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House Study Bill 187

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 15.331A, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  The eligible business or a supporting business shall,
  1  4 not more than six months one year after project completion,
  1  5 make application to the department for any refund of the
  1  6 amount of the taxes paid pursuant to chapter 422 or 423 upon
  1  7 any goods, wares, or merchandise, or services rendered,
  1  8 furnished, or performed, including water, sewer, gas, and
  1  9 electric utility services.  The application shall be made in
  1 10 the manner and upon forms to be provided by the department,
  1 11 and the department shall audit the claim and, if approved,
  1 12 issue a warrant to the eligible business or supporting
  1 13 business in the amount of the sales or use tax which has been
  1 14 paid to the state of Iowa under a contract.  A claim filed by
  1 15 the eligible business or a supporting business in accordance
  1 16 with this section shall not be denied by reason of a
  1 17 limitation provision set forth in chapter 421, 422, or 423.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 404.4, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2001,
  1 19 is amended to read as follows:
  1 20    An application shall be filed for each new exemption
  1 21 claimed.  The first application for an exemption shall be
  1 22 filed by the owner of the property with the governing body of
  1 23 the city or county in which the property is located by
  1 24 February 1 of the assessment year for which the exemption is
  1 25 first claimed, but not later than the year in which all
  1 26 improvements included in the project are first assessed for
  1 27 taxation, unless, upon the request of the owner at any time,
  1 28 the governing body of the city or county provides by
  1 29 resolution that the owner may file an application by February
  1 30 1 of any other assessment year selected by the governing body
  1 31 in which case the exemption is allowed for the number of years
  1 32 remaining in the exemption schedule selected.  The application
  1 33 shall contain, but not be limited to, the following
  1 34 information:  The nature of the improvement, its cost, the
  1 35 estimated or actual date of completion, the tenants that
  2  1 occupied the owner's building on the date the city or county
  2  2 adopted the resolution referred to in section 404.2,
  2  3 subsection 1, and which exemption in section 404.3 or in the
  2  4 different schedule, if one has been adopted, will be elected.
  2  5    Sec. 3.  Section 421.17, subsection 16, Code 2001, is
  2  6 amended to read as follows:
  2  7    16.  To call upon any a state department agency or
  2  8 institution for technical advice and data which may be of
  2  9 value in connection with the work of assessment and taxation
  2 10 the department.
  2 11    Sec. 4.  Section 421.17, subsection 22A, Code 2001, is
  2 12 amended to read as follows:
  2 13    22A.  To develop, modify, or contract with vendors to
  2 14 create or administer systems or programs which identify
  2 15 nonfilers of returns or nonpayers of taxes administered by the
  2 16 department.  Fees for services, reimbursements, costs incurred
  2 17 by the department, or other remuneration paid under contract
  2 18 may be funded from the amount of tax, penalty, or interest, or
  2 19 fees actually collected and shall be paid only after the
  2 20 amount is collected.  An amount is appropriated from the
  2 21 amount of tax, penalty, and interest, and fees actually
  2 22 collected, not to exceed the amount collected, which is
  2 23 sufficient to pay for services, reimbursement, costs incurred
  2 24 by the department, or other remuneration pursuant to this
  2 25 subsection.  Vendors entering into a contract with the
  2 26 department pursuant to this subsection are subject to the
  2 27 requirements and penalties of the confidentiality laws of this
  2 28 state regarding tax information.
  2 29    Sec. 5.  Section 421B.2, subsection 6, Code 2001, is
  2 30 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  2 31    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  For purposes of this chapter, a
  2 32 person who does not meet the definition of retailer or
  2 33 wholesaler but who is engaged in the business of selling
  2 34 cigarettes in this state to a retailer or final consumer shall
  2 35 be considered a retailer and subject to the minimum pricing
  3  1 requirements of this chapter.
  3  2    Sec. 6.  Section 422.7, Code 2001, is amended by adding the
  3  3 following new subsection:
  3  4    NEW SUBSECTION.  36.  Add, to the extent not already
  3  5 included, income from the sale of obligations of the state and
  3  6 its political subdivisions.  Income from the sale of these
  3  7 obligations is exempt from the taxes imposed by this division
  3  8 only if the law authorizing these obligations specifically
  3  9 exempts the income from the sale from the state individual
  3 10 income tax.
  3 11    Sec. 7.  Section 422.26, unnumbered paragraph 6, Code 2001,
  3 12 is amended to read as follows:
  3 13    The department shall pay, from moneys appropriated to the
  3 14 department for this purpose, a recording fee as provided in
  3 15 section 331.604, for the recording of the lien, or for its
  3 16 satisfaction.  There is appropriated from moneys in the state
  3 17 treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount sufficient to
  3 18 pay this fee and other fees incurred by the department
  3 19 directly related to the collection of taxes.
  3 20    Sec. 8.  Section 422.35, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  3 21 the following new subsection:
  3 22    NEW SUBSECTION.  18.  Add, to the extent not already
  3 23 included, income from the sale of obligations of the state and
  3 24 its political divisions.  Income from the sale of these
  3 25 obligations is exempt from the taxes imposed by this division
  3 26 only if the law authorizing these obligations specifically
  3 27 exempts the income from the sale from the state corporate
  3 28 income tax.
  3 29    Sec. 9.  Section 422.47, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
  3 30 amended by striking the subsection.
  3 31    Sec. 10.  Section 422.53, subsection 3, Code 2001, is
  3 32 amended to read as follows:
  3 33    3.  The department shall grant and issue to each applicant
  3 34 a permit for each place of business within the state.  A
  3 35 permit is not assignable and is valid only for the person in
  4  1 whose name it is issued and for the transaction of business at
  4  2 the place designated or a place of relocation within the state
  4  3 if the ownership remains the same.
  4  4    Sec. 11.  Section 422.61, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
  4  5 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  4  6    b.  Notwithstanding sections 262.41 and 262.51, or any
  4  7 other provisions of law, income from obligations of the state
  4  8 and its political subdivisions and franchise taxes paid or
  4  9 accrued under this division during the taxable year shall be
  4 10 added.  Income from sales of obligations of the state and its
  4 11 political subdivisions and interest and dividend income from
  4 12 these obligations are exempt from the taxes imposed by this
  4 13 division only if the law authorizing the obligations
  4 14 specifically exempts the income from the sale and interest and
  4 15 dividend income from the state franchise tax.
  4 16    Sec. 12.  Section 422.110, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  4 17 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  4 18    In lieu of the fuel tax refund provided in section 452A.17,
  4 19 a person or corporation subject to taxation under divisions II
  4 20 1260 or III of this chapter may elect to receive an income tax
  4 21 credit.  The person or corporation which elects to receive an
  4 22 income tax credit shall cancel its refund permit obtained
  4 23 under section 452A.18 within thirty days after the first day
  4 24 of its tax year or the permit becomes invalid at that time.
  4 25 For the purposes of this section, "person" includes a person
  4 26 claiming a tax credit based upon the person's pro rata share
  4 27 of the earnings from a partnership, limited liability company,
  4 28 or corporation which is not subject to a tax under division II
  4 29 or III of this chapter as a partnership, limited liability
  4 30 company, or corporation.  If the election to receive an income
  4 31 tax credit has been made, it remains effective for at least
  4 32 one tax year, and for subsequent tax years unless a change is
  4 33 requested and a new refund permit applied for within thirty
  4 34 days after the first day of the person's or corporation's tax
  4 35 year.  The income tax credit shall be the amount of the Iowa
  5  1 fuel tax paid on fuel purchased by the person or corporation
  5  2 and is subject to the conditions provided in section 452A.17
  5  3 with the exception that the income tax credit is not available
  5  4 for refunds relating to casualty losses, transport diversions,
  5  5 pumping credits, blending errors, idle time, power takeoffs,
  5  6 reefer units, and exports by eligible purchasers distributors.
  5  7    Sec. 13.  Section 422A.1, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  5  8 the following new unnumbered paragraph after unnumbered
  5  9 paragraph 1:
  5 10    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  Within ten days of the election
  5 11 at which a majority of those voting on the question favors the
  5 12 imposition, repeal, or change in the rate of the hotel and
  5 13 motel tax, the county auditor shall give written notice by
  5 14 sending a copy of the abstract of votes from the favorable
  5 15 election to the director of revenue and finance.
  5 16    Sec. 14.  Section 422B.8, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  5 17 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  5 18    A local sales and services tax at the rate of not more than
  5 19 one percent may be imposed by a county on the gross receipts
  5 20 taxed by the state under chapter 422, division IV.  A local
  5 21 sales and services tax shall be imposed on the same basis as
  5 22 the state sales and services tax or in the case of the use of
  5 23 natural gas, natural gas service, electricity, or electric
  5 24 service on the same basis as the state use tax and shall not
  5 25 be imposed on the sale of any property or on any service not
  5 26 taxed by the state, except the tax shall not be imposed on the
  5 27 gross receipts from the sale of motor fuel or special fuel as
  5 28 defined in chapter 452A which is consumed for highway use or
  5 29 in watercraft or aircraft if the fuel tax is paid on the
  5 30 transaction and a refund has not or will not be allowed, on
  5 31 the gross receipts from the rental of rooms, apartments, or
  5 32 sleeping quarters which are taxed under chapter 422A during
  5 33 the period the hotel and motel tax is imposed, on the gross
  5 34 receipts from the sale of equipment by the state department of
  5 35 transportation, on the gross receipts from the sale of self-
  6  1 propelled building equipment, pile drivers, motorized
  6  2 scaffolding, or attachments customarily drawn or attached to
  6  3 self-propelled building equipment, pile drivers, and motorized
  6  4 scaffolding, including auxiliary attachments which improve the
  6  5 performance, safety, operation, or efficiency of the equipment
  6  6 and replacement parts and are directly and primarily used by
  6  7 contractors, subcontractors, and builders for new
  6  8 construction, reconstruction, alterations, expansion, or
  6  9 remodeling of real property or structures, and on the gross
  6 10 receipts from the sale of a lottery ticket or share in a
  6 11 lottery game conducted pursuant to chapter 99E and except the
  6 12 tax shall not be imposed on the gross receipts from the sale
  6 13 or use of natural gas, natural gas service, electricity, or
  6 14 electric service in a city or county where the gross receipts
  6 15 from the sale of natural gas or electric energy are subject to
  6 16 a franchise fee or user fee during the period the franchise or
  6 17 user fee is imposed.  A local sales and services tax is
  6 18 applicable to transactions within those incorporated and
  6 19 unincorporated areas of the county where it is imposed and
  6 20 shall be collected by all persons required to collect state
  6 21 gross receipts taxes.  However, a person required to collect
  6 22 state retail sales tax under chapter 422, division IV, is not
  6 23 required to collect local sales and services tax on
  6 24 transactions delivered within the area where the local sales
  6 25 and services tax is imposed unless the person has physical
  6 26 presence in that taxing area.  All cities contiguous to each
  6 27 other shall be treated as part of one incorporated area and
  6 28 the tax would be imposed in each of those contiguous cities
  6 29 only if the majority of those voting in the total area covered
  6 30 by the contiguous cities favor its imposition.
  6 31    Sec. 15.  Section 422B.9, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  6 32 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  6 33    a.  A local sales and services tax shall be imposed either
  6 34 January 1 or July 1 following the notification of the director
  6 35 of revenue and finance but not sooner than ninety days
  7  1 following the favorable election.  However, a jurisdiction
  7  2 which has voted to continue imposition of the tax may impose
  7  3 that tax without repeal of the prior tax.
  7  4    Sec. 16.  Section 422B.11, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
  7  5 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  7  6    c.  The claim is filed on forms provided by the department
  7  7 and is filed within six months one year of the date the tax is
  7  8 paid.
  7  9    Sec. 17.  Section 422E.3, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
  7 10 amended to read as follows:
  7 11    2.  The tax shall be imposed on the same basis as the state
  7 12 sales and services tax or in the case of the use of natural
  7 13 gas, natural gas service, electricity, or electric service on
  7 14 the same basis as the state use tax and shall not be imposed
  7 15 on the sale of any property or on any service not taxed by the
  7 16 state, except the tax shall not be imposed on the gross
  7 17 receipts from the sale of motor fuel or special fuel as
  7 18 defined in chapter 452A which is consumed for highway use or
  7 19 in watercraft or aircraft if the fuel tax is paid on the
  7 20 transaction and a refund has not or will not be allowed, on
  7 21 the gross receipts from the rental of rooms, apartments, or
  7 22 sleeping quarters which are taxed under chapter 422A during
  7 23 the period the hotel and motel tax is imposed, on the gross
  7 24 receipts from the sale of equipment by the state department of
  7 25 transportation, on the gross receipts from the sale of self-
  7 26 propelled building equipment, pile drivers, motorized
  7 27 scaffolding, or attachments customarily drawn or attached to
  7 28 self-propelled building equipment, pile drivers, and motorized
  7 29 scaffolding, including auxiliary attachments which improve the
  7 30 performance, safety, operation, or efficiency of the
  7 31 equipment, and replacement parts and are directly and
  7 32 primarily used by contractors, subcontractors, and builders
  7 33 for new construction, reconstruction, alterations, expansion,
  7 34 or remodeling of real property or structures, and on the gross
  7 35 receipts from the sale of a lottery ticket or share in a
  8  1 lottery game conducted pursuant to chapter 99E and except the
  8  2 tax shall not be imposed on the gross receipts from the sale
  8  3 or use of natural gas, natural gas service, electricity, or
  8  4 electric service in a city or county where the gross receipts
  8  5 from the sale of natural gas or electric energy are subject to
  8  6 a franchise fee or user fee during the period the franchise or
  8  7 user fee is imposed.
  8  8    Sec. 18.  Section 423.4, subsection 4, Code 2001, is
  8  9 amended to read as follows:
  8 10    4.  Tangible personal property, the The gross receipts from
  8 11 the sale of or rental of tangible personal property or from
  8 12 the rendering, furnishing, or performing of services which are
  8 13 exempted from the retail sales tax by the terms of section
  8 14 422.45, except subsection 4 and subsection 6 of section 422.45
  8 15 as it relates to the sale of vehicles subject to registration
  8 16 or subject only to the issuance of a certificate of title and
  8 17 as it relates to aircraft subject to registration under
  8 18 section 328.20.
  8 19    Sec. 19.  Section 424.10, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
  8 20 amended to read as follows:
  8 21    2.  If a return required by this chapter is not filed, or
  8 22 if a return when filed is incorrect or insufficient and the
  8 23 maker fails to file a corrected or sufficient return within
  8 24 twenty days after the return is required by notice from the
  8 25 department, the department shall determine the amount of
  8 26 charge due from information as the department may be able to
  8 27 obtain and, if necessary, may estimate the charge on the basis
  8 28 of external indices or factors.  The department shall give
  8 29 notice of the determination to the person liable for the
  8 30 charge.  The determination shall fix the charge unless the
  8 31 person against whom it is assessed shall, within sixty days
  8 32 after the date of the notice of the determination, apply to
  8 33 the director for a hearing or unless the taxpayer person
  8 34 against whom it is assessed contests the determination by
  8 35 paying the tax charge, interest, and penalty and timely filing
  9  1 a claim for refund.  At the hearing evidence may be offered to
  9  2 support the determination or to prove that it is incorrect.
  9  3 After the hearing the director shall give notice of the
  9  4 decision to the person liable for the charge.
  9  5    If a depositor's, receiver's, or other person's challenge
  9  6 relates to the diminution rate, the burden of proof upon the
  9  7 challenger shall only be satisfied by clear and convincing
  9  8 evidence.
  9  9    Sec. 20.  Section 424.13, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
  9 10 amended to read as follows:
  9 11    2.  For cause and upon a showing by the director that
  9 12 collection of the tax charge in dispute is in doubt, the court
  9 13 may order the petitioner to file with the clerk a bond for the
  9 14 use of the respondent, with sureties approved by the clerk, in
  9 15 the amount of tax the charge appealed from, conditioned that
  9 16 the petitioner shall perform the orders of the court.
  9 17    Sec. 21.  Section 427.1, subsection 16, Code 2001, is
  9 18 amended to read as follows:
  9 19    16.  REVOKING OR MODIFYING EXEMPTION.  Any taxpayer or any
  9 20 taxing district may make application to the director of
  9 21 revenue and finance for revocation or modification for any
  9 22 exemption, based upon alleged violations of this chapter.  The
  9 23 director of revenue and finance may also on the director's own
  9 24 motion set aside or modify any exemption which has been
  9 25 granted upon property for which exemption is claimed under
  9 26 this chapter.  The director of revenue and finance shall give
  9 27 notice by mail to the taxpayer or taxing district applicant
  9 28 and to the societies or organizations claiming an exemption
  9 29 upon property, exemption of which is questioned before or by
  9 30 the director of revenue and finance, and shall hold a hearing
  9 31 prior to issuing any order for revocation or modification.  An
  9 32 order made by the director of revenue and finance revoking or
  9 33 modifying an exemption shall be applicable to the tax year
  9 34 commencing with the tax year in which the application is made
  9 35 to the director of revenue and finance or the tax year
 10  1 commencing with the tax year in which the director's own
 10  2 motion is filed.  An order made by the director of revenue and
 10  3 finance revoking or modifying an exemption is subject to
 10  4 judicial review in accordance with chapter 17A, the Iowa
 10  5 administrative procedure Act.  Notwithstanding the terms of
 10  6 that Act, petitions for judicial review may be filed in the
 10  7 district court having jurisdiction in the county in which the
 10  8 property is located, and must be filed within thirty days
 10  9 after any order revoking or modifying an exemption is made by
 10 10 the director of revenue and finance.
 10 11    Sec. 22.  Section 427.1, Code 2001, is amended by adding
 10 12 the following new subsection:
 10 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  33.  MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT USED IN
 10 14 AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING.  Machinery and equipment, otherwise
 10 15 taxable as real property which is first assessed in this state
 10 16 on or after January 1, 2000, used in value-added agricultural
 10 17 processing or in direct support of value-added agricultural
 10 18 processing, including but not limited to machinery and
 10 19 equipment and related components used for the cooking,
 10 20 refrigeration, or freezing of value-added agricultural
 10 21 products.  For purposes of this subsection, "direct support"
 10 22 includes storage by public refrigerated warehouses for
 10 23 processors of value-added agricultural products.  Such
 10 24 machinery and equipment shall be exempt whether owned directly
 10 25 by the processor or warehouse operator or by another who
 10 26 leases the machinery and equipment to the processor or
 10 27 warehouse operator.  This exemption shall not apply to
 10 28 machinery and equipment used in any one of the following
 10 29 situations:
 10 30    a.  Primarily for retail sale or distribution or display.
 10 31    b.  In warehouses of less than ten thousand square feet.
 10 32    c.  In warehouses in which less than fifty percent of the
 10 33 storage is used for value-added agricultural products.
 10 34    Sec. 23.  Section 427B.19A, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
 10 35 amended to read as follows:
 11  1    2.  If an amount appropriated for a fiscal year is
 11  2 insufficient to pay all claims as a result of action by the
 11  3 general assembly limiting the amount appropriated to the fund,
 11  4 the director shall prorate the disbursements from the fund to
 11  5 the county treasurers and shall notify the county auditors of
 11  6 the pro rata percentage on or before September 30.
 11  7    Sec. 24.  Section 427B.19B, Code 2001, is amended to read
 11  8 as follows:
 11  9    427B.19B  GUARANTEE OF STATE REPLACEMENT FUNDS.
 11 10    For the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1996, and ending
 11 11 June 30, 2006, if the industrial machinery, equipment and
 11 12 computers property tax replacement fund is insufficient to pay
 11 13 in full the total of the amounts certified to the director of
 11 14 revenue and finance as a result of action by the general
 11 15 assembly limiting the amount appropriated to the fund, the
 11 16 director shall compute for each county the difference between
 11 17 the total of all replacement claims for each taxing district
 11 18 within the county and the amount paid to the county treasurer
 11 19 for disbursement to each taxing district in the county.  The
 11 20 assessor, for the assessment year for which taxes are due and
 11 21 payable in the fiscal year for which a sufficient
 11 22 appropriation was not made as a result of action by the
 11 23 general assembly limiting the amount appropriated to the fund,
 11 24 shall revalue all industrial machinery, equipment and
 11 25 computers described in section 427B.17, subsections 2 and 3,
 11 26 in the county at a percentage of net acquisition cost which
 11 27 will yield from each taxing district its shortfall and the
 11 28 property shall be assessed and taxed in such manner for taxes
 11 29 due and payable in the following fiscal year in addition to
 11 30 being assessed and taxed in the applicable manner under
 11 31 section 427B.17.  When conducting the revaluation, the
 11 32 assessor shall increase the percentage of net acquisition cost
 11 33 of such property by the same percentage point.  Property tax
 11 34 dollar amounts certified pursuant to this section shall not be
 11 35 considered property tax dollars certified for purposes of the
 12  1 property tax limitation in chapter 444.
 12  2    Sec. 25.  Section 450.10, subsection 4, Code 2001, is
 12  3 amended to read as follows:
 12  4    4.  When the property or any interest therein in property
 12  5 or income therefrom from property, taxable under the
 12  6 provisions of this chapter, passes to any firm, corporation,
 12  7 or society organized for profit either under the laws of this
 12  8 state or of any other state, territory, province or country,
 12  9 including fraternal and social organizations which do not
 12 10 qualify for exemption under sections 170(c) and 2055 of the
 12 11 Internal Revenue Code, the rate of tax imposed shall be as
 12 12 follows:
 12 13    Fifteen percent on the entire amount so passing.
 12 14    Sec. 26.  Section 453A.2, subsection 4, Code 2001, is
 12 15 amended to read as follows:
 12 16    4.  The Iowa department of public health, a county health
 12 17 department, a city health department, or a city may directly
 12 18 enforce this section in district court and initiate
 12 19 proceedings pursuant to section 453A.22 before a permit-
 12 20 issuing authority which issued the permit against a permit
 12 21 holder violating this section.
 12 22    Sec. 27.  Section 453A.7, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
 12 23 2001, is amended to read as follows:
 12 24    There is appropriated annually from the general fund of the
 12 25 state the sum of one hundred fifteen thousand dollars funds in
 12 26 the state treasury not otherwise appropriated an amount
 12 27 sufficient to carry out the provisions of this section.
 12 28    Sec. 28.  Section 499B.11, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
 12 29 amended by striking the subsection.
 12 30    Sec. 29.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.7 does not
 12 31 apply to the exemption provided in new subsection 33 of
 12 32 section 427.1 as enacted in this Act.
 12 33    Sec. 30.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES.
 12 34    1.  The sections of this Act amending Code sections 422.7,
 12 35 422.35, and 422.61, relating to income exemptions, being
 13  1 deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon enactment and
 13  2 apply retroactively to January 1, 2001, for tax years
 13  3 beginning on or after that date.
 13  4    2.  The section of this Act amending Code section 450.10,
 13  5 relating to property passing to certain types of legal
 13  6 entities, takes effect July 1, 2001, for estates of decedents
 13  7 dying on or after that date.
 13  8    3.  The section of this Act amending section 427.1,
 13  9 relating to machinery and equipment used in value-added
 13 10 agricultural processing, being deemed of immediate importance,
 13 11 takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to
 13 12 January 1, 2000, for assessment years beginning on or after
 13 13 that date.  
 13 14                           EXPLANATION
 13 15    This bill amends various tax provisions of state law.
 13 16    Code section 15.331A is amended to allow a business which
 13 17 is eligible to receive benefits under the new jobs and income
 13 18 Act to file a claim for refund of sales and use tax paid by
 13 19 the contractor under a building contract within one year of
 13 20 the project's completion rather than the six months previously
 13 21 allowed.
 13 22    Code section 404.4 is amended to specify that the length of
 13 23 time over which an urban revitalization property tax exemption
 13 24 may be allowed in situations where a timely application for
 13 25 exemption was not filed is equal to the number of remaining
 13 26 years left in the exemption schedule selected.
 13 27    Code section 421.17, subsection 16, is amended to expand
 13 28 the scope of the technical advice received from other state
 13 29 agencies to include that related to all taxes administered by
 13 30 the department rather than just property taxes.
 13 31    Code section 421.17 is amended to authorize the department
 13 32 to pay costs, incurred by the department associated with
 13 33 contracts with vendors to identify nonfilers or nonpayers of
 13 34 taxes, from tax, penalty, and interest actually collected by
 13 35 the vendors from the identified nonfilers or nonpayers.
 14  1    Code section 421B.2 is amended by specifying that a seller
 14  2 of cigarettes who does not meet the definition of a retailer
 14  3 or wholesaler shall be considered a retailer for purposes of
 14  4 computing minimum price if the person is engaged in the
 14  5 business of selling cigarettes to a retailer or final
 14  6 consumer.
 14  7    Code sections 422.7, 422.35, and 422.61, subsection 3, are
 14  8 amended to provide that income from the sale of obligations of
 14  9 Iowa and its political subdivisions are taxable for purposes
 14 10 of the state individual income and corporate taxes and the
 14 11 state franchise tax unless the law authorizing the obligation
 14 12 specifically exempts the income from the sale from the tax.
 14 13    Code section 422.26 is amended to provide a standing
 14 14 unlimited appropriation for recording and other fees incurred
 14 15 by the department in the collection of taxes.
 14 16    Code section 422.47 is amended to delete subsection 2,
 14 17 which is obsolete as the provision applies to the refund of
 14 18 the excess tax paid on a construction contract fully executed
 14 19 prior to July 1, 1992, when the sales tax rate was increased
 14 20 from four cents to five cents.
 14 21    Code section 422.53, subsection 3, is amended to allow a
 14 22 sales tax permit holder to keep the same permit when the
 14 23 business is relocated in the state if the ownership remains
 14 24 the same.
 14 25    Code section 422.110 is amended to replace the words
 14 26 "eligible purchasers" with the word "distributors" to reflect
 14 27 more accurate terminology as defined in Code chapter 452A.
 14 28    Code section 422A.1 is amended to impose a duty upon the
 14 29 county auditor to notify, within 10 days, the director of
 14 30 revenue and finance of the outcome of the election favoring
 14 31 the imposition, repeal, or rate change of the local hotel and
 14 32 motel tax.
 14 33    Code sections 422B.8 and 422E.3 are amended to impose local
 14 34 options sales and services tax only on motor fuels and special
 14 35 fuels in which tax pursuant to Code chapter 452A has not been
 15  1 imposed and, if paid, has not nor cannot be refunded.
 15  2    Code section 422B.9, subsection 1, paragraph "a", is
 15  3 amended to prevent a lapse in time from the sunset of a local
 15  4 option tax if a jurisdiction votes to continue the tax.
 15  5    Code section 422B.11, subsection 1, paragraph "c", is
 15  6 amended to change the period of time for a construction
 15  7 contractor to claim a refund of local sales and services tax
 15  8 paid from six months to one year.
 15  9    Code section 423.4, subsection 4, is amended to provide
 15 10 that in addition to the sale of tangible property being exempt
 15 11 from the use tax if exempt from the sales tax, the rental of
 15 12 tangible property and providing of services are exempt if
 15 13 exempt for sales tax purposes.
 15 14    Code section 424.10, subsection 2, and Code section 424.13,
 15 15 subsection 2, are amended to replace the word "tax" with the
 15 16 word "charge".  Code section 424.3 imposes a "petroleum
 15 17 diminution charge" and not a "petroleum diminution tax".  Code
 15 18 section 424.10, subsection 2, is also amended to change the
 15 19 reference to "taxpayer" to "person against whom (a charge) is
 15 20 assessed".
 15 21    Code section 427.1, subsection 16, is amended to specify
 15 22 the effective date of the order when the director revokes or
 15 23 modifies a property tax exemption for a specific year either
 15 24 on the director's own motion or upon application by a
 15 25 taxpayer.
 15 26    Code section 427.1, new subsection 33, provides a property
 15 27 tax exemption for machinery and equipment first assessed in
 15 28 this state on or after January 1, 2000, which is used in
 15 29 value-added agricultural processing or in storage by public
 15 30 refrigerated warehouses for processors of value-added
 15 31 agricultural products.  Machinery and equipment used in
 15 32 processing of value-added agricultural products includes
 15 33 machinery and equipment used for cooking, refrigeration, or
 15 34 freezing.  The exemption applies even if the machinery and
 15 35 equipment is leased.
 16  1    Code sections 427B.19A, subsection 2, and 427B.19B are
 16  2 amended to provide that the industrial machinery, equipment
 16  3 and computers property tax replacement fund, currently funded
 16  4 with a standing unlimited appropriation, will be prorated to
 16  5 pay claims if the general assembly elects to place a cap on
 16  6 the fund in the future.
 16  7    Code section 450.10 is amended to remove outdated
 16  8 reciprocity language and to include additional language to
 16  9 specify the tax treatment of fraternal and social
 16 10 organizations.
 16 11    Code section 453A.2, subsection 3, is amended to specify
 16 12 that an appeal of a cigarette permit suspension or revocation
 16 13 must be made to the authority that issued the permit.  Cities
 16 14 and counties issue permits to retail establishments in their
 16 15 jurisdictions and the department of revenue and finance issues
 16 16 distributor, manufacturer, wholesaler, and vendor permits.
 16 17    Code section 453A.7 is amended to provide a standing
 16 18 unlimited appropriation to the department of revenue and
 16 19 finance for the printing of cigarette tax stamps.
 16 20    Code section 499B.11, subsection 2, is stricken because its
 16 21 provisions relating to the classification of condominiums used
 16 22 or intended for use for human habitation on January 1, 1999,
 16 23 are no longer needed because of subsequent legislation.
 16 24    The bill has several different effective and applicability
 16 25 dates.  
 16 26 LSB 2779HC 79
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