§343.__Education tax credit

A municipality may issue a credit against property taxes owed for tuition costs paid by a resident who sends a child to a school outside of that municipality pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter 310.__The amount of the credit is determined by the municipality.

Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶Q, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 1, §38, is amended to read:

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 the recovery period, beginning 2 years after the beginning of the taxable year during which the property was first placed in service. The fraction is equal to the amount added back under subsection 1, paragraph N with respect to the property, divided by the number of years in the recovery period minus 2.

(2) With respect to all other property, for the taxable year immediately following the taxable year during which the property was first placed in service, the fraction allowed by this paragraph is equal to 5% of the amount added back under subsection 1, paragraph N with respect to the property. For each subsequent taxable year during the recovery period, the fraction is equal to 95% of the amount added back under subsection 1, paragraph N with respect to the property, divided by the number of years in the recovery period minus 2.

In the case of property expensed pursuant to Section 179 of the Code, the term "recovery period" means the recovery period that would have been applicable to the property had Section 179 not been applied; and

Sec. 4. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶T, as amended by PL 2003, c. 705, §12 and affected by §14, is further amended to read:

T. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002 and before January 1, 2004, an amount equal to the