not applying for a tax credit certificate.

 
Sec. 4. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§2-A, ¶¶C and D, as amended by PL 2001, c.
446, §2 and affected by §6, are further amended to read:

 
C. Aggregate investment eligible for tax credits may not be
more than $1,000,000 $5,000,000 for any one business for any
one private venture capital fund as of the date of issuance
of a tax credit certificate.

 
D. The investment with respect to which any individual or entity
is applying for a tax credit certificate may not be more than an
aggregate of $200,000 $500,000 in any one eligible business
invested in by a private venture capital fund in any 3
consecutive calendar years, except that this paragraph does not
limit other investment by any applicant for which that applicant
is not applying for a tax credit certificate and except that, if
the entity applying for a tax credit certificate is a
partnership, limited liability


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