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HOUSE BILL NO. 661<br /> – Corporate headquartrs incentive act

HOUSE BILL NO. 661

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H0661...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS INCENTIVE ACT - Repeals and amends existing law to
delete the Corporate Headquarters Incentive Act of 2005; and to delete
certain rebate payments from the State Refund Account.

03/17    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/18    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax
03/19    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/20    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/21    3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-3-3
      AYES -- Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block,
      Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Clark,
      Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
      Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, Kren, Labrador, Lake, LeFavour,
      Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
      Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ringo,
      Roberts, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(02), Shepherd(08), Shirley,
      Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Stevenson, Thayn, Thomas, Trail,
      Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Bowers, King, Snodgrass
      Absent and excused -- Anderson, Ruchti, Rusche
    Floor Sponsor - Lake
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/24    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov
03/25    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/26    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
    Rls susp - PASSED - 25-10-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Burkett, Cameron, Corder,
      Darrington, Fulcher, Gannon(Gannon), Geddes, Goedde, Heinrich, Hill,
      Keough, Little, Lodge, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder,
      Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- Broadsword, Coiner, Davis, Hammond, Jorgenson, Kelly,
      Langhorst, Malepeai(Sagness), McGee, McKague
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Corder
    Title apvd - to House
03/28    To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/31    Pres signed
04/01    To Governor
04/09    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 390
         Effective: 07/01/08

Bill Text




                                                                       
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 661

                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS INCENTIVE ACT OF 2005; REPEALING  CHAP-
  3        TER 29, TITLE 63, IDAHO CODE, RELATING TO THE IDAHO CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
  4        INCENTIVE  ACT  OF  2005;  AMENDING SECTION 63-3067, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE
  5        CERTAIN REBATE PAYMENTS FROM THE STATE REFUND  ACCOUNT;  AMENDING  SECTION
  6        63-4401, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE APPLICATION AND CODE REFERENCES; AND AMEND-
  7        ING SECTION 63-4406, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE A CODE REFERENCE.

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

  9        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  29,  Title 63, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 10    hereby repealed.

 11        SECTION 2.  That Section 63-3067, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:

 13        63-3067.  REVENUE RECEIVED -- STATE REFUND ACCOUNT. (1) A sum equal to the
 14    amount withheld under section 63-3035A, Idaho Code, shall be distributed fifty
 15    percent  (50%)  to  the public school income fund to be utilized to facilitate
 16    and provide substance abuse programs in the public school  system,  and  fifty
 17    percent  (50%)  shall be distributed to the counties to be utilized for county
 18    juvenile probation services. These funds shall be distributed quarterly to the
 19    counties based upon the percentage the population of the county bears  to  the
 20    population of the state as a whole.
 21        (2)  All  moneys except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, and
 22    except as hereinafter provided, received by the state of Idaho under this  act
 23    shall  be  deposited  by the state tax commission, as received by it, with the
 24    state treasurer and shall be placed in  and  become  a  part  of  the  general
 25    account under the custody of the state treasurer. Providing however,
 26        (a)  that  an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the amount deposited
 27        with the state treasurer shall be placed in  the  "state  refund  account"
 28        which  is hereby created for the purpose of repaying overpayments, for the
 29        purpose of remitting to counties and taxing districts for  personal  prop-
 30        erty  exempt  from  taxation  pursuant to section 63-602EE, Idaho Code, as
 31        provided in subsection (3) of this section, for the purpose of  depositing
 32        in  the  trust  accounts  specified  in section 63-3067A, Idaho Code, such
 33        amounts as may be designated by individuals for the purpose of  depositing
 34        in the Idaho ag in the classroom account an amount as may be designated by
 35        the  individual  receiving a refund for such overpayment, and for the pur-
 36        pose of paying any other erroneous receipts  illegally  assessed  or  col-
 37        lected,  penalties  collected  without  authority  and  taxes and licenses
 38        unjustly assessed, collected or which are excessive  in  amount.  Whenever
 39        necessary  for  the purpose of making prompt payment of refunds, the board
 40        of examiners, upon request  from  the  state  tax  commission,  and  after
 41        review,  may authorize the state tax commission to transfer any additional
 42        specific amount from income tax collections to the "state refund account."

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  1        There is appropriated out of the state refund account so much  thereof  as
  2        may  be  necessary  for the payment of the refunds herein provided. Claims
  3        for, and payment of refunds under the provisions of this section shall  be
  4        made in the same manner as other claims against the state of Idaho;
  5        (b)  an  amount  equal  to any amount required to be rebated under section
  6        63-2909, Idaho Code, is continuously appropriated for the purpose of  pay-
  7        ing any such rebate.
  8        (3)  Any  unencumbered  balance  remaining  in the state refund account on
  9    June 30 of each and every year in excess of the sum of one million  five  hun-
 10    dred  thousand  dollars  ($1,500,000) shall be transferred to the general fund
 11    and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed on  such  dates  to
 12    make  such transfers unless the board of examiners, which is hereby authorized
 13    to do so, changes the date of transfer or sum to be transferred.

 14        SECTION 3.  That Section 63-4401, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 15    amended to read as follows:

 16        63-4401.  SHORT TITLE. -- APPLICATION. This chapter shall be known and may
 17    be  cited as "The Idaho Small Employer Incentive Act of 2005." No provision of
 18    this chapter applies to a person,  taxpayer,  or  other  entity  entitled  to,
 19    applying  for,  or receiving any credit, rebate or other benefit under chapter
 20    29, 39 or 43, title 63, Idaho Code.

 21        SECTION 4.  That Section 63-4406, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 22    amended to read as follows:

 23        63-4406.  LIMITATIONS,  AND  OTHER  PROVISIONS  ON  CREDITS AGAINST INCOME
 24    TAXES. (1) In addition to other needed rules, the  state  tax  commission  may
 25    promulgate rules prescribing:
 26        (a)  In  the  case  of  S corporations, partnerships, trusts or estates, a
 27        method of attributing a credit under this  chapter  to  the  shareholders,
 28        partners  or beneficiaries in proportion to their share of the income from
 29        the S corporation, partnership, trust or estate; and
 30        (b)  The method by which the carryover of credits and the duty  to  recap-
 31        ture  credits shall survive and be transferred in the event of reorganiza-
 32        tions, mergers or liquidations.
 33        (2)  In the case of a unitary group  of  corporations  filing  a  combined
 34    report  under  subsection  (t) of section 63-3027, Idaho Code, credits against
 35    income tax provided by sections 63-4403,  63-4404  and  63-4405,  Idaho  Code,
 36    earned  by one (1) member of the group but not used by that member may be used
 37    by another member of the group, subject to the limitation in subsection (3) of
 38    this section, instead of carried over. For a combined group  of  corporations,
 39    credit  carried  forward  may be claimed by any member of the group unless the
 40    member or members who earned the credit are no longer included in the combined
 41    group.
 42        (3)  The total of all credits allowed by  sections  63-4403,  63-4404  and
 43    63-4405,  Idaho  Code, together with any credits carried forward under subsec-
 44    tion (4) of this section shall not exceed the amount of tax due under sections
 45    63-3024, 63-3025 and 63-3025A, Idaho Code, after allowance for all other  cre-
 46    dits  permitted  by  this  chapter,  chapter 29, title 63, Idaho Code, and the
 47    Idaho income tax act.
 48        (4)  If the credits exceed the limitation under  subsection  (3)  of  this
 49    section,  the  excess amount may be carried forward for a period that does not
 50    exceed:
 51        (a)  The next fourteen (14) taxable years in the case of  credits  allowed

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  1        by sections 63-4403 and 63-4404, Idaho Code; or
  2        (b)  The  next  ten  (10)  taxable years in the case of credits allowed by
  3        section 63-4405, Idaho Code.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 17561

     The purpose of this legislation is to repeal Title 63,
Chapter 29 of Idaho Code dealing with the Corporate Headquarters
Incentive Act of 2005.  Specifically, definitions (63-2902),
income tax credit for capital investments (63-2903), tax credits
for real property improvements (63-2904), additional income tax
credits for new jobs (63-2905), credits against income taxes (63-
2906), recapture of tax credits (63-2907), sales and use tax
incentives (63-2908), and property tax incentives (63-2909).  


                           FISCAL NOTE

     None to the general fund since the Corporate Headquarters
Incentive Act of 2005 has not been used.






Contact
Name: Representative Lake 
Phone: 208.332.1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 661