It authorizes legislation to be submitted to the First Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature to redistribute any alternative funding sources identified as an offset to the $6,791,658 deallocation from the Fund for a Healthy Maine.

PART BB

Part BB repeals the designation of the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council as its own designated state agency for the purposes of directly receiving federal funding and names the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to serve instead in that limited capacity.

PART CC

Part CC removes nonconformity with the federal student loan interest deduction for interest paid after 60 months from the start of the loan repayment period. The change applies to tax years beginning after January 1, 2006.

PART DD

Part DD restores the Maine child care credit to 25% of the federal credit. The change applies to tax years beginning after January 1, 2006.

PART EE

Part EE excludes from the Maine use tax any aircraft purchased outside Maine that is minimally used in Maine.

PART FF

Part FF clarifies that former Department of Corrections employees, now a part of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, remain eligible for the 1998 Special Plan.

PART GG

Part GG establishes tax benefits for media production companies making productions in whole or in part in Maine. Under the bill, a media production company that meets certain criteria is allowed a reimbursement of taxes withheld from wages related to the Maine production. A certified media production company is