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HOUSE BILL NO. 260 – Property tax exmpt/capital investmt

HOUSE BILL NO. 260

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H0260...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION - Adds to existing law to exempt from the property
tax the market value of all property of a person in excess of seven hundred
million dollars within a single county.
                                                                        
02/23    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/24    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. 260
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE PROPERTY TAX; AMENDING CHAPTER 6, TITLE 63, IDAHO CODE, BY THE
  3        ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 63-602HH, IDAHO CODE, TO  EXEMPT  FROM  PROPERTY
  4        TAX  THE  MARKET VALUE OF ALL PROPERTY OF A PERSON IN EXCESS OF SEVEN HUN-
  5        DRED MILLION DOLLARS WITHIN A SINGLE COUNTY,  TO  PROVIDE  APPLICATION  TO
  6        OWNED,  LEASED  OR  RENTED PROPERTY, TO PROVIDE FOR DESIGNATION IN CERTAIN
  7        INSTANCES AND TO PROVIDE FOR RULES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY  AND  PROVIDING
  8        RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.
                                                                        
  9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 10        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  6,  Title  63, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 11    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 12    ignated as Section 63-602HH, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        63-602HH.  PROPERTY  EXEMPT  FROM  TAXATION -- SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL INVEST-
 14    MENTS. (1) The market value of all property of a person  in  excess  of  seven
 15    hundred  million  dollars ($700,000,000) within a single county in Idaho shall
 16    be exempt from property taxation.
 17        (2)  The property included in the calculation of the exemption  set  forth
 18    in  subsection (1) of this section shall include all property owned, leased or
 19    rented that would otherwise be subject to property tax. Only leased or  rented
 20    property regarding which a person is contractually liable for payment of sepa-
 21    rately  identified property taxes thereon shall be included in the calculation
 22    of the exemption provided by subsection (1) of this section.
 23        (3)  Leased or rented property, included in the calculation of the  exemp-
 24    tion  provided  by  subsection  (1)  of  this  section shall not be assessable
 25    against the owner of such property.
 26        (4)  The exemption shall apply first to owned property and, if  exhausted,
 27    shall then apply to property leased or rented.
 28        (5)  The person owning the property, in the case of property not leased or
 29    rented, and the person leasing or renting property included in the calculation
 30    in  subsection  (1)  of this section shall designate the property to which the
 31    exemption applies.
 32        (6)  The state tax commission shall adopt all rules that may be  necessary
 33    to implement this section.
                                                                        
 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

                            RS15053

This bill exempts from property tax "significant capital
investment."  The exemption is for the market value of all
property of a business or person in excess of seven hundred
million dollars ($700,000,000) within a single county.

The property tax cap will come in to effect if an existing Idaho
business, or a new business to the state, makes a significant
capital investment which would put its market value over
$700,000,000. 
The bill is effective January 1, 2005.



                           FISCAL NOTE

No effect on the general fund.  The cost to local governments and
schools should be zero or minimal, as it is estimated that no
single taxpayer will have a market value of more than
$700,000,000.  


Contact
Name:  Dolores Crow     
Phone: 332-1000

Name:  Debbie Field
Phone: 332-1000

Name:  Mike Reynoldson, Micron
Phone: 599-0510


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                      H 260