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LR 1927
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8-C.__Multifamily affordable housing property.__"Multifamily
affordable housing property" means a decent, safe and sanitary
dwelling, apartment building or other living accommodation that
includes at least 6 units and:

 
A.__At least 20% of the units have restricted rents
affordable to households earning no more than 80% of the
area median income as determined by the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development;

 
B.__The property is funded by the United States Department
of Housing and Urban Development, the United States
Department of Agriculture or the Maine State Housing
Authority; or

 
C.__The property qualifies for low-income housing credits
under Section 42 of the Code.

 
Sec. 6. 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%
of the amount added back under subsection 1, paragraph
N with respect to the property. For each subsequent
taxable year during the recovery period, the fraction
is equal to 95% of 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.

 
In the case of property expensed pursuant to Section 179 of the
Code, the term "recovery period" means the recovery


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