Senate Amendment 3274


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 481 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  By striking page 4, line 25, through page 5,
     1  3 line 10, and inserting the following:  <tax credit
     1  4 being transferred.  Of the tax credits approved for
     1  5 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, the department
     1  6 shall reserve not more than twenty million dollars
     1  7 worth of tax credits for a taxable year beginning on
     1  8 or after January 1, 2009.  Tax credits approved for
     1  9 all subsequent fiscal years shall be reserved for
     1 10 taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2010.>
     1 11 #2.  By striking page 5, line 20, through page 7,
     1 12 line 22, and inserting the following:
     1 13    <4.  The total amount of tax credits that may be
     1 14 approved for a fiscal year under this chapter shall
     1 15 not exceed ten million dollars in the fiscal year
     1 16 beginning July 1, 2007, fifteen million dollars in the
     1 17 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and twenty million
     1 18 dollars in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and
     1 19 each fiscal year thereafter.  Of the tax credits
     1 20 approved for a fiscal year under this chapter, ten
     1 21 percent of the dollar amount of tax credits shall be
     1 22 allocated for purposes of new projects with qualified
     1 23 costs of five hundred thousand dollars or less, and
     1 24 forty percent of the dollar amount of tax credits
     1 25 shall be allocated for purposes of new projects
     1 26 located in cultural and entertainment districts
     1 27 certified pursuant to section 303.3B or identified in
     1 28 Iowa great places agreements developed pursuant to
     1 29 section 303.3C.  Any of the tax credits allocated for
     1 30 projects located in certified cultural and
     1 31 entertainment districts or identified in Iowa great
     1 32 places agreements and for projects with a cost of five
     1 33 hundred thousand dollars or less that are not reserved
     1 34 during a fiscal year shall be applied to reserved tax
     1 35 credits issued in accordance with section 404A.3 in
     1 36 order of original reservation.  For the fiscal year
     1 37 beginning July 1, 2010 and for each fiscal year
     1 38 thereafter, the amount of tax credits that may be
     1 39 approved is not limited.  The department of cultural
     1 40 affairs shall establish by rule the procedures for the
     1 41 application, review, selection, and awarding of
     1 42 certifications of completion.  The departments of
     1 43 cultural affairs and revenue shall each adopt rules to
     1 44 jointly administer this subsection and shall provide
     1 45 by rule for the method to be used to determine for
     1 46 which fiscal year the tax credits are available.  With
     1 47 the exception of tax credits issued pursuant to
     1 48 contracts entered into prior to July 1, 2007, tax
     1 49 credits shall not be reserved for more than three
     1 50 years.>
     2  1 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2  4                               
     2  5 SHAWN HAMERLINCK
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     2  9 KIM REYNOLDS
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     2 13 JAMES F. HAHN
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     2 17 RANDY FEENSTRA
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     2 21 TIM L. KAPUCIAN
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     2 25 MERLIN BARTZ
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     2 29 DAVID JOHNSON
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     2 33 LARRY NOBLE
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     2 37 PAT WARD
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     2 40                               
     2 41 RON WIECK
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     2 44                               
     2 45 STEVE KETTERING
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     2 49 BRAD ZAUN
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     3  3 NANCY J. BOETTGER
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     3  7 JAMES A. SEYMOUR
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     3 10                               
     3 11 JERRY BEHN
     3 12 SF 481.702 83
     3 13 tw/sc/24337

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