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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1.  36 MRSA §1760, sub-§95  is enacted to read:
 
95.  Sales of certain adaptive equipment.     Sales to a person with a disability or a person at the request of a person with a disability of adaptive equipment for installation in or on a motor vehicle to make that vehicle operable or accessible by a person with a disability who is issued a disability plate or placard by the Secretary of State pursuant to Title 29-A, section 521.
Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect October 1, 2013.’
 
SUMMARY
The bill exempts from sales tax sales of adaptive equipment to a person with a disability or a family member of a person with a disability for installation in or on a motor vehicle to make the vehicle operable or accessible by a person with a disability. This amendment instead provides that the exemption applies to sales of such equipment to a person with a disability or a person at the request of a person with a disability for installation in or on a motor vehicle to make the vehicle operable or accessible by a person with a disability who is issued a disability plate or placard by the Secretary of State. The amendment also provides an effective date of October 1, 2013.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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