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spirits products sold by a person licensed to sell wine for
consumption on or off the premises; and

 
D. One dollar and twenty-five cents per proof gallon as
the term proof gallon is defined in the United States
Code, Title 26, Section 5002, on all spirits sold in the
State.

 
PART G

 
Sec. G-1. 36 MRSA §662 is enacted to read:

 
§662.__Certain business personal property

 
1.__Exemption.__An exemption is provided under this Part for
70% of the just value of property described in section 6651,
subsection 3 that is first placed in service in the State
after April 1, 2003.

 
2.__Reimbursement to municipalities.__The State shall
reimburse municipalities for 50% of the property tax revenue
loss suffered as a result of this section using the procedure
specified in section 661.__The State may not reimburse
municipalities to the extent that the property taxes paid
after March 31, 2002 are returned to a taxpayer by a
municipality due to the taxpayer's participation in a
municipal development district pursuant to Title 30-A.

 
Sec. G-2. 36 MRSA §6651, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 396, §43,
is further amended to read:

 
1. Eligible property. "Eligible property" means qualified
business property first placed in service in the State, or
constituting construction in progress commenced in the State,
after April 1, 1995 and on or before April 1, 2003. "Eligible
property" includes, without limitation, repair parts,
replacement parts, additions, accessions and accessories to
other qualified business property placed in service on or
before April 1, 1995 if the part, addition, accession or
accessory is first placed in service, or constitutes
construction in progress, in the State after April 1, 1995 and
on or before April 1, 2003. "Eligible property" also includes
inventory parts.

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

 
2. Inventory parts. "Inventory parts" includes repair
parts, replacement parts, replacement equipment, additions,
accessions and accessories on hand but not in service and
stocks or inventories of repair parts, replacement parts,
replacement


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