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HOUSE BILL NO. 166 – Property tax/circuit breaker/income

HOUSE BILL NO. 166

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H0166...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
PROPERTY TAX - Amends existing law relating to property tax relief to
provide for a maximum income limitation of twenty-five thousand dollars for
tax year 2005; and to provide for a maximum tax reduction of one thousand
two hundred dollars in tax year 2005 and thereafter.
                                                                        
02/11    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/14    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2005
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 166
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROGRAM; AMENDING  SECTION
  3        63-705,  IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR A MAXIMUM INCOME LIMITATION OF TWENTY-
  4        FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TAX YEAR 2005 AND TO PROVIDE FOR A  MAXIMUM  TAX
  5        REDUCTION  OF ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS IN TAX YEAR 2005 AND THERE-
  6        AFTER; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 1.  That Section 63-705, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        63-705.  PUBLICATION  OF  CHANGES  IN  INCOME LIMITATIONS AND PROPERTY TAX
 11    REDUCTION AMOUNTS. (1) The state tax commission shall publish  adjustments  to
 12    the  income  limitations  which  shall be an individual's income as defined in
 13    section 63-701, Idaho Code, of not  more  than  twenty-five  thousand  dollars
 14    ($25,000)  per  person for tax year 2005 and property tax reduction amounts to
 15    reflect cost-of-living fluctuations. The adjustments shall effect  changes  in
 16    each  income  limitation  by  a percentage equal as near as practicable to the
 17    annual cost-of-living percentage modification as determined by  the  secretary
 18    of  health and human services pursuant to 42 USC 415(i). The lowest limitation
 19    shall allow a maximum reduction of one thousand one hundred  dollars  ($1,100)
 20    in  tax  year  1998, and one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) in tax year
 21    19992005 and thereafter, or actual property taxes,  whichever  is  less.  Each
 22    income  limitation  and  reduction amount shall be prorated based on the basic
 23    maximum reduction, in practicable increments so that the highest income  limi-
 24    tation  will  provide  for a reduction of one hundred fifty dollars ($150), or
 25    actual property taxes, whichever is less.
 26        (2)  The tax commission shall publish the  adjustments  required  by  this
 27    section  each  and  every  year  the  secretary  of  health and human services
 28    announces said cost-of-living modification. The adjustments shall be published
 29    no later than October 1 of each such year and shall be  effective  for  claims
 30    filed in and for the following property tax year.
 31        (3)  The  publication  of  adjustments  under this section shall be exempt
 32    from the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, but shall be provided
 33    to each county and to members of the public upon request and without charge.
                                                                        
 34        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 35    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 36    passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 2005.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 14898

This legislation increases the income threshold for the
determination of circuit breaker eligibility to $25,000 per
person for the year 2005.


                           FISCAL NOTE

Negative $2.2 million to the General Fund.



Contact
Name:  Rep Wendy Jaquet 
Phone: 322-1132
       Rep Mike Moyle
       322-1120


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                    H 166