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

 
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §4062, sub-§1-A, ¶A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt.
D, §1, is further amended to read:

 
A. For the estates of decedents dying after December 31,
2002, "federal credit" means the maximum credit for state
death taxes determined under the Code, Section 2011 as of
December 31, 2002 exclusive of the reduction of the maximum
credit contained in the Code, Section 2011(b)(2); the period
of limitations under the Code, Section 2011(c); and the
termination provision contained in the Code, Section
2011(f). The adjusted taxable estate is to be determined
using the applicable Code as of the date of the decedent's
death, except that the state death tax deduction contained
in the Code, Section 2058 is to be disregarded. The unified
credit is to be determined under the Code, Section 2010 as
of December 31, 2000; and

 
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§1, ¶S, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 2, §117,
is amended to read:

 
S. For tax years beginning in 2003, 2004 and 2005, the
amount received from the National Health Service Corps
Scholarship Program and the Armed Forces Health Professions
Scholarship and Financial Assistance program to the extent
excluded from federal gross income in accordance with the
Code, Section 117; and

 
Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§1, ¶V, as amended by PL 2003, c. 705, §8,
is further amended to read:

 
V. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2003 and
before January 1, 2006, the amount claimed as a federal
income adjustment for student loan interest under the Code,
Section 62 (a)(17), but only for interest paid after 60
months from the start of the loan repayment period; and.

 
Sec. 4. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§1, ¶W, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 705, §9,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 5. 36 MRSA §6652, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 391, §12, is
further amended to read:

 
1. Generally. A person against whom taxes have been assessed
pursuant to Part 2, except for chapters 111 and 112, with respect
to eligible property and who has paid those taxes is entitled to
reimbursement for 90% of those taxes from the State as provided
in this chapter. For purposes of this chapter, a tax applied as
a credit against a tax assessed pursuant to chapter


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