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Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 1.  36 MRSA §191, sub-§2, ¶HHH  is enacted to read:
 
HHH. The disclosure of information to the Department of Economic and Community Development necessary for administration of the renewable chemicals tax credit pursuant to section 5219-VV.’
Amend the bill in section 2 in §5219-VV in subsection 1 in paragraph C by striking out all of subparagraph (4) (page 1, lines 25 to 32 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
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(4) Is not sold or used for production of any food, feed or fuel, except that "renewable chemical" may include:
 
(a) Cellulosic sugars used to produce aquaculture feed; and
 
(b) A food additive, supplement, vitamin, nutraceutical or pharmaceutical that does not provide caloric value and is not considered food or feed.
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment includes a provision permitting the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Maine Revenue Services to provide to the Department of Economic and Community Development information necessary for administration of the renewable chemicals tax credit and strikes language that would create an overlap of the renewable chemicals tax credit and the credit for the commercial production and use of biofuels.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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