| | Sec. D-1. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§1-H is enacted to read: |
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| | 1-H.__Construction services.__"Construction services" means | services provided in this State to the general public by a | person engaged in the activity of building.__The activity of | building pertains to any building, highway, road, railroad, | excavation, manufactured building or other structure and | involves any act of construction, alteration, repair, | substantial maintenance, addition to, subtraction from, | improvement, movement or demolition, or the construction of | scaffolding or other structures or work related to the | activity of building.__"Construction services" includes, but | is not limited to, the services typically provided by building | contractors, road and driveway contractors, concrete | contractors, excavators, carpenters, masons, electricians, | plumbers, roofers, siding applicators and house painters. |
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| | Sec. D-2. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§5-C is enacted to read: |
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| | 5-C.__Legal services.__"Legal services" means professional | services provided by an attorney-at-law and that attorney's | support staff. |
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| | Sec. D-3. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§11, ķA, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 871, | §5, is amended to read: |
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| A. "Retail sale" includes: |
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| (1) Conditional sales, installment lease sales and | any other transfer of tangible personal property when | the title is retained as security for the payment of | the purchase price and is intended to be transferred | later; and |
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| (2) Sale of products for internal human consumption | to a person for resale through coin-operated vending | machines when sold to a retailer whose gross receipts | from the retail sale of tangible personal property | derived through sales from vending machines are more | than 50% of the retailer's gross receipts. The tax | must be paid by the retailer to the State.; and |
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| (3)__The provision of a taxable service defined under | subsection 17-A to the extent the taxable service is | provided in this State and only if the relationship | between the provider and the recipient of the taxable | service is not an employment relationship with | respect to the provision of the service. |
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