Senate Study Bill 1341 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON BOLKCOM)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to certain tax incentives by requiring data
  2    collection, modifying requirements for city and county
  3    budgets, and creating a reporting committee.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 15.335, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  The department of revenue shall
  1  4 develop a system for collecting data related to tax credits of
  1  5 five thousand dollars or more claimed pursuant to this
  1  6 section.  The data collected shall include the name of the
  1  7 taxpayer claiming the credit, the amount of the tax credit
  1  8 claimed, the research activities for which the tax credit is
  1  9 based, and any new jobs created or capital expenditures made
  1 10 as a result of the research activities for which a tax credit
  1 11 is claimed.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  Section 331.434, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1 13 amended to read as follows:
  1 14    1.  The budget shall show the amount required for each
  1 15 class of proposed expenditures, a comparison of the amounts
  1 16 proposed to be expended with the amounts expended for like
  1 17 purposes for the two preceding years, the revenues from
  1 18 sources other than property taxation, a tax increment
  1 19 financing budget including information required under section
  1 20 384.16 for each urban renewal area established by the county,
  1 21 and the amount to be raised by property taxation, in the
  1 22 detail and form prescribed by the director of the department
  1 23 of management.
  1 24    Sec. 3.  Section 384.16, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1 25 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 26    NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  A tax increment financing budget for
  1 27 each urban renewal area established by the city.
  1 28    Sec. 4.  Section 384.16, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
  1 29 2, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 30    A budget must show comparisons between the estimated
  1 31 expenditures in each program in the following year, the latest
  1 32 estimated expenditures in each program in the current year,
  1 33 and the actual expenditures in each program from the annual
  1 34 report as provided in section 384.22, or as corrected by a
  1 35 subsequent audit report.  Wherever practicable, as provided in
  2  1 rules of the committee, a budget, including the tax increment
  2  2 financing budget, must show comparisons between the levels of
  2  3 service provided by each program as estimated for the
  2  4 following year, and actual levels of service provided by each
  2  5 program during the two preceding years.  Wherever practicable,
  2  6 the tax increment financing budget shall include estimated and
  2  7 actual tax increment financing revenues and all estimated and
  2  8 actual expenditures of the revenues, proceeds from debt and
  2  9 all estimated and actual expenditures of the debt proceeds,
  2 10 and identification of any entity receiving a direct rebate of
  2 11 taxes funded by tax increment financing revenues.
  2 12    Sec. 5.  INDUSTRIAL NEW JOBS TRAINING TAX INCENTIVES
  2 13 REPORTING COMMITTEE.  An industrial new jobs training tax
  2 14 incentives reporting committee shall be formed consisting of
  2 15 two representatives of the department of economic development,
  2 16 two representatives of community colleges, and two
  2 17 representatives of the department of revenue.  One of the
  2 18 representatives of the department of revenue shall serve as
  2 19 the chairperson of the committee.  The committee shall study
  2 20 the reporting of information related to tax incentives
  2 21 received pursuant to chapter 260E.  By December 31, 2007, the
  2 22 committee shall submit a written report to the general
  2 23 assembly which shall include but not be limited to a proposed
  2 24 system for collecting data for tax incentives received
  2 25 pursuant to chapter 260E.  The system shall collect data
  2 26 including but not limited to the recipient of tax incentives
  2 27 and the aggregate amount of tax incentives received under an
  2 28 agreement pursuant to chapter 260E.
  2 29                           EXPLANATION
  2 30    This bill relates to certain tax incentives by requiring
  2 31 data collection modifying requirements for city and county
  2 32 budgets, and creating a reporting committee.
  2 33    Currently, a research activities tax credit is allowed
  2 34 under the high quality job creation program.  The bill
  2 35 requires the department of revenue to develop a system for
  3  1 collecting data related to tax credits of $5,000 or more
  3  2 claimed under the program.
  3  3    The bill requires cities and counties to include as part of
  3  4 their annual budgeting procedure a tax increment financing
  3  5 budget.  The bill provides that the tax increment financing
  3  6 budget, wherever practicable, shall include estimated and
  3  7 actual tax increment financing revenues and all estimated and
  3  8 actual expenditures of the revenues, proceeds from debt and
  3  9 all of the expenditure of debt proceeds, and identification of
  3 10 any entity receiving a direct tax increment financing rebate
  3 11 of taxes.  The bill requires the tax increment financing
  3 12 budget, wherever practicable to show comparisons between the
  3 13 levels of service provided by each program as estimated for
  3 14 the following year, and actual levels of service provided by
  3 15 each program during the two preceding years.
  3 16    The bill requires an industrial new jobs training tax
  3 17 incentives reporting committee to be formed consisting of two
  3 18 representatives of the department of economic development, two
  3 19 representatives of community colleges, and two representatives
  3 20 of the department of revenue.  The bill requires the committee
  3 21 to study the reporting of information related to tax
  3 22 incentives received pursuant to Code chapter 260E.  By
  3 23 December 31, 2007, the bill requires the committee to submit a
  3 24 written report to the general assembly which shall include but
  3 25 not be limited to a proposed system for collecting data for
  3 26 tax incentives received pursuant to Code chapter 260E.
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