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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.__This
subparagraph is repealed April 1, 2010;

 
(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 §662 is enacted to read:

 
§662.__Certain personal property used in business

 
1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the
context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the
following meanings.

 
A.__"Business property" means tangible personal property
that:

 
(1)__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


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