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: 5 TLSB 1342XC 82 6 tm/je/5 PAG LIN 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. 3 27 LSB 1342XC 82 3 28 tm:sc/je/5