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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 421.10, Code 1995, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    421.10  APPEAL PERIOD &endash; DENIAL OF TAXPAYER'S CLAIM.
  1  4    The appeal period for revision of assessment of tax,
  1  5 interest, and penalties set out under section 422.28, 422.54,
  1  6 452A.64, 453A.29, or 453A.46 applies to appeals to notices
  1  7 from the department denying changes in filing methods, denying
  1  8 refund claims, and denying portions of refund claims for the
  1  9 tax covered by that section, and notices of any department
  1 10 action directed to a specific taxpayer, other than licensing,
  1 11 which involves a calculation.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  Section 421.60, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1 13 the following new subsection:
  1 14    NEW SUBSECTION.  10.  ILLEGAL TAX.  A tax shall not be
  1 15 collected by the department if it is prohibited under the
  1 16 Constitution of the United States or laws of the United
  1 17 States, or under the Constitution of the State of Iowa.
  1 18    Sec. 3.  Section 422.25, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1 19 the following new subsection:
  1 20    NEW SUBSECTION.  11.  If a taxpayer files an amended return
  1 21 within sixty days prior to the expiration of the applicable
  1 22 period of limitations described in subsection 1, the
  1 23 department has sixty days from the date of receipt of the
  1 24 amended return to issue an assessment for any applicable tax,
  1 25 interest, or penalty.
  1 26    Sec. 4.  Section 422.33, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
  1 27 2, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1 28    "Income from sources within this state" means income from
  1 29 real, or tangible, or intangible property located or having a
  1 30 situs in this state.
  1 31    Sec. 5.  Section 422.43, subsection 11, unnumbered
  1 32 paragraph 1, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1 33    The following enumerated services are subject to the tax
  1 34 imposed on gross taxable services:  alteration and garment
  1 35 repair; armored car; vehicle repair; battery, tire and allied;
  2  1 investment counseling; service charges of all financial
  2  2 institutions; barber and beauty; boat repair; vehicle wash and
  2  3 wax; carpentry; roof, shingle, and glass repair; dance schools
  2  4 and dance studios; dating services; dry cleaning, pressing,
  2  5 dyeing, and laundering; electrical and electronic repair and
  2  6 installation; rental of tangible personal property, except
  2  7 mobile homes which are tangible personal property; excavating
  2  8 and grading; farm implement repair of all kinds; flying
  2  9 service; furniture, rug, upholstery repair and cleaning; fur
  2 10 storage and repair; golf and country clubs and all commercial
  2 11 recreation; house and building moving; household appliance,
  2 12 television, and radio repair; jewelry and watch repair;
  2 13 limousine service, including driver; machine operator; machine
  2 14 repair of all kinds; motor repair; motorcycle, scooter, and
  2 15 bicycle repair; oilers and lubricators; office and business
  2 16 machine repair; painting, papering, and interior decorating;
  2 17 parking facilities; pipe fitting and plumbing; wood
  2 18 preparation; licensed executive search agencies; private
  2 19 employment agencies, excluding services for placing a person
  2 20 in employment where the principal place of employment of that
  2 21 person is to be located outside of the state; sewage services
  2 22 for nonresidential commercial operations; sewing and
  2 23 stitching; shoe repair and shoeshine; sign construction and
  2 24 installation; storage of household goods, mini-storage, and
  2 25 warehousing of raw agricultural products; swimming pool
  2 26 cleaning and maintenance; taxidermy services; telephone
  2 27 answering service; test laboratories, except including mobile
  2 28 testing laboratories and field testing by testing
  2 29 laboratories, and excluding tests on humans or animals;
  2 30 termite, bug, roach, and pest eradicators; tin and sheet metal
  2 31 repair; turkish baths, massage, and reducing salons; weighing;
  2 32 welding; well drilling; wrapping, packing, and packaging of
  2 33 merchandise other than processed meat, fish, fowl and
  2 34 vegetables; wrecking service; wrecker and towing; pay
  2 35 television; campgrounds; carpet and upholstery cleaning; gun
  3  1 and camera repair; janitorial and building maintenance or
  3  2 cleaning; lawn care, landscaping and tree trimming and
  3  3 removal; pet grooming; reflexology; security and detective
  3  4 services; tanning beds or salons; and water conditioning and
  3  5 softening.
  3  6    Sec. 6.  Section 422.43, subsection 12, Code 1995, is
  3  7 amended by striking the subsection.
  3  8    Sec. 7.  Section 422.45, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code
  3  9 1995, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered
  3 10 paragraph:
  3 11    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  Refunds authorized under this
  3 12 subsection shall accrue interest at the rate in effect under
  3 13 section 421.7 from the first day of the second calendar month
  3 14 following the date the refund claim is received by the
  3 15 department.
  3 16    Sec. 8.  Section 422.53, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  3 17 amended to read as follows:
  3 18    2.  The applicant must have a permit for each place of
  3 19 business.  The department may deny a permit to an applicant
  3 20 who is substantially delinquent in paying a tax due, or the
  3 21 interest or penalty on the tax, administered by the department
  3 22 at the time of application.  If the applicant is a
  3 23 partnership, a permit may be denied if the partner is
  3 24 substantially delinquent in paying any delinquent tax, penalty
  3 25 or interest.  If the applicant is a corporation, a permit may
  3 26 be denied if any officer having a substantial legal or
  3 27 equitable interest in the ownership of the corporation owes
  3 28 any delinquent tax, penalty, or interest of the applicant
  3 29 corporation.
  3 30    Sec. 9.  Section 422.55, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  3 31 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
  3 32 thereof the following:
  3 33    2.  For cause and upon a showing by the director that
  3 34 collection of the tax in dispute is in doubt, the court may
  3 35 order the petitioner to file with the clerk a bond for the use
  4  1 of the respondent, with sureties approved by the clerk, in the
  4  2 amount of tax appealed from, conditioned that the petitioner
  4  3 shall perform the orders of the court.
  4  4    Sec. 10.  Section 422.70, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  4  5 amended to read as follows:
  4  6    2.  Where the director finds the taxpayer has made a
  4  7 fraudulent return, the costs of said any hearing, including a
  4  8 contested case hearing, shall be taxed to the taxpayer.  In
  4  9 all other cases the costs shall be paid by the state.
  4 10    Sec. 11.  Section 422.88, subsections 2 and 3, Code 1995,
  4 11 are amended to read as follows:
  4 12    2.  The amount of the underpayment shall be the excess of
  4 13 the amount of the installment which would be required to be
  4 14 paid if the estimated tax was equal to eighty ninety percent
  4 15 of the tax shown on the return of the taxpayer for the taxable
  4 16 year over any the amount of installments paid on or before the
  4 17 date prescribed for payment.
  4 18    3.  If the taxpayer did not file a return during the
  4 19 taxable year, the amount of the underpayment shall be equal to
  4 20 eighty ninety percent of the taxpayer's tax liability for the
  4 21 taxable year over any the amount of installments paid on or
  4 22 before the date prescribed for payment.
  4 23    Sec. 12.  Section 422.89, subsection 3, unnumbered
  4 24 paragraph 1, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  4 25    An amount equal to eighty ninety percent of the tax for the
  4 26 taxable year computed by placing on an annualized basis the
  4 27 taxable income:
  4 28    Sec. 13.  Section 422B.8, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  4 29 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  4 30    A local sales and services tax at the rate of not more than
  4 31 one percent may be imposed by a county on the gross receipts
  4 32 taxed by the state under chapter 422, division IV.  A local
  4 33 sales and services tax shall be imposed on the same basis as
  4 34 the state sales and services tax and may not be imposed on the
  4 35 sale of any property or on any service not taxed by the state,
  5  1 except the tax shall not be imposed on the gross receipts from
  5  2 the sale of motor fuel or special fuel as defined in chapter
  5  3 452A, on the gross receipts from the rental of rooms,
  5  4 apartments, or sleeping quarters which are taxed under chapter
  5  5 422A during the period the hotel and motel tax is imposed, on
  5  6 the gross receipts from the sale of natural gas or electric
  5  7 energy in a city or county where the gross receipts are
  5  8 subject to a franchise fee or user fee during the period the
  5  9 franchise or user fee is imposed, on the gross receipts upon
  5 10 which sales tax is imposed only under section 422.43,
  5 11 subsection 12, on the gross receipts from the sale of
  5 12 equipment by the state department of transportation, and on
  5 13 the gross receipts from the sale of a lottery ticket or share
  5 14 in a lottery game conducted pursuant to chapter 99E.  A local
  5 15 sales and services tax is applicable to transactions within
  5 16 those incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county
  5 17 where it is imposed and shall be collected by all persons
  5 18 required to collect state gross receipts taxes.  All cities
  5 19 contiguous to each other shall be treated as part of one
  5 20 incorporated area and the tax would be imposed in each of
  5 21 those contiguous cities only if the majority of those voting
  5 22 in the total area covered by the contiguous cities favor its
  5 23 imposition.
  5 24    Sec. 14.  Section 423.1, subsection 7, Code 1995, is
  5 25 amended to read as follows:
  5 26    7.  "Retailer" means and includes every person engaged in
  5 27 the business of selling tangible personal property or services
  5 28 enumerated in section 422.43 for use within the meaning of
  5 29 this chapter; provided, however, that.  However, when in the
  5 30 opinion of the director it is necessary for the efficient
  5 31 administration of this chapter to regard any salespersons,
  5 32 representatives, truckers, peddlers, or canvassers as the
  5 33 agents of the dealers, distributors, supervisors, employers,
  5 34 or persons under whom they operate or from whom they obtain
  5 35 the tangible personal property sold by them, irrespective of
  6  1 whether they are making sales on their own behalf or on behalf
  6  2 of such those dealers, distributors, supervisors, employers,
  6  3 or persons, the director may so regard them and may regard the
  6  4 dealers, distributors, supervisors, employers, or persons as
  6  5 retailers for purposes of this chapter.
  6  6    Sec. 15.  Section 423.18, subsections 2 and 3, Code 1995,
  6  7 are amended to read as follows:
  6  8    2.  A person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade
  6  9 a tax imposed by this chapter or the payment of ninety percent
  6 10 of the tax, or a person who makes or causes to be made any
  6 11 false or fraudulent monthly deposit form or return with intent
  6 12 to evade the tax imposed by this chapter or the payment of
  6 13 ninety percent of the tax is guilty of a class "D" felony.
  6 14    3.  A person required to pay tax, or to make, sign or file
  6 15 a monthly deposit form or return, who willfully makes a false
  6 16 or fraudulent monthly deposit form or return, or who willfully
  6 17 fails at the time required by law to pay at least ninety
  6 18 percent of the tax or fails to make, sign or file the monthly
  6 19 deposit form or return, is guilty of a fraudulent practice.
  6 20    Sec. 16.  Section 423.21, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  6 21 follows:
  6 22    423.21  BOOKS &endash; EXAMINATION.
  6 23    Every retailer required or authorized to collect taxes
  6 24 imposed by this chapter and every person using in this state
  6 25 tangible personal property, services, or the product of
  6 26 services shall keep such those records, receipts, invoices,
  6 27 and other pertinent papers as the director shall require, in
  6 28 such the form as that the director shall require.  The
  6 29 director or any duly authorized agent of the department may
  6 30 examine the books, papers, records, and equipment of any
  6 31 person either selling tangible personal property or services
  6 32 or liable for the tax imposed by this chapter, and investigate
  6 33 the character of the business of any such person in order to
  6 34 verify the accuracy of any return made, or if no a return was
  6 35 not made by such the person, ascertain and determine the
  7  1 amount due under the provisions of this chapter.  Any such
  7  2 These books, papers, and records shall be made available
  7  3 within this state for such examination upon reasonable notice
  7  4 when the director shall deem it advisable and shall so order.
  7  5 The preceding requirements shall likewise apply to users and
  7  6 persons rendering, furnishing, or performing service
  7  7 enumerated in section 422.43.
  7  8    Sec. 17.  Section 423.25, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  7  9 follows:
  7 10    423.25  TAXATION IN ANOTHER STATE.
  7 11    If any person who causes tangible personal property to be
  7 12 brought into this state or who uses in this state services
  7 13 enumerated in section 422.43 has already paid a tax in another
  7 14 state in respect to the sale or use of the property or the
  7 15 performance of the service, or an occupation tax in respect to
  7 16 the property, in an amount less than the tax imposed by this
  7 17 title, the provisions of this title shall apply, but at a rate
  7 18 measured by the difference only between the rate fixed in this
  7 19 title and the rate by which the previous tax on the sale or
  7 20 use, or the occupation tax, was computed.  If the tax imposed
  7 21 and paid in the other state is equal to or more than the tax
  7 22 imposed by this title, then no a tax is not due in this state
  7 23 on the personal property or service.
  7 24    Sec. 18.  Section 424.13, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  7 25 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
  7 26 thereof the following:
  7 27    2.  For cause and upon a showing by the director that
  7 28 collection of the tax in dispute is in doubt, the court may
  7 29 order the petitioner to file with the clerk a bond for the use
  7 30 of the respondent, with sureties approved by the clerk, in the
  7 31 amount of tax appealed from, conditioned that the petitioner
  7 32 shall perform the orders of the court.
  7 33    Sec. 19.  Section 427.1, subsections 5, 14, 18, 19, and 22,
  7 34 Code 1995, are amended by striking the subsections.
  7 35    Sec. 20.  Section 428.1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995,
  8  1 is amended to read as follows:
  8  2    Every inhabitant of this state, of full age and sound mind,
  8  3 person shall list for the assessor all property subject to
  8  4 taxation in the state, of which the inhabitant person is the
  8  5 owner, or has the control or management, in the following
  8  6 manner herein directed:
  8  7    Sec. 21.  Section 428.23, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  8  8 follows:
  8  9    428.23  MANUFACTURER TO LIST.
  8 10    Corporations organized under the laws of this state for
  8 11 pecuniary profit and engaged in manufacturing as defined in
  8 12 section 428.20 shall list their real property in the same
  8 13 manner as is required of individuals.
  8 14    Sec. 22.  Section 428.37, subsection 2, unnumbered
  8 15 paragraph 1, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  8 16    Notwithstanding sections section 428.25 and 428.27, the
  8 17 taxable value of an electric power generating plant placed in
  8 18 commercial service after December 31, 1972, shall be
  8 19 apportioned by the director of revenue and finance, commencing
  8 20 with the year 1973, as follows:
  8 21    Sec. 23.  Section 433.4, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  8 22 follows:
  8 23    433.4  ASSESSMENT.
  8 24    The director of revenue and finance shall on the second
  8 25 Monday in July of each year, proceed to find the actual value
  8 26 of the property of such these companies in this state, taking
  8 27 into consideration the information obtained from the
  8 28 statements above required, and any further information the
  8 29 director can obtain, using the same as a means for determining
  8 30 the actual cash value of the property of such these companies
  8 31 within this state;.  The director shall also taking take into
  8 32 consideration the valuation of all property of such these
  8 33 companies, including franchises and the use of the property in
  8 34 connection with lines outside the state, and making such these
  8 35 deductions as may be necessary on account of extra value of
  9  1 property outside the state as compared with the value of
  9  2 property in the state, in order that the actual cash value of
  9  3 the property of the company within this state may be
  9  4 ascertained.  Said The assessment shall include all property
  9  5 of every kind and character whatsoever, real, personal, or
  9  6 mixed, used by said the companies in the transaction of
  9  7 telegraph and telephone business; and the property so included
  9  8 in said the assessment shall not be taxed in any other manner
  9  9 than as provided in this chapter and section 427.1, subsection
  9 10 19.
  9 11    Sec. 24.  Section 433.12, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  9 12 follows:
  9 13    433.12  "COMPANY" DEFINED.
  9 14    The word "company" "Company" as used in this chapter and
  9 15 section 427.1, subsection 19, shall be deemed and construed to
  9 16 mean and include means any person, copartnership, association,
  9 17 corporation, or syndicate that shall own owns or operate
  9 18 operates, or be is engaged in operating, any telegraph or
  9 19 telephone line, whether formed or organized under the laws of
  9 20 this state or elsewhere.
  9 21    Sec. 25.  Section 437.1, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  9 22 follows:
  9 23    437.1  "COMPANY" DEFINED.
  9 24    The word "company" "Company" as used in this chapter and
  9 25 section 427.1, subsection 19, shall be deemed and considered
  9 26 to mean and include means any person, copartnership,
  9 27 association, corporation, or syndicate, (except co-operative
  9 28 corporations or associations which are not organized or
  9 29 operated for profit), that shall own owns or operate operates
  9 30 a transmission line or lines for the conducting of electric
  9 31 energy located within the state and wholly or partly outside
  9 32 cities, whether formed or organized under the laws of this
  9 33 state or elsewhere.
  9 34    Sec. 26.  Section 437.12, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  9 35 follows:
 10  1    437.12  ASSESSMENT EXCLUSIVE.
 10  2    Every transmission line or part thereof of a transmission
 10  3 line, of which the director of revenue and finance is required
 10  4 by this chapter to find the value, shall be exempt from other
 10  5 assessment or taxation either under sections 428.24 to 428.27
 10  6 428.26, or under any other law of this state except as
 10  7 provided in this chapter.
 10  8    Sec. 27.  Section 437.13, Code 1995, is amended to read as
 10  9 follows:
 10 10    437.13  LOCAL ASSESSMENT.
 10 11    All lands, buildings, machinery, poles, towers, wires,
 10 12 station and substation equipment, and other construction owned
 10 13 or operated by any company referred to in section 437.2, and
 10 14 where such this property is located within any city within
 10 15 this state, shall be listed and assessed for taxation in the
 10 16 same manner as provided in sections 428.24, 428.25, and
 10 17 428.29, for the listing and assessment of that part of the
 10 18 lands, buildings, machinery, tracks, poles, and wires within
 10 19 the limits of any city belonging to individuals or
 10 20 corporations furnishing electric light or power, and where
 10 21 such this property, except the capital stock, is situated
 10 22 partly within and partly without the limits of a city.  All
 10 23 personal property of every company owning or operating any
 10 24 such transmission line referred to in section 437.2, used or
 10 25 purchased by it for the purpose of such the transmission line,
 10 26 shall be listed and assessed in the assessment district where
 10 27 usually kept and housed and under sections 428.26, 428.27, and
 10 28 428.29.
 10 29    Sec. 28.  Section 441.21, subsection 9, paragraph b, Code
 10 30 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 10 31    b.  Notwithstanding paragraph "a" of this subsection, any
 10 32 construction or installation of gas production systems using
 10 33 waste or manure to produce gas completed on property
 10 34 classified as agricultural, residential, commercial, or
 10 35 industrial property shall not increase the actual, assessed
 11  1 and taxable values of the property for assessment years
 11  2 beginning on January 1, 1979 and ending on or before December
 11  3 31, 1985.  In addition, notwithstanding paragraph "a" of this
 11  4 subsection, any construction or installation of a solar energy
 11  5 system on property so classified shall not increase the
 11  6 actual, assessed and taxable values of the property for five
 11  7 full assessment years.
 11  8    Sec. 29.  Section 453B.1, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
 11  9 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 11 10    b.  Forty-two and one-half grams or more of processed
 11 11 marijuana or of a substance consisting of or containing
 11 12 marijuana.
 11 13    Sec. 30.  Section 453B.1, subsection 3, Code 1995, is
 11 14 amended by adding the following new paragraph after paragraph
 11 15 b and relettering:
 11 16    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  One or more unprocessed marijuana
 11 17 plants.
 11 18    Sec. 31.  Section 453B.1, Code 1995, is amended by adding
 11 19 the following new subsections:
 11 20    NEW SUBSECTION.  7A.  "Processed marijuana" means all
 11 21 marijuana except unprocessed marijuana plants.
 11 22    NEW SUBSECTION.  10.  "Unprocessed marijuana plant" means
 11 23 any cannabis plant at any level of growth, whether wet, dry,
 11 24 harvested, or growing.
 11 25    Sec. 32.  Section 453B.7, Code 1995, is amended to read as
 11 26 follows:
 11 27    453B.7  TAX IMPOSED &endash; RATE OF TAX.
 11 28    An excise tax is imposed on dealers at the following rates:
 11 29    1.  On each gram of processed marijuana, or each portion of
 11 30 a gram, five dollars.
 11 31    2.  On each gram or portion of a gram of any taxable
 11 32 substance sold by weight other than marijuana, two hundred
 11 33 fifty dollars.
 11 34    3.  On each unprocessed marijuana plant, seven hundred
 11 35 fifty dollars.
 12  1    3. 4.  On each ten dosage units of any taxable substance,
 12  2 other than unprocessed marijuana plants, that is not sold by
 12  3 weight, or portion thereof, four hundred dollars.
 12  4    Sec. 33.  Section 428.27, Code 1995, is repealed.
 12  5    Sec. 34.  Section 3 of this Act, being deemed of immediate
 12  6 importance, takes effect upon enactment, and applies or
 12  7 retroactively applies to April 1, 1995, for amended tax
 12  8 returns filed on or after that date.
 12  9    Sec. 35.  Section 4 of this Act applies retroactively to
 12 10 January 1, 1995, for tax years beginning on or after that
 12 11 date.
 12 12    Sec. 36.  Sections 11 and 12 of this Act are effective July
 12 13 1, 1995, for tax years beginning on or after that date.  
 12 14                           EXPLANATION
 12 15    The bill makes a number of changes to the state tax laws
 12 16 including income tax changes that treat income from intangible
 12 17 property as income from sources within the state for corporate
 12 18 income tax purposes; increase from 80 percent to 90 percent
 12 19 the amount of estimated tax payments to be paid by
 12 20 corporations and financial institutions; and give the
 12 21 department 60 days to assess tax on amended returns received
 12 22 within 60 days of the statute of limitations.
 12 23    Sales and use tax provisions include changes that expand
 12 24 taxable services of testing laboratories to include mobile and
 12 25 field testing laboratories; eliminate the requirement that
 12 26 out-of-state retailers collect sales tax if their only
 12 27 activity is catalogue sales; allow interest on refunds to
 12 28 governmental bodies, private nonprofit education institutions,
 12 29 and private museums to accrue the first day of the second
 12 30 month after receipt of the refund claim by the department;
 12 31 provide that the definition of "retailer" includes persons
 12 32 providing enumerated services; include services used in this
 12 33 state as subject to use tax if sales tax is not paid; modify
 12 34 certain evasion of use tax provisions.
 12 35    The bill modifies certain bonding requirements on appeal,
 13  1 provides that contested case hearing costs in fraud cases are
 13  2 taxed to the taxpayer; repeals certain obsolete property tax
 13  3 exemptions, and imposes a tax on unprocessed marijuana plants.
 13  4    The bill has numerous effective and applicability date
 13  5 provisions.  
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