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House File 2543

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 450.1, Code 1997, is amended by
  1  2 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    450.1  DEFINITIONS – CONSTRUCTION.
  1  5    1.  For purposes of this chapter, unless the context
  1  6 otherwise requires:
  1  7    a.  "Internal Revenue Code" means the same as defined in
  1  8 section 422.3.
  1  9    b.  "Person" includes plural as well as singular, and
  1 10 artificial as well as natural persons.
  1 11    c.  "Personal representative" means an executor,
  1 12 administrator, or trustee as each is defined in section 633.3.
  1 13    d.  "Stepchild" means the child of a person who was married
  1 14 to the decedent at the time of the decedent's death, or the
  1 15 child of a person to whom the decedent was married, which
  1 16 person died during the marriage to the decedent.
  1 17    2.  This chapter shall not be construed to confer upon a
  1 18 county attorney authority to represent the state in any case,
  1 19 and the county attorney shall represent the department of
  1 20 revenue and finance only when specially authorized by the
  1 21 department to do so.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  Section 450.2, Code 1997, is amended by striking
  1 23 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
  1 24    450.2  TAXABLE ESTATES AND PROPERTY.
  1 25    The following estates and property and any interest in or
  1 26 income from any of the following estates and property, which
  1 27 pass from the decedent owner in any manner described in this
  1 28 chapter, are subject to tax as provided in this chapter:
  1 29    1.  Real estate and tangible personal property located in
  1 30 this state regardless of whether the decedent was a resident
  1 31 of this state at death.
  1 32    2.  Intangible personal property owned by a decedent
  1 33 domiciled in this state.
  1 34    Sec. 3.  Section 450.3, subsection 2, Code 1997, is amended
  1 35 to read as follows:
  2  1    2.  By deed, grant, sale, gift, or transfer made within
  2  2 three years of the death of the grantor or donor, which is not
  2  3 a bona fide sale for an adequate and full consideration in
  2  4 money or money's worth and which is in excess of the annual
  2  5 gift tax exclusion allowable for each donee under section
  2  6 2503, subsections b and e, of the Internal Revenue Code.  If
  2  7 both spouses consent, a gift made by one spouse to a person
  2  8 who is not the other spouse is considered, for the purposes of
  2  9 this subsection, as made one half by each spouse under the
  2 10 same terms and conditions provided for in section 2513 of the
  2 11 Internal Revenue Code.  The net market value of a transfer
  2 12 described in this subsection shall be the net market value
  2 13 determined as of the date of the transfer.
  2 14    Sec. 4.  Section 450.4, subsection 5, Code 1997, is amended
  2 15 by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
  2 16 following:
  2 17    5.  On that portion of the decedent's interest in a
  2 18 qualified retirement plan or individual retirement account
  2 19 that will be subject to federal income tax when paid to the
  2 20 beneficiary.
  2 21    Sec. 5.  Section 450.20, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1997,
  2 22 is amended to read as follows:
  2 23    It The department of revenue and finance shall also keep a
  2 24 separate record of any deferred estate upon which the tax due
  2 25 is not paid within fifteen months from on or before the last
  2 26 day of the ninth month after the death of the decedent,
  2 27 showing substantially the same facts as are required in other
  2 28 cases, and also showing:
  2 29    Sec. 6.  APPLICABILITY DATE.  This Act applies to estates
  2 30 of decedents dying on or after July 1, 1998.  
  2 31 HF 2543
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