House Amendment 1656


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 479, as passed by the Senate, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, line 9, by inserting after the word
     1  4 <landfill> the following:  <to decompose waste and
     1  5 convert the waste to gas,>.
     1  6 #2.  Page 1, by striking lines 14 through 16 and
     1  7 inserting the following:  <gas or other gases and to
     1  8 convert the gas to energy.  However, property used to
     1  9 decompose the waste and convert the waste to gas is
     1 10 not eligible for this exemption.>
     1 11 #3.  Page 1, by inserting before line 17 the
     1 12 following:
     1 13    <Sec.    .  Section 427.1, subsection 29, Code
     1 14 2009, is amended by adding the following new
     1 15 paragraph:
     1 16    NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  With respect to methane gas
     1 17 conversion property other than that used in an
     1 18 operation connected with, or in conjunction with, a
     1 19 publicly owned sanitary landfill, the exemption
     1 20 pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the
     1 21 approval of the county board of supervisors pursuant
     1 22 to guidelines established by the board, shall be
     1 23 limited to property originally placed in operation on
     1 24 or after January 1, 2008, and on or before December
     1 25 31, 2012, and shall be available for the ten=year
     1 26 period following the date the property was originally
     1 27 placed in operation.>
     1 28 #4.  Page 1, by striking lines 28 through 31 and
     1 29 inserting the following:  <This Act, being deemed of
     1 30 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and
     1 31 applies retroactively to assessment years beginning on
     1 32 or after January 1, 2008.  Notwithstanding section
     1 33 427.1, subsection 29, paragraph "c", claims for
     1 34 exemption for the 2008 and 2009 assessment years shall
     1 35 be filed with the appropriate assessing authority on
     1 36 or before June 30, 2009.>
     1 37 #5.  Title page, by striking lines 2 and 3 and
     1 38 inserting the following:  <gas conversion property and
     1 39 including effective and retroactive applicability date
     1 40 provisions.>
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     1 44 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
     1 45 SHOMSHOR of Pottawattamie, Chairperson
     1 46 SF 479.702 83
     1 47 rn/rn/24180
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