Senate File 137

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  PUTNEY


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the exemption from the sales and use taxes of
  2    certain horses and certain tangible personal property used in
  3    the raising of horses.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2026SS 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 422.45, subsection 17, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    17.  The gross receipts from the sale of horses, commonly
  1  4 known as draft horses, when purchased for use and so used as a
  1  5 draft horse except horses used for gambling=associated
  1  6 purposes.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 422.45, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1  8 the following new subsection:
  1  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  17A.  The gross receipts from the sale of
  1 10 the following tangible personal property when used primarily
  1 11 for the raising of horses:
  1 12    a.  Wood chips, sawdust, hay, straw, paper, or other
  1 13 materials used for bedding.
  1 14    b.  Food and medication.
  1 15    c.  Fuel used to provide heat or cooling for horse stables.
  1 16    d.  Water used directly as drinking water.
  1 17    The exemptions in this subsection do not apply to horses
  1 18 used or raised for gambling=associated purposes.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    Present law exempts the sale of draft horses from the state
  1 21 sales and use taxes.  This bill expands the exemption to
  1 22 include the sale of all horses except those used for gambling=
  1 23 associated purposes.  The bill also exempts bedding materials,
  1 24 food, medications, drinking water, and fuel for heating or
  1 25 cooling stables when used in the raising of horses except
  1 26 horses used or raised for gambling=associated purposes.  These
  1 27 items are presently exempt when used in the raising of
  1 28 livestock and fowl.
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