Senate Amendment 5018


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 2256 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 7, the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 422.16, Code Supplement 2005,
     1  5 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
     1  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  15.  An employer or withholding
     1  7 agent in possession of a soy=based transformer fluid
     1  8 tax credit certificate issued pursuant to chapter 476D
     1  9 who is required to deduct and withhold tax under
     1 10 subsections 1 and 12 may receive a tax credit from the
     1 11 amount of the tax deducted and withheld which is
     1 12 payable to the department equal to the amount of the
     1 13 soy=based transformer fluid tax credit certificate.
     1 14 To obtain the tax credit, the person shall attach to
     1 15 the return required under subsection 2, the soy=based
     1 16 transformer fluid tax credit certificate issued to the
     1 17 person pursuant to chapter 476D and provide any other
     1 18 information the director may require.  The amount of
     1 19 the tax deducted and withheld which is not remitted to
     1 20 the department under this subsection may be used for
     1 21 any purpose of the employer or withholding agent.
     1 22    This subsection is repealed December 31, 2008.>
     1 23 #2.  Page 2, by striking lines 11 through 28.
     1 24 #3.  Page 2, by striking lines 32 and 33.
     1 25 #4.  Page 4, line 14, by striking the word <board>
     1 26 and inserting the following:  <department>.
     1 27 #5.  Page 4, line 15, by striking the word <board>
     1 28 and inserting the following:  <department>.
     1 29 #6.  Page 4, line 18, by striking the word <board>
     1 30 and inserting the following:  <department>.
     1 31 #7.  Page 4, by striking lines 19 and 20.
     1 32 #8.  Page 4, line 23, by striking the word <board>
     1 33 and inserting the following:  <department>.
     1 34 #9.  Page 4, by striking lines 24 and 25, and
     1 35 inserting the following:
     1 36    <1A.  An electric utility may seek assurance of the
     1 37 availability of tax credits by getting approval from
     1 38 the department for the tax credits by submitting an
     1 39 estimate of the soy=based transformer fluid to be used
     1 40 during the transition period prior to the utility
     1 41 entering into any agreement to purchase the soy=based
     1 42 transformer fluid and prior to the start of its
     1 43 transition period.  If tax credits are available, the
     1 44 department shall reserve the tax credits for the
     1 45 electric utility.  Prior approval under this
     1 46 subsection shall be granted based upon the earliest
     1 47 date of application.  Prior approval under this
     1 48 subsection does not eliminate the requirement for the
     1 49 electric utility to file the application under
     1 50 subsection 1.>
     2  1 #10.  Page 4, line 26, by striking the word
     2  2 <utility.> and inserting the following:  <2.>
     2  3 #11.  Page 4, line 27, by inserting after the word
     2  4 <issue> the following:  <, or in the case of prior
     2  5 approval under subsection 1A, shall reserve>.
     2  6 #12.  Page 4, line 32, by inserting after the
     2  7 figure <17A.> the following:  <However, the denial of
     2  8 an application solely because of the lack of the
     2  9 availability of tax credits is not appealable.>
     2 10 #13.  Page 5, line 11, by striking the words <and
     2 11 the board>.
     2 12 #14.  Page 5, by inserting after line 17, the
     2 13 following:
     2 14    <Sec.    .  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed
     2 15 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.>
     2 16 #15.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
     2 17 word <including> the following:  <effective and>.
     2 18
     2 19
     2 20                               
     2 21 BOB BRUNKHORST
     2 22 JOHN P. KIBBIE
     2 23 SF 2256.502 81
     2 24 mg/je/3419

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