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

 
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §111, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 255, §1 and
affected by §2, is further amended to read:

 
1-A. Code. "Code" means the United States Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 and amendments to that Code as of December 31, 2002
May 28, 2003.

 
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§1, ¶N, as amended by PL 2001, c. 714, Pt.
AA, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
N.__With respect to property placed in service during the
taxable year, an amount equal to the net increase in
depreciation or expensing attributable to:

 
(1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
2002 but prior to January 1, 2005, a 30% bonus
depreciation deduction claimed by the taxpayer pursuant
to Section 101 of the federal Job Creation and Worker
Assistance Act of 2002, Public Law 107-147 with respect
to property placed in service during the taxable year;

 
(2) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
2002 but prior to January 1, 2006, a 50% bonus
depreciation deduction claimed by the taxpayer pursuant
to Section 201 of the federal Jobs and Growth Tax
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-27
with respect to property placed in service during the
taxable year; or

 
(3) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
2003 but prior to January 1, 2006, the increase in
aggregate cost claimed under Section 179 of the Code
pursuant to Section 202 of the federal Jobs and Growth
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, Public Law 108-
27;

 
Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶Q, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003,
c. 20, Pt. EE, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its
place:

 
Q.__A fraction of any amount previously added back by the
taxpayer to federal adjusted gross income pursuant to
subsection 1, paragraph N.

 
(1)__With respect to property first placed in service during
taxable years beginning in 2002, the adjustment under this
paragraph is available for each year during


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