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spirits products sold by a person licensed to sell wine for | consumption on or off the premises; and |
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| 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. |
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| | Sec. G-1. 36 MRSA §662 is enacted to read: |
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| §662.__Certain business personal property |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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. |
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| | Sec. G-2. 36 MRSA §6651, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 396, §43, | is further amended to read: |
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| | 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. |
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| | Sec. G-3. 36 MRSA §6651, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 368, Pt. | FFF, §2, is amended to read: |
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| | 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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