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LR 1977
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c. 127, §2, is further amended to read:

 
B. An amount equal to the taxpayer's federal new jobs
credit or work opportunity credit as determined under the
laws of the United States;

 
Sec. 36. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶J, as amended by PL 2001, c. 559, Pt.
GG, §11 and affected by §26, is further amended to read:

 
J. To the extent included in federal adjusted gross income,
any amount constituting a qualified withdrawal distribution
from an account established pursuant to Title 20-A, chapter
417-E and used for paying higher education expenses of the
designated beneficiary of that account;

 
Sec. 37. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶M, as amended by PL 2001, c. 396, §34
and affected by §50, is further amended to read:

 
M. An amount, for For each individual who is a primary
recipient of benefits under an employee retirement plan, an
amount that is the lesser of:

 
(1) Six thousand dollars reduced by the total amount
of the primary recipient's individual's social security
benefits and railroad retirement benefits paid by the
United States, but not less than $0. The reduction
does not apply to benefits paid under a military
retirement plan; or

 
(2) The aggregate of benefits received by the primary
recipient under employee retirement plans and included
in the individual's federal adjusted gross income.

 
For purposes of this paragraph, "primary recipient" means the
individual upon whose earnings the employee retirement plan
benefits are based or the surviving spouse of that individual.
For purposes of this paragraph, "employee retirement plan" means
a state, federal or military retirement plan or any other
retirement benefit plan established and maintained by an employer
for the benefit of its employees under Section 401(a), Section
403 or Section 457(b) of the Code. "Employee retirement plan"
does not include an individual retirement account under Section
408 of the Code, a Roth IRA under Section 408A of the Code, a
rollover individual retirement account, a simplified employee
pension under Section 408(k) of the Code or an ineligible
deferred compensation plan under Section 457(f) of the Code. For
purposes of this paragraph, "military retirement plan" means
benefits received as a result of


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