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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§1, ¶V, as amended by PL 2003, c. 705, §8,
is further amended to read:

 
V. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2003 and
before January 1, 2006, the amount claimed as a federal
income adjustment for student loan interest under the Code,
Section 62 (a)(17), but only for interest paid after 60
months from the start of the loan repayment period; and

 
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§1, ¶W, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 705, §9,
is amended to read:

 
W. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2004, for
an eligible individual as defined by the Code, Section 223
(c)(1), the amount of contributions to the eligible
individual's health savings account under the Code, Sections
106 and 223 to the extent that those contributions,
exclusive of rollovers, for the taxable year are not
included in the eligible individual's federal adjusted gross
income.; and

 
Sec. 3. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§1, ¶X is enacted to read:

 
X.__Amounts withdrawn pursuant to section 7153, subsection 4
by the taxpayer during the taxable year from an individual
medical savings account established in the taxpayer's name.

 
Sec. 4. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶Q, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 1, §38,
is amended to read:

 
Q. A fraction of any amount previously added back by the
taxpayer to federal adjusted gross income pursuant to
subsection 1, paragraph N.

 
(1) With respect to property first placed in service
during taxable years beginning in 2002, the adjustment
under this paragraph is available for each year during
the recovery period, beginning 2 years after the
beginning of the taxable year during which the property
was first placed in service. The fraction is equal to
the amount added back under subsection 1, paragraph N
with respect to the property, divided by the number of
years in the recovery period minus 2.

 
(2) With respect to all other property, for the taxable year
immediately following the taxable year during which the property
was first placed in service, the fraction allowed by this
paragraph is equal to 5%


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