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House Amendment 1825

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  1  1    Amend House File 714 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  15E.221  SHORT TITLE.
  1  5    This division shall be known and may be cited as
  1  6 the "Financial Capital Formation for Life Science
  1  7 Companies Program".
  1  8    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  15E.222  DEFINITIONS.
  1  9    As used in this division, unless the context
  1 10 otherwise requires:
  1 11    1.  "Equity" means common stock or preferred stock,
  1 12 regardless of class or series, of a corporation; a
  1 13 partnership interest in a limited partnership; or a
  1 14 membership interest in a limited liability company,
  1 15 which is not required or subject to an option on the
  1 16 part of the taxpayer to be redeemed by the issuer
  1 17 within two years from the date of issuance.
  1 18    2.  "Qualified business" means a business that
  1 19 meets all of the following criteria:
  1 20    a.  Has annual gross revenues of five million
  1 21 dollars or less in its most recent fiscal year.
  1 22    b.  Is domiciled in the state of Iowa.
  1 23    c.  Is engaged in business primarily in, or does
  1 24 substantially all of its production in, the state of
  1 25 Iowa.
  1 26    d.  Is primarily engaged in a business that
  1 27 produces, develops, or markets a life science product
  1 28 or life science by-product as defined in section
  1 29 10C.1.
  1 30    3.  "Subordinated debt" means debt that either is
  1 31 unsecured or has a subordinate claim on the assets of
  1 32 the debtor.
  1 33    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  15E.223  TAX CREDITS.
  1 34    1.  For tax years beginning on or after January 1,
  1 35 2001, a tax credit shall be allowed against the taxes
  1 36 imposed under chapter 422, divisions II, III, and V,
  1 37 and under chapter 432, for a certified equity or
  1 38 subordinated debt investment in a qualified business.
  1 39 An individual may claim the credit of a partnership,
  1 40 limited liability company, S corporation, estate, or
  1 41 trust electing to have income taxed directly to the
  1 42 individual.  The amount claimed by the individual
  1 43 shall be based upon the pro rata share of the
  1 44 individual's earnings from the partnership, limited
  1 45 liability company, S corporation, estate, or trust.
  1 46    2.  a.  The tax credit allowed under this section
  1 47 shall be for the following amounts:
  1 48    (1)  After the certified equity or subordinated
  1 49 debt investment is held for a period of two years,
  1 50 twenty percent of the certified equity or subordinated
  2  1 debt investment.
  2  2    (2)  After the certified equity or subordinated
  2  3 debt investment is held for a period of four years, an
  2  4 additional ten percent of the certified equity or
  2  5 subordinated debt investment.
  2  6    (3)  After the certified equity or subordinated
  2  7 debt investment is held for a period of six years, an
  2  8 additional ten percent of the certified equity or
  2  9 subordinated debt investment.
  2 10    (4)  After the certified equity or subordinated
  2 11 debt investment is held for a period of eight years,
  2 12 an additional ten percent of the certified equity or
  2 13 subordinated debt investment.
  2 14    b.  For purposes of paragraph "a" in computing the
  2 15 holding period of an equity investment that was
  2 16 obtained by the taxpayer as a result of the conversion
  2 17 of the taxpayer's investment in a subordinated debt,
  2 18 the time the taxpayer held the investment in the
  2 19 subordinated debt shall be added to the time the
  2 20 taxpayer held the equity investment.
  2 21    c.  Any tax credit in excess of the taxpayer's
  2 22 liability for the tax year may be credited to the tax
  2 23 liability for the following three years or until
  2 24 depleted, whichever is earlier.  A tax credit shall
  2 25 not be carried back to a tax year prior to the tax
  2 26 year in which the taxpayer redeems the tax credit.
  2 27    d.  A taxpayer shall not claim a tax credit in a
  2 28 single tax year under this section of more than fifty
  2 29 thousand dollars.
  2 30    e.  A taxpayer making an equity or subordinated
  2 31 debt investment in a qualified business shall submit
  2 32 an application to the department of economic
  2 33 development for certification of eligibility for a tax
  2 34 credit.
  2 35    3.  The aggregate amount of tax credits issued
  2 36 under this section for taxes imposed pursuant to
  2 37 chapter 422, divisions II, III, and V, and chapter 432
  2 38 shall not exceed a total of four million dollars.
  2 39    4.  The department of revenue and finance, in
  2 40 consultation with the department of economic
  2 41 development, shall develop a system for registration,
  2 42 authorization, and redemption of tax credits issued by
  2 43 the state under this section.  The department of
  2 44 revenue and finance and the department of economic
  2 45 development shall adopt any other policies,
  2 46 procedures, or rules pursuant to chapter 17A necessary
  2 47 for the administration of this section and of tax
  2 48 credits issued by the state under this section.
  2 49    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  422.11C  LIFE SCIENCE TAX
  2 50 CREDIT.
  3  1    The taxes imposed under this division, less the
  3  2 credits allowed under section 422.12 and any other
  3  3 nonrefundable credit, shall be reduced by a tax credit
  3  4 in the manner as authorized pursuant to section
  3  5 15E.223.
  3  6    Sec. 5.  Section 422.33, Code 2001, is amended by
  3  7 adding the following new subsection:
  3  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  11.  The taxes imposed under this
  3  9 division shall be reduced by a tax credit in the
  3 10 manner as authorized pursuant to section 15E.223.
  3 11    Sec. 6.  Section 422.60, Code 2001, is amended by
  3 12 adding the following new subsection:
  3 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  The taxes imposed under this
  3 14 division shall be reduced by a tax credit in the
  3 15 manner as authorized pursuant to section 15E.223.
  3 16    Sec. 7.  NEW SECTION.  432.12A  LIFE SCIENCE TAX
  3 17 CREDIT.
  3 18    The taxes imposed under this chapter shall be
  3 19 reduced by a tax credit in the manner as authorized
  3 20 pursuant to section 15E.223."
  3 21    #2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 8 and
  3 22 inserting the following:
  3 23    "An Act creating a tax credit for investments in
  3 24 qualified businesses engaged in life science-related
  3 25 production."
  3 26    #3.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  3 27 
  3 28 
  3 29                               
  3 30 WARNSTADT of Woodbury
  3 31 HF 714.504 79
  3 32 tm/pj
     

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