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House File 87

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 450.7, subsection 1, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    Except for the share of the estate passing to the surviving
  1  4 spouse, and parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and
  1  5 other lineal ascendants, children including legally adopted
  1  6 children and biological children entitled to inherit under the
  1  7 laws of this state, stepchildren, and grandchildren,
  1  8 stepgrandchildren, great-grandchildren, and other lineal
  1  9 descendants, the tax is a charge against and a lien upon the
  1 10 estate subject to tax under this chapter, and all property of
  1 11 the estate or owned by the decedent from the death of the
  1 12 decedent until paid, subject to the following limitation:
  1 13    Sec. 2.  Section 450.9, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  1 14 follows:
  1 15    450.9  INDIVIDUAL EXEMPTIONS.
  1 16    In computing the tax on the net estate, the entire amount
  1 17 of property, interest in property, and income passing to the
  1 18 surviving spouse, and parents, grandparents, great-
  1 19 grandparents, and other lineal ascendants, children including
  1 20 legally adopted children and biological children entitled to
  1 21 inherit under the laws of this state, stepchildren, and
  1 22 grandchildren, stepgrandchildren, great-grandchildren, and
  1 23 other lineal descendants are exempt from tax.  For purposes of
  1 24 this chapter, "stepgrandchild" means the stepchild of a child
  1 25 of the decedent.
  1 26    Sec. 3.  Section 450.10, subsection 6, Code 2001, is
  1 27 amended to read as follows:
  1 28    6.  Property, interest in property, or income passing to
  1 29 the surviving spouse, and parents, grandparents, great-
  1 30 grandparents, and other lineal ascendants, children including
  1 31 legally adopted children and biological children entitled to
  1 32 inherit under the laws of this state, stepchildren, and
  1 33 grandchildren, stepgrandchildren, great-grandchildren, and
  1 34 other lineal descendants, is not taxable under this section.
  1 35    Sec. 4.  APPLICABILITY DATE.  This Act applies to estates
  2  1 of decedents dying on or after July 1, 2001.  
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill exempts from the inheritance tax property passing
  2  4 to a stepgrandchild.  Current law provides such exemption for
  2  5 children, stepchildren, and grandchildren.  A stepgrandchild
  2  6 is a stepchild of the decedent's child.
  2  7    The bill applies to estates of decedents dying on or after
  2  8 July 1, 2001.  
  2  9 LSB 1594HH 79
  2 10 mg/cls/14
     

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