Text: H01289 Text: H01291 Text: H01200 - H01299 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 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 2 13 mg/sc
Text: H01289 Text: H01291 Text: H01200 - H01299 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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