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1 1 Section 1. Section 425A.2, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. "Actively engaged in farming" means the designated
1 4 person is personally involved in the production of crops and
1 5 livestock on the eligible tract on a regular, continuous, and
1 6 substantial basis. However, a lessor, whether under a cash or
1 7 a crop share lease, is not actively engaged in farming on the
1 8 area of the tract covered by the lease unless the lessor is a
1 9 designated person under subsection 4, paragraph "g". This
1 10 provision applies to both written and oral leases.
1 11 Sec. 2. Section 425A.2, subsection 4, Code 2001, is
1 12 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
1 13 NEW PARAGRAPH. g. If the owner is an individual who
1 14 leases the tract to an unrelated individual, or to a
1 15 partnership or family farm corporation and the partners or
1 16 shareholders are not related to the owner, the owner if the
1 17 owner is at least sixty-five years of age and resides on a
1 18 homestead contiguous to the area of the tract covered by the
1 19 lease.
1 20 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act applies to family
1 21 farm tax credit claims filed on or after July 1, 2001.
1 22 EXPLANATION
1 23 This bill provides that, for purposes of the family farm
1 24 property tax credit, a designated person entitled to the
1 25 credit includes a lessor of a tract of agricultural land if
1 26 the lessor is an owner who is leasing to an unrelated
1 27 individual, or to a partnership or family farm corporation and
1 28 the lessor is unrelated to the partners or shareholders, is at
1 29 least 65 years of age, and resides on a homestead contiguous
1 30 to the tract being leased.
1 31 The bill applies to family farm tax credit claims filed on
1 32 or after July 1, 2001.
1 33 LSB 3036XS 79
1 34 sc/pj/5.1
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