Bill Text: IN HB1227 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Space transportation technology development.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-19 - Representative Koch added as coauthor [HB1227 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1227-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 4-4-5.2-4; IC 5-28; IC 6-1.1-12.1-1;
IC 6-2.5-5-40; IC 6-3-1-3.5; IC 8-21-13; IC 8-22-3.5; IC 36-7-32-7.
Synopsis: Space transportation technology development. Includes
space transportation technology in various programs for encouraging
the development of high technology in Indiana. Specifies that new
research and development equipment for space transportation
technology is eligible for abatement in economic revitalization areas.
Specifies that the purchase of research and development equipment for
space transportation technology is eligible for a sales tax exemption.
Provides a deduction from the adjusted gross income tax equal to the
amount of casualty loss deducted from the taxpayer's federal adjusted
gross income with respect to the loss of a space vehicle owned by the
taxpayer. Requires the department of transportation to develop policies
and programs to encourage research and development enabling the
ingress and egress into low earth orbit and near space from Indiana
spaceports. Designates the geographic area on or near the Columbus
municipal airport as Indiana's primary spaceport and the geographic
area on or near the Anderson municipal airport as Indiana's secondary
spaceport. Authorizes the Columbus board of aviation commissioners
to establish an airport development zone.
Effective: July 1, 2010; January 1, 2011.
January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Small Business and
Economic Development.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
economic development.
(1) Life sciences.
(2) Information technology.
(3) Advanced manufacturing.
(4) Logistics.
(5) Space transportation technology, including the ingress and egress into low earth orbit and near orbit.
(1) Advanced manufacturing, including the following:
(A) Automotive and electronics.
(B) Aerospace technology.
(C) Robotics.
(D) Engineering design technology.
(2) Life sciences, including the following:
(A) Orthopedics or medical devices.
(B) Biomedical research or development.
(C) Pharmaceutical manufacturing.
(D) Agribusiness.
(E) Nanotechnology or molecular manufacturing.
(3) Information technology, including the following:
(A) Informatics.
(B) Certified network administration.
(C) Software development.
(D) Fiber optics.
(4) Twenty-first century logistics, including the following:
(A) High technology distribution.
(B) Efficient and effective flow and storage of goods, services, or information.
(C) Intermodal ports.
(5) Space transportation technology, including the ingress and egress into low earth orbit and near orbit.
(1) Advanced computing.
(2) Creation of advanced materials.
(3) Biotechnology.
(4) Electronic device technology.
(5) Environmental technology.
(6) Medical device technology.
(7) Space transportation technology, including the ingress and egress into low earth orbit and near orbit.
(b) For purposes of this section, "advanced computing" means technology used in the designing and developing of computing hardware and software, including innovations in designing the full range of hardware from hand held calculators to supercomputers and peripheral equipment.
(c) For purposes of this section, "advanced materials" means materials with engineered properties created through the development of specialized processing and synthesis technology, including ceramics, high value added metals, electronic materials, composites, polymers,
and biomaterials.
(d) For purposes of this section, "biotechnology" means the
continually expanding body of fundamental knowledge about the
functioning of biological systems from the macro level to the molecular
and subatomic levels, as well as novel products, services, technologies,
and subtechnologies developed as a result of insights gained from
research advances that add to that body of fundamental knowledge.
(e) For purposes of this section, "electronic device technology"
means technology involving any of the following:
(1) Microelectronics.
(2) Semiconductors.
(3) Electronic equipment.
(4) Instrumentation.
(5) Radio frequency waves.
(6) Microwaves.
(7) Millimeter electronics.
(8) Optical and optic electrical devices.
(9) Data and digital communications.
(10) Imaging devices.
(f) For purposes of this section, "environmental technology" means
any of the following:
(1) The assessment and prevention of threats or damage to human
health or the environment.
(2) Environmental cleanup.
(3) The development of alternative energy sources.
(g) For purposes of this section, "medical device technology" means
technology involving any medical equipment or product (other than a
pharmaceutical product) that has therapeutic value or diagnostic value
and is regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
(1) A pollution control facility (as defined in IC 4-4-10.9-24).
(2) A manufacturing enterprise.
(3) A business service enterprise involved in:
(A) computer and data processing services; or
(B) commercial testing services.
(4) A business enterprise the primary purpose of which is the operation of an education and permanent marketing center for manufacturers and distributors of robotic and flexible automation equipment.
(5) Any other business enterprise, if the use of the guaranty program creates a reasonable probability that the effect on Indiana employment will be creation or retention of at least fifty (50) jobs.
(6) An agricultural enterprise in which:
(A) the enterprise operates under a producer or growout agreement; and
(B) the output of the enterprise is processed predominantly in Indiana.
(7) A business enterprise that is required by a state, federal, or local regulatory agency to make capital expenditures to remedy a violation of a state or federal law or a local ordinance.
(8) A recycling market development project.
(9) A high growth company with high skilled jobs.
(10) A broadband development project.
(11) A business engaged in the development of space transportation technology, including the ingress and egress into low earth orbit and near orbit.
(1) "Economic revitalization area" means an area which is within the corporate limits of a city, town, or county which has become undesirable for, or impossible of, normal development and occupancy because of a lack of development, cessation of growth, deterioration of improvements or character of occupancy, age, obsolescence, substandard buildings, or other factors which have impaired values or prevent a normal development of property or use of property. The term "economic revitalization area" also includes:
(A) any area where a facility or a group of facilities that are technologically, economically, or energy obsolete are located and where the obsolescence may lead to a decline in employment and tax revenues; and
(B) a residentially distressed area, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(2) "City" means any city in this state, and "town" means any town
incorporated under IC 36-5-1.
(3) "New manufacturing equipment" means tangible personal
property that a deduction applicant:
(A) installs after February 28, 1983, and on or before the
approval deadline determined under section 9 of this chapter,
in an area that is declared an economic revitalization area after
February 28, 1983, in which a deduction for tangible personal
property is allowed;
(B) uses in the direct production, manufacture, fabrication,
assembly, extraction, mining, processing, refining, or finishing
of other tangible personal property, including but not limited
to use to dispose of solid waste or hazardous waste by
converting the solid waste or hazardous waste into energy or
other useful products;
(C) acquires for use as described in clause (B):
(i) in an arms length transaction from an entity that is not an
affiliate of the deduction applicant, if the tangible personal
property has been previously used in Indiana before the
installation described in clause (A); or
(ii) in any manner, if the tangible personal property has
never been previously used in Indiana before the installation
described in clause (A); and
(D) has never used for any purpose in Indiana before the
installation described in clause (A).
However, notwithstanding any other law, the term includes
tangible personal property that is used to dispose of solid waste or
hazardous waste by converting the solid waste or hazardous waste
into energy or other useful products and was installed after March
1, 1993, and before March 2, 1996, even if the property was
installed before the area where the property is located was
designated as an economic revitalization area or the statement of
benefits for the property was approved by the designating body.
(4) "Property" means a building or structure, but does not include
land.
(5) "Redevelopment" means the construction of new structures,
in economic revitalization areas, either:
(A) on unimproved real estate; or
(B) on real estate upon which a prior existing structure is
demolished to allow for a new construction.
(6) "Rehabilitation" means the remodeling, repair, or betterment
of property in any manner or any enlargement or extension of
property.
(7) "Designating body" means the following:
(A) For a county that does not contain a consolidated city, the fiscal body of the county, city, or town.
(B) For a county containing a consolidated city, the metropolitan development commission.
(8) "Deduction application" means:
(A) the application filed in accordance with section 5 of this chapter by a property owner who desires to obtain the deduction provided by section 3 of this chapter;
(B) the application filed in accordance with section 5.4 of this chapter by a person who desires to obtain the deduction provided by section 4.5 of this chapter; or
(C) the application filed in accordance with section 5.3 of this chapter by a property owner that desires to obtain the deduction provided by section 4.8 of this chapter.
(9) "Designation application" means an application that is filed with a designating body to assist that body in making a determination about whether a particular area should be designated as an economic revitalization area.
(10) "Hazardous waste" has the meaning set forth in IC 13-11-2-99(a). The term includes waste determined to be a hazardous waste under IC 13-22-2-3(b).
(11) "Solid waste" has the meaning set forth in IC 13-11-2-205(a). However, the term does not include dead animals or any animal solid or semisolid wastes.
(12) "New research and development equipment" means tangible personal property that:
(A) a deduction applicant installs after June 30, 2000, and on or before the approval deadline determined under section 9 of this chapter, in an economic revitalization area in which a deduction for tangible personal property is allowed;
(B) consists of:
(i) laboratory equipment;
(ii) research and development equipment;
(iii) computers and computer software;
(iv) telecommunications equipment; or
(v) testing equipment;
(C) the deduction applicant uses in research and development activities devoted directly and exclusively to experimental or laboratory research and development for:
(i) new products, new uses of existing products, or improving or testing existing products; or
(ii) space transportation services, including the ingress and egress into low earth orbit and near orbit.
(D) the deduction applicant acquires for purposes described in this subdivision:
(i) in an arms length transaction from an entity that is not an affiliate of the deduction applicant, if the tangible personal property has been previously used in Indiana before the installation described in clause (A); or
(ii) in any manner, if the tangible personal property has never been previously used in Indiana before the installation described in clause (A); and
(E) the deduction applicant has never used for any purpose in Indiana before the installation described in clause (A).
The term does not include equipment installed in facilities used for or in connection with efficiency surveys, management studies, consumer surveys, economic surveys, advertising or promotion, or research in connection with literacy, history, or similar projects.
(13) "New logistical distribution equipment" means tangible personal property that:
(A) a deduction applicant installs after June 30, 2004, and on or before the approval deadline determined under section 9 of this chapter, in an economic revitalization area in which a deduction for tangible personal property is allowed;
(B) consists of:
(i) racking equipment;
(ii) scanning or coding equipment;
(iii) separators;
(iv) conveyors;
(v) fork lifts or lifting equipment (including "walk behinds");
(vi) transitional moving equipment;
(vii) packaging equipment;
(viii) sorting and picking equipment; or
(ix) software for technology used in logistical distribution;
(C) the deduction applicant acquires for the storage or distribution of goods, services, or information:
(i) in an arms length transaction from an entity that is not an affiliate of the deduction applicant, if the tangible personal property has been previously used in Indiana before the installation described in clause (A); and
(ii) in any manner, if the tangible personal property has
never been previously used in Indiana before the installation
described in clause (A); and
(D) the deduction applicant has never used for any purpose in
Indiana before the installation described in clause (A).
(14) "New information technology equipment" means tangible
personal property that:
(A) a deduction applicant installs after June 30, 2004, and on
or before the approval deadline determined under section 9 of
this chapter, in an economic revitalization area in which a
deduction for tangible personal property is allowed;
(B) consists of equipment, including software, used in the
fields of:
(i) information processing;
(ii) office automation;
(iii) telecommunication facilities and networks;
(iv) informatics;
(v) network administration;
(vi) software development; and
(vii) fiber optics;
(C) the deduction applicant acquires in an arms length
transaction from an entity that is not an affiliate of the
deduction applicant; and
(D) the deduction applicant never used for any purpose in
Indiana before the installation described in clause (A).
(15) "Deduction applicant" means an owner of tangible personal
property who makes a deduction application.
(16) "Affiliate" means an entity that effectively controls or is
controlled by a deduction applicant or is associated with a
deduction applicant under common ownership or control, whether
by shareholdings or other means.
(17) "Eligible vacant building" means a building that:
(A) is zoned for commercial or industrial purposes; and
(B) is unoccupied for at least one (1) year before the owner of
the building or a tenant of the owner occupies the building, as
evidenced by a valid certificate of occupancy, paid utility
receipts, executed lease agreements, or any other evidence of
occupation that the department of local government finance
requires.
(1) Efficiency surveys.
(2) Management studies.
(3) Consumer surveys.
(4) Economic surveys.
(5) Advertising or promotions.
(6) Research in connection with literary, historical, or similar projects.
(7) Testing for purposes of quality control.
(b) As used in this section, "research and development equipment" means tangible personal property that:
(1) consists of or is a combination of:
(A) laboratory equipment;
(B) computers;
(C) computer software;
(D) telecommunications equipment; or
(E) testing equipment;
(2) has not previously been used in Indiana for any purpose; and
(3) is acquired by the purchaser for the purpose of research and development activities devoted directly to experimental or laboratory research and development for:
(A) new products;
(B) new uses of existing products;
(C) improving or testing existing products; or
(D) space transportation services, including the ingress and egress into low earth orbit and near orbit.
(c) A retail transaction:
(1) involving research and development equipment; and
(2) occurring after June 30, 2007;
is exempt from the state gross retail tax.
(a) In the case of all individuals, "adjusted gross income" (as defined in Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code), modified as follows:
(1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under this article by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
(2) Add an amount equal to any deduction or deductions allowed or allowable pursuant to Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code for taxes based on or measured by income and levied at the state level by any state of the United States.
(3) Subtract one thousand dollars ($1,000), or in the case of a joint return filed by a husband and wife, subtract for each spouse one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(4) Subtract one thousand dollars ($1,000) for:
(A) each of the exemptions provided by Section 151(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(B) each additional amount allowable under Section 63(f) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
(C) the spouse of the taxpayer if a separate return is made by the taxpayer and if the spouse, for the calendar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer begins, has no gross income and is not the dependent of another taxpayer.
(5) Subtract:
(A) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for each of the exemptions allowed under Section 151(c)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code (as effective January 1, 2004); and
(B) five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional amount allowable under Section 63(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code if the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer, or the taxpayer and the taxpayer's spouse in the case of a joint return, is less than forty thousand dollars ($40,000).
This amount is in addition to the amount subtracted under subdivision (4).
(6) Subtract an amount equal to the lesser of:
(A) that part of the individual's adjusted gross income (as defined in Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code) for that taxable year that is subject to a tax that is imposed by a political subdivision of another state and that is imposed on or measured by income; or
(B) two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(7) Add an amount equal to the total capital gain portion of a lump sum distribution (as defined in Section 402(e)(4)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code) if the lump sum distribution is received by the individual during the taxable year and if the capital gain portion of the distribution is taxed in the manner provided in Section 402 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(8) Subtract any amounts included in federal adjusted gross income under Section 111 of the Internal Revenue Code as a recovery of items previously deducted as an itemized deduction from adjusted gross income.
(9) Subtract any amounts included in federal adjusted gross
income under the Internal Revenue Code which amounts were
received by the individual as supplemental railroad retirement
annuities under 45 U.S.C. 231 and which are not deductible under
subdivision (1).
(10) Add an amount equal to the deduction allowed under Section
221 of the Internal Revenue Code for married couples filing joint
returns if the taxable year began before January 1, 1987.
(11) Add an amount equal to the interest excluded from federal
gross income by the individual for the taxable year under Section
128 of the Internal Revenue Code if the taxable year began before
January 1, 1985.
(12) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of federal Social
Security and Railroad Retirement benefits included in a taxpayer's
federal gross income by Section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(13) In the case of a nonresident taxpayer or a resident taxpayer
residing in Indiana for a period of less than the taxpayer's entire
taxable year, the total amount of the deductions allowed pursuant
to subdivisions (3), (4), (5), and (6) shall be reduced to an amount
which bears the same ratio to the total as the taxpayer's income
taxable in Indiana bears to the taxpayer's total income.
(14) In the case of an individual who is a recipient of assistance
under IC 12-10-6-1, IC 12-10-6-2.1, IC 12-15-2-2, or IC 12-15-7,
subtract an amount equal to that portion of the individual's
adjusted gross income with respect to which the individual is not
allowed under federal law to retain an amount to pay state and
local income taxes.
(15) In the case of an eligible individual, subtract the amount of
a Holocaust victim's settlement payment included in the
individual's federal adjusted gross income.
(16) For taxable years beginning after December 31, 1999,
subtract an amount equal to the portion of any premiums paid
during the taxable year by the taxpayer for a qualified long term
care policy (as defined in IC 12-15-39.6-5) for the taxpayer or the
taxpayer's spouse, or both.
(17) Subtract an amount equal to the lesser of:
(A) for a taxable year:
(i) including any part of 2004, the amount determined under
subsection (f); and
(ii) beginning after December 31, 2004, two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500); or
(B) the amount of property taxes that are paid during the
taxable year in Indiana by the individual on the individual's
principal place of residence.
(18) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of a September 11
terrorist attack settlement payment included in the individual's
federal adjusted gross income.
(19) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that owns property for which bonus
depreciation was allowed in the current taxable year or in an
earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
that would have been computed had an election not been made
under Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply bonus
depreciation to the property in the year that it was placed in
service.
(20) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed under
Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(21) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that placed Section 179 property (as
defined in Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code) in service
in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to
the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
computed had an election for federal income tax purposes not
been made for the year in which the property was placed in
service to take deductions under Section 179 of the Internal
Revenue Code in a total amount exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000).
(22) Add an amount equal to the amount that a taxpayer claimed
as a deduction for domestic production activities for the taxable
year under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal
income tax purposes.
(23) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of the taxpayer's
qualified military income that was not excluded from the
taxpayer's gross income for federal income tax purposes under
Section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(24) Subtract income that is:
(A) exempt from taxation under IC 6-3-2-21.7; and
(B) included in the individual's federal adjusted gross income
under the Internal Revenue Code.
(25) Subtract any amount of a credit (including an advance refund
of the credit) that is provided to an individual under 26 U.S.C.
6428 (federal Economic Stimulus Act of 2008) and included in
the individual's federal adjusted gross income.
(26) Add any amount of unemployment compensation excluded
from federal gross income, as defined in Section 61 of the Internal
Revenue Code, under Section 85(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(27) Add the amount excluded from gross income under Section
108(a)(1)(e) of the Internal Revenue Code for the discharge of
debt on a qualified principal residence.
(28) Add an amount equal to any income not included in gross
income as a result of the deferral of income arising from business
indebtedness discharged in connection with the reacquisition after
December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable
debt instrument, as provided in Section 108(i) of the Internal
Revenue Code. Subtract the amount necessary from the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that added an amount to adjusted
gross income in a previous year to offset the amount included in
federal gross income as a result of the deferral of income arising
from business indebtedness discharged in connection with the
reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1,
2011, of an applicable debt instrument, as provided in Section
108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(29) Add the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income
of any taxpayer that placed qualified restaurant property in service
during the taxable year and that was classified as 15-year property
under Section 168(e)(3)(E)(v) of the Internal Revenue Code equal
to the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
computed had the classification not applied to the property in the
year that it was placed in service.
(30) Add the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income
of any taxpayer that placed qualified retail improvement property
in service during the taxable year and that was classified as
15-year property under Section 168(e)(3)(E)(ix) of the Internal
Revenue Code equal to the amount of adjusted gross income that
would have been computed had the classification not applied to
the property in the year that it was placed in service.
(31) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that claimed the special allowance
for qualified disaster assistance property under Section 168(n) of
the Internal Revenue Code equal to the amount of adjusted gross
income that would have been computed had the special allowance
not been claimed for the property.
(32) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that made an election under Section
179C of the Internal Revenue Code to expense costs for qualified
refinery property equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
that would have been computed had an election for federal
income tax purposes not been made for the year.
(33) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that made an election under Section
181 of the Internal Revenue Code to expense costs for a qualified
film or television production equal to the amount of adjusted
gross income that would have been computed had an election for
federal income tax purposes not been made for the year.
(34) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that treated a loss from the sale or
exchange of preferred stock in:
(A) the Federal National Mortgage Association, established
under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act
(12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.); or
(B) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, established
under the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12
U.S.C. 1451 et seq.);
as an ordinary loss under Section 301 of the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in the current taxable year or
in an earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross
income that would have been computed had the loss not been
treated as an ordinary loss.
(35) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of casualty loss
deducted from the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income
under section 165 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect
to the loss of a space vehicle owned by the taxpayer.
(b) In the case of corporations, the same as "taxable income" (as
defined in Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code) adjusted as
follows:
(1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under this article
by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
(2) Add an amount equal to any deduction or deductions allowed
or allowable pursuant to Section 170 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(3) Add an amount equal to any deduction or deductions allowed
or allowable pursuant to Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code
for taxes based on or measured by income and levied at the state
level by any state of the United States.
(4) Subtract an amount equal to the amount included in the
corporation's taxable income under Section 78 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(5) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that owns property for which bonus
depreciation was allowed in the current taxable year or in an
earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
that would have been computed had an election not been made
under Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply bonus
depreciation to the property in the year that it was placed in
service.
(6) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed under Section
172 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(7) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that placed Section 179 property (as
defined in Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code) in service
in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to
the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
computed had an election for federal income tax purposes not
been made for the year in which the property was placed in
service to take deductions under Section 179 of the Internal
Revenue Code in a total amount exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000).
(8) Add an amount equal to the amount that a taxpayer claimed as
a deduction for domestic production activities for the taxable year
under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal
income tax purposes.
(9) Add to the extent required by IC 6-3-2-20 the amount of
intangible expenses (as defined in IC 6-3-2-20) and any directly
related intangible interest expenses (as defined in IC 6-3-2-20) for
the taxable year that reduced the corporation's taxable income (as
defined in Section 63 of the Internal Revenue Code) for federal
income tax purposes.
(10) Add an amount equal to any deduction for dividends paid (as
defined in Section 561 of the Internal Revenue Code) to
shareholders of a captive real estate investment trust (as defined
in section 34.5 of this chapter).
(11) Subtract income that is:
(A) exempt from taxation under IC 6-3-2-21.7; and
(B) included in the corporation's taxable income under the
Internal Revenue Code.
(12) Add an amount equal to any income not included in gross
income as a result of the deferral of income arising from business
indebtedness discharged in connection with the reacquisition after
December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable
debt instrument, as provided in Section 108(i) of the Internal
Revenue Code. Subtract from the adjusted gross income of any
taxpayer that added an amount to adjusted gross income in a
previous year the amount necessary to offset the amount included
in federal gross income as a result of the deferral of income
arising from business indebtedness discharged in connection with
the reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1,
2011, of an applicable debt instrument, as provided in Section
108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(13) Add the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income
of any taxpayer that placed qualified restaurant property in service
during the taxable year and that was classified as 15-year property
under Section 168(e)(3)(E)(v) of the Internal Revenue Code equal
to the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
computed had the classification not applied to the property in the
year that it was placed in service.
(14) Add the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income
of any taxpayer that placed qualified retail improvement property
in service during the taxable year and that was classified as
15-year property under Section 168(e)(3)(E)(ix) of the Internal
Revenue Code equal to the amount of adjusted gross income that
would have been computed had the classification not applied to
the property in the year that it was placed in service.
(15) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that claimed the special allowance
for qualified disaster assistance property under Section 168(n) of
the Internal Revenue Code equal to the amount of adjusted gross
income that would have been computed had the special allowance
not been claimed for the property.
(16) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that made an election under Section
179C of the Internal Revenue Code to expense costs for qualified
refinery property equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
that would have been computed had an election for federal
income tax purposes not been made for the year.
(17) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that made an election under Section
181 of the Internal Revenue Code to expense costs for a qualified
film or television production equal to the amount of adjusted
gross income that would have been computed had an election for
federal income tax purposes not been made for the year.
(18) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that treated a loss from the sale or
exchange of preferred stock in:
(A) the Federal National Mortgage Association, established under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.); or
(B) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, established under the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.);
as an ordinary loss under Section 301 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been computed had the loss not been treated as an ordinary loss.
(19) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of casualty loss deducted from the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income under section 165 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the loss of a space vehicle owned by the taxpayer.
(c) In the case of life insurance companies (as defined in Section 816(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) that are organized under Indiana law, the same as "life insurance company taxable income" (as defined in Section 801 of the Internal Revenue Code), adjusted as follows:
(1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under this article by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
(2) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed or allowable under Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(3) Add an amount equal to a deduction allowed or allowable under Section 805 or Section 831(c) of the Internal Revenue Code for taxes based on or measured by income and levied at the state level by any state.
(4) Subtract an amount equal to the amount included in the company's taxable income under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(5) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income of any taxpayer that owns property for which bonus depreciation was allowed in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been computed had an election not been made under Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply bonus depreciation to the property in the year that it was placed in service.
(6) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed under Section 172 or Section 810 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(7) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income of any taxpayer that placed Section 179 property (as
defined in Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code) in service
in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to
the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
computed had an election for federal income tax purposes not
been made for the year in which the property was placed in
service to take deductions under Section 179 of the Internal
Revenue Code in a total amount exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000).
(8) Add an amount equal to the amount that a taxpayer claimed as
a deduction for domestic production activities for the taxable year
under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal
income tax purposes.
(9) Subtract income that is:
(A) exempt from taxation under IC 6-3-2-21.7; and
(B) included in the insurance company's taxable income under
the Internal Revenue Code.
(10) Add an amount equal to any income not included in gross
income as a result of the deferral of income arising from business
indebtedness discharged in connection with the reacquisition after
December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable
debt instrument, as provided in Section 108(i) of the Internal
Revenue Code. Subtract from the adjusted gross income of any
taxpayer that added an amount to adjusted gross income in a
previous year the amount necessary to offset the amount included
in federal gross income as a result of the deferral of income
arising from business indebtedness discharged in connection with
the reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1,
2011, of an applicable debt instrument, as provided in Section
108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(11) Add the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income
of any taxpayer that placed qualified restaurant property in service
during the taxable year and that was classified as 15-year property
under Section 168(e)(3)(E)(v) of the Internal Revenue Code equal
to the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
computed had the classification not applied to the property in the
year that it was placed in service.
(12) Add the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income
of any taxpayer that placed qualified retail improvement property
in service during the taxable year and that was classified as
15-year property under Section 168(e)(3)(E)(ix) of the Internal
Revenue Code equal to the amount of adjusted gross income that
would have been computed had the classification not applied to
the property in the year that it was placed in service.
(13) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that claimed the special allowance
for qualified disaster assistance property under Section 168(n) of
the Internal Revenue Code equal to the amount of adjusted gross
income that would have been computed had the special allowance
not been claimed for the property.
(14) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that made an election under Section
179C of the Internal Revenue Code to expense costs for qualified
refinery property equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
that would have been computed had an election for federal
income tax purposes not been made for the year.
(15) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that made an election under Section
181 of the Internal Revenue Code to expense costs for a qualified
film or television production equal to the amount of adjusted
gross income that would have been computed had an election for
federal income tax purposes not been made for the year.
(16) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that treated a loss from the sale or
exchange of preferred stock in:
(A) the Federal National Mortgage Association, established
under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act
(12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.); or
(B) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, established
under the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12
U.S.C. 1451 et seq.);
as an ordinary loss under Section 301 of the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in the current taxable year or
in an earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross
income that would have been computed had the loss not been
treated as an ordinary loss.
(17) Add an amount equal to any exempt insurance income under
Section 953(e) of the Internal Revenue Code that is active
financing income under Subpart F of Subtitle A, Chapter 1,
Subchapter N of the Internal Revenue Code.
(18) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of casualty loss
deducted from the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income
under section 165 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect
to the loss of a space vehicle owned by the taxpayer.
(d) In the case of insurance companies subject to tax under Section
831 of the Internal Revenue Code and organized under Indiana law, the
same as "taxable income" (as defined in Section 832 of the Internal
Revenue Code), adjusted as follows:
(1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under this article
by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
(2) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed or allowable
under Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(3) Add an amount equal to a deduction allowed or allowable
under Section 805 or Section 831(c) of the Internal Revenue Code
for taxes based on or measured by income and levied at the state
level by any state.
(4) Subtract an amount equal to the amount included in the
company's taxable income under Section 78 of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(5) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that owns property for which bonus
depreciation was allowed in the current taxable year or in an
earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
that would have been computed had an election not been made
under Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply bonus
depreciation to the property in the year that it was placed in
service.
(6) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed under Section
172 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(7) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that placed Section 179 property (as
defined in Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code) in service
in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to
the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
computed had an election for federal income tax purposes not
been made for the year in which the property was placed in
service to take deductions under Section 179 of the Internal
Revenue Code in a total amount exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000).
(8) Add an amount equal to the amount that a taxpayer claimed as
a deduction for domestic production activities for the taxable year
under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal
income tax purposes.
(9) Subtract income that is:
(A) exempt from taxation under IC 6-3-2-21.7; and
(B) included in the insurance company's taxable income under
the Internal Revenue Code.
(10) Add an amount equal to any income not included in gross income as a result of the deferral of income arising from business indebtedness discharged in connection with the reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable debt instrument, as provided in Section 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code. Subtract from the adjusted gross income of any taxpayer that added an amount to adjusted gross income in a previous year the amount necessary to offset the amount included in federal gross income as a result of the deferral of income arising from business indebtedness discharged in connection with the reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable debt instrument, as provided in Section 108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(11) Add the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income of any taxpayer that placed qualified restaurant property in service during the taxable year and that was classified as 15-year property under Section 168(e)(3)(E)(v) of the Internal Revenue Code equal to the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been computed had the classification not applied to the property in the year that it was placed in service.
(12) Add the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income of any taxpayer that placed qualified retail improvement property in service during the taxable year and that was classified as 15-year property under Section 168(e)(3)(E)(ix) of the Internal Revenue Code equal to the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been computed had the classification not applied to the property in the year that it was placed in service.
(13) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income of any taxpayer that claimed the special allowance for qualified disaster assistance property under Section 168(n) of the Internal Revenue Code equal to the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been computed had the special allowance not been claimed for the property.
(14) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income of any taxpayer that made an election under Section 179C of the Internal Revenue Code to expense costs for qualified refinery property equal to the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been computed had an election for federal income tax purposes not been made for the year.
(15) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income of any taxpayer that made an election under Section 181 of the Internal Revenue Code to expense costs for a qualified
film or television production equal to the amount of adjusted
gross income that would have been computed had an election for
federal income tax purposes not been made for the year.
(16) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that treated a loss from the sale or
exchange of preferred stock in:
(A) the Federal National Mortgage Association, established
under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act
(12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.); or
(B) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, established
under the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12
U.S.C. 1451 et seq.);
as an ordinary loss under Section 301 of the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in the current taxable year or
in an earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross
income that would have been computed had the loss not been
treated as an ordinary loss.
(17) Add an amount equal to any exempt insurance income under
Section 953(e) of the Internal Revenue Code that is active
financing income under Subpart F of Subtitle A, Chapter 1,
Subchapter N of the Internal Revenue Code.
(18) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of casualty loss
deducted from the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income
under section 165 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect
to the loss of a space vehicle owned by the taxpayer.
(e) In the case of trusts and estates, "taxable income" (as defined for
trusts and estates in Section 641(b) of the Internal Revenue Code)
adjusted as follows:
(1) Subtract income that is exempt from taxation under this article
by the Constitution and statutes of the United States.
(2) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of a September 11
terrorist attack settlement payment included in the federal
adjusted gross income of the estate of a victim of the September
11 terrorist attack or a trust to the extent the trust benefits a victim
of the September 11 terrorist attack.
(3) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that owns property for which bonus
depreciation was allowed in the current taxable year or in an
earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
that would have been computed had an election not been made
under Section 168(k) of the Internal Revenue Code to apply bonus
depreciation to the property in the year that it was placed in
service.
(4) Add an amount equal to any deduction allowed under Section
172 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(5) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that placed Section 179 property (as
defined in Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code) in service
in the current taxable year or in an earlier taxable year equal to
the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
computed had an election for federal income tax purposes not
been made for the year in which the property was placed in
service to take deductions under Section 179 of the Internal
Revenue Code in a total amount exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars ($25,000).
(6) Add an amount equal to the amount that a taxpayer claimed as
a deduction for domestic production activities for the taxable year
under Section 199 of the Internal Revenue Code for federal
income tax purposes.
(7) Subtract income that is:
(A) exempt from taxation under IC 6-3-2-21.7; and
(B) included in the taxpayer's taxable income under the
Internal Revenue Code.
(8) Add an amount equal to any income not included in gross
income as a result of the deferral of income arising from business
indebtedness discharged in connection with the reacquisition after
December 31, 2008, and before January 1, 2011, of an applicable
debt instrument, as provided in Section 108(i) of the Internal
Revenue Code. Subtract from the adjusted gross income of any
taxpayer that added an amount to adjusted gross income in a
previous year the amount necessary to offset the amount included
in federal gross income as a result of the deferral of income
arising from business indebtedness discharged in connection with
the reacquisition after December 31, 2008, and before January 1,
2011, of an applicable debt instrument, as provided in Section
108(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(9) Add the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income
of any taxpayer that placed qualified restaurant property in service
during the taxable year and that was classified as 15-year property
under Section 168(e)(3)(E)(v) of the Internal Revenue Code equal
to the amount of adjusted gross income that would have been
computed had the classification not applied to the property in the
year that it was placed in service.
(10) Add the amount necessary to make the adjusted gross income
of any taxpayer that placed qualified retail improvement property
in service during the taxable year and that was classified as
15-year property under Section 168(e)(3)(E)(ix) of the Internal
Revenue Code equal to the amount of adjusted gross income that
would have been computed had the classification not applied to
the property in the year that it was placed in service.
(11) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that claimed the special allowance
for qualified disaster assistance property under Section 168(n) of
the Internal Revenue Code equal to the amount of adjusted gross
income that would have been computed had the special allowance
not been claimed for the property.
(12) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that made an election under Section
179C of the Internal Revenue Code to expense costs for qualified
refinery property equal to the amount of adjusted gross income
that would have been computed had an election for federal
income tax purposes not been made for the year.
(13) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that made an election under Section
181 of the Internal Revenue Code to expense costs for a qualified
film or television production equal to the amount of adjusted
gross income that would have been computed had an election for
federal income tax purposes not been made for the year.
(14) Add or subtract the amount necessary to make the adjusted
gross income of any taxpayer that treated a loss from the sale or
exchange of preferred stock in:
(A) the Federal National Mortgage Association, established
under the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act
(12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.); or
(B) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, established
under the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12
U.S.C. 1451 et seq.);
as an ordinary loss under Section 301 of the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in the current taxable year or
in an earlier taxable year equal to the amount of adjusted gross
income that would have been computed had the loss not been
treated as an ordinary loss.
(15) Add the amount excluded from gross income under Section
108(a)(1)(e) of the Internal Revenue Code for the discharge of
debt on a qualified principal residence.
(16) Subtract an amount equal to the amount of casualty loss
deducted from the taxpayer's federal adjusted gross income
under section 165 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect
to the loss of a space vehicle owned by the taxpayer.
(f) This subsection applies only to the extent that an individual paid
property taxes in 2004 that were imposed for the March 1, 2002,
assessment date or the January 15, 2003, assessment date. The
maximum amount of the deduction under subsection (a)(17) is equal
to the amount determined under STEP FIVE of the following formula:
STEP ONE: Determine the amount of property taxes that the
taxpayer paid after December 31, 2003, in the taxable year for
property taxes imposed for the March 1, 2002, assessment date
and the January 15, 2003, assessment date.
STEP TWO: Determine the amount of property taxes that the
taxpayer paid in the taxable year for the March 1, 2003,
assessment date and the January 15, 2004, assessment date.
STEP THREE: Determine the result of the STEP ONE amount
divided by the STEP TWO amount.
STEP FOUR: Multiply the STEP THREE amount by two
thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
STEP FIVE: Determine the sum of the STEP FOUR amount and
two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
Chapter 13. Space Exploration Initiatives
Sec. 1. The department shall develop policies and programs to:
(1) encourage the development of the civilian space industry in Indiana;
(2) encourage public and private partnerships in the research and development of space transportation;
(3) encourage the development of the primary and secondary spaceports designated under section 4 of this chapter; and
(4) equip the Indiana workforce with the education and training necessary to support the development of the space transportation industry in Indiana.
Sec. 2. The department shall collaborate with the Indiana economic development corporation, the National Center for Future Space Exploration, the private sector, state educational institutions, the federal government, and other state agencies to implement this chapter.
Sec. 3. The policies and programs developed under this chapter must encourage research and development enabling the ingress
and egress into low earth orbit and near space from the Indiana
spaceports.
Sec. 4. (a) Ingress and egress into low earth orbit and near space
shall be concentrated within the airspace subject to the control of
the airports nearest the Indiana spaceports.
(b) The geographic area on or near the Columbus municipal
airport is designated as Indiana's primary spaceport.
(c) The geographic area on or near the Anderson municipal
airport is designated as Indiana's secondary spaceport.
(1) Each county having a consolidated city.
(2) Each city having a population of more than ninety thousand (90,000) but less than one hundred five thousand (105,000).
(3) Each county having a population of more than one hundred five thousand (105,000) but less than one hundred ten thousand (110,000).
(4) Each county having a population of more than three hundred thousand (300,000) but less than four hundred thousand (400,000).
(5) Each county having a population of more than one hundred seventy thousand (170,000) but less than one hundred eighty thousand (180,000).
(6) Each county having a population of more than one hundred eighteen thousand (118,000) but less than one hundred twenty thousand (120,000).
(7) Each city having a population of more than fifty-nine thousand seven hundred (59,700) but less than sixty-five thousand (65,000).
(8) Each city having a population of more than thirty-nine thousand (39,000) but less than thirty-nine thousand one hundred (39,100).
(1) With respect to a county having a consolidated city, the metropolitan development commission acting as the redevelopment commission of the consolidated city, subject to IC 36-3-4-23.
(2) With respect to a city described in section 1(2) of this chapter, the board of the airport authority for the city.
(3) With respect to a county described in section 1(3) of this chapter, the board of an airport authority that is jointly established by the county and a municipality under IC 8-22-3.
(4) With respect to a county described in section 1(4) or 1(5) of this chapter, the board of an airport authority that is jointly established by the county and a municipality under IC 8-22-3.
(5) With respect to a county described in section 1(6) of this chapter, the board of an airport authority that is established by the county.
(6) With respect to a city described in section 1(7) of this chapter, the board of aviation commissioners for the city.
(7) With respect to a city described in section 1(8) of this chapter, the board of aviation commissioners for the city.
(1) A consolidated city.
(2) A city described in section 1(2) of this chapter.
(3) A city in a county described in section 1(3) of this chapter.
(4) A county described in section 1(4) of this chapter.
(5) A city located in a county described in section 1(4) of this chapter.
(6) A county described in section 1(5) of this chapter.
(7) A city located in a county described in section 1(5) of this chapter.
(8) A county described in section 1(6) of this chapter.
(9) A city described in section 1(7) of this chapter.
(10) A city described in section 1(8) of this chapter.
(1) five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), if the project is to be located in a county having a consolidated city; or
(2) two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), if the project is to be located in:
(A) a city described in section 1(2),
(B) in a county described in section 1(3), 1(4), 1(5), or 1(6) of this chapter.
Except as provided by subsection (b), the term includes any portion or expansion of the original qualified airport development project used by one (1) or more successor tenants.
(b) For purposes of section 9 of this chapter, the definition of "qualified airport development project" does not include any portion of, or expansion of, the original qualified airport development project used by a successor tenant unless the commission adopts a resolution to amend the definition to include that portion or expansion.
(1) In order to promote opportunities for the gainful employment of the citizens of the eligible entity and the attraction of a qualified airport development project to the eligible entity, an area under the jurisdiction of the board of aviation commissioners or airport authority should be declared an airport development zone.
(2) The public health and welfare of the eligible entity will be benefited by designating the area as an airport development zone.
(b) If the airport development zone will be located in a consolidated city or in a county described in section 1(3), 1(4), 1(5), or 1(6) of this chapter, the resolution adopted under subsection (a) must also include a finding that there has been proposed a qualified airport development project to be located in the airport development zone, with the proposal supported by:
(1) financial and economic data; and
(2) preliminary commitments by business enterprises that evidence a reasonable likelihood that the proposed qualified airport development project will be initiated and accomplished.
(c) If the airport development zone will be located in a city described in:
(1) section 1(2) of this chapter, the resolution adopted under subsection (a) must also include findings stating that the most recent federal decennial census for the city indicates the following:
(A) The unemployment rate for the city is at least thirteen percent (13%).
(B) The population of the city has decreased by at least ten percent (10%) as compared to the population reported in the preceding federal decennial census for the city.
(C) The median per capita income for city residents does not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the median per capita income for all residents of the United States.
(D) At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the population of the city is below the federal income poverty level (as defined in IC 12-15-2-1); or
(2) section 1(7) of this chapter, the resolution adopted under subsection (a) must also include findings stating the following:
(A) There has been proposed a qualified airport development project to be located in the airport development zone, with the proposal supported by:
(i) financial and economic data; and
(ii) preliminary commitments by business enterprises that evidence a reasonable likelihood that the proposed qualified airport development project will be initiated and accomplished.
(B) The city has Interstate Highway 69 serving the airport and the city's residents and facilitating commerce and free travel within and through the midwestern United States.
(c) If the airport development zone will be located in a city described in section 1(8) of this chapter, the resolution must include findings that the airport development zone will: (1) bring investments in the civilian space industry to the city;
(2) encourage public and private partnerships in the research and development of space transportation;
(3) encourage the development of the state's primary spaceport at the city's airport; and
(4) foster the development of the state's policy goals set forth in IC 8-21-13.
(d) The resolution adopted under subsection (a) must describe the boundaries of the area. The description may be by reference to the area's location in relation to public ways or streams, or otherwise, as determined by the commission.
(e) If the airport development zone will be located in a county described in section 1(4), 1(5), or 1(6) of this chapter, the resolution adopted under subsection (a) and any qualified airport development project to be located in the airport development zone, must be approved
by the executive of:
(1) the county, if the entire airport development zone or qualified
airport development project will be located outside the boundaries
of any municipality located in the county;
(2) a municipality located in the county, if the entire airport
development zone or qualified airport development project will
be located within the boundary of the municipality; or
(3) the county and a municipality located in the county, if the
airport development zone or qualified airport development project
will be located within the boundary of the county and in part
within the boundary of the municipality.
(1) city described in section 1(2)
(2) county described in section 1(3), 1(4), or 1(6) of this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a business or an employee of a business that is located in an airport development zone is entitled to the benefits provided by the following statutes, as if the business were located in an enterprise zone:
(1) IC 6-3-2-8.
(2) IC 6-3-3-10.
(3) IC 6-3.1-7.
(4) IC 6-3.1-9.
(5) IC 6-3.1-10-6.
(c) Before June 1 of each year, a business described in subsection (b) must pay a fee equal to the amount of the fee that is required for enterprise zone businesses under IC 5-28-15-5(a)(4)(A). However, notwithstanding IC 5-28-15-5(a)(4)(A), the fee shall be paid into the debt service fund established under section 9(e)(2) of this chapter. If the commission determines that a business has failed to pay the fee required by this subsection, the business is not eligible for any of the benefits described in subsection (b).
(d) A business that receives any of the benefits described in subsection (b) must use all of those benefits, except for the amount of the fee required by subsection (c), for its property or employees in the airport development zone and to assist the commission. If the commission determines that a business has failed to use its benefits in the manner required by this subsection, the business is not eligible for any of the benefits described in subsection (b).
(e) If the commission determines that a business has failed to pay the fee required by subsection (c) or has failed to use benefits in the manner required by subsection (d), the commission shall provide written notice of the determination to the department of state revenue, the department of local government finance, and the county auditor.
(1) Advanced computing, which is any technology used in the design and development of any of the following:
(A) Computer hardware and software.
(B) Data communications.
(C) Information technologies.
(2) Advanced materials, which are materials with engineered properties created through the development of specialized process and synthesis technology.
(3) Biotechnology, which is any technology that uses living organisms, cells, macromolecules, microorganisms, or substances from living organisms to make or modify a product, improve plants or animals, or develop microorganisms for useful purposes. Biotechnology does not include human cloning or stem cell research with embryonic tissue.
(4) Electronic device technology, which is any technology that involves:
(A) microelectronics, semiconductors, or electronic equipment;
(B) instrumentation, radio frequency, microwave, and millimeter electronics;
(C) optical and optic electrical devices; or
(D) data and digital communications and imaging devices.
(5) Engineering or laboratory testing related to the development of a product.
(6) Technology that assists in the assessment or prevention of threats or damage to human health or the environment, including environmental cleanup technology, pollution prevention technology, or development of alternative energy sources.
(7) Medical device technology, which is any technology that involves medical equipment or products other than a pharmaceutical product that has therapeutic or diagnostic value and is regulated.
(8) Product research and development.
(9) Advanced vehicles technology, which is any technology that involves:
(A) electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, or alternative fuel vehicles; or
(B) components used in the construction of electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, or alternative fuel vehicles.
(10) Space transportation technology, including the ingress and egress into low earth orbit and near orbit.
(b) This SECTION expires January 1, 2011.
(b) This SECTION expires January 1, 2012.
