House Amendment 8033


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2212 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
     1  3 clause and inserting the following:
     1  4    <Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.27A  SMOKE FREE
     1  5 ESTABLISHMENT TAX CREDIT CERTIFICATION.
     1  6    1.  The department shall adopt rules for
     1  7 establishments that are eligible for a tax credit
     1  8 pursuant to section 422.11V and section 422.33,
     1  9 subsection 25.  The rules shall provide criteria and a
     1 10 process for certification of an establishment as smoke
     1 11 free, including all of the following:
     1 12    a.  An application process for establishments to
     1 13 submit a declaration of the establishment as smoke
     1 14 free for certification.
     1 15    b.  A review process used to verify that an
     1 16 establishment is smoke free.
     1 17    c.  The certification document, verifying an
     1 18 establishment as smoke free.
     1 19    2.  If the department verifies that an
     1 20 establishment is smoke free, the department shall send
     1 21 the certification document to the establishment as
     1 22 verification.
     1 23    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  422.11V  SMOKE FREE
     1 24 ESTABLISHMENT TAX CREDIT.
     1 25    1.  The taxes imposed under this division, less the
     1 26 amounts of nonrefundable credits allowed under this
     1 27 division, shall be reduced by a smoke free
     1 28 establishment tax credit for an establishment that is
     1 29 certified as smoke free pursuant to section 135.27A.
     1 30 The amount of the tax credit for each establishment is
     1 31 one thousand dollars per year.
     1 32    2.  An individual may claim a smoke free
     1 33 establishment tax credit allowed a partnership,
     1 34 limited liability company, S corporation, estate, or
     1 35 trust electing to have the income taxed directly to
     1 36 the individual.  The amount claimed by the individual
     1 37 shall be based upon the pro rata share of the
     1 38 individual's earnings of the partnership, limited
     1 39 liability company, S corporation, estate, or trust.
     1 40    3.  To receive the smoke free establishment tax
     1 41 credit, an establishment must submit an application to
     1 42 the department accompanied by a certificate received
     1 43 from the department of public health pursuant to
     1 44 section 135.27A verifying the establishment as smoke
     1 45 free.  If the taxpayer meets the criteria for
     1 46 eligibility, the department shall issue to the
     1 47 taxpayer a certification of entitlement for the smoke
     1 48 free establishment tax credit.  The certification must
     1 49 contain the taxpayer's name, address, tax
     1 50 identification number, the amount of the credit, and
     2  1 tax year for which the certificate applies.  The
     2  2 taxpayer shall file the tax credit certificate with
     2  3 the taxpayer's tax return in order to claim the tax
     2  4 credit.  The department, in cooperation with the
     2  5 department of public health, shall adopt rules to
     2  6 administer this section.
     2  7    Sec. 3.  Section 422.33, Code Supplement 2007, is
     2  8 amended by adding the following new subsection:
     2  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  25.  The taxes imposed under this
     2 10 division shall be reduced by a smoke free
     2 11 establishment tax credit, provided for in section
     2 12 422.11V.  The tax credit shall be subject to the same
     2 13 conditions, requirements, and dollar limitations as
     2 14 provided for in section 422.11V.
     2 15    Sec. 4.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE.  This Act
     2 16 applies retroactively to January 1, 2008, for tax
     2 17 years beginning on or after that date.>
     2 18 #2.  Title page, line 1, by striking the words
     2 19 <smokefree air Act and providing penalties> and
     2 20 inserting the following:  <smoke free establishment
     2 21 tax credit and including a retroactive applicability
     2 22 provision>.
     2 23
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     2 26 UPMEYER of Hancock
     2 27 HF 2212.211 82
     2 28 pf/nh/10590

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