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having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs and | the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction | over health and human services matters by January 1, 2007. |
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| | It authorizes legislation to be submitted to the First Regular | Session of the 123rd Legislature to redistribute any alternative | funding sources identified as an offset to the $6,791,658 | deallocation from the Fund for a Healthy Maine. |
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| | Part BB repeals the designation of the Maine Developmental | Disabilities Council as its own designated state agency for the | purposes of directly receiving federal funding and names the | Department of Administrative and Financial Services to serve | instead in that limited capacity. |
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| | Part CC removes nonconformity with the federal student loan | interest deduction for interest paid after 60 months from the | start of the loan repayment period. The change applies to tax | years beginning after January 1, 2006. |
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| | Part DD restores the Maine child care credit to 25% of the | federal credit. The change applies to tax years beginning after | January 1, 2006. |
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| | Part EE excludes from the Maine use tax any aircraft purchased | outside Maine that is minimally used in Maine. |
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| | Part FF clarifies that former Department of Corrections | employees, now a part of the Department of Administrative and | Financial Services, remain eligible for the 1998 Special Plan. |
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| | Part GG establishes tax benefits for media production | companies making productions in whole or in part in Maine. Under | the bill, a media production company that meets certain criteria | is allowed a reimbursement of taxes withheld from wages related | to the Maine production. A certified media production company is |
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