House Study Bill 85 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON VANDER LINDEN) A BILL FOR An Act increasing the annual aggregate tax credit authorization 1 limit for the endow Iowa tax credit and including effective 2 date and retroactive applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1811YC (1) 87 mm/sc
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 15E.305, subsection 2, unnumbered 1 paragraph 1, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 2 The aggregate amount of tax credits authorized pursuant to 3 this section shall not exceed a total of six eight million 4 dollars annually. 5 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 6 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 7 Sec. 3. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies 8 retroactively to January 1, 2017, for endow Iowa tax credits 9 authorized on or after that date and for endow Iowa tax credit 10 applications received on or after that date. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill increases to $8 million from $6 million the amount 15 of endow Iowa tax credits that may be authorized in a calendar 16 year by the economic development authority. 17 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies 18 retroactively to January 1, 2017, for endow Iowa tax credits 19 authorized on or after that date and for endow Iowa tax credit 20 applications received on or after that date. 21 -1- LSB 1811YC (1) 87 mm/sc 1/ 1