Senate File 2033 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2033 BY KETTERING A BILL FOR An Act providing for a partial allocation of financial 1 institution franchise tax revenue to cities and counties, 2 making an appropriation, and providing effective date and 3 retroactive applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5528XS (4) 84 rn/sc
S.F. 2033 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 422.65 Allocation of revenue. 1 1. Of the moneys received from the franchise tax and 2 credited to the general fund of the state, an amount equivalent 3 to thirty percent is appropriated from the general fund of the 4 state to the department of revenue and shall be allocated and 5 paid as follows: 6 a. Sixty percent to the general fund of the city from which 7 the tax is collected. 8 b. Forty percent to the general fund of the county from 9 which the tax is collected. 10 2. If the financial institution maintains one or more 11 offices for the transaction of business, other than its 12 principal office, a portion of its franchise tax shall be 13 allocated to each office based upon a reasonable measure of 14 the business activity of each office. The director shall 15 prescribe, for each type of financial institution, a method 16 of measuring the business activity of each office. Financial 17 institutions shall furnish all necessary information for this 18 purpose at the request of the director. 19 3. The amounts appropriated shall be paid quarterly on 20 warrants by the director, as allocated. 21 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 22 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 23 Sec. 3. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 24 retroactively to January 1, 2012. 25 EXPLANATION 26 This bill provides for a partial allocation of revenue 27 derived from the franchise tax imposed on financial 28 institutions in division V of Code chapter 422. The bill 29 specifies that of the moneys received from the franchise tax 30 and credited to the general fund, an amount equivalent to 30 31 percent shall be appropriated to the department of revenue 32 and allocated to cities and counties. The bill provides that 33 60 percent of this amount shall be allocated and paid to the 34 general fund of the city from which the tax is collected, and 35 -1- LSB 5528XS (4) 84 rn/sc 1/ 2
S.F. 2033 that 40 percent shall be allocated and paid to the general fund 1 of the county from which the tax is collected. 2 The bill takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively 3 applicable to January 1, 2012. 4 -2- LSB 5528XS (4) 84 rn/sc 2/ 2