Bill Text: IA HF134 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the recovery of penalties and interest from businesses receiving financial assistance under certain economic development programs and including retroactive applicability provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF134 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-HF134-Introduced.html
House File 134 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 134 BY ALONS , SWEENEY , RAYHONS , SHAW , HUSEMAN , KLEIN , and DRAKE A BILL FOR An Act relating to the recovery of penalties and interest from 1 businesses receiving financial assistance under certain 2 economic development programs and including retroactive 3 applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1683YH (3) 84 tw/nh
H.F. 134 Section 1. Section 15E.193, subsection 3, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. If a business has received incentives or assistance 3 under section 15E.196 and fails to maintain the requirements 4 of subsection 1 to be an eligible business, the business is 5 subject to repayment of all or a portion of the incentives 6 and assistance that it has received. The city or county, as 7 applicable, shall have the authority to take action to recover 8 the value of taxes not collected as a result of the exemption 9 provided by the community to the business. The department of 10 revenue shall have the authority to recover the value of state 11 taxes or incentives provided under section 15E.196 . The value 12 of state incentives provided under section 15E.196 includes 13 applicable does not include interest and or penalties. The 14 department of economic development and the city and county, 15 as applicable, shall enter into agreement with the business 16 specifying the method for determining the amount of incentives 17 or assistance paid which will be repaid in the event of failure 18 to maintain the requirements of subsection 1 . In addition, a 19 business that fails to maintain the requirements of subsection 20 1 shall not receive incentives or assistance for each year 21 during which the business is not in compliance. 22 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies retroactively 23 to January 1, 2006, for incentives or assistance received or 24 claimed on or after that date. 25 EXPLANATION 26 Code section 15E.193 allows the department of revenue, under 27 certain circumstances, to seek repayment of certain financial 28 incentives provided under the enterprise zones program, and 29 allows the department to charge penalties and interest. 30 This bill eliminates the department’s authority to charge 31 penalties and interest. 32 The bill applies retroactively to January 1, 2006, for 33 incentives or assistance received or claimed on or after that 34 date. 35 -1- LSB 1683YH (3) 84 tw/nh 1/ 1
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