Bill Text: MO HB83 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes an income tax credit for a taxpayer who uses processed biomass engineered fiber fuel
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - Rules - Reported Do Pass (H) [HB83 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2013-HB83-Introduced.html
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BERRY.
0388L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 135, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a tax credit for processed biomass engineered fiber fuel.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 135, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 135.315, to read as follows:
135.315. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Processed biomass engineered fiber fuel", any fuel derived from substances produced in this state that were changed from their original form and combined in a manufacturing process in this state of three or more biomass inputs, resulting in a fuel product with a heat value of at least seven thousand five hundred British Thermal Units (BTUs) per pound;
(2) "Tax credit", a credit against the tax otherwise due under chapter 143, excluding withholding tax imposed by sections 143.191 to 143.265;
(3) "Taxpayer", any individual subject to the tax imposed in chapter 143, excluding withholding tax imposed by sections 143.191 to 143.265.
2. For all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, a taxpayer shall be allowed a tax credit for using processed biomass engineered fiber fuel. The tax credit amount shall be equal to the following percentages of the purchase price of processed biomass engineered fiber fuel:
(1) For the year in which the fuel was purchased and used, thirty percent;
(2) For the second year in which the fuel was purchased and used, twenty-five percent;
(3) For the third year in which the fuel was purchased and used, twenty percent;
(4) For the fourth year in which the fuel was purchased and used, fifteen percent;
(5) For the fifth year in which the fuel was purchased and used, ten percent;
(6) For the sixth year in which the fuel was purchased and used, five percent.
3. No tax credit shall be issued under this section after the sixth year in which the fuel was purchased and used.
4. The amount of the tax credit issued shall not exceed the amount of the taxpayer's state tax liability for the tax year for which the credit is claimed. No amount of credit that the taxpayer is prohibited by this section from claiming in a tax year shall be refundable, nor shall any tax credit issued under this section be transferred, sold, or assigned. If the amount of the tax credit issued exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's state tax liability for the tax year for which the credit is claimed, the difference shall not be refundable but may be carried forward to any of the taxpayer's four subsequent taxable years.
5. The department of revenue may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2013, shall be invalid and void.
6. Under section 23.253 of the Missouri sunset act:
(1) The provisions of the new program authorized under this section shall automatically sunset on December thirty-first six years after the effective date of this section unless reauthorized by an act of the general assembly; and
(2) If such program is reauthorized, the program authorized under this section shall automatically sunset on December thirty-first twelve years after the effective date of the reauthorization of this section; and
(3) This section shall terminate on September first of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the program authorized under this section is sunset. The termination of the program as described in this subsection shall not be construed to preclude any taxpayer who claims any benefit under any program that is sunset under this subsection from claiming such benefit for all allowable activities related to such claim that were completed before the program was sunset, or to eliminate any responsibility of the administering agency to verify the continued eligibility of projects receiving tax credits and to enforce other requirements of law that applied before the program was sunset.
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