Senate Study Bill 3129 SENATE FILE BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH BILL BY CHAIRPERSON STEWART) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act increasing the total aggregate amount of tax credits 2 issued for business investment and contributions to seed 3 capital funds. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5786XC 82 6 tw/rj/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 15E.43, subsection 4, Code Supplement 1 2 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. The aggregate amount of tax credits issued pursuant to 1 4 this division shall not exceed a total oftenthirteen million 1 5 dollars. The total amount of tax credits issued during the 1 6 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, shall not exceed three 1 7 million dollars. The total amount of tax credits issued 1 8 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, shall not 1 9 exceed three million dollars. The total amount of tax credits 1 10 issued during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, shall 1 11 not exceed four million dollars. The total amount of tax 1 12 credits issued during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, 1 13 shall not exceed three million dollars. Any amount of the 1 14 maximum aggregate limit of tax credits that have not been 1 15 issued by June 30,20052009, may be issued in any subsequent 1 16 fiscal year. Not more than three million dollars of tax 1 17 credits may be issued in any one subsequent fiscal year. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill increases the current limitation on the total 1 20 aggregate amount of investment tax credits for seed capital 1 21 and business investments from $10 million to $13 million and 1 22 provides that any unclaimed credits may be used in subsequent 1 23 fiscal years. 1 24 LSB 5786XC 82 1 25 tw/rj/8