January 26, 2006





HOUSE BILL No. 1266

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DIGEST OF HB 1266 (Updated January 24, 2006 2:58 pm - DI 92)



Citations Affected: IC 6-3.1; IC 27-5.1; noncode.

Synopsis: Headquarters relocation tax credit. Reduces from $500,000,000 to $100,000,000 the amount of annual worldwide revenue that a business must have in order to qualify for the headquarters relocation tax credit. Provides that the credit is available for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005 (instead of December 31, 2006), for relocation costs incurred after March 31, 2006. Provides that a farm mutual insurance company may elect taxation under the gross premium tax.

Effective: January 1, 2006 (retroactive); April 1, 2006.





Borror, Bell, Harris T




    January 10, 2006, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business.
    January 19, 2006, reported _ Do Pass. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127.
    January 25, 2006, amended, reported _ Do Pass.






January 26, 2006

Second Regular Session 114th General Assembly (2006)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1266



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 6-3.1-30-2; (06)HB1266.2.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 6-3.1-30-2, AS ADDED BY P.L.193-2005, SECTION 21, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2006]: Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "eligible business" means a business that:
        (1) is engaged in either interstate or intrastate commerce;
        (2) maintains a corporate headquarters at a location outside Indiana;
        (3) has not previously maintained a corporate headquarters at a location in Indiana;
        (4) had annual worldwide revenues of at least five one hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) ($100,000,000) for the taxable year immediately preceding the business's application for a tax credit under section 12 of this chapter; and
        (5) commits contractually to relocating its corporate headquarters to Indiana.
SOURCE: IC 27-5.1-2-8; (06)HB1266.2.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 27-5.1-2-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006 (RETROACTIVE)]:

Sec. 8. The following provisions apply to standard companies and extended companies:
        (1) IC 27-1-3.
        (2) IC 27-1-3.1.
        (3) IC 27-1-5-3.
        (4) IC 27-1-7-14 through IC 27-1-7-16.
        (5) IC 27-1-7-21 through IC 27-1-7-23.
        (6) IC 27-1-9.
        (7) IC 27-1-10.
        (8) IC 27-1-13-3 through IC 27-1-13-4.
        (9) IC 27-1-13-6 through IC 27-1-13-9.
        (10) IC 27-1-15.6.
         (11) IC 27-1-18-2.
        (11) (12) IC 27-1-20-1.
        (12) (13) IC 27-1-20-4.
        (13) (14) IC 27-1-20-6.
        (14) (15) IC 27-1-20-9 through IC 27-1-20-11.
        (15) (16) IC 27-1-20-14.
        (16) (17) IC 27-1-20-19 through IC 27-1-20-21.3.
        (17) (18) IC 27-1-20-23.
        (18) (19) IC 27-1-20-30.
        (19) (20) IC 27-1-22.
        (20) (21) IC 27-4-1.
        (21) (22) Except as provided in IC 27-6-1.1-6, IC 27-6-1.1-2.
        (22) (23) IC 27-6-2.
        (23) (24) IC 27-7-2.
        (24) (25) IC 27-9.
        (25) (26) IC 34-30-17.

SOURCE: ; (06)HB1266.2.3. -->     SECTION 3. [EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2006] (a) The definitions set forth in IC 6-3.1-30, including IC 6-3.1-30-2, as amended by this act, apply throughout this SECTION.
    (b) Notwithstanding the effective dates included in P.L.193-2005, SECTION 21 of P.L.193-2005 takes effect April 1, 2006, and not January 1, 2007.
    (c) Notwithstanding SECTION 24 of P.L.193-2005, an eligible business is entitled to a credit under IC 6-3.1-30 for relocation costs that are incurred for a qualifying project:
        (1) after March 31, 2006; and
        (2) during a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2005.

SOURCE: ; (06)HB1266.2.4. -->     SECTION 4. [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006 (RETROACTIVE)] IC 27-5.1-2-8, as amended by this act, applies only to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005.
SOURCE: ; (06)HB1266.2.5. -->     SECTION 5. An emergency is declared for this act.