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HOUSE BILL NO. 689 – Nonprofit corp/hospitals, prop tax

HOUSE BILL NO. 689

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H0689.....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS/HOSPITALS - PROPERTY TAX - Adds to existing law to
provide a deferral of property taxes until March 1, 1999, for hospitals and
nonprofit organizations and to provide for a Legislative Council study on
taxation of nonprofit organizations.

02/13    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax
02/16    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/17    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/18    3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-1-5
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
      Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crane,
      Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner,
      Geddes, Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9),
      Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford,
      Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen,
      Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison,
      Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman, Tippets,
      Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- Callister
      Absent and excused -- Jones(22), Jones(20), Sali, Stone, Wood
    Floor Sponsor - Simpson
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/19    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov
02/24    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/25    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/11    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
      Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson,
      Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett, Sweeney, Thorne,
      Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Hawkins
    Floor Sponsor - Sorensen
    Title apvd - to House
03/12    To enrol
03/13    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/16    Pres signed
03/16    To Governor
03/17    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 38
         Effective: 01/01/97

Bill Text


H0689


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 689

                               BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO PROPERTY TAXATION OF CHARITABLE OR  NONPROFIT  ENTITIES;  AMENDING
 3        CHAPTER  6,  TITLE  63,  IDAHO  CODE,  BY  THE  ADDITION  OF A NEW SECTION
 4        63-602DD, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE OWNER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY  SHALL
 5        BE  ALLOWED  TO  HAVE  TAXES DEFERRED FOR A TIME CERTAIN; TO AUTHORIZE AND
 6        DIRECT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO APPOINT A  COMMITTEE  TO  UNDERTAKE  AND
 7        COMPLETE  A STUDY OF PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS GRANTED TO CHARITABLE ORGANI-
 8        ZATIONS AND NONPROFIT HOSPITALS, INCLUDING  RELATED  SATELLITE,  ANCILLARY
 9        AND  OUTREACH FACILITIES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING RETROACTIVE
10        APPLICATION.

11    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

12        SECTION 1.  That Chapter 6, Title 63, Idaho Code,  be,  and  the  same  is
13    hereby  amended  by  the addition thereto of a  NEW SECTION , to be
14    known and designated as Section 63-602DD, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:

15        63-602DD.  TAXES ON CERTAIN PROPERTY DEFERRED FOR A TIME CERTAIN. (1) Not-
16    withstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the owner of property
17    enumerated in this section shall be allowed a deferral of property taxes  from
18    January  1, 1997, until March 1, 1999, if the real and personal property owned
19    or leased by either a nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to  chapter  3,
20    title 30, Idaho Code, or a charitable entity, and:
21        (a)  The  property  is used or held for use in the operation of a hospital
22        or medical center, which, for purposes of this section, shall include  its
23        related satellite, ancillary and outreach facilities; and
24        (b)  The  corporation or entity is recognized by the Internal Revenue Ser-
25        vice as exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section  501(c)(3)
26        of  the  Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as of January 1 of the
27        year for which an exemption is claimed; and
28        (c)  As respecting 1997 taxes, the corporation or entity duly  claimed  an
29        exemption  in  1997 for such property under either section 63-602C or sec-
30        tion 63-602D, Idaho Code; and
31        (d)  As respecting 1998 taxes, the corporation or entity: (i) duly claimed
32        an exemption in 1997 for such property under  either  section  63-602C  or
33        section  63-602D, Idaho Code, and (ii) the corporation or entity claims an
34        exemption in 1998 for the same property claimed to be exempt in 1997.
35        (2)  In addition to the deferral of payment of taxes on hospital  property
36    in  subsection  (1)  above,  there  is further deferred from taxation for said
37    period the real and personal property owned by any other nonprofit corporation
38    organized pursuant to chapter 3, title 30, Idaho Code, or any other charitable
39    entity, if:
40        (a)  The corporation or entity is recognized by the Internal Revenue  Ser-
41        vice  as exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(c)(3)
42        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as of January 1  of  the
43        year for which an exemption is claimed; and


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 1        (b)  As  respecting  1997 taxes, the corporation or entity duly claimed an
 2        exemption in 1997 for such property under either section 63-602B,  63-602C
 3        or 63-602E, Idaho Code; and
 4        (c)  As respecting 1998 taxes, the corporation or entity: (i) duly claimed
 5        an  exemption  in  1997  for  such  property under either section 63-602B,
 6        63-602C or 63-602E, Idaho Code, and (ii) the corporation or entity  claims
 7        an exemption in 1998 for the same property claimed to be exempt in 1997.

 8        SECTION  2.  The  Legislative Council is hereby authorized and directed to
 9    appoint a committee to undertake and complete a study of property  tax  exemp-
10    tions  granted  to charitable organizations and nonprofit hospitals, including
11    related satellite, ancillary and outreach facilities, and  to  report  to  the
12    First Regular Session of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature on necessary legis-
13    lation to ensure that truly charitable organizations providing bona fide char-
14    itable works, and nonprofit or charitable hospitals providing a general public
15    benefit  to  the  community,  receive  the exemption from property taxes while
16    others, whose principal roles and missions may appear to be charitable, benev-
17    olent, or public service oriented on their face but really do not  have  those
18    primary  characteristics  as  their principal roles, missions and purposes, do
19    not. The committee shall report its  findings,  recommendations  and  proposed
20    legislation to the First Regular Session of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature.

21        SECTION  3.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
22    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
23    passage and approval, and is applied retroactively to January 1, 1997.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


    





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                          STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                RS 08056
    
    The purpose of this legislation is to defer the property 
    taxes on real and personal property owned by non-profit 
    corporations or charitable entities operating a hospital or 
    medical center for calendar years 1997 and 1998. A further 
    purpose is to appoint a committee to undertake and complete a 
    study of property tax exemptions granted to charitable 
    organizations and non-profit hospitals.
    
                               FISCAL NOTE
    
    The committee to study these issues will incur expenses in 
    the approximate amount of $5,000. The property taxes deferred by 
    this legislation are approximately $3.4 million in Ada County in 
    1997 and a like amount in 1998.
    
    CONTACT: Speaker Mike Simpson
             332-1111
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
    
    Bill No. 689