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1 1 Amend House File 744 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 2, by inserting after line 4 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. . Section 422.12, Code 1999, is amended
1 5 by adding the following new subsection:
1 6 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. a. A volunteer emergency
1 7 medical services personnel credit equal to one hundred
1 8 fifty dollars. However, if the individual is not a
1 9 volunteer emergency medical services personnel for the
1 10 entire tax year, the one hundred fifty dollar credit
1 11 shall be prorated and the amount of credit shall equal
1 12 one hundred fifty dollars, divided by twelve,
1 13 multiplied by the number of months in the tax year the
1 14 individual was a volunteer. The credit shall be
1 15 rounded to the nearest five dollars. If the
1 16 individual is a volunteer during any part of a month,
1 17 the individual shall be considered a volunteer for the
1 18 entire month.
1 19 b. (1) A volunteer fire fighter credit equal to
1 20 the appropriate credit amount as set out in
1 21 subparagraph (2). However, if the individual is not a
1 22 volunteer fire fighter for the entire tax year, the
1 23 appropriate credit amount shall be prorated and the
1 24 amount of credit shall equal the appropriate credit
1 25 amount, divided by twelve, multiplied by the number of
1 26 months in the tax year the individual was a volunteer.
1 27 The credit shall be rounded to the nearest five
1 28 dollars. If the individual is a volunteer during any
1 29 part of a month, the individual shall be considered a
1 30 volunteer for the entire month.
1 31 (2) The appropriate credit amount equals one
1 32 hundred dollars for a volunteer fire fighter who has
1 33 completed a twenty-four hour basic fire fighter course
1 34 and one hundred fifty dollars for a volunteer fire
1 35 fighter who has a fire fighter I certification. In
1 36 order to continue to receive the credit under this
1 37 paragraph "b", a fire fighter who has completed a
1 38 twenty-four hour basic fire fighter course must
1 39 complete twelve hours of continuing education every
1 40 two years, and a fire fighter with a fire fighter I
1 41 certification must complete twenty hours of continuing
1 42 education every two years.
1 43 c. If the individual is a volunteer fire fighter
1 44 and an emergency medical services personnel during the
1 45 same month, a credit may be claimed for only one
1 46 volunteer position for that month.
1 47 d. The individual is required to have a written
1 48 statement from the fire chief or other appropriate
1 49 supervisor verifying that the individual was a
1 50 volunteer fire fighter who has met the education
2 1 requirements or was a volunteer emergency medical
2 2 services personnel for the months for which the credit
2 3 under paragraph "a" or "b" is claimed."
2 4 #2. Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
2 5 word "credits," the following: "and providing a
2 6 credit for volunteer fire fighters and emergency
2 7 medical services personnel,".
2 8
2 9
2 10
2 11 THOMAS of Clayton
2 12 HF 744.701 78
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