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House Study Bill 774

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 422.45, subsection 39, Code Supplement
  1  2 1999, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered
  1  3 paragraph:
  1  4    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  For purposes of this subsection,
  1  5 "farm machinery and equipment" specifically includes, but is
  1  6 not limited to, the following items which are directly and
  1  7 primarily used in a confinement building as defined in section
  1  8 455B.161, regardless of whether the items are building
  1  9 materials which become part of real property:  specialized
  1 10 floor systems or slats; curtains and associated hardware;
  1 11 ventilation, heating, or cooling equipment and associated
  1 12 electrical or electronic control equipment; or motors, fans,
  1 13 shutters, ceiling inlets, controllers, thermostats, adjustable
  1 14 baffle wall kits, hoses, traps, regulators, valves, igniters,
  1 15 and ventilators.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  REFUNDS.  Refunds of taxes, interest, or penalties
  1 17 which arise from claims resulting from the enactment of this
  1 18 Act, for sales occurring between January 1, 1988, and the
  1 19 effective date of this Act, shall be limited to twenty-five
  1 20 thousand dollars in the aggregate and shall not be allowed
  1 21 unless refund claims are filed prior to October 1, 2000,
  1 22 notwithstanding any other provision of law.  If the amount of
  1 23 claims totals more than twenty-five thousand dollars in the
  1 24 aggregate, the department of revenue and finance shall prorate
  1 25 the twenty-five thousand dollars among all claimants in
  1 26 relation to the amounts of the claimants' valid claims.
  1 27    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY
  1 28 PROVISION.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
  1 29 takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to
  1 30 January 1, 1988.  
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32    This bill amends Code section 422.45 which provides
  1 33 exemptions from the retail sales tax imposed on the gross
  1 34 receipts from all sales of tangible personal property.  Code
  1 35 section 422.45, subsection 39, provides an exemption for the
  2  1 gross receipts from the sale or rental of farm machinery and
  2  2 equipment.
  2  3    This bill provides that "farm machinery and equipment"
  2  4 includes but is not limited to a number of items which are
  2  5 directly and primarily used in confinement buildings housing
  2  6 livestock.  The items are limited to specialized floor systems
  2  7 or slats; curtains and associated hardware; ventilation,
  2  8 heating, or cooling equipment and associated electrical or
  2  9 electronic control equipment; motors, fans, shutters, ceiling
  2 10 inlets, controllers, thermostats, adjustable baffle wall kits,
  2 11 hoses, traps, regulators, valves, igniters, and ventilators.
  2 12    The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies
  2 13 retroactively to January 1, 1988.  The bill provides a
  2 14 procedure for filing refund claims.  
  2 15 LSB 6599HC 78
  2 16 da/cf/24
     

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