Senate File 13

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                                       BY  SIEVERS


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to supplemental appropriations to reimburse
  2    counties for certain property tax credits and exemptions
  3    allowed and including an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  HOMESTEAD TAX CREDIT.
  1  2    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1  3 state to the department of revenue and finance for the fiscal
  1  4 year beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003, the
  1  5 following amount for the purpose designated:
  1  6    For reimbursing counties for granting homestead tax credits
  1  7 as provided in subsection 2:
  1  8 .................................................. $  5,331,296
  1  9    2.  The appropriation made in subsection 1 shall be used to
  1 10 reimburse counties, to the extent not previously reimbursed,
  1 11 that granted to taxpayers the maximum allowable homestead
  1 12 credit pursuant to section 425.1 for taxes payable in the
  1 13 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002.  Payments made pursuant to
  1 14 this subsection shall not be made sooner than March 15, 2003.
  1 15    3.  The appropriation in subsection 1 is in addition to the
  1 16 appropriation made in section 425.1 as limited by 2002 Iowa
  1 17 Acts, chapter 1171, section 175, subsection 10, as amended by
  1 18 2002 Iowa Acts, Second Extraordinary Session, chapter 1003,
  1 19 section 181.
  1 20    Sec. 2.  ELDERLY AND DISABLED TAX CREDIT.
  1 21    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1 22 state to the department of revenue and finance for the fiscal
  1 23 year beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003, the
  1 24 following amount for the purpose designated:
  1 25    For reimbursing counties for granting elderly and disabled
  1 26 tax credits as provided in subsection 2:
  1 27 .................................................. $     89,303
  1 28    2.  The appropriation made in subsection 1 shall be used to
  1 29 reimburse counties, to the extent not previously reimbursed,
  1 30 that granted to taxpayers the maximum allowable elderly and
  1 31 disabled tax credit pursuant to section 425.23 for taxes
  1 32 payable in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002.  Payments
  1 33 made pursuant to this subsection shall not be made sooner than
  1 34 March 15, 2003.
  1 35    3.  The appropriation in subsection 1 is in addition to the
  2  1 appropriation made in section 425.39 as limited by 2002 Iowa
  2  2 Acts, chapter 1171, section 176, as amended by 2002 Iowa Acts,
  2  3 Second Extraordinary Session, chapter 1003, section 182.
  2  4    Sec. 3.  MILITARY SERVICE TAX CREDIT.
  2  5    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  2  6 state to the department of revenue and finance for the fiscal
  2  7 year beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003, the
  2  8 following amount for the purpose designated:
  2  9    For reimbursing counties for granting military service tax
  2 10 credit exemptions as provided in subsection 2:
  2 11 .................................................. $     79,475
  2 12    2.  The appropriation made in subsection 1 shall be used to
  2 13 reimburse counties, to the extent not previously reimbursed,
  2 14 that granted to taxpayers the maximum allowable military
  2 15 service tax exemption pursuant to section 426A.11 for taxes
  2 16 payable in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002.  Payments
  2 17 made pursuant to this subsection shall not be made sooner than
  2 18 March 15, 2003.
  2 19    3.  The appropriation in subsection 1 is in addition to the
  2 20 appropriation made in section 426A.1A as limited by 2002 Iowa
  2 21 Acts, chapter 1171, section 175, subsection 12.
  2 22    Sec. 4.  AGRICULTURAL LAND TAX CREDIT.
  2 23    1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  2 24 state to the department of revenue and finance for the fiscal
  2 25 year beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003, the
  2 26 following amount for the purpose designated:
  2 27    For reimbursing counties for granting agricultural land tax
  2 28 credits as provided in subsection 2:
  2 29 .................................................. $  1,921,076
  2 30    2.  The appropriation made in subsection 1 shall be used to
  2 31 reimburse counties, to the extent not previously reimbursed,
  2 32 that granted to taxpayers the maximum percentage allowable for
  2 33 agricultural land tax credit pursuant to section 426.7 for
  2 34 taxes payable in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002.
  2 35 Payments made pursuant to this subsection shall not be made
  3  1 sooner than March 15, 2003.
  3  2    3.  The appropriation in subsection 1 is in addition to the
  3  3 appropriation made in section 426.1 as limited by 2002 Iowa
  3  4 Acts, chapter 1171, section 175, subsection 11, as amended by
  3  5 2002 Iowa Acts, Second Extraordinary Session, chapter 1003,
  3  6 section 181.
  3  7    Sec. 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  3  8 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  3  9                           EXPLANATION
  3 10    This bill makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2002=
  3 11 2003 to the department of revenue and finance to reimburse
  3 12 those counties that granted the maximum allowable homestead
  3 13 credit, elderly and disabled tax credit, military service tax
  3 14 exemption, and agricultural land tax credit.  Previously, the
  3 15 reimbursements to these counties had been reduced pursuant to
  3 16 legislation enacted in the 2002 Regular Session and 2002
  3 17 Second Extraordinary Session.
  3 18    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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