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any applicant for which that applicant is not applying for a
tax credit certificate and except that, if the entity
applying for a tax credit certificate is a partnership,
limited liability company, S corporation, nontaxable trust
or any other entity that is treated as a flow-through entity
for tax purposes under the federal Internal Revenue Code,
the aggregate limit of $500,000 or $200,000, as applicable,
applies to each individual partner, member, stockholder,
beneficiary or equity owner of the entity and not to the
entity itself. This paragraph does not limit other
investment by any applicant for which that applicant is not
applying for a tax credit certificate.

 
Sec. E-5. 10 MRSA §1100-T, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt.
X, §5, is further amended to read:

 
4. Total of credits authorized. The authority may issue tax
credit certificates to investors eligible pursuant to subsections
2 and 2-A in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 up to
and including calendar year 1996, $3,000,000 up to and including
calendar year 1997, $5,500,000 up to and including calendar year
1998, $8,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2001,
$11,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2004 2002,
$14,000,000 up to and including calendar year 2003, $17,000,000
up to and including calendar year 2004, $20,000,000 up to and
including calendar year 2005, $23,000,000 up to and including
calendar year 2006, $26,000,000 up to and including calendar year
2007 and $30,000,000 thereafter. The authority may provide that
investors eligible for a tax credit under this section in a year
when there is insufficient credit available are entitled to take
the credit when it becomes available.

 
Sec. E-6. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§1, ¶¶T and U, as enacted by PL 2003, c.
20, Pt. II, §2, are repealed.

 
Sec. E-7. 36 MRSA §5200-A, sub-§1, ¶¶Q and R, as enacted by PL 2003, c.
20, Pt. II, §4, are repealed.

 
Sec. E-8. 36 MRSA §5216-B, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt.
X, §6, is further amended to read:

 
2. Credit. An investor is entitled to a credit against the
tax otherwise due under this Part equal to the amount of the tax
credit certificate issued by the Finance Authority of Maine in
accordance with Title 10, section 1100-T and as limited by this
section. In the case of partnerships, limited liability
companies, S corporations, nontaxable trusts and any other
entities that are treated as flow-through entities for tax
purposes under the Code, the individual partners, members,
stockholders, beneficiaries or
equity owners of such entities


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