Bill Text: IA SF2309 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for tax credits and refunds relating to renewable fuels including their component biofuels and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2052 and SF 2223.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2016-04-29 - Sent to Governor. S.J. 0. [SF2309 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF2309-Enrolled.html
Senate File 2309 - Enrolled




                              SENATE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
                                  MEANS

                              (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2223)
                              (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2052)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                       Senate File 2309

                             AN ACT
 PROVIDING FOR TAX CREDITS AND REFUNDS RELATING TO RENEWABLE
    FUELS INCLUDING THEIR COMPONENT BIOFUELS AND INCLUDING
    EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
                           DIVISION I
      INCOME TAX ==== E=15 PLUS GASOLINE PROMOTION TAX CREDIT
    Section 1.  Section 422.11Y, subsection 9, Code 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
    9.  This section is repealed on January 1, 2018 2025.
    Sec. 2.  Section 422.33, subsection 11D, paragraph c, Code
 2016, is amended to read as follows:
    c.  This subsection is repealed on January 1, 2018 2025.
    Sec. 3.  2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 113, section 37, is amended
 to read as follows:
    SEC. 37.  TAX CREDIT AVAILABILITY.  For a retail dealer who
 may claim an E=15 plus gasoline promotion tax credit  under
 section 422.11Y or 422.33, subsection 11D, as enacted in this
 Act and amended in subsequent Acts, in calendar year 2017
  2024, and whose tax year ends prior to December 31, 2017 2024,
 the retail dealer may continue to claim the tax credit in the
 retail dealer's following tax year. In that case, the tax
 credit shall be calculated in the same manner as provided in
 section 422.11Y or 422.33, subsection 11D, as enacted in this
 Act and amended in subsequent Acts, for the remaining period
 beginning on the first day of the retail dealer's new tax year
 until December 31, 2017 2024.  For that remaining period, the
 tax credit shall be calculated in the same manner as a retail
 dealer whose tax year began on the previous January 1 and who
 is calculating the tax credit on December 31, 2017 2024.
                           DIVISION II
        INCOME TAX ==== E=85 GASOLINE PROMOTION TAX CREDIT
    Sec. 4.  Section 422.11O, subsection 8, Code 2016, is amended
 to read as follows:
    8.  This section is repealed on January 1, 2018 2025.
    Sec. 5.  Section 422.33, subsection 11B, paragraph c, Code
 2016, is amended to read as follows:
    c.  This subsection is repealed on January 1, 2018 2025.
    Sec. 6.  2006 Iowa Acts, chapter 1142, section 49, subsection
 3, as amended by 2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 113, section 20, is
 amended to read as follows:
    3.  For a retail dealer who may claim an E=85 gasoline
 promotion tax credit under section 422.11O or 422.33,
 subsection 11B, as enacted in this Act and amended in
 subsequent Acts, in calendar year 2017 2024 and whose tax
 year ends prior to December 31, 2017 2024, the retail  dealer
 may continue to claim the tax credit in the retail  dealer's
 following tax year.  In that case, the tax credit  shall be
 calculated in the same manner as provided in section  422.11O
 or 422.33, subsection 11B, as enacted in this Act and amended
 in subsequent Acts, for the remaining period beginning on the
 first day of the retail  dealer's new tax year until December
 31, 2017 2024.  For that  remaining period, the tax credit shall
 be calculated in the  same manner as a retail dealer whose tax
 year began on the  previous January 1 and who is calculating the
 tax credit on  December 31, 2017 2024.
                          DIVISION III
         INCOME TAX ==== BIODIESEL BLENDED FUEL TAX CREDIT
    Sec. 7.  Section 422.11P, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
 2016, is amended to read as follows:
    b.  The tax credit shall apply to biodiesel blended fuel
 classified as provided in this section, if the classification
 meets the standards provided in section 214A.2. In ensuring
 that biodiesel blended fuel meets the classification
 requirements of this section, the department shall take
 into account reasonable variances due to testing and other
 limitations.  The department shall adopt rules to provide that
 where a blending error occurs and an insufficient amount of
 biodiesel has inadvertently been blended with petroleum=based
 diesel fuel so that the mixture fails to qualify as B=11 or
 higher a one percent tolerance applies when classifying the
 biodiesel blended fuel.
    Sec. 8.  Section 422.11P, subsections 4 and 8, Code 2016, are
 amended to read as follows:
    4.  For a retail dealer whose tax year is on a calendar year
 basis, the retail dealer shall calculate the amount of the tax
 credit by multiplying a designated rate by the retail dealer's
 total biodiesel blended fuel gallonage as provided in section
 452A.31 which qualifies under this subsection.
    a.  In calendar year 2012, in order to qualify for the tax
 credit, the biodiesel blended fuel must be classified as B=2
  B=5 or higher as provided in paragraph "b".
    (1)  For biodiesel blended fuel classified as B=2 or higher
 but not as high as B=5, the designated rate is two cents.
    (2)b.  (1)  (a)  For Until December 31, 2017, for biodiesel
 blended fuel classified as B=5 or higher, the designated rate
 is four and one=half cents.
    (b)  This subparagraph (1) is repealed on January 1, 2019.
    b.  (2)  In calendar year 2013 and for each subsequent
 calendar year, in order to qualify for the tax credit, the
   Beginning January 1, 2018, the designated rate is determined
 as follows:
    (a)  For biodiesel blended fuel must be classified as B=5
 or higher. The but not as high as B=11, the designated rate
 for the qualifying biodiesel blended fuel is four and one=half
  three and one=half cents.
    (b)  For biodiesel blended fuel classified as B=11 or higher,
 the designated rate is five and one=half cents.
    8.  This section is repealed January 1, 2018 2025.
    Sec. 9.  Section 422.33, subsection 11C, paragraph c, Code
 2016, is amended to read as follows:
    c.  This subsection is repealed on January 1, 2018 2025.
    Sec. 10.  2011 Iowa Acts, chapter 113, section 31, is amended
 to read as follows:
    SEC. 31.  TAX CREDIT AVAILABILITY.  For a retail dealer
 who may claim a biodiesel blended fuel promotion tax credit
 under section 422.11P or 422.33, subsection 11C, as amended
 in this Act and amended in subsequent Acts, in calendar year
 2017 2024, and whose tax year ends prior to December 31, 2017
  2024, the retail dealer may continue to claim the tax credit in
 the retail dealer's following tax year.  In that case, the tax
 credit shall be calculated in the same manner as provided in
 section 422.11P or 422.33, subsection 11C, as amended in this
 Act and amended in subsequent Acts, for the remaining period
 beginning on the first day of the retail dealer's new tax year
 until December 31, 2017 2024.  For that remaining period, the
 tax credit shall be calculated in the same manner as a retail
 dealer whose tax year began on the previous January 1 and who
 is calculating the tax credit on December 31, 2017 2024.
                           DIVISION IV
        SALES AND USE TAX ==== BIODIESEL PRODUCTION REFUND
    Sec. 11.  Section 423.4, subsection 9, paragraph e, Code
 2016, is amended to read as follows:
    e.  This subsection is repealed on January 1, 2018 2025.
                           DIVISION V
                         FUTURE REPEALS
    Sec. 12.  Section 422.11O, subsection 5, Code 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
    5.  a.  A retail dealer is eligible to claim an E=85 gasoline
 promotion tax credit as provided in this section even though
 the retail dealer claims one or all of the following related
 tax credits:
    (1)  The ethanol promotion tax credit pursuant to section
 422.11N.
    (2)  The an E=15 plus gasoline promotion tax credit pursuant
 to section 422.11Y.
    b.  (1)  The retail dealer may claim the E=85 gasoline
 promotion tax credit and one or more of the related tax credits
 as provided in paragraph "a" for the same tax year.
    (2)  The retail dealer may claim the ethanol promotion
 tax credit as provided in paragraph "a" for the same ethanol
 gallonage used to calculate and claim the E=85 gasoline
 promotion tax credit.
    Sec. 13.  Section 422.11Y, subsection 6, Code 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
    6.  a.  A retail dealer is eligible to claim an E=15 plus
 gasoline promotion tax credit as provided in this section even
 though the retail dealer claims one or all of the following
 related tax credits:
    (1)  The ethanol promotion tax credit pursuant to section
 422.11N.
    (2)  The an E=85 gasoline promotion tax credit pursuant to
 section 422.11O.
    b.  (1)  The retail dealer may claim the E=15 plus gasoline
 promotion tax credit and one or more of the related tax credits
 as provided in paragraph "a" for the same tax year.
    (2)  The retail dealer may claim the ethanol promotion
 tax credit as provided in paragraph "a" for the same ethanol
 gallonage used to calculate and claim the E=15 plus gasoline
 promotion tax credit.
    Sec. 14.  REPEAL.  Any intervening provision effective prior
 to the effective date of this division of this Act that amends
 section 422.11O, subsection 5, or section 422.11Y, subsection
 6, as amended in this division of this Act, is repealed, unless
 that Act or another Act specifically provides otherwise.
    Sec. 15.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This division of this Act takes
 effect January 1, 2021.


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
 is known as Senate File 2309, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
                               Secretary of the Senate
 Approved                , 2016


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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