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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 15E.193B, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  An eligible housing business under this section
  1  4 includes a housing developer, or housing contractor, or
  1  5 nonprofit organization that builds or rehabilitates a minimum
  1  6 of four single-family homes with a value, after completion of
  1  7 the building or rehabilitation, not exceeding one hundred
  1  8 twenty thousand dollars for each home located in that part of
  1  9 a city or county in which there is a designated enterprise
  1 10 zone or one multiple dwelling unit building containing three
  1 11 or more individual dwelling units with a total value per unit,
  1 12 after completion of the building or rehabilitation, not
  1 13 exceeding one hundred twenty thousand dollars located in that
  1 14 part of a city or county in which there is a designated
  1 15 enterprise zone.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 15E.193B, subsection 5, Code 1999, is
  1 17 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 18    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Information showing the amount of tax
  1 19 credits and forgivable government loans which will be received
  1 20 as a result of its new investment in housing for which the
  1 21 business is seeking approval for the tax credit provided in
  1 22 subsection 6, paragraph "a".
  1 23    Sec. 3.  Section 15E.193B, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
  1 24 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1 25    a.  An eligible housing business may claim an income a tax
  1 26 credit up to a maximum of ten percent of the new investment
  1 27 which is directly related to the building or rehabilitating of
  1 28 a minimum of four single-family homes located in that part of
  1 29 a city or county in which there is a designated enterprise
  1 30 zone or one multiple dwelling unit building containing three
  1 31 or more individual dwelling units located in that part of a
  1 32 city or county in which there is a designated enterprise zone.
  1 33 The tax credit may be used to reduce the tax liability imposed
  1 34 under chapter 422, division II, III, or V.  Any credit in
  1 35 excess of the tax liability for the tax year may be credited
  2  1 to the tax liability for the following seven years or until
  2  2 depleted, whichever occurs earlier.  If the business is a
  2  3 partnership, subchapter S corporation, limited liability
  2  4 company, or estate or trust electing to have the income taxed
  2  5 directly to the individual, an individual may claim the tax
  2  6 credit allowed.  The amount claimed by the individual shall be
  2  7 based upon the pro rata share of the individual's earnings of
  2  8 the partnership, subchapter S corporation, limited liability
  2  9 company, or estate or trust.
  2 10    Sec. 4.  Section 15E.195, subsection 5, Code 1999, is
  2 11 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  2 12    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  However, if the commission or
  2 13 department finds that an eligible housing business will
  2 14 receive, as a result of its new investment in housing, other
  2 15 tax credits and forgivable government loans, the maximum
  2 16 amount of tax credit that may be approved under section
  2 17 15E.193B, subsection 6, shall be the lesser of ten percent or
  2 18 the amount which when added to the other tax credits and
  2 19 forgivable government loans will result in the housing
  2 20 business receiving eighty percent of the cost of the new
  2 21 investment for which approval is sought in governmental
  2 22 incentives and assistance.
  2 23    Sec. 5.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES.  This Act,
  2 24 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
  2 25 enactment and applies retroactively to January 1, 2000, for
  2 26 tax years beginning on or after that date.  
  2 27                           EXPLANATION
  2 28    This bill expands the tax credit presently allowed
  2 29 individual and corporate income taxpayers who are eligible
  2 30 housing businesses that build or rehabilitate housing in a
  2 31 designated enterprise zone to include nonprofit organizations
  2 32 and financial institutions that are subject to the franchise
  2 33 tax.
  2 34    The bill provides that a housing business that receives
  2 35 other tax credits and forgivable government loans is limited
  3  1 to the amount of tax credit it may receive under the
  3  2 enterprise zone program to the lesser of 10 percent or the
  3  3 amount which when added to the other tax credits and
  3  4 forgivable government loans will result in the business
  3  5 receiving 80 percent of the cost of its new investment in
  3  6 housing.
  3  7    The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies
  3  8 retroactively to January 1, 2000, for tax years beginning on
  3  9 or after that date.  
  3 10 LSB 5967HV 78
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