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House Amendments to Senate Bill No. 3014

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE:

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT THE HOUSE HAS ADOPTED THE AMENDMENTS SET OUT BELOW:

AMENDMENT NO. 1

AMEND by inserting the following after line 97 and renumbering succeeding sections:

"SECTION 2. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the governing authorities of any municipality, in their discretion, may defer for a period of up to three (3) years ad valorem tax on real property and/or inventory, including ad valorem taxes imposed on commodities, products, goods, wares and merchandise held for resale, with the exception of school ad valorem taxes, levied upon any new capital investments in land, buildings, or depreciable fixed assets and improvements within the municipality made by any business or entity having less than fifty (50) employees whenever the new investment of such business or entity is at least One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), in the aggregate, and such new investment provides for the employment of at least five (5) new employees.

(2) The deferral of taxes provided for under subsection (1) of this section may be authorized by resolution duly adopted and entered upon the minutes of the governing authorities of the municipality following receipt of an application filed with the governing authorities by the business or entity describing in detail:

(a) The total dollar amount of new capital investments proposed to be made;

(b) The property for which ad valorem taxation deferral is requested;

(d) A demonstration that the business or entity is financially sound and is likely to fulfill its commitments; and

(e) Any other information that the governing authorities of the municipality may require."

AMEND FURTHER, the title, by inserting the following after the semicolon on line 5: "TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF ANY MUNICIPALITY, IN THEIR DISCRETION, TO DEFER FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO THREE YEARS AD VALOREM TAX ON REAL PROPERTY AND/OR INVENTORY LEVIED UPON ANY NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN LAND, BUILDINGS OR DEPRECIABLE FIXED ASSETS AND IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY MADE BY CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESSES OR ENTITIES MEETING CERTAIN NEW INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT CRITERIA;"