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ME-LD 713 — An Act to Exclude Data Centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program and to Require the Department of Economic and Community Development to Study Financial Incentives for Data Centers

An Act to Exclude Data Centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program and to Require the Department of Economic and Community Development to Study Financial Incentives for Data Centers

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Legal stateEnacted or issuedA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionMaineState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-04-14Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence.
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

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How it operates

Tax incentive / clawback

Lowers the public cost of building a data center, and can attach conditions or clawbacks that recover the benefit if commitments are not met.

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Issues named in the record

Tax Incentives

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NJ-A5482New Jersey · Introduced / in committeeEstablishes six month moratorium on approvals, construction, expansion, subsidies, and tax incentives for certain artificial intelligence data centers; creates Artificial Intelligence Data Center Impact Commission.Tax incentive / clawbackNJ-A5165New Jersey · Introduced / in committee"End Data Center Tax Credits Act"; reduces tax credits available for Next New Jersey Program.*Tax incentive / clawbackMA-DATA-CENTER-GUARDRAILS-2026Massachusetts · Official announcementMassachusetts pauses data-center tax incentive and calls for comprehensive guardrailsTax incentive / clawback · Tax IncentivesPA-HB 2539Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act amending the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, in Computer Data Center Equipment Incentive Program, further providing for application for certification, for eligibility requirements relating to Sales and Use Tax Refund Program and for eligibility requirements relating to Sales and Use Tax Exemption Program.Tax incentive / clawback · Tax Incentives
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An Act to Exclude Data Centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program and to Require the Department of Economic and Community Development to Study Financial Incentives for Data Centers

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Policy record 1Policy theme 2Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordME-LD 713An Act to Exclude Data Cent…ME-LD 713: An Act to Exclude Data Centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program and to Require the Department of Economic and Community Development to Study Financial Incentives for Data CentersPolicy themeTax IncentivesExplicit record textTax Incentives: Explicit record textPolicy themeJob CreationAI-assisted policy themeJob Creation: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismTax incentive / clawba…Text-derived policy signalTax incentive / clawback: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionMaineState policy jurisdictionMaine: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorKristen CloutierpersonKristen Cloutier: personPolicy familyAn Act to Exclude Data…MEAn Act to Exclude Data Centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program and to Require the Department of Economic and Community Development to Study Financial Incentives for Data Centers: ME

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